A New Discovery of a Little Sort of People called pigmies.  
Printed for Obadiah Blagrave    

GERANIA: A NEW DISCOVERY OF A Little sort of PEOPLE Anciently Discoursed of, called pigmies.  
With a lively Description Of their Stature, Habit, Manners, Buildings, Knowledge, and Government, being very delightful and profitable.  
By JOSHUA barns, of Emanuel College, Cambridge.  Iugentes animos angusto in Corpore versant. Virg. {αβγδ}. Hesiod. 
LONDON, Printed by W. G. for Obadiah Blagrave, at the Sign of the Printing-press, over against the Pump in Little-Britain, 1675.   

THE PREFACE TO THE READER.  
THere is such an innate principle in the Hearts of most Men, that they are able to admit nothing for currant, but what is obvious, nor reckon any thing credible, unless it be visible: But seeing almost every Climate doth peculiarly afford something rare and unusual, it stands with reason, that some Climate should in especial manner produce some more extraordinary Novelty, if not to others incredible, yet at least wonderful, and not easily digested for a truth.  
That there is a Nation of Men, called pigmies, hath been averred by Authors of pregnant Ingenuity, solid Judgement, and authentic Esteem; and though many have omitted a due inquest into this matter, yet such and so many have given their suffrages for the certainty of it, that we may without the imputation of credulity account it no fable. And why should it be thought improbable, that Nature( who continually delights to embroider this Frame of Being, with variety of Creatures) should somewhere produce Men of a smaller Character than ourselves, considering those Capital Letters( giants I mean) have been known so far to exceed us on the other side? That it is not unbefitting the way of natural Productions, we may quickly ascertain our minds, if we do but reflect on those many Pumilio's and Tom-thumb's, which even among People of the largest size are frequently exhibited as Examples of the other Copies. But having only given an occasion here for others to exercise their ratiocination, I shall content myself with this concise preamble, as satisfactory enough to the Judicious, who indeed may better persuade themselves by more important reasons, which their own due consideration may suggest unto them, and so begin my intended Discourse, if not altogether true, yet not wholly vain, nor perhaps deficient, in what may exhilarate a Witty Fancy, or inform a bad Moralist.   

GERANIA: OR, NEWS FROM THE pigmies.  
ON the Seventh of November, failing as pleasantly on the Ganges as the natural impetuosity of that Stream would permit, the Weather changing on a sudden, our Ship Veer'd about to the Larboard, and we were driven by a violent could and dry North wind, into a narrow Arm of a great Lake on the utmost Borders of India, that takes its rise from one common head with that famous River; there having escaped that direful embrace, which the inhospitable Waves had seemed to proffer us, we proceeded so slowly, as if a Remora had held our Keel, or rather as if we had cast Anchor in the mere Mortuum; but having at last with much labour conquered Three Leagues towards the nearest Land, in about eight and twenty hours, we began to ease ourselves, by desisting from our toil, and by a general participation of the residue of our Victuals, which as yet held out as we desired. After this refreshment, the golden rays of Phaethon began to make the Eastern Mountains blushy, that all their costly Stones and glittering Sands, were not sufficiently rich and august, to welcome so illustrious a Monarch; and the gentle Breezes of the Lake having on the shore saluted the delicious fannings of Aurora, return'd to us in soft whisperings, and assured us of the arrival of that Rosie-fingred Queen. At this, I and two of my Friends advanced ourselves on the Deck, and at the same time the glorious Prince of Day seemed to add speed to his fiery Horses, and return our compliment in a nearer approach to us. But how soon were our thoughts divided betwixt fear and admiration; while the Mountains, which but now appeared to us as flaming, began to confess themselves of that more innocent and amiable Lustre, which attends the brightest of Metals, when it is burnished most exceedingly? We gazed something earnestly at this amazing spectacle, and proposing to our hopes no less than Golden Mountains, we still fixing our Eyes on that desirable object, till a sudden noise of the rustling of Leaves alarmed our Ears, which kept sentinel at the side portals of our Brain, and they recalling our Eyes from their studious curiosity, sent them towards the shore, as Heralds, to inquire the reason of that so easy disturbance. Where we beholded a few Persons, whom we thought Men, Inhabitants of that place; though they sent no Voices to frighten or invite us, but only certain mimical and ridiculous Gestures, from whence notwithstanding, we might soon collect, that they professed us no ill-will. With which encouraged, we redoubled our endeavours to reach the Land, and a steadfast blast or two backing our design, that in less than an hour we touched the shore, where we might easily discern, that our Invitants forbore to welcome us with acclamations, or with obliging words, to compliment us to a nearer access, not because they lack'd Civility, but wanted those channels of Expression, which we call Mouths. Their Posture, though something uncouth, was not so rude, but that it declared them to be so far different from Brutes, that nothing seemed absent, which might make them complete Men, but the Gentleman-Usher of all Knowledge, Sermocination. On their Heads they proudly wore green Boughs, the wanton Leaves whereof, seemed desirous to show themselves by their soft whispering, more Vocal than their Bearers. Their Habit was of the woolly Moss of Trees, most artificially cemented with Gum, and interspersed with delectable Posies; about their Necks they wore pleasant chains of odiferous Flowers, the smell whereof is their chiefest aliment, except that of a certain luscious and nourishing Juice, which they suck through a small Tube or Pipe, into that little Orifice, which Nature hath granted them in the place and stead of Mouths. Their Legs are destitute of any other covering, but what their natural Hair supplies them with; but the Nails of both Hands and Feet were augmented to such a length, by their Sylvan Diet and Ignorance of more human ways, that they served them instead of Weapons, against the strongest wild Beast, who was always too weak for them; and with those they dug up Flowers and Plants, as they pleased. They received us with no vulgar Civility, expressing by their nodds and loquacious motions of their active Limbs, no small pride at our presence. But poor Creatures! alas, our stock of Victuals was but low, and we were not so good Chamaeleons as they, to live upon Air, neither could their fragrant Chapplets prevent our Famishment, if we stayed longer there. Wherefore being soon weary of their dumb conversation, we resolved in time, to seek some other People, whose liberality might store us with Provision for another Voyage, and whose community of living, being not so abhorrent from ours, might make them more sensible of our necessities, and so more prove to relieve them. To which end, having left twenty Men in the Ship, and all the remaining Victuals,( which was enough to last them five or six days) and solemnly promising not to go far, but to find out some place, and return again within six or seven days; after Breakfast, on Monday Morning, and Prayers for the Divine protection and direction, all the rest of our Company( which was thirty five) being directed by the signs of the Astomi( for so these People are called) went strait up towards the Mountains. It was now spring time of the Year, yet notwithstanding the warmth of the Season, the Mountains were clothed with a double Garment, the embroidered rest of Flora, and the Eye-dazling Mantle of Phaebus, and while they glittered in their eminence and apparel, the aemulous Valleys raised their swelling breasts of Corn to such an exuberance of height, as if they intended to make the Mountains aclowledge themselves inferior to them: Which lovely contention, was such an incentive to the Poetical Genius of one in our Company, that he could not forbear exonerating his Fancy in this Gratulatory manner.  

I.  
Where are We, Muses? Only you  
Can tell this lovely place;  
Where Flora doth her youth renew,  
And adds each day new lustre to her face.   

II.  
Is this fair Tempe? Or the climb  
Where you with Graces dwell;  
For Ceres here is in her prime,  
And Bacchus joy doth in each clustre swell?   

III.  
Is it elysium? No, oh! no!  
For here Sol shows his rays;  
And Fruits and Flowers for Men do grow;  
Souls in elysium live not by such ways.   

