DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FRIENDS OF DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GIFT OF Glenn R. Negley ^ 7''an'^'^^i^cVit Ini-'. etJcuZ/p. THE T R A V ELS AND ADVENTUPvES F JAMES MAS SET. Tranflated from the French. clfb LONDON: Printed for J oh n Watts, ar the Printing-Office in IVild'Court near Limoln's'Inn Fields, MDCCXXXIII. Digitized by4lie Internet Archive in 2010 witii funding from DuWe University Libraries littp://www.arcliive.org/details/travelsadventureOOtyss 4 T O JEREMIAH DUMMER, Efq; 5 I R, ^^SHE Recommenaation thcfe |Mpfpft| Travels have been fa- ^®^^ vour'd with from yourfelf and other good J^^idges, as a Hiftory admirably adapted both to the Entertainment and In- ftrudion of the Reader 3 and your Commands upon me to tranflate itj lay me under the (Irongeft In- ducement to claim your Patronage, A } And D ED ICATIO N. And I humbly conceive that your Retirement from that Agen- cy, during which you perform'd fb many National Services in cul- tivating a mutual good Under- ftanding and Commerce between Old and Ne^w England^ as juftfy gain'd you the Love and Applaufe of thole who truly underftand the Interefts of both People, gives you the more Leifure to receive a De- dication. It muft be own'd that bright Accomphihments, acquir'd and im- proved in European^ as well as Ame- rican Univerfities ; The Elegance of your Tafte, both in Men and Books ; The Politenefs of your Con- vcrfation ; Your Eftecm for the Sciences, which are fo dehcately in- terwoven in the following Narra- tive; DEDICATION. tive ; Your Knowledge in the Belles Lettres ; Your long Acquaintance with, the Beau Mofide j And, what is equal to all, Your generous DiC- pofition to do Good to Mankind^ are Qualities which would have continued you very ufeful and or- namental in a Public Station. Yet I take Leave to congratur- late you on your Preference of a private Life ^ fince not only an in- nate Principle of Honour, but an eafy Fortune, {et you above the Temptation of foliciting Employ- ments, and fubjedling yourfelf to Dependencies which often prove Snares to the beft of Men, by caufing them to deviate from the facred Paths of Truth and Tuftice. This probably was the Rca/on you lately declined ad;ing as an Infpec- tor BED I CATION. tor of a Great Company's Affairs, an Office of no little Trufl: and Confidence, and to which you was Linanimoufly ele(5ted by the General Court. I heartily wiih you Health and long Life for the Pleafure and Pro- fit of all your Friends, and efpe* cially of^ S I R^ OBuher II, Tour mojl obedient humlle Sern^ant: Stephen Whatley. The French Editor's LETTER, To M"^ ^"^ S I R, HE S E are the Travels you heard fo much talk of^ and wasjb defiroiis to fee. By what Cha?ice the Manufcript fell into my Hands^ I will let you know a?26ther time : As foon as I had dipfd into it^ I could not help reading it from the Beginning fo the End, and foimdfo many curious and ijjiportant Pa/J'ages in if, and fo many injlru^live Dijferta^ tions on feveral Points of Philofophy, ai gan^e me abundant Satisfa6tion, Many af my friends. Men of excellent Senfe and Learning, have exprefsd equal Ap^ probation of it, fo that I dare fay. Sir, you will read it with the fame Pleafure. I own The P R E F A C E. I own to you that at the jirjl Reading I lu/peBed the Author had taken a I'ra- vellers Privilege of mixing a little Ro- mance in his Relation ; l?ut when I per- ns' d it a gain ^ and conjiderd it a little more particularly^ I found nothing in it hut what was very natural^ and highly probable, Aiid that Air of Candour and Si?72plicity we meet with evei^y where in the honeji old Gentleman the Author^ has fully convincd me. Inhere are Pafages tJideed^ in certain CoJiverfations upon Points of Religiony whichy at firjl^ a little Jhock'd me^ but upon a clofer Exajnination^ and finding that the Author^ who always was a great Champion for his own Religion^ has gene- tally expos d their Weaknefs or Faljhoody I thought there was nothing in it that could fiartle a Man well infiruSfed in the Chri- fiian Faithy whichy God be praisd^ is too well eftablifdd to fear any thing from the Attacks of Libertines or Infidels: Confequentlyy we have no need to have re- coiirfe to mean Artifices for concealing the Force of the Arguments made ife of agaififi uSy as if we had a bad Caufe to defend, I am, &c. THE CONTENTS. Chap. I. /^F our Author's particular Studies and ^ Profejfian ; with an Account of his Embarking^ and his firjl Shipwreck on the Coajl vhich thwarts our natural Delire of 'Univerfal ^ Know- % The Travels and Adventures Knowledge; the Lofs of Worldly Goods being another Bar equally infurmountable, the Truth of which I learnt, to my Coft, long before I had fi- nifli'd my Studies. THE Inclination I had from my Cradle to the 'Belles Lettres^ to Antiquity, and to the ft range Rarities I faw brought home from foreign Parts, made my Father refolve to put me early to School, where I was fuch an apt Scholar that my Diligence and MemiOry got me the Prize in all the ClaiTes. The fine things my Mailers faid in my Praife, and the Tendernefs with which my Parents lov'd me, redoubled my Emulation, infomuch that I gave my felf no Refpite, and had made fo good ufe of my Time that when 1 was but eighteen Years old, I underftood both Latm and Greeks very well. In fhort, I had gone thro' a Courfe of Philofophy, arid was far advanc'd in the Mathematics, when my Father David Majfey^ who was Captain of a Ship, had the Misfortune to be blown up with bis VelTel by the Imprudence of a Sailor, who inad- vertently fet fire to the Powder. THIS fatal Blow happened to our Family in i639> and of all the Days in the Year, upon that very Day that our Army was beat by the Spaniards before T'hionville -^ you mufl: know that the good Man was bound to the Fadory at Senegal, and as the greateft Part of the Lading was upon his own Account, my Mother was on a fudden left a Wi- dow with five Children, and fcarce any thing to maintain them. This Calamity however was fo far from breaking her Heart, that as foon as fte receivM the News of it, Ihe fent for us, and faid to us with a manly Air : « Children, one of the * wofH 0f]^ M E S M AS S EY. 3 * word Misfortunes hashappenM to you that could * fall out in humane Life : One fatal Moment * has not only robb'd me of my dear Husband * but you of your Father, and all your For- ' tunes. Neverthelefs, be not cafl down, for the ' Divine Providence can work Miracles to fup- ' port his Creatures. Learn by this Fatah'ry, * not to place your Truft in the Arm of FleH) ' ' and be alTur'd that God is a gracious Being, who * will not abandon you. Since I have not fuffi- * dent Means left to bring you all up as we had ' intended, coniider what Profeffions each of you * is mod inclin'd to follow. For your part ' James^ faid jlie, I think you had bed be a Sur- ' geon, which, lince you f^^Qm to be fond of Tra- .' veiling, like your Father, is an Art that will fa- « vour your Defign.' She likewife proposM to the biggea Children what Profeffions they (liould uji- dertake ; to which every one of them confented with Tears, and apply'd with Succefs. M Y Mother, who was a Native of Heditf .where llie had Relations dill living, \dl Abbeville .and went thither to fettle. To my very great Joy' tho' contrary to my Expedation, I found many People there who were fincerely conccra'd for her Misfortune. One of her Brothers took one of the Children off of her Hands; a Father-in- law took another; and twenty People promised her that they would never let her want. Niv iome would fain have perfuaded me to alter my Purpofe, and purfue my Studies, in hopes that m time I m-ght have it in my Power to bring up the lanocent Children, who were not able to help ^ ^ them- 4 The Travels and Adventures themfelvcs ; but my Refolutfon was form'd, and iny Inclination iixM. I TOOK Leave of my Family and my deareft Acquaintance, who were forry to part with me, and fet out for Parts, The Grandeur, Magnificence, and Variety, together with thevaft Concourfe of People of all Ranks, which I faw on my Arrival at this fine Place, did at the firll Dafli aftonifli me ; every thing that occur'd to my View, feem'd perfedly new to me; I thought my felf in another World ; and M. Roujfeau^ the Surgeon, to whofe Tuition I had been recom- mended, had enough to do for near a Fortnight to anfwer the Queflions I was continually putting to him, to gratify my Guriofity. He likewife did me the Favour to carry me to Marli, Fbntain^ h/eau, Si. Dennis^ St. Germain, the Louvre, the Tuilleries, and many other Places, which are the Admiration of Foreigners. But as the Value of Things is enhanc'd by their Rarity, and diminifh'd by their Frequency, I accuftom'd my felf at laft to look upon all thefe Fineries with a fort of In- ditference, which by degrees turnM to an Aver- •iion; fo that I abandoned all thofe Curiofities to the Speculation of the Idle and the Indolent, and began to apply my felf carefully Co the Art I had purpos'd to, ftudy. M. Rouffeati had very good Bufinefs, and great Experience, and the many Cures he perform'd, open'd new Difcoveries to me every Day. YET for all this, fcarce a Day pafs'd but lex- crcis'd my felf feveral Hours in thofe Languages and Sciences, in which I had before fpcnt all my Time. or dif- courfe upon the ConilruSion and Operations of the Humane Body. He fpoke Latin like Cicero^ and was as good an Orator as Demojihenes. I was charm'd with every thing he faid^ becaufe the Terms \w which he cxprefsM himfelf were ftrong, and well-chofen; and he always aim'd to be clear and intelligible. N OT to give you a Detail of the long Con- verfuion we had upr)n this fine Subject, 1 will only mention that he obftTv'd three things to us, which fpread ihemfelves \\\ general over the whole Body; the one externally, which is the Skin; 2z The Travels and Adventures Skin; and the two others, which are the Veins ■and Nerves, in the Internal, and lefs vifible Parts of the Corporeal Mais. The Skin, j'atd he^ is necefTary to the Creature, becaufe, like a Shell, it covers, inclofes, and wraps about its Mem- bers on all Sides, in fuch a manner as to defend every Part of us againft the Injuries of the Air, as it does the Face and Hands, if we were in- ur'd to expofe the whole Body in the like man- ner. The Veins and Arteries, thofe Rivulets, in which flows the Blood, the true Principle and immediate Caufe of Life, derive their Streams from the Heart, and run thro' the whole Ma- chine, fo that it is not poflible to prick it in any Place, be it ever fo fmall, without piercing fome of their Branches; which is plain from the Vermilion Colour of the Moifture that inftantly flarts out. In fliort, there is no Part in us where we do not meet with Nerves; this \% clear, and may eafily be prov'd, beyond all Con- tradidion or Queflion. All thefe Nerves, with- out Exception, proceed from the Brain, where, like fo many Strings, Twigs, or hollow Tubes, their feveral Extremities are fo rang'd, one by another, that they form a fort of Sphere, in the middle of which there is a fmall Glandule ex- tremely fenfible and delicate; and to the Bafis are faften'd an infinite Number of imperceptible Arteries, by which a prodigious Quantity of Spi- -rits flow to it from the Heart, which Spirits keep the Glandule in a continual Agitation, and ready to yield to the leaft extraneous Mo- tion. TO ^/JamesMassey. 23 ^ TO illulirate this by an Example; Suppofe I have in my Hands a thoufand Ends of Thread ty'd together, 'tis in:poirible that any one ihou'd be pluck'd without my perceiving it immediate- ly, tho' I can't point to the very Place where the Attra6tion is made. Admitting therefore thefe Nerves, or the little Fibres of which they are composed, to be full of Spirits, as indeed they always are when we are awake, tho' they are partly depriv'dof 'cm while we lleep; if any Objedt whatfoever happen to ilrike againft the ex*- terior End, or againlt any other Fart of thofe Tubes, it is evident, that when they are full, and by Gonfequence extended, the other Extremity which is In the Brain, muft be fenfible of the Shock, and communicate the Motion to the Glan- dule, which muft unavoidably be acknowledg'd to be the Seat of the Underftanding. And foraf- much as Experi«^nce has taught me from the Cra- dle, that the Blows, Wounds, and other Ail- ments which my Body fuffcrs, generally come to it from without, as often as I perceive the leaft Agitation in one of my Parts, I cannot but afcribe the Gaufe of it to fome external Agent, nor help believing that 'tis really the Extremity of fome Nerve, end no other Part, which was touch'd. We are alfo by Nature fo fiir prcpolTcfs'd in fa- vour of this Opinion, that thofj, for Example, who have had the Misfortune to lofe an Arm, complain they feel the Pain at their Finger?, and in no other Place; which is a Truth that every Day's Experience confirms. Whether thcr'.fore the Impuliion be made by the Rays of Light on the Optic Nerves, or by the final 1 Particles of our Food 24 T^^ Travels and Adventures Food upon the Nerves which communicate with the Tongue, or by the imperceptible Effluvia from Bodies which we call Scented, upon the Source of the OlfaSory Nerves, or in what other man- ner foever this be, it amounts to the fame thing; the Organs may be as different as they will, 'tis the Touch is the fole Caufe of all the Perceptions we are capable of. From hence it appears, that neither they who limit the Number of the Senfes to Five, nor others, who not knowing under which of thofe Five to place Hunger, Thirft, and the Pleafure of Love, increafe them to Eight; it appears, I fay, that neither of 'em have a right Notion of the Nature of the Senfes, becaufe 'tis manifeft from what we have faid, that there is ab- folutely but one. MOREOVER, continued he ^ I cou'd eafilyde- monftrate, Mathematically, and by the Help of a Geometrical Figure, that 'tis impoffible, ftridlly fpeaking, to have more than one Perception at a time, as perfedly as we are capable by Nature, and that when two or three are form'd together, they muft needs be confus'd; for Experience tells us, that when we look upon an Objed, the only Part of it which we fee perfedtly and diftin6Hy, is the Point which correfponds with the Optic Axes, our Perception of the other Parts being only more or lefs, in Proportion to their Diftance from the Center. Our Ideas or the Images of our Thoughts, are no more different from one another, than our Perceptions are; for tho' we admit of two forts of them, diftinguifli'd by the Terms, Conception ,and Imagination, 'tis certain that Touching is the fole Caufe of both the one and the other: 'Tis the ^/ J A jS E S M A S S E Y. 25 'the only Source of all Human Knowledge, and filfo of our Reafon, which, when all is faid and done, is nothing more nor lefs than the Union or Difunion of Names, which, by common Con- fent, we have imposed upon Subftances, as they appear to our Comprehenlion to bear a Con- formity to their Qualities, and not at all to their Exigence. Other Creatures having Organs like -to ours, have no doubt the fame Perceptions, and 'tis only the Degree of more or lefs, that can conflitute the DitTerence. The Hearts therefore have Reafon; and tho' they don't fhew it, 'tis only for want, perhaps, of Speech to give Names, as we do, to things which affed them by being put in Motion ; for, in other Matters, they are very capable of diftinguifliing HERE our Phyfician v/as interrupted on a fud- den, by a terrible Shriek from the Maid-Servant. The poor Girl, as fhe was bringing an Armful of Wood from the Corn-Loft, had made a falfe Step, and fell from the Top of the Ladder to the Ground. We all ran out to her Affillance, and found that flie had broke her right Leg. The Dodor, after having feen it drefs'd the firft time, went home, to my very great Con- cern ; for, befides fome Objedlions which I was ready to have otfer'd, I fnould have been very glad to have heard the Conclusion of fo cu- rious a Difcourfe; and was the more morti- fy'd afterwards, becaufe 1 could never get a- nother Opportunity to engage that ingenious Gentleman to talk with me upon the fame Sub- jedt C TO 26 The Travels and Adventures TO return therefore from this firft Dlgref- fion; I muft fay, that tho' M. Du Pre was far from being a Fhilolbpher, yet the few Hints 1 had from him, together with Caiv'm\ Commentaries, "which he put into my Hands, were of very great Service to me. From hence 1 had an Op- portunity of obferving, That the Creation of Light means nothing more than the Formation of that fubtle Matter of which the Stars were compos'd upon the fourth Day ; and that tho* Mofes fpoke of Day and Night before that Day, k was only by way of Anticipation, as he faid m another Place, That God made Man, Male and Female, before he had caus'd a profound Sleep to fall upon Adam^ and form'd a Companion for him out of one of his Ribs. I alfo very ealily comprehended, as well with regard to the Penal- ties w^hich were impofed upon our firft Parents, as with regard to the Rainbow, k£c. That both the one and the other were at firft Natural Signs, which God chang'd at that time into Signs of In- nitution ; much like what we obferve with re- fpe6i: to the holy Sacraments of Baptifm and the Lord's Supper. And as to the Term Begmmng^ at the Head of the Book of Genefis^ it did not perplex me, tho' it pnizles many others. I knew very well, that in Philofophy we muft di- flinguifh External Time from the Internal; as in Geometry, we diQinguifli an External Dimeniion from an Internal one, if 1 may be indulg'd the Expreffion; which is as much as to fay, that we mufi: make a Difference between a thingj which has been meafurcd, and whofe Dimeniions are known, and another w^hich has not. My Chamber, of ] AME S M A S S E Y, S7 Chamber, for Example, has its Dimenfions, that's undeniable; but mter Theory cannot afcertain the Contents, Pra6tice mud be added to it, and fome common Method muft be made ufe of, which Men are agreed on beforehand, ' ere we can be able to fay exadly how many Feet, Inches, or fquare Lines it contains. By this means, thofe Dimenlions which were at firll internal and fccret, become external and known, with regard to the external Meafures which fcrv'd to deter- mine the Contents. All Beings in Nature there- fore have an Internal Time, and an External Time; their Internal Time is that Duration whereby they continue in their adual and real Exigence, which extends from the Beginning to the End of them; their External Time is the Du- ration of the Earth, as far as its Motion is im- ploy'd to meafure it; fo that the External Time of a Thing is the fame, with refpecSi: to its Internal Time, as tiie Meafure to the Thing meafur'd. We can have no Idea of any but Internal Time abftra6i:edly, before the Creation of the World, becaufe then there was no Being exiftent, but God, the Being of Beings, whofe Duration is without Beginning or End, and cannot properly be detin'd or meafur'd: But the very Moment that the Sun appear'd in the I'irmament, and that the Earth was fuppos'd to turn round its Centre, which it does from Well to Eall, in a certain Space of Time, the Name of a Day Natural was given to each of thofe Periods ; and that of Hours, Minute?, iffc. to the Iclfer Parts, juft as the SucccfTion of feven Days is call'd a Week ; the Moon's Revolution from Well to Eall, a C 1 Month; .28 The Travels and Adventures Month; the Revolution of the Earth round the Sun, a Year, {^c. Thefe common Meafures ■help us to mark out the Time, and by rendring what was Intern^al in its own Nature, External for our Ufe, no wonder that without going far- ther backwards, we confine our felves to this Beginning, and only make a Computation of Time, iince proper Meafures were thought of to 'fix the Duration of it. THE Solution of thefe Difficulties made the -Explanation of others more eafy to me. I began ^o perceive the Connexion in the great Work of Redemption, the Harmony and Relation betwixt the PalTages of the Old Teftament and the New, and how the Antecedents and Confequents reci- -procally depend upon one another ; fo that at the third Reading of the Bible I concluded, that the Creation of the World, and the Fall of Man, the Deluge, and the Paflage of the Red Sea, the Ceremonial Law, and Circumcifion, the Menaces and Promifes, the Dreams, Vifions, and Prophe- cies, and the moft remarkable Tranfadlionsinthe Republic of Tfrael^ were only Types, Allegories, Emblems, Figures, and Shadows, which referr'd only to the New Covenant, ow'd their Ludrepure- 3y to the Light of the Gofpel, and had Chrift for their real Body. MY Landlord was charm'd at this Metamor^ phofis. He admirM to obferve the fuddeii Tran- iition, from that Coldnefs which made me look upon Things with Contempt, to a Zeal which prompted me to confider them with Efteem. pvery thing that I did attraSed his Applaufe; he haji fcarce ever feen my Fellow, but as there ^/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. '2.(f IS nothing in the World pcrfedt, he obferv'd one thing in me flill which gave him great Uneafi-^ nefs. My Natural Complexion was fair; my Mother had indulged me always to wear a great Head of Hair, which cover'd my Shoulders; at "Which M. Du Pre was fadly fcandalis'd. Is it poiTible, f aid he once to me^ that a ^outh who i-; iid very intent on the Solution of the moft diffi- cult PafTages of Scripture, fliou'd not perceive that St. Patil pofitively forbids the wearing of long Hair, and that he thinks it a Shame for a Man to nouriih, and take fo much Care of it. I turn'd off his Remonftrances to mc, upon this Head, for a long time, with Banier; but percei- ving that he ipoke to me of it every Day with the more Earneftnefs, I faid to him one Day in my Turn, ' Sir, Is it polfible you fiiou'd m^t * know, that as the Diverfity of the Seafons of * the Year obliges us to clothe our felves difie- * rently, according to the Heat or Coldnefs of * the Weather, fo the Changes which happen in * Society engage us to obferve different Maxims? * Heretofore, jmd /, long Hair was a Mark of ' Subje»51ion. When a Slave was freed, his Head" ' was fliav'd as a Token of the Liberty that had * been granted him; and 'tis to this that the Apo- ' flic alludes. Under the Law, we were Slaves ' to Sin, he means, but we are made free by ' Grace. Why fhouM we Hill carry the Marks ' of our old Bondage about us, as the Wife does, ' who is dependent on her Husband? At that * Time there were Slaves, the' the Ufe of them ' is now very much lofi among the Chriftians. I *own the Text fays, that wc are taught by Na- C s luie^ 30 The Travels and Adventures * turenot to pride our felves in our Hair; but this * Expreflioii is not to be taken in its ftrideft * Sen(e, for :Nature there llgnines nothing but * Cudom. Naturally we have nothing that is * fuperfluous. Our Hair was given us for the * Guard and Prefervation of the Head, and the * upper Parts of the Body, as Nails are Wea- * pons with which Nature has provided us for our ' Defence. Nature, therefore, does not oblige ' us to cut off the one, or pare the other; but * 'tis rather what we call the Mode, Decency, and. ' certain Civil Laws eflablifii'd among People, ' which at the long Run 'we look upon as Na- ' tural. The Fafhion of this Age authorifes the ' wearing of long Hair, and I don't think it any * Harm to follow it, efpccially in this Part of the < Wgrld, where, by the Confeffion of People of ' the bed S-enfe, and the generality of Divines, * the Thing is abfoiutely a Matter of Indifference.' 33at all this was not enough to convince my Ma* fter; fo that to fatisfy him, I was fiin to permit Jiim to make ufe of his Sci/Tors, and to crop my 'llair even to my Ears. This Change of Cuftom was an Uneafinefs to me; but, in fhort, what will not a Man do for the fake of Peace and a good Underftanding with his Neighbour.^ And really this Complaifance of mine won me his Heart to fuch a Degree, that he wou'd have laid down his Life for me upon occafion. His Per- Ion, his Family, his Goods, all were at my Ser- vice and Difpofal. BESIDES thefe Advantages, which were very eoniiderable for a Foreigner, as I was, he procur'd me the Acquaintance of many of his intimate Frieiads, ^/ James Masse Y. 31 Friends, and particularly of aF'aclor of \.\\q Dutch Company, who was indeed one of the mod a- greeable young Men that 1 ever knew. He talk'd French very well, and V7as perfedly acquainted with his Religion, of which I took an Opportu- nity to converfe with him, whenever we faw one another, which I endeavour'd fliouM be as of- ten as poffibie. I had moreover this Happinefs, that he accommodated me with every thing I wanted, and wou'd not futfer me for the World to be troublefome to my Mafter, who, however, was a courteous good-naturM Gentleman. Ks never made an Entertainment, but he engag'd me to be of the Party; and the worll on't was, he treated fo liberally that we had occafioii to re- member it generally for two Days after it. One time he debauch'd me fo, that next Day I wns feiz'd with a violent Fever, which really had like to have coft me my Life; for it ftuck to me three Weeks, and made me as lean as a Skeleton, fo that I was nothing but Skin and Bones; and my Phylician adually gave me over. However, by obferving a regular Diet, I at length recover'd. During this, I made continual Refle6lions upon the fevere Laws which Nature fo pun6lually exe- cutes upon poor Mortals; and being fenfible that there are few ExcefTes which ilie does not puniOi, I concluded in my Mind, that Frugality and Temperance are the true Means of keeping the Mind always free, and of fecuring the Body from all the Di tempers to which we are other- wife, almoft all of us, fubjedt. This made m.e take a firm Refolution to be more temperate for the future,, than 1 had been in lime pail, and ne- C 4 vcr 3 2 The Travels and Adventures ver to be guilty of any thing with which I'tTiigKr reproach my felf afterwards, yan Dyke^ which was the Dutchman's Name, had made the fame Refolntion before I knew him, but his Genero- fity, when he had a mind to regale his Friends, oblfg'd him fometimes to recede from it, and not always to put in pradice the good LeiTons which he fcarce ever fail'd to give when he was the Gueft of his Friends. However, I made him own at laft. That when Health is at (lake, ft was better to be reckon'd an Oeconomift, than a Man of Generofity and Complaifance. DURING this, the good Man had a troublefome Affiiir upon his Hands, which gave me more Unealinefs than it did him. He re- ceiv'd a Letter from the Wife of one of hia Merchants, which requir'd him in her Husband's Abfence, to furni(h M. Heudde's Son, who was her Nephew, and then fet out for LisboM^ with what Neccdaries he wanted to continue his Voy- age; adding, that he fjiould be reimburs'd, and that for her own part, fhe fhou'd be much oblig'd lo him for the Favour. In about a Fortnight af- ter, M. Heudde arrivM at Fan Dyke's, attended by a Valet de Chambre, who were both very ineanly accoutred. The firft Queftion he ask'd him was. Whether he had not receiv'd a Letter from his Aunt, which the Faftor no fooner own'd, than he entertained him with a great ma- ny Particularities about feveral Perfons of the Fador's Acquaintance; after which, he told him his Deiign of vifiting Portugal^ Spahi^ Italy^ France^ and of returning home thro' the Illand of Great Brstaia, At lad he talk'd of the Money of ] AM t S M A S S E Y. ff he fliouM have occafion for, to make the Tour of fo many Countries, f^an Dyke told him what he thought would fuffice; and as he exhorted him not to be extravagant on the one hand, fo he wou'd not have him difparage himfelf on the other, becaufe he had Orders to accomnfiodate him with what Monies he wanted, not only at Lisbon^ but wherever elfe he travell'd : This the Fadlor cou'd eafily do, becaufe he had very good' Correfpondence, either dircdly or indiredly, in moft of the chief Towns of Europe. M. Heuddc^ who feem'd very well pleasM with the Compli- ment, contented himfelf v;ith the Siim of lyooo Livres, and good Recommendations ; and after having (laid a few Days, continued his Journey, Van Dyke^ who was a very pundual Man in his Bulinefs, immediately certify'd his Principal of what had pals'd betwixt him and his Nephew, and what Rout he had taken. But in a Week after, to his great Surprife, who l"hou'd he meet in the Street, but him that pretended to be M. Heudde\ Valet de Chambre, and asking him It his Mailer was not gone, he anfwer'd him to his farther AdoniQunent, not only that he cou'd not tell what was become of him, but that he did not fo much as know who he was. I cnmc hi- ther, faid he, fome Days ago from BourdemiXy with a Dejjgn to make a Voyage to America ; the Gentleman, you fpeak of, happening to be ou- Board our Ship, bargain'd with me to be his Ser- vant, as long as he contii^ucd in this City, for Twenty-pence a Day, beiidesmy Expcnccs, which he paid me, but difmifs'd me Inft Vv^'ek, and I have not fince heard a Word of him. This was C 5" fome- 34 T^be Travels and Adventures fomewhat alarming to my Friend; and tho' he was not very lure that he was bubbled, he had the Precaution to v/rite immediately to all thofe to whom he had given the Traveller his Recommen- dations, and delired them not to let him have any thing till farther Orders. This fav'd him from any farther Lofs, but his 300 Ducats were gone paft Recovery. The Anfwer he receiv'd from Holland was, That they knew not what he meant, and that this pretended M. Heudde was a Knave, to be fure, that wou'd come to the Gal- lows. THO' this Lofs was a Trifle to the Wealth. M. Fan Dyke had acquired, yet it vexM him a little, and he left no Stone unturn'd to find out the Sharper, but all his Inquiry was to no Purpofe; and whether he ever heard of him m his Life, is more than I know, becaufe I left him not long after; for tho' I was heartily wel* come to him, yet I did not thoroughly like my Station there, becaufe my Profit was but fmall, and my principal View was to fee the World. The Friendfhips 1 had contradled, and the Cha* raSer my Mafter gave me, made my Departure the more eafy. CHAP, c/Jameb Massey. 3 J CHAP. III. Of the Author'' s Second Voyage \ and his Shipiweck upon an unknown Co aft, T H A D an Opportunity of going on board a "*• PortHguefe Ship, which was bound to the Eaft Indies^ in Company with three others. It was commanded by one Don Pedro, and carry'd on- ly Twenty Guns, but had 147 iMen aboard, of which Number were a great many Fre'/ichmerj^ who however, to a Man, underllood the Portn- guc[e Tongue. All things being ready, we fct fail the Fifth of 'June^ 1644, with a very favour- able Wind. The firll Ruffle we met with was the Lofs of our Captain, who was, to fpeak the Truth, a Man of confummate Experience, but a very Brute and DeboOiee. The Tenth Day after we were under Sail, when he had taken his ufual Dofe of Brandy, he fell into fuch a Faffion with one of our Seamen, that from hard Words he proceeded to Blows. The Mariner, who was a meer Blunderbufs, laugh'd , and went to make his Efcape from him, at: which Dovi Pedro was fo exafperated, that he purfued him with a Lever in his Hand, wiihing the Devil might take him if he did not break his Neck ; and as they were both running, our Officer rtunibled, reel'd, and fell with fuch a Force againft the CapQane, that he broke his left Arm, three Inches above the El- bow. Thereupon I was calTd, and examining the Wound, 1 perceiv'd that the Bone was \\\- tirely (hiver'd, and after mature Deliberation, I was 36 The Travels and Adventures was abfolutely for Sawing it off. But all that I" coa'd fay, was of no weight with the Patient, who cou'd not be perfuaded by any means to undergo the Operation; for he fwore that hfe wou'd rather die than fubmit to fo defperate an Extremity. I was therefore obh'g'd, forely againft the Grain, to manage him as he pleas'd; but what I forefaw, happened in two Days time; the Wound was inflamed, a Mortification en fu'd up- on it, and the Fifth Day after his Fall he was a dead Man. TH E Ship's Company was, to the laft Degree, alarm'd at this Lofs, which we took for a bad Omen ; however, we were forcM to bear it, and after the due Honours paid to his Corpfe, it was thrown into the Sea, while the Guns- were fir'd> ss ufual on fuch Occafions. In the mean time we advanc'd in our Voyage; and tho' fome little Storms arofe now and then, yet they were not dangerous. The greateft Misfortune that befel us, was our being feparated from the Company of our other Ships, fo that we heard no more of them'. When we made the Ifland of Afie?ifion^ we per- ceiv*d that our Water was- very much corrupted-, andconfequently we refolvM to go to St. Helena^ to take in frefn Water, left the Number of our lick Men, which was already coiifiderable, ihould be much greater, if we did not ftop fome where before we came to the Cafe of Good Hope. BUT when we had difcover'd that Ifland at a great Didance, and were congratulating each other upon ir, we (pyM that which Sailors call a Wool- Pack, feemingly as big as a great Cask; within Cannon- fliot of our Ship. As I had ne- ver ees, and crept vp to tafte the Cracknels. Upon this, my Friend took Courage, jogg'd me, and when 1 awak'd, he fhew'd me that hideous Animal, As weak as 1 (till found my felf, I got up in a Moment, and ran away as faft as I could. Du Puis fol- low'd me, and La Forer, upon our calling out to him, did the like inftantly. Glad we were that this Monfter had not fwallow'd us up, the Fear of which was a ftrong Motive to our R.e- folution of decamping forthwith; but we were forc'd to ftay all Night to recover our felves. CHAP. V. Continuation of the ^d'ventures of the Au*- thor and his Comrades^ till they came to an Inhabited Country, P'INDING our felves frefli and brisk when ■*- we wak'd, we refolv'd to fliift our Quar- ters; and, defpiiing this terreftrial Manna which had fo enervated us, after laying in a good Stock of the roafted Fowls for our Provifion, we bid adieu to the Monuments, and advanced farther into the Country. We were then full fifty Leagues from the Sea. We were inclinable to cat the tirft Night, but tho' we had walk'd a great deal, and pafs'd over a Mountain of izscvi D 2 or 52; The Travels and Adventures or eight Leagues, we had little or no Appetite; ^nd it was three Days before we could take any thing; which gave us reafon to think, that the Bread of the Tree muft be extremely nourifh- Ing, and that it could not hut be good, when taken with Moderation. Mean time, the Way provM worfe and worfe; but, to our Comfort, the Nights were clear, and the Days long, and the farther we advancM into the Spring of this Country, and the farther we got from the Line, the more charming wc thought the Climate and the Soil ; and either the one or the other was ge- nerally the Subjed of our Converfation. DU PUIS, above all things, feem'd to be charmM with the Sun, which, from its Riling to its Setting, continually fmil'd on us with its agreeable Rays, 1 do alTure you, faid he to us one Day, If I had not been born in a Country where the People are fo happy as to be inftru6ted in the Knowledge of their Creator, and if I had never heard a Word about the Being of all Beings, the Flambeau of Heaven would, with- out difpute, be the only Deity that I fliould think worthy of my Adoration ; n^t only, becaufe of all the vifible Objeds in the World 'tis the moft agreeable, but becaufe without its Influence, no Plant nor Animal can fublill: Every thing lan- guiihes the Moment that it departs; whereas its Frefence renders Vigour to what before feem'd dying. You are not the only Man, faid I, of that Opinion; there are intire Nations that invoke this glorious Planet, as the prime Caufe of all things; and even thofe Ancients who acknow- V^dg'd a Being of Sovereign Perfedion, could not 8 help ^/ J AME S M A S S EV. S% help afcribing certain Epithets to it, which plainly denoted their Eftcem for it. Orpheus call'd it, the Eye of Heaven, Horner^ the Bein^ which fees and hears all things. Heraclitus^ the Fountatn of Celeflial Light. St. Ambrofc, the Beaiuy of Heaven. Phtlo., the Image of eternal Splendor. Plato, the SohI of the 14'orU. King David extols its Excellency to a marvellous Degree, efpeciailv in his i8th Pfalm; and the holy Men of the 0/J and New Te/iament, make no Scruple to repre- fent it to us as the Model of the Divinity, whom they call in a hundred Places, the D^y-fpring from on high^ and the Sun of Right eonfnefs. I LAUGH, continued La Foret., at v,\\M fome People have faid concerning the Planers. I pray to God, and if I have any Veneration for the Creatures, 'tis only for the Creator's l;ike, who is marvellous in all his Works ; but what furprifes me rnofl is to hear of two Motions of the Sun, which are diredtly oppofite to each o- ther, VIZ. its Daily Motion, from E.a(l to Weft ; and its Annual one, from Weft to Eaft. ' Fis true, replyM 1, thefe two Motions are dfredtly contrary to one another, if they are afcrib'd to the Sun, which is done by the Ancients univcr- fally ; bat nothing is more natural, if we afcribe thefe two Motions to the Earth, which makes a great Circle round the Sun in the fpace of a Year, and turns once upon its own Center or Axis in Twenty four Hours, juft as if you were to pufti a Bovi'l, or if you pleafe, a Turnep, from one end of an Alley to the other, which, while it was rolling to the end of the Alley, would make fe- veral Turns at the fame time upon its own Axis. D 3 1 he. 54 ^h^ Travels and Adventures The Earth does the very fume thing ; and its two- different Motions were always of ufe to Men to meafure the Time of their Duration. The Tour which it makes upon its own Axis, forms our Natural Diy of Twenty-four Hours; and the Time it t^kes in its grand Circle round the Sun, makes our Year of 365- Days and 6 Hours, wantinf^ a few Minutes. 'Tis true, that this Computation or Meafure for the Year was not known always alille to all Nations. The Egyp- t'tans^ the Chaldeayrf^ the Jews^ and other ancient People, computed 'their Years differently, and made them longer br fhorter, fome than others. Many of them regulated their Years rather by the Courfe of the Mocpn, than that of the Earth, as feveral Nntlons do even at this Day. THE Calendar :now follow'd by the Nations of Europe^ came from the ancient Romans ^ but was not always fojexadUy regulated as at prefent; for in the time of Romulus^ the Founder of -/^owe", the Year, which' ought to be the Time that the Earth is making its great Tour round the Sun, was computed at only 504 Days, included in 10 Months: March ^ Ma)\ July^ Odober^ con- filled each of 31 Days, and the others of but 30. Numa PompliMs^ his SuccelTop, added 5-1 to this Number, fo that then the Year had 3^5* Days. Bcfides, he cut ofl:^a Day from every leffer Month,, which he added to thofe fi, and of thefe he in- ilituted the Months of January^ confilting of 29, and February^ of 28 Days. In fine, Julius Cce- far, the HrQ of the Roman Emperors, having con- fulted the mod skilful AUronomers of his Time, did, with their Confent, change the Year, which was. ^/ J A M E S IVl A S S E Y. ^^ was almofl a Lunar Year, into a Solar one^ by adding lo more Days to it, which he diQribu- ted in fuch manner, that Ja^^uary^ /lu^uft^ and December^ had each two, and Aprils 7^^^» ^^p- tembcr^ and November^ one. Nevcrthelefs, as all this was not enough, becaufe the Year conlills ot 365- Days, 6 Hours, wanting about 11 Minutes^ the Emperor would have every 4 Years, a Year of 366 Days, which additional Day fhould be plac'd between the 6th and 7th of the Calends of March^ io that there were two 6ih Days of the Calends of Marcb^ in fuch a Year, which was therefore calFd Bijj'extile^ becaufe the 6:h Day was reckon'd twice before they proceeded to the next. THIS Corre and too ill divided, confider- of James Masse V. 57 mg the prodigious Diflance of that Planet from rhe Earth. 1 never yet faw an Altrolabe divided into Minutes, tho' it were neceffary it fhould be divided into Seconds, and perhaps into fmaller Parts, which is impofTible, or it would be too' large for the Pnrpofe. And as a Proof how lia- ble we are to be miilaken for want of it, the moft: cxadl Aftronomcrs, who, not content with the Theory, have gone about to reduce this Query to Pradice, have been fo grofly dcceiv'd, that the wide Difference of one Man's Opinion from a- iiother, is enough to bring the Under (landing of thofe Men in queftion, who would palm their Conjectures upon the World for real Truths. Tycho Brake^ who feems to have made a Circuit^ round the Heavens, as Chrijiopher Columbus did round the Earth, affirms, that the Sun is 139. times bigger than the Globe which wc inhabits Copernicus makes the Number to be 162; Pto^ iemy^ 166; Father Scheiner, 434 i Wendelinusy 4096; And one of my Tutors affirm'd it to be three Millions of times bigger than the Earth.- T^herefore wc know nothing puhtively of its Big- nels, bat that 'tis much larger than this great Bo- dy, how big foever it appears to us, is a Certain- ty. For in the lirlt Place, fuppojmg it to be of equal B'gnefs with the Earth, 'tis evident that its Rays in their Pallage over the exterior Parts of this Terreftrial Sphere, would leave a Cylinder of Obfcurity beyond it, whofe Sides would be parallel, fo that the Planets, in their way thro' ihnt: Opaque, receiving no Light, and having none of their own, would be eclips'd. If the Sun \vas fmallcr than the Earth, its Rays, after having glanced over the Earth; would grow wider, and form a Cone- 5 8 The Travels and Adventures cut oft' by a Shadow, with its Balis in the Firma* nient, and the Top on the Part of the Earth op- pofice to the Sun ; the Confequence of which \%^, that a ftill greater part of the Heavens would be darken'd, and all the Planets there, as was juft now obferv'd, could give no Light. The only Planet that ever we fee eclips'd is the Moon; it ap- pears, therefore, that the Sun mud be incomparably bigger than the Earth, becaufe its Rays, when they have pafs'd over this great Mafs, unite again a little above the Moon, where the Cone, form'd by the Shadow of the Earth, ends in a Point. To illuftrate this Explanation, I made a Figure in the Sand. I CONFESS, faid Du Puis^ this is demon- ftrntive, as to the Caufe ; but as to the Efteds you fpeak of, or the Defers of the Planets, I can't comprehend it, for I always thought that Eclipfes were things uncommon and unnatural. On the contrary, I reply'd, there is nothing in them that is myrierious. The Planets are hard opaque Bo- dies, which bear a good Refemblance to the Earth, and are by many People thought to be inhabited, for they give no Light but by Reflexion, after ha- ving receiv'd it from the Sun. For this Reafon it is that we have no Eclipfe of the Moon, except "when this Planet is riling on the one hand, while the Sun is fetting on the other, and when the Earth happens to interpofe diredlly between them, and hindeis their feeing each other Face to F'ace. But if the Sun, faid La Foret^ be the Source of Li^ht, how happens it that at certain times it lofes it? From whence come thofe Eclipfes which are fo alarming to the World, and what is it that re- ftores its former Luflre to it } As the Interpofi- tion of] amesMassey. 