IV.  
What ever place 'tis called, thrice blessed  
Are those that here do live:  
But Nature sure, spares in the rest,  
When she these blessings doth so freely give.   
And truly the last distich was Prophetical enough, for though these Blessings are so superabundantly great, yet those who have the fruition of them, are Microcosmically little to such a degree, that I verily believe, excepting some other parts of their own Nation, they are the smallest People in the whole Habitable. The first we met with were some Children, driving an Herd of Kids; we presently began to admire with ourselves at the Ingenuity of the Inhabitants, thinking they had invented these little engines, so as by Clock-work to make them walk; But we were soon put out of that fondness, when the little Imps beholding our gigantic size, run away shrieking, and the nimble Kids, run scattered back in no less confusion than their drivers; truly a small matter would have made us run away too, we were so amazed at such an intricate accident. Some thought it was the Land of the fairies, and implored me to led them back; others supposing them Devils, exhorted me to recall my foot-steps, and hast back again, while there was opportunity. But Hunger was a more prevalent orator at that time; for we had now travailed hard two dayes and an half, having only broken our fast the Morning we set out, and since not met with any thing to alloy our Appetite, except some few strange Fruits we found in the way; so that if we went back, we were sure to faint and famish among fruitless Flowers, and unprofitable Dainties; wherefore I encouraged them to proceed cheerfully, and rather to venture any death than kill themselves by Fear, and die by Famine. But they had had little stomach to follow my advice, if the Poet Eucompsus had not assisted me with his Oration; and indeed he was our only support and solace in Travail, being a very merry Fellow, eminently ingenious, of a large and noble Soul, and my singular good Friend. But because you may better conjecture at his Person by his speech, and that I may do him right, I'll give you his very Words, as near as I can remember; which for the future, as oft as occasion serves, I will promise you to do, whether they be Verse or Prose; because I ever took good heed of his Discourses and other Fancies. And thus he began: Friends and Companions, let me desire you for two or three Minutes only, to compose yourselves, for I have something to say, that will please and secure you. At this they all came about him, and stood quaking, to hear what he would deliver, like a timorous Herd of dear, when they are first terrified with the approaching noise of Huntsmen and Dogs. And though I could not device what his intent might be, I doubted not, but it would be very convenient for the occasion; but thus he went on: It is not the manner of gracious Heaven to place unbecoming Inhabitants in so happy a Soil; nor can any Man of reason or judgement believe these Creatures to be fairies ( i.e. nothing) or any spiritual Being. In short, they are Men;( here they stared at him monstrously,) I, Men, I say, rational as we are, and I doubt, far more courageous; for did you not observe them sometimes to make a stand, and looking at us, seemed almost prepared to come to us? And certainly, though the unusual largeness of our Bulk might justly amaze them, had we had their hearts, we should not have trembled so easily at the sight of such minute Animals. I have often heard of pigmies, that they ride on Goats, and those Kids we saw are Colts, proportionable enough to such Coursers. The darkness of their Complexion being a consequence of this Climate, why should we suspect any Diabolical Apparition? Seeing Devils, as Spirits, can have no colour at all, because such Qualities are only proper to Bodies; and if no colour, why may they not in the assumption of Bodies to them, invest that Body they assume with any other colour as well as Black? For thus, though we paint Devils of that colour, which is most different from ours; so the Aethiopians are accustomend to paint them white, and perhaps with no less absurdity. Having therefore shown them to be no immaterial Substances, it remains, they must be material, that is( as may be gathered from their self-motion and Voice) Animal Creatures; and their shrieking being much after the manner of our Children, though more sharp and squeaking, as well as their shape and habit persuades us they must be Men. Then let us view them, their manner of Government, their Buildings, Customs and Labours; which will prove no doubt the most delectable adventure, that all our travels did ever yet present us with. You would not think of what wondrous efficacy these few words were, being confidently uttered by one, whom they all knew to be well Learned in Geography, and of great Eloquence, which was attended with a secret energy, called Peitho, which made him persuade the most obstinate, and led his hearers by their Ears, as Bears are lead by their Noses. But yet there was one obstacle more, by reason of one unreasonable Fellow, called Pandeison, a Romanist, who began to exclaim after this foolish manner. Oh ye Mad-men! to follow a whimsical Poet to this Land of Misery; though such kind of Men are not only believed to go to Hell themselves, but are known to led others thither. This place is the Gate of Hell, those are Devils, which he would fain persuade us to be men; and the Kids and Goats, that he confesses abound there, we are  told by Scripture, are the Damned, which those Devils are driving to some place of Torment; nor is it strange, that the place seems so pleasant and delectable, for they say, the way to Hell is strewed with Roses. And I fear, if you proceed,( for I am resolved not to follow) that these Mountains will indeed prove flaming ones, as they seemed at first; a just punishment for your temerity. And saying this, he hasted backward, fumbling with his Beads, and Crossing himself all over, continually flinging Ora-pro-nobis'es to the Virgin Mary. Which when Eucompsus perceived, he holp to across him too, and fell into such a violent Laughter, that while none of us could refrain, the noise being at least trebly increased by the reverberation of that mountainous and hilly Country, put Pandeison into such a fright, that he hastened down the Mountains, like one possessed, till his praecipitant fear gave him such a fall, that we thought he had broken his Neck; yet for all this, our Laughter was rather augmented than diminished, till a charitable Thought for our Companion, enforced us to a restraint. And this Mirth did us so much good, as to make us forget our Hunger, which we could hardly else have tolerated longer. So we sent four of our Servants to bring him back to us, who made a very speedy return again with poor Pandeison in a swoon, his clothes and Face all torn, and his left Arm broken; all which, seemed to us a very cheap ransom for his Neck. But as soon as ever he recovered, he winked very slighly, and of a sudden cried out on us, as if we were Devils too, which occasioned us to Laugh once more. But at last, finding how still and harmless we bore ourselves, he took the confidence to open his Eyes a little wider, and having come to the knowledge of us, he entreated our pardon, and desired, we would not leave him behind us, but carry him to the next House we should see, and rest there till he was recovered. Then we cut up some Grass and Flowers, and having spread them on a Bed, which we had composed of Twigs and Boughs we committed him to our four Servants, to be laid thereon, and so to be brought after us. Thus all was at rights again. The first Province we came to, was that of Gadozolia, the People whereof being called Gadozim, are the fairest, largest, and most stately of all other pigmies. The very sight of the smoke here gave heat to our resolutions, and we made such hast, being enforced by Hunger, that to use a scholastic Phrase, We did even devour the way. At last being directed by a great smoke, which was sufficiently observable in so thin and serene an Air, we arrived before a stately fabric of about 200 Foot square, yet not above sixty Foot high, made all of well-carved Wood, which abounds in that Country, called Geranophonon; a Wood, that contrary to the nature of all other, dyes when it is in the Earth, after it hath grown twenty Years; but when it is felled down, it proves stronger, and looks more veget than before; so that age, which conquers all other things, makes this to triumph; and Worms themselves, as knowing their attempt will prove vain, never corrode, or so much as come near it. On the Battlements of this Castle,( for a Castle it proved) was Earth spread, so that we took it for arable Ground, and Corn was besprinkled in the counterfeit Furrows; at each corner of which were Stakes fastened, and four Nets so artificially spread, that no sooner could any thing of weight touch that ground, which is called Geodyctyum, but the Nets are closed on all sides, and the Prey that is taken, lies hampered on the Geodyctyum. We needed not to crave entrance at this Castle, for before we came to the Gates, there met us nine young dandiprat-Gallants, about two Foot and an half or three Foot high, attired in a particoloured Silk, with turbans on their Heads of linen, covered over with cloth of Gold, and adorned with divers splendent Jewels, about their Back was cast a Mantle of blew Sarcinet, which was gathered upon the right Shoulder with a golden Button, over which there was cast a small chain of Silver, whereon a rich Sword of about a Foot long was hung, their Legs were covered with fine linen, and on their Feet they wore Sandals of Sheeps Leather, every one bestriding a lusty Ram, with guilded Horns, and Trappings beset with sparkling Diamonds. Eueompsus had by this time pretty well confirmed us all in the opinion, that these were pigmies; so that we did not much admire at the strange Equipage of such dwarfish Orlando's, but bowing our Bodies to them, stood still in a posture to receive them, when three of the foremost, and as it appeared, most Noble of them, turning back, and making their followers to stand, of a sudden, sprung, as it were, with one consent, from their Ram-Horses, and with admirable celerity coming up to us, first boldly beholded our Faces, and then in the Indian Language bad us all welcome to their country. Eucompsus and myself, and another Friend of ours, having formerly for some years Traffick'd in the Indies, made shift to understand them, and to return them an assurance, that we came in peace, and desired only to sojourned so long in their Country, as to repair our lack of Provision, and by observing their Customs to increase our Knowledge. They having assured us of all that might conduce to our satisfaction, entreated us to follow them, pointing to the Castle, which they called the Royal Bulwark: Then they nimbly remounted, and placing themselves before our company, two others on each side, and the remaining two behind; in this order we all moved towards the Royal Bulwark, they riding softly with us. But when we came to the Gates, one of their Company took from his Neck a small Rams-horn, tipped with Silver, and tied with a Silken Cord, and having blown three blasts with such strength, that he was forced to stagger in his Saddle, the Castle-gates were immediately opened by twenty Men, who pulled them wide by silken Cords, which were fastened to the Gates with Silver Rings. And they dividing themselves on each side the folding Doors, stood still, affording us a large passage, when the three Chiefs, that went before us, alighting, gave their Steeds to their Servants to put them up, and walked streight before us into a spacious Hall, where was an Ancient Gentleman about three Foot and an half high, with a Coronet of Gold, beset with precious stones, and a long rob of flowered Satin, all be-laced wiah Spangles, who stood leaning on a staff to bid us welcome. The three Heroes ran to meet him, and having fell on their Knees, pointed back to us, and said something, as we thought, on our behalf; when having raised them up, he walked forward, as well as his age would permit him, to meet us: We were now all entred into the Hall when he came to us, and having yielded him as profound respect as was possible, he re-saluted us, and making signs that we should move forward, presently those twenty Men, who had opened the Gates, came in loaded with Velvet-Cushions, two of them to each Cushion, and placing their burden decently on each side of a very small, but stately Chair, they brought in two Courses of Cushions more, which made thirty in number, as many as our company were, besides the four Servants and Pandieson, whom now we could no where spy. At this time the Sun began to decline his golden head, and feeble Day seemed ready to faint under the burden of twelve hours, when an hundred young Virgins, clothed all in white sarsenet, entered the Hall with burning Tapers in their Hands, which they placed in Golden Sockets, that were made on the sides of the Hall, and so retired with a solemn silence. And here I began to think nothing wanting to a complete entertainment, but a good Supper, and my Stomach being something importunate, while the looks of our Company put me in mind of their necessities, I could no longer forbear, but rising from my Cushion, came before the Ancient Gentleman, who was now ready to sit in his Chair of State, and first bowing my Body three times,( a fashion which I observed in them) I unfolded our condition to him in the Indian Language to this purpose; Great Ruler,( Eucompsus smiled at that Epithet) of the Bulwark Royal, we all easily perceive, that our Treatment here is as Noble and Magnificent as the highest ambition could desire; but our hungry Stomachs put us in mind to satisfy them before the Eyes, that being a work more necessary for Nature, and helpful for all other operations:— I was going to proceed, when he smilingly interrupted me, and  told me, he knew all this before, having red in our Countenances, that we wanted both Food and Sleep; and therefore, he said, he intended not to trouble us with any Discourse or inquiries that Night, but only to take care, that after a good treatment,( which would be brought up presently) we should be conducted to our several rooms, and there left to our repose. For he said, about two or three hours before, some Children of his Chief Goat-herds, had given him information of our arrival; and that though they had never seen such tall Men before, yet he had been long acquainted with Men as big as we, having frequently entertained ambassadors from the Macrobians, a People of the same India; and having himself, with his three Sons, gon on several Embassies to the neighbour Nations. While he was making this brief relation, the 20 Men brought into the Hall store of Goats-Milk, in Silver Dishes, each whereof was born by a couple of them, both for state, and perhaps because they were too heavy for one of them to bear, and fetching two Courses more, till we had a Dish for every one, they softly retreated; after which a couple of Gentlewomen brought in the Spoons, made of a certain bright Shell, and after that, ten of those twenty Men came in, every one with a fine wrought Basket on his Head, wherein were three Cakes, about the bigness of a six penny Loaf, though not so thick, made of purer Flower, than any part of Europe yields, and so fragrant with Spices, that the greatest Monarch in the Earth would not desire a finer Manchet; and lastly, there was set before each of us a Bowl of pleasant and wholesome Wine, called by them Zythus, made of the Vine Persephonodia, which Zagreus planted there before the Birth of Bacchus; a Wine more like Nectar, than any drink of Mortals. We were going to fall on what was set before us, when the sudden noise of a golden Bell made us forbear, and look out, till a tall, slender, and comely parsonage appeared in a rob of purest white, constellated with the figure of the Celestial Bodies, and on his Fore-head this mark ✚ in a golden Meddal; who taking up a Cake of Bread, and standing on an Ivory step, spoken thus in English; O Thou, who though never fully comprehended, art signified to weak Mortals by the sign which I thy Servant continually bear on my Forehead, whom our Nation adores and magnifies above all powers, shower down thine heavenly Benediction on these thy Creatures, and hear this Prayer of mine, for thy Compassions sake, in the behalf of these Strangers, who come from a place, where thy Salvation is known, that they may recover strength thereby and refreshment from their Travail; Grant this, O thou, who wast a stranger in egypt, and a Sojourner in Bethlehem, for thine own most meritorious sake: So be it. While he was saying this, he expressed so much fervency, that it struck us with a devout veneration and respect of his person; nor did it a little amaze us to hear him use our Language with such freedom, as if he had been an English Native; but his sudden leaving us, gave us opportunity of eating our Suppers, which we did with good Stomachs, till the first brunt of our Hunger was satiated, and we began to feed more leisurely, which afforded us time to feed our Eyes too with the Splendour of our entertainment, and the rarities of the Hall; which was all hung with rich Arras, whereon was portrayed the Story of Phryxus the Son of Athamas, here he swam over the yet un-nam'd River on the golden back of the Ram, and here the timorous Girl befallen off, still struggling with those Waves, which her death has made so famous; and now the Hellespont, as seeming content with so great a Sacrifice, smoothed its frothy cheeks in calmness. On an other side was a lively description of the Fight of Damasen( an Earth-bore giant) with the Dragon. How young Tylus walking by the banks of the River Hermus, chanced to touch with his Hand a sleeping Dragon, being ignorant what it was, but the incensed Creature bending back his Neck, and opening his impartial Jaws, ran against him, and lashing his sides, shook the Tempestuous burden of his fatal Tail, which he cast about his Neck in undissolvable Spires, still sending from his poisonous Throat the frothy messengers of indubitable death: This was the only chain which grim Lachesis allotted the youth, though glorious with dazzling Scales, yet most pernicious to the wearers of it; and in the embrace of this, like a sweet Flower covered with due, he bowed to the Earth, and left the Nymph his Sister, to mourn his untimely fate: She forgot not a pious Groan or two, and then went in search of the Dragon, to know how big he was; for it was not one traveller, nor one Shepherd he had destroyed, nor was Tylus alone slain by him, nor did he only feed on Beasts while he lay basking in the Wood, but often tearing up a strong three with his Teeth, he would swallow it, and often drawing back a traveller with the very force of his magnetick Breath, he had been seen afar off to receive an whole Man in his gaping Throat. The Nymph Meroe saw from far this Mutherer of her Brother, and was shaken with horror, to behold the thick rows of his pestiferous Teeth, and the Crown of Death circumscribed in the limits of his wide Throat. And making sad lamentation in the Wood, she met Damasen, the huge Son of Earth, whom contention had nursed up, and Lucina her self had armed; an Infant, yet terrible; a Suckling, yet Warlike, and a Child of more than human strength: Him the Nymph beholding near a side of the Wood, fell on her Knees, and sobbing mournfully, showed him the Monstrously-crawling murderer of her Brother, and poor Tylus yet struggling with death in the dust. The giant gladly undertook her quarrel, and wrenching up a huge three from his Mother Earth, he presently came before the cruel Dragon, who had by this time sounded the trumpet of his horrid Hissing to the Battle. Never were two such Monsters met together, the one covering near fifty Acres with his Scaly folds, the other threatening the Stars with his lofty front; the fearful Dragon had soon tied the Legs of Damasen with a double Sphincter, and opening the gates of his Teeth, with an enraged look, that breathed death, he darted at him the moist weapons of Poison from his Lips, and leaped up towards his Head: But the proud Damasen scorning such familiarity with a Beast, easily repelled him with his Hand, and smiting him with the Oak on his Temples, he rooted the three once more, sending it and death together into the Monster; who folding himself up in close wreaths, lay dead on the Earth; when of asuddain the Female Dragon coming by, as it were on purpose, saw her dead Male, and presently hasted to the herbiferous Mountain, whence cropping with her viperous Teeth the Flower of Jove, she brought back the Medicinal Herb in her Lips, and presently applied it to the dry Chaps of the dead Serpent; the hinder part of him was now lifeless, the foremost moved, and lovingly joined itself to the other part, which now recovered motion too; thus having drawn his returned Breath through his could Mouth, he soon after began to open his Throat and sand forth accustomend Hisses, and so returned with his loving Mate to his secret Den. And then fair Meroe, who beholded all this, took up the Flower of Jove, and applied it to the Mouth and Nostrils of her breathless Brother; but the vital Herb with its Virtual leaves, re-insouled the Body, and forced his departed Spirit to return again, infusing heat and life through every part: At this Young Tylus rose again, like a Man who after his nocturnal Sleep shakes off the Eyebinding shackles of lazy Somnus, and leaps from his Bed on his vigorous Feet; again, his late congealed Blood began to run its wonted circulation through the channels of the Veins, and his newly released Hands began to actuate, his Face was reinvested with its former Beauty, and strength returned to his Body, light to his Eyes, and speech to his Lips. On an other side was portrayed the contention of emulous Arachne with the Goddess Minerva; but the most admirable rarity there was the Spiders Web, which was made by Metamorphosed Arachne; never were threads so small, so artificially wrought by any human Hand before. These representations and more were expressed to the life on those ingenious Hangings, which while we curiously run over, our Stomachs had remitted much of their former rapacity, and we had leisure to ruminate on the wonderful and undeserved Civilities we had received from so small a Nation, not only sometimes remembering the goodness of their Bread and Wine, but often reflecting on that admirable skill had been shown in the Work on the Arras; at which time we, seeming not to employ all our Organs at Supper, were supprized with such an Harmonious Consort of music, that every Sense seemed converted into that of Hearing, and our Apostate Appetite, to prefer this Auditory Banquet. Which so inflamed the airy Soul of Eucompsus, that being very dexterous in that faculty, hewarbled out extempore this rapture with a most sweet and low Voice to the Indian Tune, which was then played.  