59 tfon of the Earth, faid I, caufes Eclipfes of the Moon, the Interpofition of the Moon, in like manner, darkens the Sun; that is to fay, as often as the Moon is in Conjun6lion with the Sun, and paffes in a diredl Lirie, betwixt it and the Earth, it does the Office of a Curtain, and conceals that glorious Planet from us ; but this Privation can be of no long Continuance, becaufe of the diffe- rent Motion of thofc Bodies. The Circle which the Earth defcribes about the Sun, is incompara- bly greater than that which the Moon defcribes round the Earth; and whereas the former ad- vances about 1 3 Degrees in a Day, the latter rids nway little more than one in Winter, and not quite fo much in Summer, fo that they foon get clear of one another. What, faid La Foret, does the Earth go fader at oneSeafon, than at ano- ther? Yes, faid I, in Appearance the Ditference is about four Minutes, becaufe the Earth being much farther from the Sun in Summer, than in Winter, it mufl neceffarily fcem to have a flower Motion during the long Days, than the fliorc ones; as a Waggon which is not above fo Paces off, feems to go much fafler than when it u at ihe DiHance of 5-00. BUT, laid Du Puis, fince you talk of Faces, is not the Heat of one and the fame I^'re belter felt at the Diflance of two Paces, than of ten? No deubt, faid I. Then if the Sun, which is a Body of Heat, reply'd he, is nearer the Earth in the Winter, than in Summer, how comes it that the Heat is not felt in proportion to its Dillance, and w^hat's the Reafon that we fhake with Cold at the fame time one might expe<^ to be in a melting Sweat ? You 6o The Travels and Adventures- You fay very well, I reply'd, and this Objeo tion fhcws that Ignorance and Rcafon are not incompatibli?, but while you think you have- hamper'd me, you are quite millaken. I will not go about to prove to you, that there are no fuch things in Nature as Heat, Cold, Light, Smell, Sound, or Colours, nor any ot the Qua- lities which we perceive in Bodies ; for it would be a Work of too much Trouble, and perhaps too you would not underftand me, becaufe this depends on certain Points of Knowledge, of which you have not fo much as the Principles. I will only obferve to you, that properly fpeak- ing, there is but one and the fame fort of Mat- ter, which according as it's form'd or actuated; produces in us, by means of our Organs, certain Effeds which we afcribe to Bodies, and which therefore we call Hot, Cold, Luminous, Co- loured, and fo of the others, tho' in effed Sounds Colour, Tafle, ^c. are properly in us, and not in thofe Bodies ; as the Pain or Smart which pro- ceeds from a Prick, is in our felves, and not at all in the Thorn which occafionM it. And to prove that your Comparifon is not juft, even in the Senfe that you your felf would ufe it in, con- lider, that the Top of the Alpes^ which is fo much nearer to the Sun than the Foot, is cover'd with Snow in the Summer, while the Valleys, which are fo much farther from the Sun, are quite burnt up with Pleat: The true Reafon of which is, (that we may pafs over nothing; without fome (light Explanation) the Air, about a League from the P!arth, is fo thin, that it has not Strength e- nough to difllpate the leaft Bodies ; whereas 'tis lb grofs upon the Surface, that 'tis capable of Ihaking, ee, in the Trunk of which there was a Cleft, from whence there gufh*d a clear beautiful red Liquor, which fmelt like Musk. I turn'd about to look behind me, and perceiving a frightful Monfter, briftlcd all over like a Porcupine, I was fo affrighted at ft, that tho' it turn'd its Back upon me, I darted out of my Sleep. To this Dream I gave a fa- vourable Interpretation, which contributed not a little to quicken our Pace. AS we ftill kept along the Eaft fide of thofe Mountains, we at la(t difcovcr'd a narrow Paf- fage, which we refolv'd to climb, but the Diffi- culty we met with before we got up to the Top, was fuch that I cannot exprefs it. When we had conquer'd it, we fat down to recover Breath, and take a little Food. Soon after we rofe again, we perceiv'd a Pond about a Quarter of a League in Cifcumr e?/jAMEsMASSEY. 69 Circumference, which was bounded on one fide by the craggy Points of a Rock, which hung o- vcr the Water, and on the other by a very nar- row rugged fort of Dyke, with a Precipice on the right hand, of which there was no difcovcring the Bottom. Thefe finicking Objeds made me as muteas aFifli; I had neither the Strength nor Cou- rage to fpeak, and to be frank, I willi'd then with all my Heart 1 had never undertaken the Voyage. There was no Profpc6l of going down the way that we afcended, and the Danger of going far- ther was very great. WH I LE we were at that Nonplus, I made a hard Struggle to climb to the Top of a Rock "Which was behind us; as foon as I was got up to it, my Sorrow was turnM on a fuddcn into ex- travagant Joy, at the Difcovery of a fine Cham- pain Country beyond thefe I-Jills, which was in- terfpers'd with Canals, and Trees regularly plant- ed on the Banks of them. I thought likewife that I faw Cattle grazing in the Meads, and at a further diftance great Bodies, which I took to be the Habitations of Men. I beckon'd to my Com- rades to follow me, and (ignify'd to them by my Geftures and various Contorlions of Body, that our Deliverance was nigh. They were fo fond to know the good News, that they ventur'd after me, tho' they had like to have broke their Necks as well as 1; but then, on the other hand, they were foon fatisfy'd for their Pains, and agreed that this Country was, without Difpute, inhabi- ted. All the Difficulty was how to come at it, a Difficulty, which we verily thought infur- uiountabk. From this Eminence we carefully furvey'd JO The Travels and Adventures furvey'd all the Country round; but there being no Appearance of Accefs to it, we helpM one a* nother down, and took another View of the Pre- cipice and Pond. FO R my part, I was immediately of Opinion let the Danger be what it wou'd, that we ought to return and cut down Timber in the Foreft where we had fpent the Night, and to draw it up in the bed manner we could, in order to venture this fhort PafTage over the Pond. But Du Puis thinking my Propofal impracticable, faid, that the PafTage between the Lake and the Precipice feem'd to be only two Foot broad in the narrowed Parts of it, that therefore one might eafily crofs over it, and that he would undertake to be our Guide. 1 was wonderfully pleas'd with his Motion, and did not fail to fecond it by inftancing in the PyrcKces and yllpes^ of which I had read fome- thing in the Memoirs of feveral Travellers; but La Foref, who was, as he faid, fubjedl to Verti- goes, protefted he would not go that way, what- ever was the Confequence, but that if we were refolv'd to pafs it, he would rather do it by Swim- ming. Dtt Puis immediately acquiefc'd, and en- gag'd to carry his Clothes, and mine too, if I would take to the Water with him. No fooner faid, but done, for LaForet and I ftripp'd, bundled up our Clothes, and Du Puis taking them along with him, fet out. We refolv'd to leave our Hatchets and Fowliiig-Pieces behind us, which indeed were of no more Service to us, becaufc we had not three Charges of Powder left: never- thelefs, Du Puis was to return to fetch them, if he found the PalTage not fo dangerous as we ima- gin'd- e?/ James Masse Y. 71 gliiM. La Foret and I being both very good Swim- mers, v/e arriv'd quickly at the other Shore, be- caufe we made choice of the narrowelt Place; but Dii Puis, who had taken our Clothes, was o- blig'd to take a large Compafs, before he came to the Place where he was to pafs. AS foon as we got afliore, we ran to meet him, and glad we were to fee him briskly ad- vancing to us. But by an unaccountable Dif- adcr, which I fhall lament as long as I live, the poor Man was within ten Paces of being upon Terra Firyna, when a Piece of the Rock giving way all on a fudden under his Feet, he cry'd our. Lord have Mercy ufon me! and, and to our Afto- iiiHiment, difappear'd m an Inltant. Wc ran ha- flily to fee what became of him, but alas! we nei- ther faw nor heard him more. I BEG the kind Reader to paufe here for a Mo- ment, and icrioufly to refled upon our Misfor- tune. Our inconceivable Grief for the Lofs of our Friend, together with the pitiful Condition he left us in, having neither Clothes to cover ourNaked- ncfs, nor any Means poffible to fubfift us, fo dif- pirited us, that we thought a hundred times of calling our felvcs headlong after him, and by that means to have put a fudden Period to the fatal Courfe of our unfortunate Lives. CHAP. 72 The Travels and Adventures C H A P. VI. Of the Dlfcovery of a very fine Country^ its Inhabitants^ their Language^ Manners and Cuftoms^ 6cc. and of the Efleem ivhich our Author and his Comrade gained there*, MEAN time, the Sun was at the End of his Race, and we found our felves very cold, which were two prefTing Motives to induce us to betake our felves to fome Shelter. We defcended the Mountain with no great Difficulty, becaufeon that fide it was not very deep. At the Foot of it was a broad deep Ditch, where we were again forc'd to fwim over. This was one of the Bar- riers of the Country, and was deftitute of Bridges, fo that People could neither pafs in nor out of it. TH E farther wc went into the Country, the more of its Beauties we difcover'd, and a thou- fand things occur'd to convince us that it was in- habited. The Creatures which we fpy'd, as we thought, from the Mountains, were Goats feed- ing in the Meadows, where the green Herbage was fo high, that it partly conceal'd them from our Sight. In fhort, we were not a great way from one of the Herds, when the Man that look'd after them, who vpas then lain down upon the Grafs, obferving that they llretch'd out their Necks as if they fpy'd fomething that had affrighted them, rofe up to fee what it was, and as foon as he pcrceivM us, ran away v*'ith all the Speed he could ; and we heard afterwards, that feeing two fuch •7^ / cf ] AUE s Masse Y. fuch naked Men coming down the Mountain in the Evening, he took us for Savnges : His Goats alfo ran as if they had been purfu'd by Tome Bcalt,. of Prey. Certain Shepherds who were not far otf, tending their Flocks of Sheep, knew not what to think of this Alarm, but they had the Courage to join one another, and came fevcn or eight in a 13ody to examine us. As foon as we thought they could fee us, we wrung our Hands, and endeavour'd by all the Signs we could think of, to move them to Companion. They advanc'd, and perceiving that we were naked and unarm'd, came within four Paces of us, each ha- ving a great Stick in his Hand, and fell a talking to us. I told them in Lati-^^ m Frerfch^ and in Portu^uefe^ a Language which I underdood pret- ty well, confidering the Time I was in Portu^a/y that we were two honed Europeans^ who believ'd ' in God, and at the fame time lifted up my Hands to Heaven, and then fmote my Bread. . i3ut not- withllanding all my various Looks and Adions, I plainly perceiv'd by their Countenances, that they underltood us no more than we did them; upon which I fell prodrate at their Feet, and by trembling, and extending my Arm^, end^avourd to give them to under Itand that 1 was almod ibrv'd to Death with Cold. Then they talk'd with one another a few Moments, but without giving the lead Indication that they intended us any Harm, and at length, after fome Deliberation, they bcckcui'd to us to follow them, and carryM us to a venerable Pcrfonage, who, after having furveyM us, fird gave each of us a great Robe, which covcr'd us from Head to Foot, for at the L Tup 74 TZ'^ Travels and Adventures Top of it a Cap was fadenM, in the manner of a Monk's Cowl; then he interrogated us by Signs from whence we came, whether from the Eaft, the Weft, or from any other Part of the Globe. We anfwer'd him in our own Language, and by the beft Signs we were capable of making, that we were neither Angels nor Devils ; that we came neither from Heaven nor Hell ; that we were ra- tional Creatures like himfelf, who having put to Sea in a great Machine of Wood, were caft a- way about ifo Leagues off; that of all the Crew only three oi us fetout inqueftof fome Afylumto pafs the Remainder of our Days ; but that we loft one of our Companions by the way, in the moft tra- gical manner that could be; and fo of the reft. Then we begg'd him to take Pity of us, to put us to work, and to give us Nourifliment. Tho' I knew not whether he underftood what we faid to him, yet he feenid to be affeded, by his fhed- ding of Tears. He gave us a Supper, and in an Hour after we were carry'd to a Bed, which was all done in fo handfome a manner, that we were charm'd with our Entertainment. Next Day it was as good as a Comedy to fee the Crowds of People that came from all Parts to gaxe r-^ us. Every one iook'd upon us with Amazement, be- caufe no body could comprehend from whence or which way we came hither. Thefe Vifits held at lead a Fortnight or three Weeks. By hearing them talk much, we began to underftand fome Words of their Language: The nrft we re- tained was the Word Mzda^ which they feldom faiPd to pronounce, when with our Eyes or Hands lifted up to Heaven, we utter'd the Name 8 of C/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. 75 of God. We learnt the Terms, y^/, to Eat; Bouskln, to Drink; Kapan^ to Sleep; Pryn, to Walk; Ttarj^ to Work; Toute, Yes; Touton, No; and a great many others, which we found afterwards to bear the fame Meaning as we ima- gin'd they had at firft. What very much contri- buted to make this Language familiar to us, was there being but three Tenfes in the Indicative Mood of every Verb, viz. the Prefem, the Prx- terperfetl, indefinite or compound, and the Fu- turc\ that they have no Imperative Mood; that in their Suhjnndive they have only the Praterim- perfed and PraterpluperfeSl', and that befides thefe they have only the Infinitive MooJ and Participle. They have al fo but three Perfons in both the Sin- gular and Plural Numbers-, and thus, for Inltance, they conjugate the Verb At: Indicatiz-e Mood^ Prefent Tcnfc. Ata^ I cat or We eat. /f/c', Thou eateft, You eat. At\i, Ke eatcth, They eat. PraterperfeSi Tenfe. Ataiy I have eaten, We have eaten. Atei, Thou halt eaten, You have eaten. Ativy He has eaten, They have eaten. Future Tenfe. Ataio, I fhall or will eat, We will eat. W/c-Vo, Thou wilt eat, You will eat. Atr.w^ He will eat, They will eat. E 2 Infinitix^t 76 The Travels and Adventures Infiniiixe Mood, At^ I To eat. PriCterimperfed Tenfe of the Subjundive Mood* AtaiHy I would eat, We would eat. | Atein, Thou would'lt ear, Ye would cat. ' /?/«/>, He would eat, They would eat. Pr<£ierphiperfed. I Ata'tf I would have eaten, We would have eaten. ' Ateif\ Thou would'lt have eateii, You would have eaten. At\)if^ He or flie fliould have eaten, They would have eaten. Participle of the Prefent T'enfe, Atain^ Eating. FROM thence are deriv'd the Words, Ataus^ Kitchen; Atai^s. Food; /?//'«, Cook; Atians^ Eater, or the Perfon that Eateth. THEIR Alphabet confirts of Twenty Cha- raders, viz. Seven Vowels, ^, ^, /, 0^ u^ «, if, (the Sixth of which is properly the Aita of the Greeks, and the Seventh is equivalent to the Dip- thongue, ou) and Thirteen Confonants, ^, ^, /, j^, hy ky /, w, », /J, r, /, t. Thefe fame Confo- nants fcrve them alfo for Numerals ; as ^, i ; ^, 2 ; f-, 3; An Ewe or Sheep. Dat. Bnla,\ Nom. Broh, ; Gen. Br«/rt, > Weathers or Sheep. Dat. Breh^ J *TIS wonderful, that there is not one Excep- tion in the Conjugations and Dcclcnfknis of this Language; and that when we know the Varia- tions of one Verb or Noun, it leads to the Know- ledge ot all the red; which Variation conlills on- ly in adding the Letter /f to the Infinitive Mood,, to make the Prefent Tenfe of the Indicative; as^ from ///, comes /lia; from B^skiyi, Biskina, &c^ And to the Nouns ihcy add /^, to the Nomina- tive Cafe of the Mafculine Gender, to make- them Feminine \\\ « when they change them to^ the Plural Number, as is plain from the foregoing Example. From hence it will not be thonglit llrange, that at the End of fix Months we under- E 3 flooa 78 The Travels and Adventures flood every thing they faid to us; and that they alfo underftood what we faid to them. But to re- turn to our former Subjed. N OT many Days after our Arrival, we were awaken'd one Morning by an extraordinary Hurly- burly in the Houfe. We arofe to fee what was the matter; but tho' we obfervM the minuted of their Proceedings, we could not conceive the Meaning of the Hurry they were all in from the the Higheft to the Lovi^efl ; only we guefs'd there was to be a grand Dinner, becaufe there was a great Slaughter of Fowls, and abundance of Meat in the Kitchen. About Ten of the Clock, the whole Family went out. Our Patron march'd iirft, with a great Cock under his Arm, and we follow'd with the reft of the Houfhold. As we pafs'd the Bridge over the Canal, we faw that all our Neighbours did the fame, every Family marching out with a Cock. Our oppolite Neigh- bour expos'd his Cock againft ours ; and the o- thers did the fame thing, it being a general Cock- match between the People of both fides the Ca- nal. It is incredible with what Courage and Fury, with what Vigor and Skill thefe Creatures fought. My Landlord, whofe Cock was kilTd, went and took the Vidtor by the Hand, congratulated him on his Conqueft, and carryM him to his Houfe, followed by all his Children and Doincftics. The Provifions laid in at the other's Houfe, were brought to ours. We fat down to Table, and I can fay, that I had not been at fuch an Enter- tainment a long while. It was a Fcaft truly Roy- al, and we drank to a very hearty Pitch ; but the word on't was, we did not underftand them. OUR ^/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. 