I.  
What sound is this, that captivates mine ears,  
Inthrals my Sense, and wings my Soul?  
Jove sure, if he this Consort hears,  
Stands listening from the starry Pole,  
Contemning all the music of his spheres,  
Though mixed with Ganymed's nectarean bowl.   

II.  
Such Numbers did from the Orphaean Lyre  
Enliven quick-ear'd Trees, and move  
In decent Dance,( if famed's no liar)  
The whole admiring Thracian Grove,  
So Phaebus did with Mercury conspire,  
When Peleus wedded his Nereian Love.   

III.  
Such Numbers from the skilled Amphion fell,  
When stones kept measure to his sound,  
When tempered Air could work so well,  
And potent Verse so strong was found;  
It made rough Quarries by the quavering spell  
Jump in Symetrick Piles the City round.   

IV.  
But since( wise Nature) thou hast freely made  
So small a Race so great a choir,  
Since they our privilege invade,  
And mount as high as we or higher  
In thy great Secrets: hence small thing be said  
The fittest things to Love, and to admire.   
And here the music ending, his Pegasean heat was a little cooled, when the youngest of the Three Heroes( who the Ancient Gentleman before called his Sons) stepped behind Eucompsus, and having obligingly commended his Voice, he thanked him for the Honour conferred on their Solemnity, and confessing that by a familiarity with his Country Priests, he had attained to so much knowledge at lest in the English Tongue, as might make him perceive the drift of his Song to be in praise of that Consort, he therefore desired to be permitted to make his return in the like nature; which Eucompsus gladly condescended to, and whispered to me and my Friend his intent, so that we were almost Ear-starved with expectation of that genial entertainment; when of a sudden, the music having played one Preparative, the Spirit of the young hero was so ravishingly elevated, that soaring above the usual pitch of meaner Poets, he warbled forth, with the most graciously surprising Voice imaginable, this Song in the Indian Language.  

I.  
'tis not our music( Strangers brave)  
That can your Senses bind;  
Our Verses no such magic have  
Your Generous Spirits to enslave:  
Alas! You're too too kind.   

II.  
Yet from the heat of Phaebus rays  
We're not so far removed,  
But that we sometimes purchase bays,  
And wander through those flowery ways,  
So much by Muses loved.   

III.  
But since the Sacred Treble-three  
Now in this Castle dwell;  
( For you have brought them here we see)  
We hope our Canto's may agree  
Some other time as well.   

IV.  
But now, fair Nox, that dost attire  
thyself in Sable rest;  
Be thou propitious, we desire,  
While these kind Strangers do retire,  
And sweetly take their Rest.   
After this favourable Vale, the residue of our Supper was taken away, in the same order it was all brought in, and immediately, upon the ringing of the Golden Bell, the Priest, which they call a Dramesco( i.e. a representative of Christ) returned in the same Habit and manner as before, who mounting on the aforementioned Ivory Basis, returned the Thanks of the Guests to the supreme Deity in these words, O thou ineffable Being, whose Goodness is as boundless as thine Empire, in the name of these Strangers, I thine unworthy Substitute, return thee deserved Thanks for this present comfortable repast, as well as thy daily favours to them; beseeching thee, that as their weak Bodies, through thy Mercy, are nourished with daily Food, so their immortal Souls may continually be satisfied with the Spiritual Banquets of thy Grace, that both their Souls and Bodies may join in a pure Life, to the Glory of thy Great Name, and the Health of their own Souls: Grant this of thine unspeakable Clemency. So be it.  
Having so said, he blessed us, and bad us rest in Peace; adding, that he would see us the next morning, and confer with us; at which saying, we all rose up and bowed to him, which he seemed to take no notice of, but went directly out of the Hall; after which there came in four Damsels( who were of the hundred fore-mentioned) with lighted Tapers in their hands, who approaching to me first, as being the Chief, beck'ned to me to follow them, which I did,( leaving the rest behind on their Cushions, as the custom of the Country required) till they brought me into a fair Chamber, wherein there was a large Couch, standing on four Feet of Ebony, and covered with a rich Mantle of Silk, quilted with Wool, on which there seemed Poppies to grow: They pointed to the Couch, and set the Tapers in Sockets of Silver, which were purposely placed on each side the Couch, and so left me to my repose, closing the Door after them. No sooner was this done, but the most Fragrant sent imaginable began to 'allure my yielding Senses to a retirement; it proceeded from a smoke of burnt Spices and Perfumes, which I suppose, the Maids, by some Tube, transfused into my Chamber through the hole of the Door. I was thinking, what a rare subject that would prove for Eucompsus to exercise his Poetry on; but indeed the Virtue of this sweet Fumigation was so effectually soporiferous, that I had no sooner laid myself on the Couch, and covered me with the Mantle, but the irresistible Charms of Somnus locked up my wearied Senses in the Cabinet of Rest. And so I lay, till a knocking at my Door awaked me with this Tetrastich.  
Arise, O Man, for what is Sleep  
But Death's Effigies right?  
The Fates will once thy Vitals steep  
In a more lasting Night.  
At which serious and apt Memento, I saw the Tapers began to confess themselves useless at the approach of Aurora, and as seeming desirous to resign their Office to a brighter Luminary, they hide their dying Heads in the Sockets, and yet in their very snuffs, left an odiferous Savour behind them. Then I arose, and having taken a turn or two in my Chamber, and viewed the delectable and costly furnishing thereof, the four former Maids came in, and beckoning to me to follow, they reconducted me into the same Hall, where having left me, four others came in with Eucompsus, and so every one in the order they sat at Supper, was conducted in by four Maids, till we were all met, and then it was found, that all of us had a like ceremony used in all respects. But while we were debating on the past occasions, applauding their Magnificence and Hospitality, the Venerable Dramesco came in, according to his promise, and desiring us to sit down on our Cushions, he himself mounted on a Step of Ebony, opposite to the Ivory Basis, and made this following Discourse to us.  
Friends and Brethren, first of all, as English Men, I bid you welcome, but as Christians, I embrace your Society. That Basis of Ivory being Consecrated to Holy Uses, I never stand on it, unless while I am Praying or praising of God; but this whereon now I am, is the place where I usually Discourse, and it is of this colour, to signify, that all other talk is as much below that, as black is contrary to white. But these things are obvious, and of themselves explicable enough. I suppose you may all wonder to hear me speak so readily your Language, in so remote a Country; but you must know, that our Dramesco's, whom you call Priests, are taught from their Infancy, all the most known Languages of the World, which for the most part, we in a pretty manner attain to, notwithstanding the brevity of our Lives, which never exceeds forty Years; nay we count twenty a sufficient Age, though many attain to thirty; but forty, as I said before, is the highest apex, to which our Life can or did ever climb. And yet, some among us, have been found able in all the Sciences, and skilled in fifty four Languages; a thing, which to the Europeans may seem incredible, but as soon as they know our circumstances, it will not prove so difficult to believe. For the Nature of our Climate, it is so providentially disposed, as if Heaven intended to compensate the deficience of our time in a more vigilant aptitude to Industry; for he that is most wearied with Labour among us, in the space of twenty four hours, requires but one three hours Sleep, by which only he is sufficiently invigorated and refreshed: Besides, we have the presence of the Sun two hours and an half sooner than any in Europe, and find him setting but an hour sooner, so that our day gains of them one whole hour and an half; moreover Nature has enriched this soil with a sovereign Plant called Anthypuum, the Berries whereof being made into a Drink, do refresh us as well as any Sleep, and save us the loss of time; so that though our Bodies are so inconsiderable, and our Years so few, yet our Life may be justly reckoned the longest and most Proper Life, because it is hardly ever, and then but for a small time deprived of its operations, by that silent unactive Interregnum of Sleep. And I remember to have heard of such a Drink, among you of England, which is called by that improper name of Coffee; you count that a great help to vigilancy, and so I grant it may be, but I can assure you, it is made of a Plant which is the bastard Plant to our Anthypuum, and has scarce one scruple of the Virtue which belongs to ours. I suppose, it is the way of Heaven to bless each soil with those Fruits which are most congruous and agreeable to the disposition of the Inhabitants, and most profitable and necessary for the sustenance of the Country. Our people are for the most part Husbandmen, Gardeners and Keepers of Cattle; only two Hundred thousand of the Commonalty are in especial employed in digging of Mines, which abound here, and coining the Gold and Silver, though there are but 50000 of them work at it yearly. Others make it their Trade to Work in all kinds of Silk, to make Tapestry, and Quilted Works, and to make Apparel for the rest of the Nation. Others that are of the Militia, are sent every Spring to the Sea-side, to break the Eggs of the young Cranes, and kill the old ones, as many as they can. Thus, every one is helpful to another; one sort manures the Ground, another defends the Country: Another clothes us, another Feeds us, and another helps us to Barter for what we lack, by enriching our Coffers: So that every one being content with his Profession, and every Profession being sufficiently gainful,( because we are all Industrious, and know not those luxurious ways of Spending, which others practise) those that have much have but enough, and those that have little want nothing. Now the desire of Riches being unnatural to our Constitutions, and the ways of Deceiving being unknown, while every one enjoys his own, no body is in want, and our own soil yields us as much as the whole World could. Hence having no need to fall to base practices, we are all exercised in our own Vocations, and when we are Old we leave the practise and gains of our Trade to our Children, who,( as we wrought before to maintain them) are now, by the Law both of Nature and our Land, forced to nourish us, which they do most dutifully: But if any neglect it, as I never yet could hear of more than two, the Judges, that go about to look to such things, bring them from their Fathers House, and having caused their Eyes to be pulled out, and branding them with the Figure of a Viper in their Fore-heads, they sand them forth, thus helpless, into the Fields, and so those who refused to nourish their Parents, are now uncaple of finding nourishment for themselves; but being hated and abhorred of all, who see them so stigmatized, they wander about, till they die deservedly miserable. And here the Good Man having made a pause, and looking steadfastly on me, I thought fitting to make some reply; and thinking nothing could prove more acceptable, than if I should retaliate him, by a narration of our Customs, I prepared to answer him in that kind, though I was ashamed to see how these small ones exceeded us: But yet, because I doubted whether he might not have attained to the knowledge of them, as well as of our Language, I first choose to ask him, whether he had ever yet been acquainted with our ways of Government, or would desire to hear any News from us? To which, he thus returned. About 2660 Springs past,( for we commonly use that part of the Year in discourse, for the whole, it being the only memorable time for Action with us) there came into our Country an Indian Brachman, ( for so their Wise Men are called) the first Stranger that our Annals make mention of, called Melesigenes of a comely parsonage, tall and long-Visaged, his Eyes black and sharp-sighted, his Hair and Beard as white as Goats-Milk, his Complexion Sanguine; and in short, his Aspect such, as could 'allure Mens love, and enforce their respect. He was no sooner seen by some of our Nation, but they received him as a God, adoring him and offering him Presents; but when the King of Gerania ( which is the Name of our Country) heard of him, he came himself to do him Honour, and carrying him into the Temple of Jupiter, who was then God of the Land, made there a sumptuous Feast for him; at which, he having Eaten little, and Drunk less, came to the King, and spake to this purpose in the Indian Language, which was scarcely then understood by our ancestors. O King! I am no God, nor Person that merit such Divine Honours, but a grecian Born, and a Man that have Travailed most parts of the known World, to increase Knowledge. I have been in egypt, and seen the Wisdom of their Priests and Magicians: I have been in Persia, and conversed with their Magi. I have noted the Holiness and Religion of the Jews, and red the Poetical Writings of their Learned King David; I have also examined the skill of the Chaldaeans in the Stars; but preferring the strict