79 OUR People were every whit as alert nexc Day. As fooii as the Sun was rifen, all the young Men of the Canton, that is to fay, theeldeft Son of every Family, went out and took a ilraighc Pole, like to the Maft of a Ship, which they planted in the middle of the Canal, and to the End of it they ty'd as many great Ropes as there were Families prefent. All thefe Ropes were af- terwards extended, and wound about the fcvcral Trees which were planted on the Bank of the Canal ; and that there might be no Jealoufy, or any Caufe of Complaint, there was a Noofe made in each Rope, all at the fame Didance from the Pole. To the Top of this Pole, which was not Thirty Foot from the Surface of the Water, a Tound Board was nail'd, upon which an Eagle was plac'd, whofe two Feet were falienM fepa- rately with ftrong Packthread, to two Cramp- Irons drove into the Tiiriber. WHEN every thing was ready, each of the young Men laid hold of one of the Ropes at the Place where the Noofe was, and at the firll Sig- nal, which was given by our Landlord, they drove who could climb up falleil. They that came firit up to the Eagle, endeavoured to lay hold of him, but they had a fmart Reception, for as their Hands were obligM to be bare, they were expos'd to the Strokes of the Eagle's Beak, which made them all over bloody. Befides, each Man had but one Hand at liberty to attack, becaufe with the other he was oblig"d to hold faft. And then, the Ea- gle was not ty'd fo fhort, but that he could rife at leaft two Foot from his Board ; fo that whereas 1 thought at the Beginning, the Battle would have E 4 been So The Travels and Adventures betii over in a Trice, when it had continu'd two Hours 'twas like to hold all Day. Notwith- ftanding the Vigour of the Ailailants, their Situa- tion was too fatiguing, and it was impoffible they could keep it long. So'me reded themfelves as well as they could; others dropped into the Wa- ter, where they were relievM immediately by Per- fons who were underneath in little Boats, on purpofe to catch them. In lliort, it was a wild Skirmifh; but I think they had been engagM about fix Hours, when one of the Alfhilants nimbly fcizing the Eagle, broke one of its Legs, but a- iiother puiliing him, made him let go his Prize for fear of falling oft^ of the Rope, grip'd the Bird with both his Hands, flung himfelf defperately down the Rope, and fell, v;ith the difmember'd Prey in his Arms, into the Water. At his Fall, the Sp^^htors Ihouted as mach for Joy, as if the Safety of the Publick hCid been the Matter in quefiiini. Thofe who were wet went to (hift their Clothes, and foon after repair'd to the Vic- tor's Hcufe, where every cne paid him their Com- pliments. There they fnpp'd together, and fpent part of the N'ght in MerriiTjent, while the Parents of the Family treated one another reciprocally with hearty good Cheer. The third Day was fptnt in Plays, Dances, Races, and agreeable Diver- iions. WE knew not what all this meant; but after- wards we found that they obferv'd the fame Ce- remonies throughout the Kingdom, every Year, at the Full Moon preceding the Solftice of Ca- frtcorn^ and that the young Man who carries off ib.e Eagle, has that Year the Choice of all ths Girls ^/* J A M E S M A S S E V. P r Girls In the Canton, in cafe he has n mind to al<-- tcr his Condition, io that there can be no Mar- riage without his Confenr, which however he fel- dom refufcs; and therefore it may be laid, that it all terminates in a meer Formality and Pundtilio oi Honour to the Conqueror. At all the other Full- Moons of the Year, without Exception, they fight Cocks. They take their Pleafure in- Gondola's, during the Summer; and in the Win- ter they are drawn upon the Snow in Sleds. F( r two Days they take all the innocent Pleafuresthcy.' are capable of, except that of the Eagle planted on the Pole. The rell of the Month every body/ is at their Bufinefs, and there are no other FearU> at all. HAVING fpcnt all this Time without put- ting our Hands to any thing, we gave our Patroni to iHiderfland that we fhould be glad of fome liu-- finefs. y\t fiidthey pretended not to give ear to- ns ; bnt feeing that we inlilled on being employed, they gave us Wool to cleanlc, wa'h, bear, and card, as thinking that we were fit for nothing el fc We were foon weary of this Work. La foret, who was by Profelfion a Watchmaker, wanted to- take a File in his H-ind, arid to work on the- Movcinent of a Watch; but there were no fuch Niachines in ihofe Parts, and it would have been difficult to have given them a Notion of fuch pte- fently. When they perceivM our DIllatisfa61ioii,. they were willing to make ulc of us for the Rig- g'ng of a little Fleet. THERE being Twenty-two Houfcs in our Canton or Village, of which I fhall give a Dc- licription hereafter, the Number of VtlTcIs to be-- E 5" equipp'di 82 The Travels and Adventures equipp'd was the fame. Every Mafter of a Fa<* mily caus'd his VeiTel to be fitted, and the necef- fary Proviiions to be put on Board, to ferve four Perfons for three Weeks. In thefe Veffels they put all manner of Provifions or Merchandife which they knew to be proper for a Voyage ; as for Inftance, Cordage, Pullies, Wheelbarrows,. Hatchets, Spades, Mattocks, Pick-Axes, and o* 4her Tools fit to turn up the Ground; but efpe- cially Robes, pd other Habits, Woollen and Lin- sen. It was then the Month of Lhcember^ and by confequence in the Heart of Summer, and in ihe fineft Seafon of the Year. As the Goats are extremely large in that Country, and as ftrong as our Horfes, they are generally made ufe of for Carriages. There were four of 'em to every Boat, of which two drew for two Hours, while the o- thers eat, and rcft^d in the Veflel. Thus they work'd alternately for fifteen or fixteen Hours, every Day, v hich was in a manner from Sun-rife to Sun-let, but at Night there was a Halt^ and a general Reft. MY Comrade and I could never fee enough of the Beauties of this inchanting Country, and the Riches, of its Soil. Their Orchards were adorn'd with fine Trees, fbme in Bloflbm, and others with. ripe- Fruit, the moft excellent in the World ; their Ara- ble Lands were cover'd with Wheat, Barley, and ©ther Grain ; their Paftures were full of Goats and Sheep, of an extraordinary Size (for as to Horles and Cows, 1 never fawany there) and everything was in, fuch Elegance, Order, and Regularity, that it perfe6lly charm'd us.. THE: , and fhould have been glad to have known how he came to hear of the Saviour of Mankind, but for want of knowing the Language, I contented my felf with having raifed him on his Legs again-, and glad I was to fee that he had not hurt himfelf dangeroufly. J U ST as we were unmooring in order to re- turn, it came into my Head, that if inftead of goi- ing back by the fame Canal, we ftruck into ano- ther two or three Cantons off, perhaps we fliould fee Novelties that would divert us, and m.ake us amends for all our Time and Labour. I com- municated my Mind to La Furet^ and he join'd with me in p.^rfuading the others, who were fo complaifant that they confentcd to our Propodd, without any Scruple. Thereupon we went Weft- ward, but when the Goats were to be harnefs'd which were to draw our Boar, the oldeft of 'em,, which, according to the Rcpoir of the Driver, was Forty-two Years of Age, and had been that way I know not how often, finding that they did not keep in the ufual Track, was fo unruly, that it was impoffible for the Guide to hold him in. He made fo many Leaps and Capers, that he broke the Rope with which he was harnefs'd, and run away. Twenty People immediately purfu'd. him*, of J AM ESMaSSEY. 89 him, and callM out to others to (lop him, which, as one was attempting to do, the mad Creature leap'd fairly into the middle of the Water, at a Place where the Banks are very high and deep, fo that he could not poffibly climb out. Our Guide getting a little before him, ftoop'd till he came by, and then throwing in a Rope with a Noofe, caught him by the Horns. At the fame time the Goat being affrighted, darted towards the other iJhore, and whether the Rope was tw^in'd round the Body of our Guide, or whether he chofc to be dragg'd into the Water, rather than let go his Hold, 1 know not, but fo it was that he fell in. 7'hc Company were immediately fo alarm'd that they all hurry'd to his A Ifi fiance; and while they were bufy in helping him out, the Creature made up to one of the Steps of the next Bridge, by which he recover'd Land, and got quite out of our Sight, fo that we knew not what was become of him. For my own part, I was heartily vex'd to lofe him, and wilh'd almoft thit I had been Tongue-ty'd, ere 1 propos'd to come this way, for 1 was afraid that my Patron would look upon us with an evil Eye, and revenge himfelf upon thofe who had been fo complaifant as to hearken to us. We purfued our Purpofe, however, tho' fome of the other Goats were refly for a lit- tle while, but as foon as the foremofl were in the Humour to go, the others follow'd as gemiy as Lambs. Yet we were never the better for this Voyage, for the Country is fo uniform, that when you have fcen a Part of it, 'tis as well as if yon h:Kl fcen the whole, there being really no remark- able Ditference but in the People's Faces, the fame Qo The Travels and Adventures. fame that you obferve every where elfe; and in- deed, if there had been any Pleafure to have tafted, we were at that time too uneafy to have partaken of it. But we were moft agreeably furprizM at our Arrival, to hear that the Gout had been a Week in the Stables; fo that this nimble Crea- ture had ran home in Thirty-five Hours. This welcome News banidi'd all melancholy, and made every one of us laugh very heartily. THE next Day the Boats were unladen, in Pre- fence of all the Inhabitants of the Canto. The Judge having calTd for the Bill of Lading, and examin'd it, causM the Goods to be delivered to the refpedive Proprietors, with fo much Order, that it was impolTible for the leart Thing to be loft. To make him amends for this Trouble, every Fa- mily fends him next Day 3 DiOi of the beft Fifli they can catch in their Rivers, half of which is drefsM at his own Houfe, and the other half at the Prieft's Apartment, wnither the Parents of the Family go to take part of it. This is rec- koned an Honour for thefe Gentlemen, but they pay dearly for it^ bccaufe all that they can fave of the Fifh, is not worth one half of the Sauce, which they are oblig'd in Generoilry to add to it. WHEN all was over, the next thing to be thought of was, to return to our Occupation; not that any Body gave us the leail Hint of it; for we perceiv'd on the contrary, that they did i^ot ' care whether we meddled with any thing or not; but becaufe we hated fauntering, tho' we had much rather have been imploy'd in any thing elfe.. ha Foret^ who was even more tir*d than I with the ",;j'j<,..; uth of Chrrfi's Words, and the whole Occo* nomy of Salvation, without danger of everlafting Puni(l;mcnr. But that which is the Motive to my Belief, is not Force, but Evidence itTelf. What would you think of me, continu'd I, if I told you exadly not only your moft fecret Tranf- adions paft, but what you will do hereafter, and what mud happen to your Country ? If I fliould cure the Sick, raife the Dead to Life, pafs the Sens dryfnod, cleave the Rocks with a Rod, and bring Water enough out of them to quench the Thirft of a whole Nation, and if 1 work'd a thoufand more fuch Miracles ? Would you not fay, either that I was a God, or at leafl an Inltrument in the Hand of God, to work £0 many different Miracles, fince all this is above the Power of Mortals? And yet, continu'd I, 'tis no more than what was done by the Prophets, the Apoltles, and efpecially by Jellis Chrifl, as I juft of J AM E s Masse Y. 105 juft now hinted ; fo that we have no rcafoii to doubt of the Truth of what they have left us up- on Record. YOUR Confequence is not jufl, faid the Prieft. Pray, did you fee all thole fine things? I own I did not, faid I ; bat the Sight of a Thing is not always neceflluy to the Belief of it. You never faw E»rope^ its Kingdoms, Wars, Reli- gions, and CuftomSj yet you believe what we re- late to you about \t^ becaufe you take us for ho- ned Men, and becaufe two- or three other Travel- lers before us inform'd your Anceflors almofl the fame things. When a Fa£l is fupportcd by the Teflimony of feveral Perfons of Probity, there's no longer any Reafon to call it in queQion. Now the Fads of which I fpeak to you, are not only confirm'd by a fufficient Number of wife aiid good Men, but by Clouds of WitnefTes, by intirc Nations, which we cannot poifibly fufpc6l, be- caufe the Worfliip of fome of them is quite diffe- rent from ours, and they are our mortal Encm'cs into the Bargain : Even the Jeivs know after what manner God appeared to our Fathers, one while in Dreams, another while in a Burning BuOi, and that at other times he condu6led them in thcForiri of a Cloud by Day, and a Pillar of Fire by. Night, and ftopp'd where they were to encamp in the Defcrts *, when he himfelf led them to the great Country, * / bai^e heard nf a learned Englifh GentUmarty nxJ^Jo lately puhUJh''d a Dijjertation to prc-ve that there's r9- fJj'tnT jniraculous, t:or e*ven extra^rdrnary^ in thii^ Ptl- P 5 Jay I o 6 The Travels and Adventures ■ Country, of which he had promis'd them the PoUeiTioii. Surely, after fuch Itrong Evidence, I think we fhould be very much in the wrong to be- Unbelievers. TO be ingenuous with you, faid the Judge^ there's fomething in all this which is furprifing,. and which, tho' fupernatural, yet appears very pro- bable. Not fo probable as you imagine, reply'd the Pried; you know how our Anceftors were bubbled, much after the fame manner, by the Craft and Violence of our former Kings. There's Parchment to write upon at all times, and the Pii- liifliments infliiSled on thofe who don't fubfcribe lo pretended Fa6ls which are given out as Truths, force People to be lilent, who would o- therwife take a Pride in talking big. The Crea- s?ion you was juft now fpeaking of, continued he^. looking on me wiftfally, is a meer Allegory, which 1 think very grofs of its kind, and form'd by an Author altogether ignorant of the Na- ture of things, infomuch that he makes Effedts lar of Tire, hy n.vhich the Ifraelites ix'ere coyiduBed into the Wildernefs'', a7id to Jhetv them from thebeji Authors, ^7tcient and modern, t^at it ^ivas ahvays the Cujiom in. Deferts of this kind, to make ufe of a Fire to direB Ar- mies or Multitudes of People in their March, hy caufing It to he carry d before them in fuch a manner that the tivhole Company tnight fee the Smoke by Day, and the Flame by Night. He pretends that the Perfon njuho had the DirsSiion of this Fire, and fer^''d as a Guide to tha Ifraelites,. nvas only Hobab, the Father-in-lanv of Mo- fes ; n^'jhich he endeavours to prove from the -ic^th and y::>th Verfes of the Tenth Chapter of Numbers," and from TiJ^ny other ^^^ff^^^ of ths f acred Scriptures.. precede (?/JaME S M AS S E Y. 107 precede the Caufe; for, according to what you have faid, Light was created on the very firll Day, f and the Luminaries from whence that Light comes to us, not till the fourth. 13efidcs, 'tis certain that the Idea of a God who labours, and reds from his Labour, is what cannot be digefted by any, but very ftupid ignorant People, fuch as dare not Hiy their Souls are their own, and over whom this Mofes you fpeak of, aim'd to be temporal Lord, while his Brother Aaron domineerM with- out Mercy over their Gonfcicnces. I DARE not tell you afcer what manner he treated Jefus Chrift and his Mother: But as to the Soul, that Spiritual Subflance in us, of which they faid they had no Notion, I can't help ob- ferving to you an Objedion that was darted by the Pried, w^hen we talk'd about the Refurreciion of the Dead. 'Tis certain, faid he, that the Earth is composed of innumerable fmall Particles,, whofe Figures are extremely ditferent, as appears from the variety of Things which this fame Earth produces. Certain Parcels of Earth v/hich are proper to form one fort of Fruit, would not be at all proper for the Production of feme others. What is good to make Copper, is worth nothing for Iroa. From hence it comes, that if Wheat be fow'd for fcvcral Years together in one and the fame Field, it appears at lad that all the Parts of Matter which were proper to yield us Wheat, bciig fpcnt, and no more of it left, the Earth will abfolutelybcar no more Wheat till 'tis dung'd. We'll apply this Example to Man: The Parti- cles which are proper for the Com.pofition of Hu- man Fleih, are not more infinite than r^.ofc of Corn ; io8 The Travels and Adventures Corn; and undoubtedly in this Kingdom there are no more than what will form a certain deter- minare Number of Perfons. Now make this Number as great as you pleafe, I don't think 'tis equal to that of all the Men that have liv'd fince the Beginning of the World. Nay, faid he, I l\now not if there be not reafon to queftion whe- ther there are enough of thefe Parts here for tiie People that have been born in it for only tenCenr turies. They who have ftudied the Nature of Beings ever fo little, know, that as the Hair and Nails grow, wear away, and fall off, the exter- cal Parts of the Fibre* of onr Body wear in like manner, while, the Blood has its Fulfation, and augments the internal Parts* Tis incredible what a Diffipation is cccafion'd every Day by that thing only which is calTd Perfpiration ; but then there is this Advantage, that the Lofs of the Parts one way is fupply'd another. So that if all that we lofe were to be tranfported imo ano- ther Country, without any Return to ours, 'tis probable that a Famine and Mortality wou'd hap- pen among us every now and then, to the end that the Parts ( f thofe who dy'd might ferve for the Increafe of the others, till in fhort there be no more left. From hence, faid he, I infer, that if T\^e were to rife again, it is impoffible that of the Parts proper for the ConQrudlion of Man, there -would be enough left to diftribute to all that have liv'd, fo much as is abfolutely neceflary for form- ing a f3ody of a middling Stature; and God knows ■whether there would be enough of the other Parts,^ becaufc \i all that have dy'd for the leveral thou- lands.of Years paft which the World \a^ fubiiff- ^/ James Masse y. 109 ed, were laid together in a Heap, 'tis probable that the Bulk would even exceed that of the Earth, from whence they deriv'd their Origin. WE will illudrate this Paradox by a general Calculation, as follows. We have in this Coun- try 41600 Villages, and compuiing Twenty-two Families in each Village, at the rate of nine Per- fons in every Family, one with another, every Village will contain near ico Inhabitants; fothat throughout the Kingdom wc may fuppofe 8323000. Now we'll allow to every Humane Body, confi- der'd under the Form of a Parallclopepid of five Foot high, and half a Foot broad and thick, one with another (you fee I take it at the leaft Com- putation) it will appear on the Day of Refurrec- tion that 83230CO Bodies will contain about lo^oocoo Cubic Feet of Fledi. Suppofe again, that this Number of Men be renew'd every fifty Years, then there mud be 208 Millions of Cubic Feet of Flefh, for the People that have liv'd in the Space of only icx)o Years, and 2c8o Millions for the People within loooo Years. Continue this Multiplication, and coniider what a vail Length ft will run; but, faid he, with a great Exclama* tion, what would it not amount to, if the Opi- nion of fome learned Men be true, which, as you told your Landlord, paflTcs for certain, that the very Seed of mod, if not of all Animals, is compounded of innumerable Animalcules which have Life and Motion, lb that in a Body no big- ger than a Grain of Millet, there are thoufands which, fmall as they arc, yet arc Individuals of the fame Species as the Animals by which they were engender'd, and mull cunfeciueiitly partake no The Travels and Adventures of the fame Advantages as the others, tho' they furpafs them as much in Bi'gnefs, as the highefl Mountain does a Grain of Sand ; in which Cafe 'tis manifeft that your Opinion is ridiculous, and a palpable Contradidion. YO U talk of thoufands of Years, [aid f, as if they were but fo many Minutes, and according to you, the World mud be much more ancient than it is. I make ufe of a definite Term, i'atd he^ to denote an indefinite Number ; there's no Neceffity for being fo very ftridl:. Be the World ancient or not, that does not alter the Nature of Things ; 'tis certain that we believe it to have fub- lifted. Time out of mind, which we cannot ex- prefs either by Words or Figures. You are not the only People, / replfd^ that have been deceiv'd in this Matter. The Chinese have Chronolo- gies for above 40000 Years, and the -Egyp- tians carry theirs at leaft as far back. That ancient Philofopher, 'Plato^ introduces an >^- gyptian Fried, who, in a Difcourfe with Solon, tells him that 'twas 9000 Years finceA7/;?^rz'^ built Sais, Diodorus reckons 23000 Years from fir is and IfiS^ to the time of Alexander the Great. La- trtius fpeaks of a Term of 49000 Years, during which they had calculated all the Eclipfes. They pretended, according to a Remark hyStyAnJlin^ to have obferv'd the Stars for looooo Years; and by the Report of Cicero^ they had done it for 570000 Years. But all this is advancM without any Foundation, and from a Principle of Vanity to challenge a Superiority over the other Nations of the Earth. As for us, we adhere to M^fis's Ae- eount. /?