and temperate Life of the Indian Gymnosophists, I have conversed with them above this ten Years; so that now by my Speech, Habit, and Profession, I seem a Native of that Country. But of all the People I ever met with, none, as yet, have appeared to me to Live so irregularly as your People do, who though they are naturally well inclined to Hospitality and a sense of Religion, yet being destitute of a sufficient Lawgiver, they live among themselves more like Brutes than rational Creatures. In short, give me Authority, O King, and I shall so employ my skill in cultivating their Manners, by wholesome Laws, and in Moddelling your Government by good Policy, that you shall have cause to remember me for ever. At this saying, the King fell down before his Feet, and testifying his ready acceptance, committed all his Affairs to the Discretion of this Stranger; but would suffer him to reside no where, but in the Temple of Jupiter, with the Priests of that God, partly, because he esteemed him next that Deity, and partly, because no place beside in that Province was big enough for the reception of such a Man. Here then he abode, and after he had instituted all those Laws, whereby this Land is yet governed, he devised, for increase of Knowledge, two Places, which he called Lescha's, the one for the Dramaesco's or Holy Men; the other for the Talcomummi, which you call Lay-Men; and added this difference, that the Dramaesco's should be bread there, and trained up from their Child-hood, in all the known Languages, and after the attaimment of them in the Mysteries of Theology, ethics, metaphysics, Astronomy, and Geometry, only; and that the Talcomummi should only know the most proper Dialect of the Indian Tongue, and in that find out the Secrets of Nature, studying logic, mathematics, music, and ethics, which comprehend all the liberal Sciences; and to this intent, he left us Forty volumes, every one in a several Language, which he ever bore with him, being light Rolls of Parchment; one whereof, contained the writings of Moses, David, and Solomon; adding, that they had been Servants to the true God, and that by their Writings, he had persuaded himself, how the Heathen Gods should shortly be demolished, and the true God manifesting himself to the World, should teach Men a way to serve him; in the mean time he left us in our Lescha this wonderful prophesy: 
{αβγδ},  
{αβγδ}.  Which I may thus English to you, 
Six hundred first, one hundred then,  
And after ten;  
Six, seventy and two hundred more  
Will bring to you the SAVIOUR.   
He said when this number of Years was complete, which is 986, we should understand the prophesy: Now, which is strange, those Letters in Greek, which make this number, being joined together in that order he placed them, do constitute the word {αβγδ}, Christ, who was Preached to us in that Year, which this prophesy foretold. After this he ordered such Castles as these to be made in such places, that may most annoy the Cranes; and shew'd us the Nature of three most useful things, the one of the three which he called Geranophonon, which signifies a Crane-killer; for if a Crane doth but touch it, it makes the Claws or Bills, or any other part, that touches it, to fall off, and soon destroys that enemy of ours: Then he showed us the use of an Herb called Moly by us, but by him Cynocephalea, which being beat to Powder and drank in Wine, is a sovereign Remedy against Witchcraft and Poison. But this most profitable Antidote, whose chief Virtue lies in its Root, is so deep and strongly radicated in the Earth, that we ought to use our utmost care in digging about it, for fear of breaking the Root. And lastly, he taught us the manner of making that Drink, which we use instead of Sleep, and therefore he called it Anthypuum. And having done all these things of love for us, in the space of eight or nine years, he  told us he would depart now for Greece, and promised to mention us to the World, in the Writings he intended to publish, which he said, should comprehend the Vigour of the Body, and strength of a Wise Mind, as a means to eternize his Name, which, though first he said was Melesigenes, be afterwards acknowledged it to be Homer, that is blind, because his Country-Men seeing him not overcome as others, by vain Pleasures, which begin at the Eyes, they counted him as blind, and therefore, called him Homer, never considering, that the quick eye of his Reason and Virtue had purposely closed the Eye of Concupiscence, with which, as long as Men see, they themselves are no better than blind. But when our King heard of his intended departure, after all his Prayers, persuasions, and promises proved ineffectual to stay him, he offered him many large Favours, which when he refused to accept, the King begged of him to say what he should do for his sake, that had done so much for our Country. He only desired him to do three things; first, to Erect a Temple, bigger than that of Jupiter, and Dedicate it {αβγδ}, to the God that was to come, and to honour him with no Sacrifices, but of continual Prayer and Praises, and to that end to institute a choir with Songs and music, to Bless and magnify him; Then he desired him to give his mind to Hospitality; and to that purpose, to provide Two hundred Chambers in every Castle, and to furnish them after the manner you saw your Lodgings furnished: And lastly, he desired him to transmit his Laws to Posterity, and to choose out every Year some of the gravest and justest Talcomummi to expound the Law to the People, and to select out of them two Judges for every Province in his Dominions of Gerania: First, for the Province of Gadozalia( so called, from that King Gadozal) where is the chief City, and the largest Men of all the pigmies, who are also the longest lived and best Learned. Secondly, for the Province of Homeria, which took name from that Gymnosophist, where the People delight chiefly in Caverns and Cottages, built of Mud, and adorned with Feathers and whites of Eggs. Thirdly, for the Province of Calingi, where the pigmies are the smallest of all, Marrying at five years of Age, and not living beyond twelve; who chiefly feed on Fish, which they take from the River Arbis, that runs through their Province. And lastly, for the Province of Elysiana, so called, for its wholesome Air and pleasant Situation. All this the King Gadozal promised and thereto Swore by his sceptre, which was made of Wood, and picked over with Gold. And so that Godlike Man left our Country, and left an Eternal Memory of his Acts with us, which the grateful King striven to increase several ways; as first, by a golden Image, representing Homer, giving Laws to the pigmies, with this Motto,— 
{αβγδ}.  
To pigmies I their Laws did give,  
And Precepts made, by which they live.   
Moreover, he Instituted an Order of Greek-Talcomummi; who are only permitted, beside their Mother Tongue, to Learn the Greek, both Verse and Prose, which they were much assisted in by several admirable Poems of his,( which he Wrote for them) chiefly three, his Thesmophoron, which contained all his Laws in Verse; a small one called Epicichlides; and his Margites, which, it may be, have never come to your Hands, because he left them wholly here, except some few Fragments of them, which he took with him. And this Greek Order from him are called to this day Homeridae. But I forgot to tell you, that in that Temple, which he wished to be built To the God that should come, there was an Adytum called the Proseucha, over which Homer left this Distich to be wrote in golden Characters,( for we soon had learned to make Letters by his assistance. 
{αβγδ}  
{αβγδ}.   
Which I thus English for you, because every one may understand me, 
O Son of God, give us what thou seest fit,  
Whether we pray for it or no;  
But as for Evil, never give us it,  
Though foolishly we wish it so.   
And thus, by this mans means, we have not only lost our Barbarism, but arrived to a pretty degree of Knowledge, and have a way to understand the Language, Customs, and Government of all Countries, especially since these Indies have been so open; for the Indians learn of English or Dutch Merchants the Affairs and Transactions of other Countries, and from them the Brachmans learn the same, and they, in memory of Homer, sand to us every Year with writings of those Matters.  
Here he paused again, and Eucompsus being a great admirer of Homer, began to be altered in his Countenance, with a more than perhaps moderate Joy; which, I verily believe, came but little short of a rapture, and would have soon extemporized an Ode or so, had not the three young Squires come, who making very low Reverence to the Dramaesco, he went strait out of the Room, bowing to no Body; for it is a Law to the Priests, never to bow their Bodies to any but God, as being above all others, by virtue of their Function; likewise they are never to be seen in public, unless standing, to put them in mind of the uprightness of their lives, and to make them more watchful and diligent. Soon after, the Ancient Gentleman came in, and gave order to bring in our Breakfast-Dinner,( for it was instead of both, and between the time of both; they in that Country having but two Meals a day) which was done after the former manner, the Dramaesco still beginning and ending the Meal with his Orisons. But after Dinner, while some of us were reasoning on the absence of Pandeison and the four Servants, not being able to imagine what was become of them, we saw him come with them very cheerfully into the Hall, appearing as well and sound as ever, which put us into no small admiration, considering how late it was since we left him in that miserable plight. But we soon heard him from his own Mouth aclowledge the wonderful skill of the Talcomummi Physicians, and their wholesome Provision, made for Wounded or Sick, so that they keep none under their Hands above a day or two; which great proficiency in that faculty, cannot be attained to by other People, because, no where else are found such good Simples, such Sanative Drinks, such learned Treatises, and rare Experiments, such exquisite Care and Diligence, and such moderate and wholesome Diet, and perhaps such faithful Physitians too. And then I understood by him, how, at our first entrance, he was taken by the two hindmost Gentlemen, riding on Rams,( it being unlawful for Sick Strangers to enter the Hall) and suddenly laid on a Chariot, drawn by six Hee-Goats, and carried to Physician's-Lescha, where his Servants attended him, and in that short time his Arm was Set, and the rents of his Face closed up to admiration; nay, and his very clothes were so neatly ranter-draw'd, that no man living could ever discern they had been torn. Which kind usage made Pandeison as obstinately now affirm them good Angels, as before he would make them appear to be Imps of Hell. And indeed that fall made him afterward stand the surer; for where before he thought every Bush a murderer, and every breath of Wind a flattering traitor, considering now the ill consequences of such pusillanimous cowardice, he bore himself for the future with a far more virile and courageous Resolvedness.  
But now the Ancient Gentleman sat down among us, and bad his three Sons to discourse with us, about what he had ordered; when the youngest of them placing himself near Eucompsus, began this relation: Worthy Gentlemen, seeming yourselves young and vigorous Blades, and being, I doubt, not well skilled in Military affairs, you would take it kindly, I presume, if we should deliver unto you the true manner of our War with the Cranes, it being impossible, that you should be ignorant of our Antipathy. To prevent therefore your modesty, according to the General, my Fathers Orders, I shall tell you the whole Story, that when you talk of us to the Europaeans, there may be no mistake. And first, you must know, my Father, whom you see, is the tallest Man, the most Aged, and has been the best experienced in this whole Realm of Gerania; when he was twenty Years old, his first Wife, my Elder Brothers Mother, dyed for grief, that one of her Sons had been slain by the Cranes in a fierce skirmish; after that, the late King Pantalcus requested him to mary his Daughter, which he condescended to( though he came of a more Honourable race, from King Porus his Dwarf) and then he was created Generalissimo of all the King's Forces, Lord Hospitaller of Geranea, and his governor of this Castle; to which he no sooner came, but in revenge of his Sons Death, and for love of his late Wife, he invented this most artificial Snare, which you saw from the high Ground, on the Battlements of our Castle. For the Cranes being the only causers of famine in our Land, by reason they are so numerous, that they can devour the most plentiful Harvest, both by eating the Seeds before-hand, and then picking the Ears that remain: My Father, to deceive them, hath caused Earth to be spread over the Roof, and to be raised into Furrows, which are purposely full of Seeds, by which these Creatures, ( though very wise) being cheated, when they think to fill themselves, and prejudice us, not only lose those hopes, but their Liberty and Lives, being made a Prey to our anger. So that, where other Lords of Castles are scarce able to pay their Tribute of one hundred Cranes Heads yearly, my Father, though he has an immunity from all such Taxes, as being the Kings Brother, doth freely, by the help of this Snare, present him with two thousand Heads a Year. Now,( not to mention my Fathers Acts, which are more than any History can equal, in respect of his Stature) every Spring-time, I and my two brethren go mounted, as you saw us, with those six Captains of our Horse, and their Companies, down to the Sea-side, where the Cranes build; at the first bleating of our Goat-Horses, all the old Cranes leave their Nests, and in them their young ones, and fly about us with great fury, for they are very sensible of our Hostile intent; then our Valour is most conspicuously signalized; for as they will sometimes daringly come on the ground and endeavour, with their strength, to push us beside the Saddle, some of us have been so bold to throw by our Weapons, and setting ourselves firm, to catch hold of their long Necks, notwithstanding the many Wounds of their sharp Bills, and so wringing their Heads from their Bodies, to put them as Trophies under our Belt. And thus my Father hath often said, that day his young Son was slain( for being then but tender, yet venturous, he separated himself from the rest, and having transfixed nine of them through with so many Darts, when all his Weapons were gone, he was dismounted, and wounded to the Heart, with one of their long and sharp Bills) that day, I say, he hath said, and all men aclowledge, that to comfort his Wife for that loss, he presented her with five hundred Enemies Heads, and three hundred dozen of their Eggs, all taken and slain with his own hands and my elder Brothers. And many such encounters we have had and must have every Spring-time; but for all this, they are so numerous, that in Seed-time they come in Shoals to spoil the Husband-man's hopes, and our nourishment; There we being both Horse and Foot, stand ready with Darts, Slings, and Staves, to assail them with all our Vigour. They chiefly aim at the Head and Face, but those places we have guarded with an Helmet of that fatal Wood Geranophonon; which, whoever of them touch, are sure to die. Now, that these Creatures may not seem so inconsiderable, besides the advantage of Flying and equalling us in Bulk, but far exceeding us though mounted in height; they are very wise and strong, as may be argued by that immense way they fly after our Harvest, which they always expect. When they begin their Airy Voyage, they all agree together, and rank themselves in the perfect form of an Oxygonical Triangle, something like the Roman Wedge, the acute cusp whereof not resisting, but penetrating the Air, still widens the Gap, and quiter takes off the force of the opposite Wind, which would else scatter and disturb their March. Their Flight is to the sight very lofty, the King flying foremost, whom they elect: In the rear they place by turns, a certain number, who are to direct and encourage them with their Voice, and keep the rest all silent. At Nighttimes they set a Sentinel, or a Corps du guard, holding a pibble in their Claws, which being let loose in Sleep, and so falling, rouses them again to the Watch, and makes them ashamed of their supine negligence. In the mean time the rest Sleep securely, hiding the Head under the Wing, and standing alternately on each Foot. Their King sees forward on the March, and foretells what he sees. We have some of them tamed in our great Tower of Ainodnol, and these will wantonly make rounds, Dancing very pleasantly, though irregularly. It is known to your Men, that when they would pass over the Sea, they wisely choose the Straights between two Promontories, which we call Creumethopson and Crambis; by which means, when weary, they rest themselves. Having passed half way, they cast the Pebbles from their Feet, and the Sand from their Mouth, when they have touched the Continent. Which Sand they took, that by their silence, they might escape the knowledge of those Eagles in their way, to whose fury their Loquacity would else have betrayed them. For these, and many more of their Customs, they deserve to be reckoned a Flying Common-wealth; and some of our Poets have feigned, that because Jupiter,( who himself being a pygmy, used to ride on the Goat Amalthaea) had been displeased at the former pigmies for their frequent immolation of Goats( which we now hold Sacred) he therefore Metamorphosed them into Cranes, who still will fight with our Goats, and having formerly been Husband-men, come now in such throngs to require the Fruits of their Ground, and to expel us the Country. But, if you please, you may smile at the fancy: I shall only add this, that from Seed-time to Harvest, we fasten a thin net-like work on stakes, over our ploughed Ground, so high, that the Cranes cannot come to the Corn, and yet the Rain and Sun-shine is nothing hindered thereby; on the sides of which expanded sheets we drive close stakes of Geranophonon, which, if they endeavour to pass, it kills them. And so by our Valour and Wit we not only are Masters of our own Land, but transmit our Empire to the People of the Air, and without a tedious watch, may securely expect a full Harvest.  
And here the Ancient Gentleman lifting up his staff, gave his young Son a sign to leave off, which he readily obeyed, and only putting into Eucompsus his hand a volume, which contained his own History, he rose and left his place to be supplied by his Brother; who was of a long Visage, strait Hair, Sanguine Complexion, grey eyed, and of a moist Palm. He being drawn near me, began this subsequent Discourse:  
Gentlemen, you having heard the Original of our Laws, of our Wars and Customs, may further, I suppose, desire to understand after what manner we express our Love and Courtship to the Female kind, the Intrigues of Love not being the smallest part of a young Man's enquiry. First then,( for I love to be brief in talk,) where there is a lawful Affection, it can be no where kept so inviolable as with us. Our pretences are not long, but after both parties are agreed, they must have the consent of their Parents,( who seldom here die before their Children are Married) which being obtained, the next New-Moon they are joined, after which, they make a Feast, Inviting all their Friends and Relations, who, after the Fathers and Mothers of both have given their donation, cast every one, according to their ability, a certain sum into a Box, provided on purpose, which serves them for their Portion. So that Portions among us are never regarded, we being naturally more Generous than your great Nations, and not thinking fit to esteem the Compartner of our Lives by the Parents Dowry, but rather, by what Nature and Virtue hath made their own. As for that filthy merchandise of Bodies, which you call prostitution or whoredom, we are utterly unacquainted with it, partly, because the Nature of our Women is more modest, partly, because they have all a livelihood with such practices, and abhor to gain any thing unlawfully; and partly, because we have such an esteem of Marriage,( which would seem vain, if other ways were suffered) that we count it the most honourable state of Life, and the most dreadful to violate; and therefore none are desirous of it, but they are free to enjoy it, there being no great disparity of Faces or Fortunes among us: We are all naturally healthful, all strait Bodied, all Honest and Generous, all affable and Religious; and all obliged to profess the same Trades as their Parents have done, by which they attain more skill and more riches. Only, if they have many Sons beside the eldest, some are bread up for the increase of the Militia, some for the Lescha of the Talcomummi,( for the Priest's Sons succeed them in the Dramaesco's Lescha) whence they either practise physic or Law, or are Singers in the Temples, or Secretaries of Learned Men, or Councellors to the King, and nothing is ever wanting to them for the attaimment of these things, for the Lescha's are maintained by the Kings Charge, and every Science is able to sustain its followers. I might tell you of our more Court-like way of winning the Ladies Hearts, of their Beauty, sweet Nature, Modesty, and Affability; how silent, cleanly, industrious and loving our Wives are; how devout, sober, and grave our Matrons; how lovely, ingenious, and chast our Virgins; so that this three hundred Years have given us no example of any known Whore, dishonest Wife, or immodest Widow: And so indeed it is with the Men too; only one Trebor Nostaw, one of the Talcomummi, was lately found guilty of conveying away some Goods and moneys from their Lescha, and decieving a faithful Friend, who trusted in him; for which last Fact chiefly, he was first disgracefully expelled the Lescha, and afterward stigmatized in the Forehead with this Mark I. H. by which he being known to have proved a false Friend, is befriended by none, but cast out, to live as he can, or die as he deserves: And such punishments are the greatest we ever yet used in our Nation; because there are so few Delinquents, and because the shane and Misery may be more exemplary. But I cannot so soon pass by Friendship, it being a Virtue so honourable with us, and especially so pleasing to myself; and 'tis a common Proverb with us; Virtue and Friendship are the Twins of God. At this time I have a Friend called Mahdeen, in the Lescha of Dramaesco, so sober and virtuous, so prudent and ingenious, so notable for his universal knowledge and remarkable Piety, that the hope and expectation of all pitch on him for the future ornament of our Church, and support of the kingdom, by his Justice and Prudence; and notwithstanding our great distance, he sends me notice of his Affairs, and I commit all my concerns that lie that way, to his hands, not doubting of his Fidelity and Discretion.  
I remember a Witty Distich he shew'd me on our new contracted Amity.  