/ James Masse Y. iir count, who afTures us that the World has not fub- filled above 6000 Years. And really, if we give our felves the trouble to refled upon this Matter ever lb little, there is no room to queftion the Truth of his AfTertion. One undeniable Proof that the World is not very ancient, is that we have no Hiflories which go above 40CO Years back. The Arts are alfo very modern. We don't find that above foo Years ago they had any Knowled taken away. And as to Blafphemy, tho' we puniih it more le- verely than other Crimes, 'us not bccaufe we think that God is offended at it; not at all; it would be a Weaknefs in him, if he were capable of it ; but 'tis becaufe we cannot tolerate Jngratitude, of which the blackelt Inflance that Man can be guil- ty of, is to affront or not to pay due Refpedt to him who is the Author of his «3ting, and of all the Benefits he is capable of receiving; beiides, that it fets an ill Example to Children and Inferi- ors, with regard to their Paren:s ami JViafters. As much as I dillik'd this DiTcourfe, 1 was wil~ ling to hear him out; but upun his topping I re- ply'd : You yourfelf acknowledge that Men feem to have been form'd tor Society ; and from hence I argue, that God, who form'd them for this Pur- pofe, muft will and intend, that they fliould avoid all I lo 7 he Travels and Adventures all thofe Adinns which introduce Diforder and Gon- fulion ill Society, as you allow Whoredom, Mur- der, Theft, ^c to do. Does it not follow then, that God mull be offended by thefe A6lions which are fo diredly contrary to his Will and Intention? Give me a Reafon why the Society, or Heads that reprefcnt it, fliould be offended by fuch Crimes, which will not hold asftrongly for God's being fo? Is it becanfe their Will, exprefs'd by their Laws, is offended and tranfgrefb'd ? And is not the W^ill of God, exprefs'd plainly in hisforminj^us for Society, equally offended and tranfgrefs'd ? When we fpeak of God's being offended or angry, we do not mean that he fuffers what Men fuffer on thofe Occaiions : Anger is call'd a Faffion, and it would be a Weak- r.efs in God (as you fay) if that could be properly apply'd to him : but when we fpeak of him as angry or offended by our A6lions, we confiderhis Difpo- lition of Mind, on fuch Occaiions, only with re- gard to the Eff'e(^s of it towards us : we 'mean to fignify not w^hat he feels inwardly, but what we may expe6t to feci as the Punifhment of our Grimes. Upon thefe and other Confiderations, I, for my part, am firmly perfuaded, that God may and muft be offended by fuchAftions as you juft now inftanced in. DO you believe, continued I, that God, who is a God of Order, and hates Confufion, has prefcrib'd Rules to Man, and given him Laws, by which he is oblig'd to condud himfelf and re- gulate his Adions? No, faid he, in the Senfe that you take it, I don't believe it, nor was it ne- ceflary, becaufe he gave him Will and Under- ftanding whereby to condud himfelf, as you fee we do. As there. is no Pride, Vanity, Jealoufy or ^/ James Masse Y. 121 or Defire, of Dominion in the Beads, fo God has not made them fubjcd to any Civil Laws, nor would there have been any greater Need of fuch for ra- tional Creatures, than there is for the Brutes, on- ly as foon as fome endeavoured to impofe upon the Wcakiiefs or Good-nature of others, there was a NecelTity of inventing Puninnncnts for thofe who tranlgrefs'd certain Rules, and thcfe Rules were multiply'd as fart as the unbridled Li- centioufncfs of fome turbulent Spirits gave occa- iion fur them. YOU are very right there, faid I, but pardon me K I prefume to fay that I deny that God had no Concern in them. 'Tis unreafonable tofnp- ofe that Providence would bring a ratic nal Crea- ture into the World, and afterwards leave him in- tirely to himfelf. He is the Father of him, and is alfo inciinM to be his Dircdor and Prcfcrvcr. Good Senfe tells us this, and his Word, for that is what I always recur to, aflures us of it fo po- fitively, that there is no PoiTibility of doubting it; I wifh to God, cryM I, that you could but fee that Word. It carries with it fo many Marks of the Didlator that you would be the firrt to read it with Veneration if it fell into your Hands ; and I don't defpair of its being brought to you one Day or other by fome unhappy Wretch, or elfo by an intire Nation, which fhall come to fettle with you by the Appointment of Heaven, in order to facilitate the Converfion of a People io hontll and humane. I S H O U LD be glad, faid he, to fee the Rook you fpeak fo much of, but very forry thn it fliould be brought to us by a Holt of People, G whom 122 The Travels and Adventures whom your own Laws, as facred as you think \m, would not reftrain from tyrannizing over us. We had much rather that things (hould continue as they are. Be you but content with your Lot, as you fee we are with ours, and you'll be more happy than you really are. But no more of this; methinks, faid he, 'tis time to have done. 1 retire. Adieu. AFTER our Prieft was gone, we convers'd a few Moments longer concerning the Immortality of the Soul, the RefurreSion of the Dead, and Life Eternal, becaufe the Judge took a Liking to the Difcourfe; and by the Notice I took, if I am not deceiv'd, it would be eafy to bring thofe Peo- ple into a good Opinion of our Religion. BEFORE we parted, my Landlord ask'd me if I did not fee the Burning Mountain when I was at the Mines. I did not fo much as hear any mention of it, faid L Probably, faid he, it did not burn at that time, for otherwifeyou would infallibly have oblerv'd it. I fliould have been glad to have feen it, faid I to him, bn^ this is no Rarity in our Country. There's Hecla in Icelandy JEtna in Sicily^ Vesuvius in Naples^ and feveral other fuch Mountains elfewhere, which burn alfo at times; but there's no approaching very near them, evtn when they don't burn, becaufe of the Sulphureous Exhalations that arife out of them, the prodigious Quantity of Allies that encompalfes them, and the Danger tliere is of linking into the Ground in feveral Places, where it is foft, trem- bling, or hollow. PERHAPS, fiid he, the Europeans who have been here before you, related the fame thing to our I have already told your Ma- jelly, faid I, that there's an infinite Number of Countries in the World, govern'd by different Princes, fo that when Troubles are over in one Place, they generally begin again in another, to which the Soldiers repair for Employment; or elfe they return home to their Callings. I confefs, however, that there's a great Number, who ha- ving loft the Spirit of Induftry, or not knowing any Trade to follow, beg from Door to Door with their Wives and Children (and if they dy'd in the Wars, their Widows and Orphans do the famej or elfe abandon themfelves to ill Courfes for a better Livelihood. Some rob upon the Highway, others coin Money, and fome keep company with lewd Women, whom they help to ruine, and fometimes to murder fuch a^ haunt the Stews. In fhort, there are no iUtrigULS but what they commit to fupport their idle Courfes, which obliges honefl: People to take v( ry great care that they ben't gulTd by them, as they but too often are. I could confirm this Truth by a hundred fliocking Inftances, but one (hall fuffice at prefent, to give you an Idea of the refl:. ABOU r eight Months before I left P^r/V, that famous City, which is the Metropolis of the fined Kingdom in iiari'/'^,aCounfellor of the Parliament travelling in his Coach, in a By-Street, where there was but little Trade, fpy'd a very pretty young Woman atadidance, who by extending her Arms, joining her Hands, and lifting up her Eyes fome- times to Heaven, and then calling them down to the ^/ James Masse y. 145 the Earth, gave Proofs that (lie was in fome very griat Agonies of Grief. The Noife of the Coach- Wheels and the Horfes, made her (lop all of a fudden, fo that (he immediately wiped her Face, and with a (low Pace walk'd on. The Counfel- lor, who Ibon overtook her, halted, and ask'd her very civilly, what was the Matter. 1 fee, faid he, you have been weeping plentifully, has any Difafter happened to your Family.^ Speak: freely, you are happily fallen into good Hands; there are many People who would take an Ad- vantage of the Confu(ion you are in, but from me you have nothing to fear. I am a frank hone(t Man, of fome Reputation, and if I can be of Service to you in any thing, I will exert my felf with all the Zeal Pm capable of. Tho' the Girl was no more than fixtecn or feventeen Years old, (lie put on a ferious Air at fir(l, and held it out (ii(iy for a long time, that fhe ail'd nothing, that (lie did not want his Protedion, tho' however fhe was obligM to him for the Offer, and that all fhe deHrcd of him was, that he would let her proceed. But at length, after many Intreaties, which were the real Effed of the Gentleman's companionate Temper, the young Woman falling again into Tears, which Die could refrain no long- er, fiid to him. You are in the right, Sir, I ain not my fclf, I am diforder'd in my Mind, I run up and down like one mad, and am within an Ace fomctimes of making away with my felf. 1 am the only Daughter of a Father who pcrfcdlly a^ dor'd me. My Will was a Law to him, vdiic'i he took a Plcafure in obferving, whatever it was • fo that I never ask'd him any thing but he imn e- H diaiciy 146 The Travels and Adventures diately granted it. But about a Twelvemonth a- go, when he was in the Prime of his Years, God caird him to himfelf, at which time the Thoughts of our Separation gave him a thoufand times more Uneafinefs than the Profpeft of Death. He was fo loth to leave me, that he recommended me, in the moft earneft manner, to the Care of his Wife, my Mother-in-law, who promis'd him whatever he defir'd, embracM me in his ' Prefence, and fwore by an Oath, accompany'd with a Tor- rent of Tears, that I fliould for ever have a Share in her tendereft Friendfliip. But alas! my poor Father had fcarce clos'd his Eyes, when (he began to tyrannize over me in fuch a manner, that there is fcarce a Moment but fhe infults and threatens mc; from Menaces fhe often proceeds to Blows; and this very Day, after having us'd me extremely ill, (he turn'd me out of Doors. That's bad in- deed, faid the Counfellor ; you have reafon, with- out difpute, to complain ; come into my Coach, if you pleafe ; I m.uft make you Friends, if polfi- ble, or at leait know what's the Caufe of fuch a dangerous Quarrel. She exprefs'd a Reludlance againft taking him home with her; fhe was very fearful of being feen, and her Mother-in-law's In- dignation made her tremble; but flie was fain to comply at laft. The Widow's Houfe made a goodly Appearance, and was feparated from the Street by a llrong Wall, and a large Yard before the Door. The Counfellor having fent in to know whether the Gentlewoman was at leifure, was carry'd into a fine Hall, hung with Tapeftry, to which Madam came in a Moment. He was fur- pds'd to find her a tall haudlbme Woman, about fifty ^y James Masse y. 147 fifty Years of Age, with a fweet engaging Coun- tenance, and the Porte of a Queen, rather than the Widow of a private Man. After mutual Compliments, he gave her an exadl Account of what had pafs'd betwixt him and her Daughter, fhevv'd her what would be the Confequence, and having begg'd her Pardon for the Liberty he took to intermeddle in an Affair which was properly Do- meftic, he intreated her very courtcoufly to tell him the Reafon of the Difference. The old La^ dy thank'd him for the kind Concern he fliew'd for her Family, and did not fpare to reproach her Daughter-in-law ; but at length, in Complaifance to the Arbitrator, Mifs was fent for in, reftor'd to Madam's good Graces, and they made recipro- cal Promifes, the one to be very obedient for the future, the other to be more indulgent, and to fhew all the tender Regard that a Mother is capa- ble of to a Child of her own, which was very much to the Satisfadion of the Counfellor, who was glad at his Heart that he had been fo fuccefs- ful a Mediator. Then the Daughter was order'd to withdraw, and Madam took that Opportunity to confefs her vaft Obligation to the Counfellor. She earneftly intreated him to bring her into the Acquaintance of his Lady, that flie m.ight have more Opportunities of being benefited by his wholefomeCounfels: She hop'd he would vouch- fafc to honour her with his Company at Dinner, the rather becaufe the Cloth was already laid, and as flic had invited fome Friends, (he was the bet- ter prcpar'd to regale him with three or four good Dilhes. This Compliment was utter'd with fo good a Grace, that the Counfellor gave his Con- H i fcnt, 148 The Travels and Adventures fent, orderM his Coachman to go home and tell his Family not to wait for him, and bid him return again with the Coach in two Hours. Mean time the Lady, with his Leave, retir'd to give Orders concerning the Dinner. As he was walking a- lone, expeding her Return, he accidentally (Iruck his Elbow againft the Hangings, and found a void Space, which excited his Curiofity to lift them up, when, to his great Aftonifinncnt, he faw the naked Corps of a Man all bloody, who feem'd to have been but lately murder'd, extended at full length upon a Bed of Straw contriv'd in the Wall. This horrid Spedacle, which threaten'd him with the like Fate, made him run precipitantly out of the Room, and when he was got into the middle of the Yard, fome body faw him and call'd to him, intreating him to have a little Patience, add- ing, that the old Lady would be with him in a Trice, that every thing was ready to be ferv'd up, ^c. But all tliefe fine Words could not flop him. He told them, as he ran out, that fome- thing was jufl come into his Head which w^ould admit of no Delay, that he would be back again almoft as foon as gone, and that fall to as foon as they pleas'd, there would be enough left for him. Ju(t as he was got out of the Gate, who fliouM enter but four great cut-throat Villains, who were hir'd no doubt to reward him for his good Offices; but they came a little too late, fo that the honell Man efcap'd the Snare that was laid for him, and the old Bawd and the young Whore had the Mor- tification to find that they had aded their Parts in vain. VERILY, ^/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. I49 VERILY, faid the King, that was a Stratagem deep enough to have caught the wifcfl Man in the World; but what was the Confequencc ot" it? Was no Seirch made after the Criminals, that they might be punifii'd for an Example to fuch Ruffians? N<)nc at all, faid I. People 'vvho are too bufy upon fuch Occafions, generally come off very fcurviiy. The Gin^^s of thofe Villains are fo numerous, that the lealt Dillurbance you give any one of 'em, is fure to be doubly reveng'd fooner or later, by the reft of them, either by Day or by Night, upon you and yours, in one nianncr or another. And is this all that you get, faid the; King, by the Wars to which you are exposM? I pity your Fate; for at this rate you are only a Prey to the V/icked, and wretched Vidims to the Ambition and Self-Intercil of your Sovereigns. The very Dogs have a better time on't in my Country, than Men have in yours. You reafon upon your own Principles, faid I, and we a6t ac- cording to ours : Every one thinks his own Opi- nion the belt, and is offended with thoR^ that dif- fer from him. 'Tis true, he reply'd, that Educa- tion has a great Afcendant over our Minds. Our Anccllors would have been content to be lacri- ficed rather than admit of the lenft Doubt of the Excellence of their Origin. The Sun had cngen- derM them, as they believM, and the Earth had brought them forth ; but now, a Man v/ould be fent to the Miues that fliould go about to maintain that Opinion. What we fuck in with our Milk, we retain ; the firlt Leffons of our Preceptors are the moll prevalent, and take fuch deep Root, that H 3 the 1^0 The Travels and Adventures the Winds of a contrary Opinion are not able to D]ake them. BUT as to your Anceflors, faid I, were they all fo ignorant of the Nature of Things, that not one of them doubted of the Reality of this pre- tended miraculous Birth ? For, in fhort, nothing can be more obvious than the Impoffibility of the Union of the Sun with the Earth, and that thofe two inanimate Creatures, being deflitute of Un- derflanding and Thought, are incapable of theEf- fe6ts which are fo abfurdly afcrib'd to them. In- deed, faid the King, there were fome of a con- trary Opinion, but no body durft declare it, be- cause if they had, the Populace were fo prepof- fefs'd in favour of this idle Notion, that they would have been ready to have cut 'em in pieces. Belides, the Kings, every now and then, madeufe of a very extraordinary Stratagem to put them out of the World, which contributed not a little to fortify the others in their Opinion. They had contriv'd a fubterraneous Paflage from the Palace to the Temple, under this Footftool, where there was a great deep Well, and when any Perfon was accus'd of having laid any thing tending to invali- date the Myftery of the Birth of the firft Man, which was accounted no lefs than Blafphemy, he was oblig'd to appear before the Court, where the Governors never fail'd to condemn him to the Mines: But the King, in order to be reputed a merciful Prince, immediately revoked the Sen- tence, on pretence that it had not been pafs'd m due F'orm, and according to the Rules of Equity, and order'd the AfTembly to repair to the Senate at ^/ James Masse y. 151 at Midnight, with all that had a mind to be Spec- tators, nor did he fail to be upon his Throne at the Time appointed. Then one of his Sons, Bro- thers, or neareft Kindred, brought the Criminal before him, with his Hands ty'd behind his Back, and made him fit upon the Footftool juH: now mentioned : And the King, with his Eyes fix'd on the Ground, pronounc'd four Verfes with a loud Voice, in which, after applauding the Juftice of his Mother Earth, he call'd on her inllantiy to fwallow up either of the two that was moll guilty in the Sight of Heaven. AT that fame time, aPerfon that lay concealM under the Stage, unbolted a Trap-Door made on purpofe in the Footdool, and the poor Vidim funk down all at once into the deep Well under- neath, which was done To fuddenly and dexterouf- ly, that the Door was iliut again as foon as optn'd, fo that it was hardly to be perceiv'd. Neverthe* lefs, in order to play their Game fure, they took care that the Place Ihould not be very much illu- minated; befides, as the Footftool was plac'd high, the Governors and others prefent, who were fit- ting or kneeling, could not well fee what pafs'd a- bove, where, one of thofe concern'd in the Se- cret, pretending as if he faw the Earth open, made a great Noife, ftartcd back, and cry'd out as loud as if he was really afraid of being fwallow'd up alive with the guilty Perfon. BUT how were thoic Impoftures difcover'd, lliid 1 ? The King's Priel'ls, reply'd Buftrol, fee- ing their Maflcr banifli'd, and the Face of Affairs quite chang'd, propos'd, on condition that they might not be punifli'd, to difcover every pernicious H 4 Thing 152 T^he Travels and Adventures Thing they knew, for they were not only privy to the Secret, but engag'd by an Oath to aflift in thofe cruel Executions. The fubterraneous Paf- fnge is ftill in being, and when you pleafe I'll fhew it to you. As to the Well, it is quite fill'd np, and the Trap-Door was chang'd with the red, and made a Part of the Cieling. ANOTHER Impoflure which was carry'don fevcral Centuries, is this. When there happen'd to be any great Debates betwixt the Sovereign and his SubjeSs, which threaten'd his Family with fome fatal Revolution, a Perfon who could be truded wi;h the Secret, us'd to fieal up into the Dome, between the Cupola and the Cieling, where, when the Council was alTembled, he bawl'd out as loud as he could, thro' a Hole made for the Purpofe, which anfwer'd the Cen- tre of the Copper Sun in the middle of the Edi- fice, AA' Son is righteous^ and you are wicked. This Voice, which rattled over their Heads like Thunder, was extremely furprifing to the Aflem- bly, and never fail'd of the delired Effedl. Some of them perhaps might have a Sufpicion, but the Generality were ready to fwear that thofe Words were utter'd by the Sun himfelf; and perhaps they would not have fufFer'd any Man that had but feem'd to entertain the lead Sufpicion, to have gone unpunifii'd. CHAP. ^James Masse y. 153 C H A P. X. Containing the Ceremonies at the Births and Burials in this Country^ the manner of adminiflring Jufticey and many other Re' markables. C\ U R Difcourfe was interrupted by a Do- ^^ medic who came in puffing and blowing, to tell the King that Mela was brought to Bed of a Male Child. He had been marry'd but two Years to his firft Wife, fo that he was Twenty-feven Years of Age, which I mention, becaufe it muft be noted, that the King cannot marry but at Twenty-five, nor other Men till they are Thirty, whereas the Females are marrigeable at Twenty. Since that time he had marry'd two more. He had two Daughters by the firll: Wife, and one by the Second. She that had now brought him a Son, and whofe Father was Marflial of one of the neighbouring Cantons, was the Third, and as file is the lawful Queen, we will dillinguifli her from the refl by the Title of Emprefs, according to the Law of the Country, which properly gives this Title to none but that Wife of the Sovereign who brings him a Succellor to the Crown. We congratulated the King on the Birth of this young Prince, and gave him to undcrlland that we hearti- ly wifli'd he might reign happily after him. He fcem'd to be pleasM at our Compliment, and in order to convince us of it the more, order'd us to follow him, that we might be Witntlles of the. H s Cere- 154 The Travels and Adventures Ceremony which Cuftom oblig'd him to obferve for giving a Name to the Infant. H E went out, accompany M by two of his Brothers, his Cook, whofe Employment is very confiderable, and his Steward. The Emprefs ex- pe6led him in a magnificent Bed, as well for the Sculpture, as other Ornaments with which it was enrich'd. As foon as Ihe faw him, fhe fat up- right, and Care was taken to cover her Shoulders with a Mantle of red Goats Hair, fringM and em- broidered, and lin'd with Ermin as white as Snow. After Die had defircd the King to permit her to kifs his Hand, fhe exprefs'd her Joy that God had granted her a Son, becaufe it gave her the Ho- nour of being Emprefs of fo great a Kingdom. Then a Chaplain ftepp'd forwards, who, accord- ing to his Orders, thank'd God in the Name of the King, Queen, and all the People, for the Fa- vour he had now granted them; and I can truly fay, that his Eloquence, added to the Submiliion and Zeal with which he acquitted himfelf, pierc'd my very Soul. He expatiated at large upon the Nothingnefs of Man, upon the infinite Greatneft of the Monarch of the World, upon the Care ■which his Providence continually takes of his Crea- tures, notwithtlanding their Difproportion, and the immenfe Diftance which feparates Beings fo ditferent. He fliew'd wherein that Care con/ifl- ed, and there he took occafion to treat of the Vir- tues neceflarily requifite for a good King^ and how God had given them one who in every re- fpe6l deferv'd the fincere Affedioiis of his Peo- ple. Then he talk'd concerning the young Prince whom he had now granted them, of the Obliga« ^/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. I55 tions they ow'd him for fo many Benefits, and concluded with a Million of Thanks : So that this AS. of Devotion continu'd at leafl an Hour. Afterwards the Infant was prefented to the King^ who caird him Bawl, i. c Benign, Then they fcrv'd up preferv'd Fruits, and Sweetmeats con- feded with Honey, which is certainly better than the bell Sugar in America. 13e(ides this, we drank moft excellent Metheglin, and other Liquors not a whit inferior to ours, Wine only excepted, of which they have not a Drop, there being not fa much as a Vine thro' the whole Country. The Ceremony of the Emprefs's Coronation w^as put off' till after her Lying-in, which was over at the end of eighteen Days, but as, like the former, \l conlided only of Thankfgiving, 'tis needlefs for me to repeat it. Mean time, this is not only ob- ferv'd in the King's Palace, but in .all the Can- tons of the Kingdom, the Moment they receive the News. AS to the Method of fpreadlng their News» this is the Place, if 1 am not millaken, where I ought to obferve, that every Day from Twelve at Noon to One o' Clock, each Village fends two Men into every Road of the neighbouring Can* tons, on which Pillars are fet up at equal diltancc, within the Soundof a Speaking-Trumpet from one to the other. If therefore any thing happens ex- traordinary at Court, that is capable of being ex~- prefs'd in a few Word;?, as for Inliance, the Death, Marriage, or Sicknefs of the King, the Birth of a Prince, '^c. thofe who are lent from- Court publifh it to their Neighbours, and they to^ others, fa that from tlie one to the other it fl'cs '«^'ich 156 The Travels and Adventures with fuch Speed, that in lefs than a Hour 'tis known all over the Kingdom. When there is no News they only fay, All is well In like manner, when the Cantons have any thing to make known to the Court, their Trumpeters make ufe of the very fame Methods. If there are any Packets or Letters to carry, there are Meflengers for thePur- pofe, who fet out with them from Court at Five of the Clock in the Morning, to the neighbour- ing Villages, from whence others fet out at Six, and carry what they have to others that ftart at Seven, and fo of the refl. As for great Burdens they make ufe of Boats, which go backwards and forwards very regularly, and without Expence to any one, becauf^ the Children or Domedics of every Family are employ'd in navigating them by turns. SOON after the Emprefs was brought to Bed^ the States or Deputies of the Governors rcpair'd- to Court to exercife Juftice, and to put all things 'm order. This. AfTembly continues Twenty-two Days, and abundance of Buiinefs was difpatch'd HI it, in mofl of which I may fay without Vani- ty, I had indiredly fome Share. As thefe Gen- tlemen met only in a Morning, and devoted their Afternoons partly to Pleafure, and partly to the- Confideration of the Points which were to come before them next SelTion, the King could not help- coming as ufual to fpend fome Moments in the Evening with us, not fo much to fee our Works^ as to converfe with us freely concerning the Bu(i- nefb that was to come upon the Tapis next Day, as to which, he never fail'd to ask us what would be done in fuch a Cafe in Europe. ONE ^/ James Masse y. 157 ONE Day amongH the red, he told us, how a young Man of a very remote Canton, being of- ten ill usM by his Father, who fecm'd to bear a inortal Hatred to him, took the Of portunity, as they went out together in a Gondola to catch Fifh, to throw him into the Canal, and feeing him pad- dling juft under VVarer, he held him down with the End of his Oar, for fear he fliould rife, and punifli him for his Ralhnefs. The Father who was quite (lunn'd at firft, recovered his Spirits by Degrees, and as he could fwim pcrfeQly well, he div'd to the Bottom, and then riling about two Paces diftance, he ftruck away with all the Speed he could make to the other Shore, in order to ef- cape his Son's Fury. While the one was endea- vouring to efcape, and the other refolving to pur- fue him, and knock out his Brains, an old Fine- Tree planted on the Side of this Canal, fell in alf at once as if the Earth had broke away, and fo entangled the Bay in the Gondola with its Branches, that it was impollible for him to flir, tho' he was not hurt in any one Part. The old Man, who was got Afnore by this time, feeing the Boat under the Tree, and no Sign of his Son, was touch'd with Pity, and did not doubt but the- Fall of the Tree had kilTd him. He went and knock'd at the firft Houfe he came to, and having rais'd the People out of their Beds, it being thca pretty early in the Morning, he told them, that as he was going to fuch a Place with his Jjoat, a great rotten Tree btoke away all on a fuddcn,and fell upon him with fuch Violence, that it had knock'd him into the Water, and bruis'd his Sou to Pieces. At thiSj all the People ran to fee whajr vvas 158 The Travels and Adventures "was the Matter, and three of them went in their Wherry to reh'eve the Lad if he happen'd to be a- live. The Fellow who had not opeuM his Lips all the while, finding himfelf taken in a manner before he was aware, and that the Men were bu- fy to feparate the Boughs of the Tree that they might fee what was become of him, fell a cry- ing, and faid, Father I pray don t kill me ^ I oivJt I was to blame^ and that I deserve your Hatred with a Vengeance, for "^t'ls no T^ hanks to me that you are not dead at this Injlant^ but I beg your Pardon a thousand times. The more he cry'd out, the more the others struggled to difmiangle him, and the flronger was the poor Wretch's Opinion that they were come to cm his Throat. Mercy., dear Father I Mercy I faid he again, h was not /, properly /peaking^ but a curfcd Fit of Paffion which I abhor., that prompted me to lay my facrilegious Hands upon your Perfon. Fa the Name of God be pacify"* d. The Father who heard all this, knew not what Goiuitenaiice to put on ; he would gladly have punifh'd his Child, but he did not care that the People fliould know the Caufc of it, which was however impoffible. Tho' the Gon- dola was clear of the Branches of the Tree, and the young Man faw a multitude whp upon the Rumor of his Difafter came to affift him, and who, to be fure, would not have fuflt-r'd the Fa-, ther to facrifice him on the Spot to his Vengeance,. he made fo many Shrugs and Wrigglings, and us'd fuch Expreifions, that he condemn'd himfelf in Prefencc of 100 Witnelles; fo that it was not \xi the Power of the Father to difcnlpate him as he would gladly have done. Several Fathers of Fa- milies of ] A ME s Masse Y. 159 milies who were there, apprchenfive of what might be the Confequence, feizM the young Fel- low, and r.irry'd him bt^fore a Judge, who, after having fent for the Father, and examined them both firft Face to Face, and then feparately, con- demn'd the Lad to the Mines for 20 Years. The Father was diffatisfy'd wiih the Sentence, becaufe- he knew in his Confcience he had provok'd his Son to Wrath, by his rough Treatment of him,, and therefore he advis'd him privately to appeal to the Governor of their particular Precindt, and if he fhould confirm the Sentence, to appeal at laft to the Court itfelf. The Governor, faidthe King^ to whom the Caufe was referr'd, was not willing to decide it, and for this Reafon it is to be argued To-morrow before me ; but in good Truth, I fcarce know how to determine it. What Age is the young Man ? faid /, He is twenty two^reply^d the King. Very well. Sir, faid /, he would be put to Death in our Parts, and nothing could fave him. But lince you are not fo fcvere here, fince the Son deteQs what he has done, begs Pardoa for it with all his Hearty and (ince the Father con- fefTes he was the Caufe of putting the Son into fuch a PalTion ; 'tis my Opinion, with Submilfion to your Majefly, that it would be fufficient if the Lad was whipp'd with Rods, and fentenc'd to carry a Label on his Forehead with thefe Words ill largeCharaaers, REBEL TO HIS FATHER, on Condition however that if he behave well, he fhall be difcharg'd from that Ignominy at a Year's End. Your Advice is excellent, [aid the Ktng^ and if I have any Credit, that (hall be the ^i^w^ lence* As foua as the Council was alfembled, ihe i6o The Travels and Adventures the Offence was mention'd, and every one gave their feveral Opinions. Some were for confirm- ing the former Sentence, others would have it that the young Man ought to make Amende ho- murahle^ and have one of his Hands cut off be- fore he was banifli'd. Some were for fending hira to the Bottom of the Mine for his Life ; and o- thers were of another Opinion. But when the King had heard what they all had to fay, he pro- posed his Opinion which was approv'd by the Af- lembly, and executed that very Day. Both Par- ties went to Court to exprefs their Obligations for pronouncing fo mild a Sentence. The King who was willing that I fliould have the Honour of it, told them, that if they had any Body to thank, it was I, and no Body elfe. Accordingly they came to thank me in the mod: civil and fub- millive Manner that could be, and then they re-^ turn'd home, where, as I was told afterwards, they liv'd together in perfect Harmony. 'TIS not to be conceived, how confiderable this Trifle made us appear to the Deputies. Solo^ mon'% Award was nothing compared to ours, and if fome of them could have had their Wilis, we fhould have bee Clock a thoufand times, and feem'd even alio- niih'd at its Performance, they thought it nothuig in comparifon to this pretty Inftrument, which, though fmall, went as regularly, and pointed out nil the Parts of the Day as cxadtly as the great one. 17- * LI DO LA in particular, who was the Kings fccond Wife, gave broad Hints that Hie long'd to be Milbefs of it; but the King, who did not care to part with it, and indeed could not, without rai- fing'thc Jealoufy of all his other Ladies, and ma- king the Emprefs her felf uneafy, pretended not to iindcrrtand her Meaning. Lhhla was fo dif- obliged by it, that after Supper, when Qie was to have entertain d the King, who had given her to underftand that he would fpend that Night with her (which he did very frequently, becaufe he was much more eiiamour'd with her than with any of the other Ladies) Hie counterfeited an Indifpoii- tion, and fent to defire the King not to come to her that Night. The King, miQrufling nothing of the Matter, fent next Morning to inquire after her Health, which he repeated for feveral Days I 3 together. 1 74 The Travels and Adventures together. But at laft perceiving no Alteration hi her for the better, and that (he not only receivM his MefTengers very cavalierly, but that as he him- fclf faw her en pajfant^ Ihe look'd upon him with a Coldnefs enough to have chilTd the very Blood in his Veins, he guefs'd what fhe had taken Pet at, but wou'd not feem to know it ; and having a mind to fee how far fhe would carry her Indiffe- rence, he left off his Vifits by degrees, and gave himfelf up fo intirely to his laft Queen, that he was very feldom with any but her. LA FORET^ who knew no more than my felf what had pafs'd, was furpris'd one Evening, as he was walking under the Galleries, with a Voice that call'd him by his Name. Turning a- bout to it very haftily, and being fuddenly ftruck with Aftonifhment at the Beauty of the fineft La* dy that ever he had feen in his Life (for fhe was not veird, tho' 'tis an eftablifh'd Rule of the Coun- try, that marry'd Women are not feen in Mens Company without a Veil, which almoll hides their Faces) he flood with his Eyes fix'd upon her, and had not Power to ask what was her Pleafure. Fair Genius, faid fhe, you feem to be furpris'd, but don't be frighten'd; I only call'd to you to let you know how glad I am to fee you whenever yon pafs by my Apartment, and to give you this Me- lon. There, take it, and farewel. Then fhe dropp'd the Fruit, and immediately withdrew and fhut her Cafement. LA FORET could never be tax'd either with Stuptdity or Ignorance, yet he knew not what to think of this Frolick. Tho' he was not nimble enough to catch the Melon before it fell to the Ground, of ] A ME s Masse Y. 175 Ground, he fnatchM it up without faying one Word, and brought it to our Chamber where he told me in Confidence what had pafs'd. I imme- diately took the Melon, and going to Hick my Knife into it, I perceiv'd it had been open'd alrea- dy very nicely towards the Stalk, which made me cautious in cutting it, for fear of fpoiling anything that might happen to be within it, where, inftead of the little Kernels which are by Nature contained in that excellent Fruit, we found a Scroll of the fined Vellum, with Writing on it in the Languat^c of the Country, to this Eli'e6l. J HAyE [l' en you pafs by my Window a thoujana. "* t'lmes^ but fcarce ever heard you talk. The 'Judgment which I farm of your Mtna^ hy your enj'y Ptportmenty ana your uncommon Prociu^iuns^ ex cites my Curlojity to have the Happinefs of your Converfatton when I am difengag'd. 1 fancy that yon can fay nothing but what ts very gooa. Prepare therefore to give me that Satisfadion. I expeSt you to-morrow without fail at my Door. Be fure to be there at the firjl Stroke of your curious jMw thine ^ after Midnight^ and yottUl oblige LiDOLA* I WAS alarm'd at the reading of this Billet, and told La toret what I thought of it, very feri- oufly ; but it all lignity'd nothing. He was lulty, well-proportionM, as vigorous as a Man could polFibly be at 30 Years of Age, and no Enemy to the Sex. The Friend lliip the King lliew'd to us, induc'd him to think that he would be far front fufpeding him of aDefign upon any of hisWives^ 1 4 aiid 176 The Travels and Adventures and therefore, without weighing the Confcqaences, he refolv'd to lay hold of the Opportunity at all Events. What confounded him moft was his want of Eloquence, and the other neceirary Ta- lents for expreffing himfelf politely ; for he came of an obfcure Family, and had feen but little of l\\^ World. As he knew not how to behave, and had a better Opinion of me than of himfelf, he would fain have engag'd m.e to take the firll Step, and to pave the way for him: But bcfides that, his Sta- ture and mine were very diiTerent, he being at leaft taller than me by the Head, which would have been too grofs a Cheat to pafs, I had other Rea- fons again (I embarking in an Affair of this Na- ture. But all this d^d not difcourage ha Forct, N EXT Day he drefs'd as fprucely as he could, equipp'd himfelf as a Galant ought to do when he goes to vilit his Miflrefs, and ftudy'd every thing that might contribute to her Pleasure. Being thus rigg'd, he took his Leave of me, aud at the appointed time went to the Place of AlTig- nation. The Fair One, who probably hearken'd for his coming, open'd the Door to him foftly, and after injoining him by a Signal to profound Silence, conduced him into her Clofet. She was in her DepabilU^ which was very fine, and not- withftanding the carelcfs Air of it, fecm'd to be the Effed of Contrivance. Her Head and Shoul- ders were covcr'd with a Veil of fine Linen, in which there had been an infinite Expence of Art; but whether it was by Chance, or by Defign, un- der pretence of handling the faid Veil, and tolTing it forwards and backwards to hide what Modefty flaould have taaght her to conceal, flie often gave a Glimpfe of ] AM E S M A S S E Y. I77 a GUinpfe of Beauties enough to have fii'd a Heart not near lb fufceptible of Love as La Fo- ret\^ who could not (hnd thofe Charms. For his very Eyes were dazzled with the Glare of fo many Wonders, and, as if he had been perfedly inchanted, he had not Strength to open his Lips, notwithftanding the firm Refolution he had made to fay abundance of fine things to her- L [ D L A perceiving her Lover fo mute, fetch'd a deep Sigh, and faid to him with a mod languifliing Countenance, Pm in love ivith yuu^ fair Stranger \ I did not imagine 1 jhoiild have had the 'Trouble of telling you fo^ becanfe I thought yon would eafily guefs it : Tour Silence does Violence to my Modejly ; / am ajham^d that I have let fall the Expreffion ; but make a-prude'nt Ufe ofit^ andremem" bcr to be difcreet^ if you would be happy with La- dies. La Foret anfwer'd with very great Refpe6t", Don't reproach me, Madam, I befeech you; my very Silence has an Eloquence in it which murt fully apprize you of the Sentiments of my Heart. Tho' your Prefence, continued he, has dcpriv'd me of the Faculty of Speech, it is on- ly fufpended to give me the more Leifure to contemplate the Delicacy of your Charms. Words are not always in fcafon. There are Moments when the Eyes exprefs themfelves in- finitely better than the Tongue can, fo that without being a Conjurer, a Perfon, by oblerv- ing their Motions, may know the Sentim.eiits of the Soul. 1 confels 1 was in the wrong to keep Silence, but it was well for me that 1 did not rpcak, becaufe the finell Exprolilons that I could have ihooght cf in a Language with which I 1 S ^^^^ 1 7 8 The Travels and Adventures * am fo little acquainted, would not have fetch'd * that from your pretty Mouth in an Age, which * Silence has drawn from it in an Inftant. What \ * you in love with me, Madam ? O Heavens ! * how (hall I contain my Joy at fo tender a Con- * feffion ! Who would ever have imagin'd that a * Queen could debafe her felf fo much as to de- * Clare fuch a Kindnefs for the loweft of her * Slaves. Perfift, I beg you; That fhall be the * utmoft Boundary of the greateft of all my * Wilhes, becaufe undoubtedly I never ought to * think of any thing elfe. Juft as fhe was going to anfwer him, a Wait- ing-maid bolted into the Room, to the Ter- ror of our Lover, who knew not the Meaning ©f it at firfl, and fo great was hfsSurprife, that he could not hide it. But Lidola dilTembled hers, for fear of putting him into Confufion. I had given Orders, flie faid to him, for fonie dry Sweetmeats, and a Glafs of Mead to be brought; you perceive they are obeyed. I hope you'll meet with fomc- thing or ether in this Bafon that you like. La Fo^ ret^ who was too impatient for amorous Endear- ments to mind Sweetmeats, was mad to find their Converfation interrupted by an impertinent Wit- nefs. He had much rather have fpent the Time in Dalliance, than have wafted the precious Mo- ments in Eating. But for the fake of Complai- fance, he was under a Neceltlty of admiring the Extent of her Civility, and he even acknowledg'd how much he was oblig'd to her for it. The Fair One, who was not willing to omit any Proof of her Tendernefs for him, took one half of a Nec- tarin, and wantonly put it to his Mouth. Once of} AMES Masse Y. 179 flie pluck'd from his Lips what he had in part cliewM, and eat it with an inconceivable Greedi- nefs ; at another time (lie made him bite a Piece which fhe held between her white Teeth; in fliort, there was no wanton Air which flie did not in- vent to increafe the PaiTion of the new Lover. THE Days were then about Sixteen Hours in length, the Sun not being far from Ca^ricom^ and that Place being fituate in f i Degrees, and 20 Minutes South Latitude, fo that they were toying with one another, when the Darknefs or rather the Twilight vanifli'd, and the Torch of Heaven was rifing to gild the enamell'd Fields with his fplendid Rays. The Damfel being the firft to obferve it, told the Queen of it, at which La Foret was offended, and even took the Liberty to reproach her for not having appointed him fooner, becaufe he laid it was not worth his while to come thither for fo fhort a Stay. Tho' I'm a little out of favour with the King at prefent, re- ply'd the charming Lidola^ I am not fure that he will negle6l me long ; the Fancy may take him to come and fee me in the Morning; and tho' he Oiould not, there are other People that have an Eye upon what we do. I fhould pafs my Time but ill, if any body fliould fee you go out of my Apartment: Let us adi upon fare Grounds, and for this time do you withdraw. If you have a Pocket- Watch like to that which you gave the King, take care to bring it with you when you come again, that we may know how much time we have to fpend; for we mayn't always have People near us to tell us how it pilfes. When ftic had faid thefe kiud Words, flie fell on his Neck, i8o 7he Travels and Adventures Neck, kifs'd him very tenderly, and immediately withdrew. The Time flies away infenfibly at fuch agreeable Interviews; nevcrthelefs La Forei had not fo far loft the Ufe of his Reafon, but he knew very well that it was high Time for him to be