{αβγδ}  
{αβγδ}.   

I know the time, wherein our Love first mutually did bend;  
But Time Himself shall never prove so Wise, to know its end.   
Which I requited with this, 

{αβγδ}  
{αβγδ}.   

O sand, thou glorious Prince of Day,  
And Moon, thou Queen of Night,  
The Rays our Friendship shall display,  
Shall last as long as yours, and full as bright.    
The thoughts of this his friendship and known constancy, are now the chiefest solace I delight in, and his memory is the most precious and graphical Effigies of Virtue, that I can bear about me: So that though such an Affectionate Intimacy is here very usual; yet I dare affirm, that of Mahdeen and Senrab ( which is my Name) to be the most defecated and sincere.  
And here again the Ancient Gentleman, lifting up his Staff, put him in mind to conclude his Discourse, and give place to the Eldest Brother, who spake in this manner.  
Worthy Sirs, having your minds prepossessed with the knowledge of what is most memorable with us, except what I am going to tell you; I think, yourselves being put to it, could not imagine any thing undeclared of more importance, than Court matters. Of them therefore I shall briefly inform you. Our present Government( as it was ever since we knew Civility) Monarchical, the most natural and best Government: But to omit the Stories of our former Kings( which are not able enough, but unfit for this time) I shall only give you an account of the present King. You have heard, I suppose, by the Dramaesco, that our kingdom of Gerania contains but four Provinces, Gadozalia, Homeria, Calingi, and Elysiana; the Metropolis of Gadozalia is called Ainodnol, the most large, rich, and populous City of the whole Pygmean Kingdom; here our King keeps his Court, here is the Centre of all the Gentry and Nobility, and here flourishes the practise of all Arts and Sciences, which are highly esteemed and cherished by the King, whose Name is Sulorac, Son to Pantalcus the late King, the manner of whose Death was too Barbarous to be  told to any stranger, but the Actions and Virtues of his life have already swollen many volumes. He bears in his Coat the Arms of each province quartered, a lion passant in chief, an open Book, whereon is written {αβγδ}, a Fish and a three, the Supporters are a Goat and a Ram, the Horns Or, on the Crest a Cranes Head erased, and on that four Crowns. This King keeps the most Royal Court of any Monarch, though he maintains neither lifeguard, nor armed Men, because our Court is as content and humble as the Country, and the King himself hath protested he fears nothing but 'vice and Flattery. In Apparel, I confess, they are almost extravagant, because they think Men may lawfully deck themselves with what their own Country yields, if they think themselves not better than others, because finer. But in Drink and Amorous desires they keep such a moderation, as if they were rather Nymphs of Diana than Courtiers of a King. And this proceeds from a virtuous restraint, not from a languishing impotency. So that they can practise Love here, and please the Ladies, as well as the most passionate European Amoretto, but detest to abuse their Bodies where the Scripture will not permit. For Taxes, we are wholly unacquainted with them, because our King is never forced, like others, to desire a supply, the Representatives of the Nation, by the Peoples persuasion, always filling the Exchequer, by their voluntary donations, not doubting of the Wisdom of the King and council, in disposing of it. But yet, for the benefit of the Nation, it hath been a custom of our Kings, to impose on all the Governours of Castles the Tribute of an Hundred Cranes Heads yearly, which they duly pay every Spring time. There are now belonging to the Kings household, a Dramaesco, a Poet, a Philosopher, a Physician, and a Painter, with whose talk and works he is used to relax his mind from the Cares of Empire. he is a Just, Wise, Temperate, and Valiant Prince, most generous in his Largesses, and mildred in his Punishments; He sends yearly to the Heads of each Lescha, to render him the Names of those, who are eminent in any faculty, with their Age, standing, and behaviour; and as he sees in his Wisdom, he provides for them rewards according to their Deserts, which must needs be a great Encouragement to young Learners. He hath lately, to his eternal Renown, instituted an Order called the Royal Lescha, for the increase and propagation of experimental Knowledge, by whose Industry, Philosophy hath been more promoted within this ten Years, than in an hundred Years before. And indeed, there is no such progress made in any parts of the World as here, in Learning and Piety; for it is an Epidemical Disposition we all have, to shun our Labour, that will produce Good, nor to embrace any Pleasure that is Evil; because, if any Good thing is done with Labour, the Labour soon passes away, but the Good remains; and if any Evil is done with Pleasure, the Pleasure soon vanisheth, but the Evil sticks behind.  
And here he broken off, at the sign his Father gave, and within a while after, our Supper was brought in after the former manner. Only having understood that Eucompsus was a great admirer of Homer, and not unhappy in Greek Poetry, they brought in after Supper, a Greek Talcomummi, one of the Homerides, who was lately sent thither by the King, about some business; when the youngest Squire pointing to him, gave Eucompsus intimation of it, who thus accosted the pygmy:  Eucompsus. 
{αβγδ}  
{αβγδ}.  pygmy. 
{αβγδ};  Eucompsus. 
{αβγδ}.  pygmy. 
{αβγδ}  Eucompsus. 
{αβγδ}.  pygmy. 
{αβγδ},  
{αβγδ};  Eucompsus. 
{αβγδ}  
{αβγδ}  
{αβγδ}.  pygmy. 
{αβγδ}  
{αβγδ},  
{αβγδ}  Eucompsus. 
{αβγδ};  pygmy. 
{αβγδ}.  Eucompsus. 
{αβγδ}.  pygmy. 
{αβγδ}.  
Which short Dialogue is thus rendered in English.  Eucompsus. 
Begin in Greek, I'll answer you the same,  
For not in Homer rude I hither came.  pygmy. 
Where was you Born? Where did you after live?  Eucompsus. 
London my Birth, Cambridge did Breeding give.  pygmy. 
Tell me your Name; Names oft the Nature show:  Eucompsus. 
Eucompsus: Both my Parents call me so.  pygmy. 
That shows you're learned and witty, Nature right;  
But why, being learned, do you in Seas delight?  Eucompsus 
Clotho this toil ordained, that far from home,  
A stranger I to other Lands should come,  
And view the Laws, Cities, and Minds of some.  pygmy. 
Homer at first you seemed, Ulysses now,  
For our( and others) manners well you know  
And at return your skill to friends will show.  Eucompsus 
But tell me what all men should chiefly do?  pygmy. 
Duties to God, themselves, and Neighbours too.  Eucompsus. 
But tell me, how many these Duties be?  pygmy. 
Peruse this volume, and therein you'll see.  
And saying this, he gave him a fair small Roll of Parchment in very small Characters of Gold, digested into three Columns, which you shall find Translated out of the Greek, at the end of this Narration; and he added, how every pygmy Man and Woman was from four Years old obliged to red it over once a day, all their Life long; and to that end, bore it always about in their Bosom, excepting only that his Order had them in Greek, and all the rest in their Mother Tongue, which every Parent is bound to teach his Children, not only to Speak, but to red perfectly. After all this, we thanked the Ancient Gentleman for all the knowledge imparted to us, and kindnesses conferred on us, promising, if ever we return'd to our own Country, to publish their Hospitality and Goodness; and so we declared our steadfast purpose of leaving them the next Morning: which when they perceived, they professed how loathe they were to part with us, and promised all possible accommodations, and so taking our leave of them that Night, we were conducted to our several Lodgings, after the usual manner. The next Morning early, the youngest of the Brothers expected Eucompsus at his Chamber Door, who was at that instant considering and devising to speak with him before his departure; so that as their intent was mutual, their meeting found no impediment; but after the tedious ceremonies of their obliging Discourse, the young Squire embraced Eucompsus his Knees, and he lifting him up in his Arms, kissed his tender Cheeks, and promised to extol the Virtue of that small People, but chiefly that of him, to all the greater Nations he should come to: And saying so, he gave him a pretty considerable volume in Greek, which he had formerly composed in his youthful days, with his lively Effigies on the Frontispiece; and the grateful pygmy, in requital of such a worthy present, gave Eucompsus many precious and choice Rarities, among which there was his own Picture, enchased with Diamonds, drawn to the life, and when unfolded, expressing his true Stature, which Eucompsus received with abundant testimony of his joy and gratitude. But by this time Sol had driven his Chariot almost half way towards his Noonbaiting place, in a high Town called Meridies, when the other two Brothers having loaded me and my other Friend with excessive compliments and Presents, we were at last dismissed with twelve Chariots of Provision for our Ship, drawn by Hee-Goats, who went directly, without lash or threat, before us, and the nine Ram-Horse-men accompanied us, as they had met us the other day, to the utmost limit of the Mountain tops, and bidding us, after we had taken out the Provision, to sand the Chariots back again, they left us: But when we returned to the Ship, and had already spooned her for Launching, we saw those well-taught Creatures to go directly homeward in the same order they came loaded, but with much more speed: And we all admired at the Works of God, and the power of Nature, who hath made so small a People so Wise, that they fail in nothing of that absolute Dominion ourselves have over the Creatures.  
{αβγδ}.   