gone. Therefore he puH'd out a Kala^ which he gave to the Maid, and after recommending liimfelf to her Friendfhip, ftole out foftly, and re^ turn'd home. THE firft thing he was bent on at his Return, was to impart to me in Confidence what had pafs'd with his Miftrefs. To hear him talk, ne- ver Man travers'd fo rMuch Land in the Territo- ries of Love, in ten Years, as he had been doing in an Hour; in ihort, he was in full PoiTeirioii, and only wanted the Fruition. ' O Heavens ! * (faid J) how credulous are Lovers, and how * eafy is it for Love to impofe on them ! LaFo- * ret^ La Foret^ you are pl^-ying a Game that will * infallibly ruine you. Gaming, Women, and * Wine have a good Afpeft, I confefs, but when * made too familiar, are of no Value; they pro- * duce fhort Pleafures, attended with long Repen^ * tance; their greateft Sweets often change to ' Bitter; and their Payment is only in Tinfel, * with which they who fuffer their Eyes to be * dazzled, are commonly deceiv'd. Remember * what I now tell you : The Affair you are en- * gag'd in is fuch, that you'll repent of it more * than once.' I might have moral izM thus till Doomfday, for all that I faid was to no purpofe. My Friend thought of nothing but the Pleafure he fliould have, and turning his Back upon the Confequences, was actually captivated by the mofl ^/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. l8 I mofl flattering Ideas that his Mind was capable of forming. The poor Man was blinded to fuch a Degree, that he did not fee the Precipice he was juft faUing into, and was fvvayM by nothing but his prevailing Palllon. His Imagination was fo difofdcrM, that he thought he had his Fair One every now and then in his Arms, and he often talk'd to her as if he had been adually enjoying her. In fhort, he pafsM his Hours in Bed very plcafantly, for tho' he rarely flept, he had fuchfort of Dreams as create more Pleafure than n pro- found Sleep, and have this Advantage, that they tickle the Fancy, without impairing the Strength of the Body. LA FOREt heard nothing of his Miftrefs m three Days, which made him fo uneafy that it had like to have turn'd his Brains. He often re- traced his whole Condu6l", but could find nothing to reproach himfelf with, unlefs that he had been too refpc61ful. I had not obfcrv'd till then, that the Women of that Country had any Inclination to Galantry. I really thought they were too (il- ly for it; but I began to fee by this Specimen that there are few of them in any Country bur know a great deal of it in the Affair of granting Love to the Men, and that if they don't take greater Liberties than they do, it is only owing to the extreme Severity of the Lawsagainll fuch as tranf- grefs the Rules to which Hymtn feems to bind them. And they fay moreover, that the Kings and Governors are fubjecl: to the fame Inconve- nicncies, as private Men in Europe^ becaufw thofe Gentlemen having more than one Wife, each of them ftudics to gain her Husband's Favour, and when 1 8 2 The Travels and Adventures when fhe can't facceed, it gives her Occalion to embrace the firft Offer that prefents ; But return we now to our Love-Story. UPON the Fourth Day in the Forenoon, as the King came to fee us at work, I thought at the firft Sight of him that he fmelt a Rat ; for looking wiftfuUy upon La Foret^ he faid to him, You feem to be ruffled, Friend ; your Countenance is changed from what it us'd to be, and if I may be allow'd to form a Judgment by your Eyes, your Heart is not in a very ferene State. Are you fal- len in love with any Fair One of this Canton I For Love in a few Hours commits great Rava- ges. You blufh, continued the King. Don't be afraid to own it : Tho' you are a Foreigner, and of a Religion very different from mine, I afTure you that I will do every thing for you that is m my Power. If you make your Addrcfles to any Free Perlon, ril find the way to make her marry you; but let me advife you not to delude any Woman, becaufe, fliould you be taken in the Fadi, all my Credit would not be of weight e- nough to fave you. Galantry may perhaps pre- vail among us, but if it does, 'tis conceard; and you atre not ignorant that 'tis a Breach of one of the Articles of our Law, which the Judge treats with the greateft Severity. Adultery efpecially would not be pardon'd in my felf. LA FORETj who had by this time recovcr'd himfelf, reply'd, Tis perfedlly right, Sir, to be fevere upon that .Head, and efpecially with refpedt tt) the great Men : If I had the Power in my own Hands, a King who pradis'd that fort of Gal an* try fnould be lefs exempt from PuniOiment than other ^/ James Masse Y. i8j other Men, becaufe while his Subjefts are o- blig'd, for the Generality, to adhere to one Per- foil only, he has the Liberty of taking a Do- zen, and by confequence the Pleafure of having all the Variety at home that he could cxpedl ta find abroad. However, continued he, this is a Happinefs which 1 don't envy your Majefty; for tho' I have neither Wife nor Miftrefs, I am very well contented ; and if I don't look at pre- fcnt altogether fo brisk as ufual, 'tis owing no doubt to my not having llept well for two or three Nights pad, for otherwife I am in perfedt Health. Neverthelefs, he added, I am infinitely oblig'd to your Majefty for your Defire to make me happy, and to find me out a Settlement. If ever Tm inclined to marry, I fwear to you. Sir, that I will refer my felf intirely to your Difpo- fal. Let us call another Caufe, L(X Foret^ faid I, 'tis time enough to think of altering your Condition. The King reply d very gracioufiy, That (hall be when you pleafe. You know the Privileges of the Gown which you wear, fo that you will not have much to reproach me with. THE King thereupon retiring, we went to Dinner, and made various Retiedions upon the little Dialogue that had pafs'd betwixt us. Mean time La Foret did not fail to take a Walk after Dinner in the Galleries. Lidola, who generally took a Pleafure in feeing him pafs by her Win- dows, fix'd her Eye upon him till he was out of Sight. Her Waiting-woman, who always kept a Look-out for fome intelligence that might be to their Advantage, came at laft to her with News that (he had juli met the King taking the Air 184 Th Travels and Adventures Air with the Emprefs; from whence the Queen concluded, that he would infallibly fpend the Night with her, as had always been his conftant Pradlice when he took her out in the Day time ; therefore without Hefitation ihe injoinM her Ser^ vant to go after La Foret, and to lignify to him, as (he pafs'd by him, that (he expeded him at Ele- ven of the Clock. THE young Woman was not dilatory in the ExecQtion of her CommilTion. She met him juft as he was upon the Return, brufh'd as clofe by him as (he could with Decency, and faid to him, en pajfant, Come to us an Hour before Midnight. I dare not exprefs his Joy at the hearing of thefe agreeable Words, for fear of faying too much to be believ'd, or not enough to give a juft Idea of his Tranfports. He made fuch Hafte back, and was fo abfent from himfdf all the while, that he was at home before he perceiv'd it. I need not fay he had no Thought, for he did not care that I (hou'd fpeak to him. The little Time he had to fpare, was fpent at the Toilet, where he confulted his IVIirrour a hundred times, which be- ing only of poli(h'd Steel, made him fearful that he had not difcover'd all his BlemiOies. Hewafh'd himfelf almoaall over withperfum'd Water, cut and trim'd his Whiskers, comb'd his black Hair over and over again, and being at length as hand- fome as Adorns^ he wi(hM me Good-night, and went his way. Lidola'^s Servant, who ftood Cen- tinel, receiv'dand carry'd him into the Anti-Cham- ber, where there was no Light, 5nd bid him (teal into her Miftrefs's Apartment. LIDOLA ^ J A M E S M A S S E Y. 1S5 LI DO LA was lain down on a Bed fo fra- grant, that it perfum'd the whole Hou-fe. Her Head-Drefs was in tiie carelefs Air, her Neck bare, as was alfo her left Bread, her Arms at Liberty, and her whole Pollure was like one between Sleep- ing and Waking. La Forct made his Approach to her fo fofily, that flie did not perceive it. At the unexpeded Sight of fo many Beauties he flood like a Statue, with his Eyes fo fixM on the Per- fon of this charming Vams^ that they had no Mo- tion. A fccret Delire, on which he was incapa* blc of making the leaft Refledion, pulli'd him for- ward to view her more nearly. She was like a Loadllone that attradcd him imperceptibly and ir- reliliibly. This adorable Beauty happening to o- pen her Eyes, feem'd to the lalt Degree attonifli'd to fee her Lover by her Bed-lide. She blufli'd,. and having raisM her felf up, and put on a Veil that lay in a Chair, juft at hand, You have fur- pris'd me, faid flie, and perhaps feen things yoa ought not to have feen. Nay, Madam, he re- ply'd, the Fates will'd it, and not you, that I ihould have the Opportunity of contemplating Beauties that had like to have thrown me into a Trance. However, what I have feen will be fo far from diminilhing the Refpeit I owe you^ that it has infinitely heighten'd a PalTion which I thought could not have been flronger than it was before. You deferve tho' to be chaftis'd, reply'd the Fair One, for not letting me know that you was prefent. But what made you come fo foon ? It cannot be Night yet, and I did not appoint you 'till Eleven o' Clock. You miflake, faid La Furety you only upbraid mc for coming fo late> tho' 1 8 6 The Travels and Adventures tho' you don't confider how long I have been here. You deceive your felf, faid the Queen ; :f you confult your Watch, you'll find that you are in the Wrong to contradid me. I have no Watch, reply'd La Foret^ nor have I need of one, for on thefe Occafions my Head is a Minute- Watch, fo that I would not lofe one Moment. Have you not a Watch? faid LIdola; 'tis furpri- fing that you fhould be without thofe Jewels which you beftow upon others? If I had the Skill to make fuch pretty Machines, it fhould never be faid that I had not one for my own Ufe, and a- nother at the Service of my Miftrefs. This was a mortifying Compliment to the Freftchman^ v/ha very well underftood the Tendency of the Re- buke, and was mad with himfelf that he had not prevented it. The Queen perceiving him in fome Confufion, thought tit to put him out of his Pain» I only banter, La Foret^ faid fh^, and you are ftu- dying for a ferious Anfwer. Sit down upon my Bed, continu'd (he, the Moments are precious, let us not fquander them to no purpofe. At the fame time Hie went to grafp his Hand, but Love ren- der'd her fo weak, that (he gave a Sigh, and fell back on her Pillow. So far things went on fwim- mingly, and the two young Hearts did not doubt that their Blifs was upon the Point of being compleated. But Fortune envying their Felici- ty, chang'd all their Hopes on afudden into mor- tal Terrors. THE King had a real Love for Lidola; the Violence he had done himfelf in not feeing her fo long was fuch a Burden upon his Mind, that he could bear it no longer; and a frelh Report which Che ^/ James Masse y. 187 fhe had given out of her Indifpofition, adding to his former Uneafinefs, he was refolv'd to keep her Company that Night. The Waiting-woman, who was always at the Window, hearing a coii- fnfed Noifeat a diQancc, like that of a Company of Men, immediately had a Miftruft, becaufe 'twas but juft Midnight, and the King never went to Bed before that time : At length, feeing the Train approach, l"he ran and gave the Alarm, cry- ing out, If^e are all utidone^ Madam^ here is the Kt',2^jnft at the Gate. As warm as our two Lo- vers were before, their Blood immediately chill'd m their Veins. La Foret knew not what would be his Doom. It was no time to demur, and he was immediately hurry'd into a Clofet which fronted that Chamber. He was no fooner enter'd. but a Domeflic who ftepp'd before, knocked at the Gat«. The Chamber-maid made him ilay juft as long as (lie thought it might have taken her up to rife, and as Vilits of this fort were pretty fre- quent, file did not feem to be at all furpriz'd. As the King was clofe at the Domeltic's Heels, he enter'd the very Moment that the Gate was o- pen'd. The Queen, who heard him coming, found it no very hard Task to counterfeit an In- difpofition, to which the Fear (he was in, both for her felf and her Spark, did not a little contribute; and the King verily believing that fhe was not well, had not the leafl Sufpicion, tho' he faw her more diforder'd than ufual. He fhew'd a greater Fond- nefs for her than ever, and faid to her, that not- withftanding the ill State of Health he found her in, he intended to fpend the Night with her. i>ire, reply'd Lidola^ you do me a great deal of Honour, 1 8 8 The Travels and Adventures Honour, but lam not now in a Condition either to give Pleafure, or to receive it ; I fear that if I were to iiir ever fo little, it would do me an In- jury, and 1 find that I want Reft. I would not incommode you, faid the King, for the World ; \^ you can't admit of my Company, I'll go and reft upon the Tent Bed in that Clofet, being de- termine to ftay here all Night. This Anfwer quite unexpefted by the Fair One, fo alarm'd her, that after abundance of Excufes for the Coldnefs wherewith flie had treated him, which (he afcrib'd entirely to her Illnefs, flie began to be very fweet upon him, and beggM him earneftly to un- drefs himfelf. ^ AS foon as he was in lied, and the Domef- tics gone, the Chamber-mafd took an Opportu- nity to go into the Clofet to confult with the Pri- foner what fhifc to make for his Liberty, when, to her great Surprife, flie could not find him, tho* there was no Door but what he went in at, and the Windows were fo clofe, that they did not feem to have been openM. While fhe was rummaging the Bed and other Furniture in that Apartment, the Lady, who was perplex'd to think what was become af her Lover, call'd to her to raife ber Pillow, and bring her fome Drink, and having by that means an Opportunity to whiCper, and to hear that he was gone, tho' fhe knew not which way, it put her out of Pain, and *ihe flept the remainder of the Night very quietly. La Fo^ ret imagining that the King would make a very iliort Stay, had fliut himfelf up in the Privy, but he found himfelf terribly miftaken when he heard foon after that he delign'd to pafs the whole Night with c/ James Masse Y. 189 with his Wife, or at lead in the Clofet where he was, ill cafe that flie could not admit him to her Bed. Then it was, as he has own'd to me lince, more than once, that he was fciz'd with a Panick which he had never felt the h'l^e of before. He could not return thro' the Chamber where the King was, without the Hazard of being feen ; he thought all the Windows of the Apartment were fecur'd with Iron Bars : Oelides, he was afraid the Noife would betray him, if he open'd them, efpecially if he leap'd into the Canal, which the Clofet over- look'd. Having revolv'd all this in his Mind, in the utmoft Hurry, he thought of no better Ex- pedient, than to flip into the Water thro' the Hole of the Privy, and fo to fave himfelf by Swim- ming. BY good Luck for him, the Room where I lay was low, and next the Road, fo that he came and rapp'd with his Fingers at one of my Win- dows. I prefently imagin'd that his Affairs had taken a wrong Turn, got up in a Trice, and had no foono" open'd the Window, but he bolted hi like a hunted Hare, pull'd off his Clothes, and went into B^d^ where he gave me a full and true Account of his nodlurnal Adventures. You fee now, faid I, dear Boy, how Love and Fortune trifle with you. They feldom agree, and if ever, 'tis in order to deceive us the more terribly in the After- Game. Believe me, you are in a very dan- gerous way, and if you don't abandon it, as I have already advis'd yon, it will alTuredly prove your Ruine. Let me hear no more of it, fuid he, file is worth all my Trouble; and provided I. caa .but once enjoy her, I fear not to die. What vexes 8 me 190 The Travels and Adventures me mofl of all is, that I know not how to gratify her. She ask'd me for a Watch ; whereas I have not one to give her, and it will take me up atleaft a Week to finifli that we have in hand. If fhe wants you to give her a Watch, faid 1, 'tis a plain Sign that her Love is felf-interefled, and tho' it were not fo, how do you propofe Ihe fhould make ufe of it.^ The King who will know it pre- fently, will alfo be fatisfy'd where (he had it, up- on which the Myftery will break out, and then farewel the two Lovers. You are m the right, upon my Word, faid my Friend, I had not that Forefight ; but in (hort, we muft make an end of it, and by that time, I warrant we fhall find fome Expedient or other to bring us off; for Love is too ingenious to lurch us when we are in fo fair a way. MEAN time we heard five or fix great Strokes upon the Bafonof our Clock which were given fo faft one after another, that they made us dart; we could not imagine the Meaning of it; not confi-^ dering that we our felves had advis'd the King to make ufe of this Method, in Imitation of the£«- ropeans^ to raife an Alarm, and give the Inhabi- tants of the Canton Notice, when any thing hap- pened to the Difadvantage of the Quarter, that they might all flock together to the Place, and en- deavour to remedy it. A Man running by juft af- ter, and calling out Fire, as loud as ever he could, deliver'd us from that Fright, and threw us into another. Not. knowing where it was, we leap'd to the Bed's-feet and put on each a dirty Gown, which we girt clofc round our Bodies, with a Defign to lend a Helping- hand to quench it, and going ^/ J A M E S M AS S E Y. I9I going out, we prefently faw that Queen Li dolors Houfe was in Flames. Ladders were brought from all Parts, and there was fuch Plenty of Water at hand, that by the Force of it the Fire was hin- dered from fprcading to the neighbouring Apart- ments, fo that the Damage wa<^ not very confi- derable. As it began in the Clofet where La Fo- ret was concealM, we did not doubt but the Wait- ing-woman, when fhe was looking for him, let fome Spark fall into the Tent-Bed, or fome other Moveable of combullible Matter, which had been the Caufe of the Fire. Mean time the King re- tir'd as foon as a Domeftic brought him the News. We went immediately to condole with him, but he only laugh'd, and told us, that neither the Fright nor the Damage defervM our Compliment, efpecially with regard to a Man of his natural Temper, whom nothing could put out of Hu- mour. The Queen was no fooner recover'd of her Fright, on account of this fad Fire, but fhe took Pen in Hand and drew up a fecond Letter, m Subftance almoll as follows. To La Foret, 7LJ 7" Chamher-maid has already been abroad. I ■^ ^-^ kwjvj where sou are retired^ but I give a JJjrewd gnefs which way you made your F.fcape, The CovjitKclure was dangerous^ arul altogether as a^ larmi>jgtomeas to you^ infomiich that the Fire which nfterwards broke out in my Clofet^ by the Imfru^ ilence of my People^ was nothing to it^ in compa^ rifon. But let not this difcourage you^ we fiall be more happy another time. Be conjlant and tran^ ^uiL I will give you notice when ^tis a proper Seajln^ 192 The Travels and Adventures Seafofi, and take fuch Precautions that at our next Interview^ I hope for an Opportunity of giving you a convinctfig 'teflirnony^ that I am truly your triendf LiDOLA. IT was no difficult Matter fo-r the Meflcnger of Love to Aide this Billet into the Hands of the Lover, who feidom fail'd of walking by herMifr trefs's Door every Morning,. Noon, and Night, fo that (lie might meet and talk with him u'hen- ever (lie pleas'd, without any Notice taken of her. Mean time, La Foret ferioufly went to work up- on her Watch, and labour'd fo hard at it, that it was ready by the fifth Day. It was extremely pretty; the Graving of the Box was beautiful, nor was the Cafe inferior to the Workmanfhip with- in. The Evening was hardly fhut in, but he went out with his Machine in his Pocket, and finding the young Woman of whom he was in queft, he put it into her Hand, and delir'd her to prefent it for him to the Queen, to whofe Favour he always recommended himfelf. If ever Woman, difco- ver'd her Joy, Lidola did at the Sight of this pret- ty Watch. We were told that fhe kifs'd it a thou- fand times, and blefsM herfelf for having Succeed- ed fo well in her Intrigue. ONE would have thought that this fine Pledge of La Foret\ Love would have haften'd the Hap- pinefs he expedled for his Reward, but in truth, he heard no more of it. The Waiting-maid who formerly was fo eager to find him out, was as watchful afterwards to avoid him. This made him very uneafy ; but as he had no room to fuf- pe(3: «?