COLUMN I. 
You that seek Life, Pleasures, or worldly store,  
Seek God; He's Life, Joy, Riches, and much more.   

FIrst, love your Maker, let your mind  
Be chiefly to his ways inclined;  
Still seek his Glory, and proclaim  
The sacred Honours of his Name.  
And when perhaps you chance to red  
His mystic Oracles, take heed  
That no base mongrel thought divert  
The understanding of your Heart;  
Pull off Sins veil, and put on Grace,  
For God and you speak face to face:  
Then with due reverence hear his Voice,  
'twill make your Soul and Bones rejoice:  
And what e're Law he shall impart  
writ on the Tables of your Heart:  
His Word is Life, his Word's a Treasure,  
Beyond all Time, without all measure.  
When tow'rd his Temple you proceed,  
Repent of every evil dead;  
Request his Grace and special aid,  
That you may practise all that's said.  
With Tears your Temple purge within:  
God will not dwell in Hearts of Sin.  
His Sacraments with meekness take,  
And for your precious Saviours sake,  
sand forth a Sigh or two, and say,  
O Lord, who can thy Love display?  
Who thus didst Sin-kill'd Souls revive,  
And dy'dst thyself, that we might live?  
With such unfeigned thoughts desire  
To praise Jehovah, and lift higher  
Your Earth-clog'd Soul, that it may rise  
Unto a pure Love-Sacrifice.  
God doth no fragrant incense crave,  
Nor blood of Oxen would he have;  
He such oblations doth detest;  
A contrite heart affects him best.  
An Heart Sin-loathing, sweetly Praying,  
And not unto the Tongue gainsaying.  
Make not long Prayers for ostentation;  
Seek peace, if you expect Salvation;  
Christ was his Fathers Love, and he  
Would have his Church alike to be,  
Knit as one Soul in Peace and Love,  
Receiving Pattern from above.  
Approve yourself as one that bear  
The Glorious Name of Christ, and are  
An Heir to such a kingdoms right,  
Whose Glories are transcendent bright.  
With cheerfulness desire still  
You may perform your Maker's Will,  
Acknowledging all as his due:  
Believe't; He doth much more for you.    

COLUMN II. 
If farther you would led a blameless life,  
Seek Virtue, love your Neighbour, hate all strife.   

HOnour the King; and still obey  
Those, that do justly bear the sway;  
Kings are Gods Images, and so  
( Next him) To them we duty owe.  
Reverence those of high degree;  
Your equals love, and those that be  
inferiors, study to defend:  
'tis hard to find a poor Mans Friend.  
The ambassadors of Christ esteem,  
Follow their ways; but if they seem  
In manners from Gods Word to stray,  
Hate what they do; do what they say.  
Honour your Parents, and at need  
Their Bellies with your labour feed;  
Cherish the Poor, Honour the Old,  
All men with Charity behold.  
Speak not unto your neighbour fair  
If hate within your heart you bear;  
Freely disclose what you intend,  
There's nothing worse than a false Friend.  
Think not that Man is truly Just  
That's undefiled with Theft or Lust;  
But he is so, who flies away  
From 'vice, and Sins not, though he may.  
If you desire to live and see  
The comforts of posterity,  
Abstain from Sin; 'tis that alone  
Gives wings to Death, who else hath none.  
If God hath lent you worldly store,  
Stew'rd-like, distribute to the Poor;  
Who Sow in Love, will Reap in Peace:  
Thus scattered Seeds bring great increase.  
Affect your Neighbour; and express  
Your Charity to th' Fatherless.  
What in another Man you blame,  
Abhor yourself to do the same.  
To shun contempt, be grave, and bear  
A look not proud, nor to austere.  
Be as you seem, for time will bring  
To the World's Knowledge, every thing.  
In all Affairs few Words are best;  
Wise Men act most and prattle least.  
Think not those powerful Men, that be  
Subduers of an enemy:  
He's the best conqueror, that knows  
To pardon Crimes, and love his Foes.  
That sways the Passions of his mind;  
And serves not 'vice in any kind;  
That is no slave to his desire,  
Nor burns in Lusts polluting fire;  
That knows to manage any state,  
And scorn the threats of slipp'ry Fate.    

COLUMN III. 
One Duty more, if you would perfect be,  
Love your own self; cherish your family.   

HOnour you Bosom-Friend, and be  
Her shield against all injury;  
Be not morose in taking wrong,  
But put a Bridle to the Tongue;  
'tis a great Sin, for Man and Wife  
To spend their dayes in mutual strife;  
For those, whose Bodies Heaven hath joined,  
To be so different in Mind.  
No curse more sad than that; no state  
More troublesone than such debate,  
If she's good, why should he complain,  
If bad; bad speeches are but vain.  
Silence perhaps her Will may force,  
But Scolding sure will make her worse.  
Grant she be bad; are you not so?  
If without Sin, the first ston throw.  
But Husbands may perhaps offend;  
And Wives their Duty should attend.  
Oh! no, if Men bad actions do,  
Well may the Women do so too.  
If any Pain afflicts the Head;  
The whole's thereby endangered.  
Shun fiery wrath; for wrath hath slain  
Millions of Souls and wrought their bane.  
Be Master of your Anger, and  
Over your Pleasures, bear command.  
Hate chiefly brutish Drunkenness,  
Which makes, Purse, Life, and Credit less.  
It is unfit Drunkards should be  
In any sober company;  
And for the Sober 'tis unfit,  
That they with Drunken Men should sit;  
Sad Men, who lose their Stamp Divine,  
Changing their Shape to filthy Swine.  
Talk not of what's a Sin to do;  
Nor prove unto your word untrue.  
Follow your Trade, and purchase Gold,  
By youthful pains, against you're Old.  
Some heap up riches many a year  
To leave unto their Children dear;  
But Riches quickly find a blast  
When Virtue will for ever last.  
If therefore Virtue you can give  
Your Children, they've enough to live.  
This is a Portion, which no fume  
Of Sparkling flamme can e're consume;  
This is that Portion that will be  
Their conduct to eternity.  
Whatever thing in hand you take,  
That you may it successful make,  
Weigh it with due deliberation:  
Nothing's more safe than consultation.  
If Fortune on your actions Smiles,  
Know, she first laughs, and then beguiles.  
Nay, though forever Wealth should stay,  
Death and Time hurry Men away.  
Yet still endeavour in your mind  
That a good Name you leave behind.  
If Providence doth cast you down,  
And angry Fates begin to frown;  
Be patient, and this Maxim know,  
There's nothing certain here below.  
In all your actions take due care,  
And act, as if the King were there.  
For the King's KING besure doth spy  
Your Deeds; nay Thoughts, that deeper lie.  
Use Moderation most of all;  
for too much Honey's worse than gull.  
Think on the shortness of your breath,  
Think on our loving Saviours Death;  
Let Heaven's Joys, the Worlds Temptation,  
And pains of Hell be still your Meditation.   
To satisfy the Readers curiosity, I shall here produce the Epitaph of the Pigmie Governours Son, that was Slain in a Battle with the Cranes, mentioned pag. 73. as I afterwards Translated it out of the Greek.  

The EPITAPH.  

Parca hujus tenuem descerpsit forfice lanam  
Et quae vix potuit fila videre, scidit.    
This Distich was writ in Latin, in the front of the Epitaph, at the end of which there was written in great Letters, BAVHVS: ANTVERP. JESUIT. EPIGR. LIB. II.  
And then followed {αβγδ}, &c.  
Thus rendered in English, 
This Tomb doth hold  
A pygmy bold;  
Who when alive  
In Arms did thrive;  
But a Crane's Bill  
My life did spill;  
And here I have  
A fitting Grave.  
If you ask why these Verses are so short,  
Attend and take this serious reason for't;  
I was but one foot long; these two, you see;  
Though short, they are one foot to long for me.   
FINIS.   

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Romanae Historiae Anthologia Recognita& Aucta, an English Exposition of the Roman Antiquities, wherein many Roman and English Officers are paralleled, and divers obscure Phrases explained.  

An Advertisement of a most Excellent Water for Preservation of the Eyes.  
THere is sold by the said Obadiah Blagrave, a Water of such an excellent Nature and operation for preservation of the Eyes, that the Eyes being but washed therewith, once or twice a day, it not only takes away all hot rheums and Inflammations, but also helpeth the Sight in a most powerful manner; a Secret, which was used by a most Learned Bishop deceased, by the help of which Water, he could red without the use of Spectacles, at the Age of 90 years. It was now thought fit to be communicated to Scholars and Students, that they would make a trial thereof. A Bottle of which will last a considerable time, and the price of a Bottle being but One Shilling, with Directions how to use it.  
The Spirit of Scurvy Grass, prepared by Dr. Charles Blagrave, is also sold by the abovesaid Obadiah.  
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