/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. I93 pedl the Lady, he imagin'd that the young Wo- man was difguded to find her Miftrefs fo highly gratifyM, and hcrfclf unrewarded in comparifoii of the Pains (he had taken. In (hort, not long after, when he fcarce thought any thing of it, the young Woman to his great Surprize acconed him at a Place where there was no Witnefs, and £f- ter having droppM a Sigh, you are wretchedly deceiv'd, /aid fee, I really pity you, and have the utmoll Abhorrence of my Miftrefs's unjull Pro- ceeding. All that fhe has done hitherto was only to coax you out of a Watch, and now (lie has it, (he has order'd me to tell you, that fhe finds it too difficult and dangerous for her to receive )oa at her Apartments any more, that fhe is troubled for it to the lad Degree, that her Grief is even inexprelTible, that it will certainly break her Heart, and a great deal more of luch Cant which is all meer Hypocrify. THE King, conti-fjued fJje^ v/as with us Yef- terday, and hearing the Beat of the Watch, im- mediately ask'd what it was. Being under a Ne- ctlluy of telling him, he feemM furpriz'd at ft, and would needs know how Madam came by that Jewel. The ungrateful Creature, as flie hei> felf confefs'd to me, was jufl going to tell him, that you had fent it to her with a Defign to make life of it as a Bribe to deb \uch her, and that you had adually made an Attempt to that end ; but for fear of involving herfelf \v\ a Scrape, wherein perhaps fhe would have run as great a Rifque as you, or at lead have been in Danger of rcftorin^ the Watch, Oic told him that 1 had tnund it, and that fne had it from me. Upon this, 1 was call'd, K and i 1 94 ^'^^ Travels and Adventures and queftion'd as to the Truth of it. I perceivM by her tipping the Wink on nie at every Word, that fhe was in a Plunge, and that there was a Necelfity for my confirming every thing (he had faid. Very well, if it be fo, fald the King^ I know whofe it is, and Juftice de- mands the Reilitution of it to the Right Owner* I would have done fo before, faid the Queex, for as foon as my Maid found it, I imagin'd it be- long'd to thofe Foreigners who made yours, and I fent it back to them that Inftant, but when my Servant told from whom fhe came, they proteft- cd that they would never take it again, and that their Dcfign was to make one for the Emprefs, and for all the other Queens. Thus, faid the Chambermaid^ have I told you what Turn the Matter has taken. PolTibly you expe6l fome Re- ward for your Prefent, but I don't think you will have any as long as you live. 'Tis enough, /^/^ La Foret^ 1 thank you my Dear ; undoubtedly I fliall remember your Hint, and v/iil take my Mea- fares accordingly. I T being then pafl Supper-time, La F^^r^/made hafie to ;his Chamber, and went to Bed without faying a Word. You are in the Dumps, Friend, faid /, what ails you? Don't Affairs go to your Mind? No verily, they don't, faid he^ for 1 heard that juil now, which I fhould never have thought of • and thereupon he gave me the Relation of every Thing that the Maid had told him. Alas! faid /, did nor 1 tell you as much before? However, you ore come ofl' better than I thought vou would. But after all, confider the Confe- -queuccs of this Affair. You are hereby brought under ^/ James Masse y. 195 under a NecelTity of making Watches with all Speed for all the King's Wives on Pain of incur- ring their Difpleafure, and perhaps too the Mo- narch's Hatred, who if you fhould fail in that Point, might well miflruft that you gave that Watch with a Defign to infinuate yourfelf into the Affcdions of the vnod beautiful of all his Wives, which Sufpicion you know would be corroborated upon the leaft Noife of your having been fecn Abroad at an unfeafonable Hour, either in the Water, or going in at our Window, if any Body has ever fo little Hint of it. The D— I take all Women then, faid he in a Pajfion^ I'll never truft another be (he of what Quality fhe will. Fair and foftly, faid /, your being in a Rage won't help the Matter. I plainly fee what is to be done. That we may have at leaft fome Rcfpite, we muft defire the King to let us go and fpend the Summer at our former Village, and then we will coniider what we have to do. NEXT Day the King came as ufual to fee what we were about, and banter'd us on the Af- fair of the Watch. La Foret confirm'd every Tit- tle that the Chambermaid had laid about ft, and then added, that it being hot Weather, and not fo proper for working as the Winter Seafon, he de- llr'd that his Mnjelly would confent that we might go and fpcnd Ibme Months in our old Village. With all my Heart, faid the King^ and after ha- ving order'd us a hundred Pieces, he wifli'd us a happy Journey. We went foon after to take our Leaves of the Court, and the Cook in particular iDcing our very good Friend, we thought it our Duty to crack a iiottle with him. The Momeirt K 2 thot 196 The Travels and Adventures that we told him of our Refoliuion, the Man fee. 'i Thunat-r (truck, which we both niiitook -for the' Effed oi his FriciKifliip and his Concern to part w'th us for fo long a Time, but when he recover'd his Speech, he (ji'd to our very great Su^-prize, are you really going away, Gentlemen, do you coiilider well what you are doing? Don't you know what People fay of you ? God forbid -that 1 fliould fufped you of the lejft foul Adion. You never gave me any Occalion for it, nor any one elfe that I know of; but every Body does not 'kviow you fo well as I do. If you will be rul'd by m.e, you ought to julfify yourfelvts before you change your Quarters, otherwife you'll run the Rifquc of being accusM as Incendiaries ; for they who have fpread the Report will triumph in your Abfence; and who knows but fuch as doubt of it at this prefent will then give Credit to it? How! Jncendiorics! ///W /, are we charg'd with a Y^t- i\'gw of laying the Place in Aflies before we go a- Vv^ay? No, replfd he^ but they give out, that La 'foret is the Man who fet Fire to Queen LidolaS Houfe. We are very much oblig'd to you, faid /, for your good Caution, and we'll go this Moment and inquire into the Caufe of fo groundlefs a Scand^il, of which I don't think it will be very difficult to clear ourfelves. As foon as we w^re gone oi.t, I'll lay a Wager, faid I to my Comrade^ that you were feen returning to your Lodging at a late Hour the very Night the Eire happen'd, and that fome ill-defign-ng Pcrfon has drawn thisCon- clulion from it to your Difadvantage. Let us go to the King, faid /, and open the Matter to him, when we lliall prefently fee what he will fay of it. AS of ] AME S M A S S E Y. 197 AS foon as the Monarch faw us, What's the Matter, faid he^ my dear Friends ? have you not receiv'd the Money 1 order'd for you, or do yoa want any more? What is it you Ibnd in need of,. I conjure you to tell me freely. We want no- thing. Sir, jVid /, but the Continuance of your Favour ; for we have jufl heard fomething which very much afflids us, and we mud lie inconfolpv- bly at your Feet 'till your Majefty has prf)cur'd us Satistadion. We are flander'd with having, form'd a Delign to reduce this Royal Canton to Aflics. If we are guilty, we deferve to be pu* uifli'd, if not, the Calumny is fo heinous, that we hope from your Clemency, the Inventor of it will have exemplary Chadifcmcnt. Tufh, [aid the King^ I heard this feveral Days ago, but I gave fo little Heed to it that I did not think it worth while to mention it to you. However, to fatisfy you, I'll go Hraight and order Informations to be taken about it with all Speed. And indeed they who had the CommilTion, difcharg'd it with fuch Dih'gcnce, that by tracing the Matter from one to another, the Pcrfon that'firft invented the Lye was found out in an Hour's time, who prov'd to be one of the King's Equerries, an honeft fo- ber Man of exemplary Modedy. THE Kii^g at our Sollicitation was pleas'd to fend for him in our Prefence, and having ask'd him what Motive he had to give out a Rumor fo prejudicial to our Reputation, he made this Defence. I had been a little indifpos'd for fome Days, [aid he^ when the Court Phyfician whom I confulted, prefcrib'd a Purge to me which ope- rated 36 Hours after I had taken it. Being obh'ged K 3 during 198 The Travels and Adventure s^^ during this to rife in the Night, I heard a great Noife in the Canal facing my Chamber, at the En- trance of the neighbouring Canton. My Curiofi- ty to know what it was, made me look out at the Window, and it being not very dark, I faw a Man in the Canal who got Afliore over-againft the Queen's Pavilion, fhook his Clothes, and ran towards the Temple-Bridge. Upon this I open'd my Door foftly, ran after him as hard as I could, and having watch'd him towards the Senate-Houfe, 1 faw him rap at a Window, and on its beuig open'd, he got thro' it into the Houfe. 1 knew ft was the Apartment of thefe Gentlemen by their Stature, and a certain Air which I know is pecu- liar to them. A little after this, Lidola's Apart* ment was in a Flame. Now, Sir, faid he^ I ask •whether putting all thefe Circumftances together, niy Conje6^ures were fo ill founded, and if wifer Men than I might not have been as much miftaken? I own> faid the King^ there was a Probability, but fbmething more was requifite in order to ground an Accufation. But before I determine any thing on the Point, what fay you to all this ? fald the King to La Foret. Nothing, Sir, reply^d my Com' rade^ every Tittle that the Gentleman has told you, is true, only the Inference he draws from it is falfe, fo that I have nothing to reproach him with but Want of Charity. My Companion, con- tmued he^ is an Aftronomer, of which, Sir, you are not ignorant : He has been teaching me for fome time part to find out the principal Stars, and my Defire to perfeiS myfelf in that Science, makes me often rife in the Night to fee if the Sky is €lear, and then I am us'd to take a Tour ia one of of ] A M E s Masse Y. 199 of the four Cantons, becaufe the Buikiings being lower there than in this, I have a better View of the Stars. That very Night 1 went Abroad for the V(jy fame Purpofe, and having ca(i my Eyes on Siriuj and Procion^ and obferving their Situa- tion and Diilince as 1 walk'd along, I had the Misfortune to h\\ into the Canal before I was a- ware of it. Being (lun'd as it were with fach an unexpedlcd Fall, I m.ide a little Paufe to look a- bout me, and fell a fwimming without knowing where I fliould lan^), 'lill at Inft I got Afliore where this honed Gentleman faw me, and from whence I made all the Halte I couM diredlly to my Cham- ber into which I eiiter'd thro' the Window, not only for fear of awaking our People^ but of be- ing den in a Pickle which would no doubt have rais'd their Laughter. You fee. Sir, that v/e a- gree perfedly in our Depofitions, but that Mr- Equerry is quite miftaken in the Caufe of my be- ing fous'd in the Water; I hope however that af- ter this, he will be fully convinc'd of my Inno- cence. 1 am forry that this Misfortune occafion'rf' fuch an ill Opinion of me. My ow^n Deftiny is properly fpeaking, the Caufe of it; therefore I owe you no Grudge for it. I am oblig'd to you, re^ fly d the Equerry, and beg Pardon for the Injury J have done you, for which I am really forry. I fee plainly that 1 was too rafh upon this Occufion ; but it will teach me to be more cautious another time. Are you both fatisfy'd, /^/Wif^^ iC/;;(^? Yes, Sir, reply\i they. Very well, [aid the King again y (hake Hands, and let it be never mentioned more. Thereupon we again took our Leaves, and rc- eiVd as well pleas'd as a Couple of Kings. La K 4 Foret 200 The Travels and Adventures Foret with his Prefence of Mind, and I with the Civilities of our Prince, and becaufe wt had fo happily efcap'd a Scouring. WE fet out next Day without taking any thing but our Gowns, and fome Trifles which we thought abfolutely neceffary. We did not want Money, we were known, and the People of the Country are very hofpitable, fo that we were in no danger of faring ill. The King having recol- leded that he did not ask us what Conveniency we intended to make ufe of for our travelling, fent a Domeftic after us to conjure us to take the beft that he had, and to tell us, that if we did not, he fhould refent it. We had travel Td about half a League when the Mefienger overtook us ; he would fain have had us gone back with him, or to have told him how we intended to be car- ry'd, whether in a Chariot or a Gondola which he would accommodate us with on the Spot, ad- ding, it was the King's Pleafure. We thank'd the MelTenger for his Civility, and pray'd him to tell his Majedy, that we were confounded to find him fo very obliging, that we fliould gladly embrace his kind Ofter, but that we chofe to walk from one Village to another after we had ftaid long e- nough to make an Acquaintance with the Judge or the Prieft. This Anfwer did not fatisfy our Man who left us with fome Unealinefs, for fear pcrhnps that the King fhould think he had not du* ly difcharg'd his Commiffion. BY the way now, let any one judge from this little Incident, whether we had any Reafon to complain of our F'ortune, and whether we were not compleaily happy, fetting afide that unlucky Aftais: ^/ James Masse y. 201 Affair of my Comrade. It was not only at Court that particular Refpcdl was paid us, but every where upon the Road the People throng'd to do us Honour, fo that one would have fwore an ex- prefs Order had come from Court to receive us like the chief Men of the Kingdom. WE had been gone about 17 Days when we were furpriz'd to meet two Domeftics of our Judge and our Pried with a Canoe laden with Spades, Mattocks, Pick-axes, Hatchets, Bows, Habits, and neccfTary Provifions to make a trading Voyage for Copper. They told us, that their Ma- ilers wifh'd we would be fo good as to make tliem another Clock bigger than the former with a Bell in Proportion, wliich they intended to pre- fcnt to their Governor, in order to gain his Con- -fent that each of their Sons might have one of his Daughters, who as they defcrib'd them, were per- fed Beauties, And as a pretty deal of Copper would be wanting for the Purpofe, they faid their Mailers were fending them to the Mines with Goods to truck for that Metal ; and indeed they had a very good Stock of Provifions on Board, and aPermifTion to (lay out as long as they thought fit. My Comrade prefently gave me to undcr- ftand, that this News chagrin'd him not a little. What, faid he^ I came from a Place to avoid con- tinual Labour, and they are cutting out Work for me in another Place where I am come f )r Red; but Pll fee the whole Nation at the Devil before Pll file a Stroke more for any of them, tho' 1 fhould not be again (I it if there was any thing to be got by it worth our carrying Home whenever a Convenicncy offers, but all our Re- K 5" ward 202 The Travels and Adventures ward is only a Piece of Metal which will yield but 15" ^. a Pound in Europe. Let us be gone^ continued he^ as foon as polfible, for I had rather hazard loo Lives if I had them to go back the Way we came, into our own Country, than (lay here any longer. YOU don't confider, La Foret^ faid I, nor have you well examined the Obftacles that we (hall have to fur mount. We had great Advantages when we came, which we have not now. We were then three in Number all provided withFire- Arms, and prefs'd by Neceflity ; but now the Cafe is quite otherwife. Be rul'd by me, my Friend, let us (lay where we are, we fliall be (lill more and more belov'd by amufing ourfelves in Clock- making, part of our Time, and one cannot be al- ways idle. Wherever we are we can have but Food and Raiment, and here we have as much again as we want. Let us not imitate our Coun- trymen who are fo fickle that they are always fhifting from one Place to another. Before we have travell'd much farther we (hall repent of our Folly. Finally, I expatiated upon the Difficul- ties which hinderM our Return,, but it was all in vain, and he told me in plain Terms, that he would go alone if I was obftinately bent not to go with him. Very well then, fatd /, fince you are inexorable, and as on the other hand, I am refolvM not to part with you ; 'tis neceffary wc Ihould take the Opportunity of this Boat, and try HX) efcape with it thro' that frightful Cavern as they Hill call the Place where, as I faid before, their firft King pretended that the Earth brought him WHILE ^/ James Masse y. 203 WHILE we were forming this Defign, our two Peallints were impatient to fee the End of our Dialogue. I told them thit we had been di- vided in our Opinions what Gourfe it were beft for us to take, whether to return to the Village, or to go along with them to the Copper-Mines where we had never been yet, and that we had dctermin'd to keep them Company. They ex- preGM great Joy at it, and in order to add to it, we refolv'd to go to the next Canton, and buy fome Flagons of the bed Liqviors they had. We alfo took fome more Provilion with us, but perfuadcd them at the fume time to turn towards the River, on pretence that as we had feen it but iii one Place, we had a Curioluy to farvey the Shores of it from one End to the other, and we aflur'd them alfo, that v/e would alPilt them alter- nately to row, and would furnifli them with all Neccllaries if our Voyage was retarded fome Days by the Current of the Water, which however was not very rapid in that Place. The poor Fellows confented to every thing we proposed, the only Difficulty being that as they were both of them Natives of a Canton not many Miles of, they made Account to go thither and fee their Relati- ons. I prefently gave them to underftand that far from hindering their Defign we would forward it. Go^ f.iid I to them, this inflant, and fpend two or three Days with your Friends while we march fo llowly on that when you turn towards the Cur- rent, you will foon overtake us. They were in Raptures at my Complaifance, and I was as much rejoyc'd that I was not tbrc'd to the Trouble of contriving to get rid of 'em in any other Manner. CHAP. 204 The Travels and Adventurer CHAP. XII. ^he Author leaves this fine Country } the Ways he contrived to get out of it. He meets again on the Sea- Side with [ome of the Ship's Company with whom he had for* merly been caft away upon the Coafi^ 6cc. ' A S foon as thofe honeft Fellows had left us, we •^^ took our Courfe towards the River, but dill kept in thofe Divifions of the Cantons where there were no Houfes. I think we had faunterM fcarce two Days, when a little before Midnight we found ourfelves at the End of the Canals where were Sluices which we knew nothing at all of before we came to them. This curfed Paf- fage aFarm'd us, and we tugg'd hard near an Hour before we difcover'd which way the Sluice-Doors were to be open'd. At length we mafter'd the Difficulty, but then we were as weary as Dogs. In the mean time, there was a Neceffity for our going over. It would have been a dangerous En- terprise in the D.iy-time, bccaufe no Body was fuffer'd to enter this River without Leave from the Judges, not only by Reafon of the Fifhery, but in Refptd to the Lnws which hinder the In- habitants from going beyond the Bounds of their Country ; whereas in the Night-time there was feemingly no Daiiger of being fo much as feeii by any Perfon whatfoever. We had not above 4 Miles and a half to pafs. La Foret^ as he was aiore zealous to pufli on than I, fo he was more tir'd.. ^/ James Masse y. 205 tir'd. I bid him take a little Reft, becaufe one of us at a time was enough to fteer the Boat. I KEPT exadly in the middle of the Cur- rent, and it being fine iiill Weather, our Boat drove down with the Stream imperceptibly. This together with the Fatigues we had undergone made me fo droufy that I could not keep my Eyes open, and we (lept fo foundly that whether we were always fo fortunate as to keep off of the Shore, or whether we did not fometimes dafli a- gainft it, is more than I can tell, for we were not eafily to be awak'd. Nor did I exadly know how long we flept; probably it would have lafted long enough to have refrefh'd us, but as Misfortune would have it, it was interrupted on a fudden. Our paltry little Boat dalli'd fo vehemently againft a Rock, that it pudi'd me out of my Place, and I fell with fuch Violence againft a Shoal, that my Face look'd as if it had been fcarify'd. My Comrade llarted out of his Sleep not knowing what the Noifc meant, nor where he was, for he had quite forgot he was upon the Water, and cryM all at once, Oh God! what's the matter? where am I? Tho' I had done myfcif a great deal of Mifchicf, I could not help laughing heartily. Are you there, [aid he. pray where are we? Hell it- felf can't be darker than it is here. Don't ask me, faid /, for I can't refolvc you, only this I am certain of that our Boat i-.as juft now bear a- gaiift fomc Place, wnich gave me fuch a Fall that my Head is broke, and it I guefs right, we muft be got into taat Cave which we are to pafs thro'. 1 was fo vcr^ fl^cpy, jaid he^ that 1 did not confi- dcr wc were in a Bark. Good God, how dark it is 2o6 The Travels and Adventures fs here ! I think you were not miftaken when yoa guefs'd that we were under Ground. Handle an Oar, fald /, and try if you can feel what we are faften'd to ; we muft certainly Hick to fomethfng, for I don't perceive that we ftir, and yet my Hand tells me the Stream runs down apace, fo that the PafTage here mud be very narrow. LA FO RET was a bold Man, yet he was daunted at this dreadful Gulph ; he was afraid to ftir, and would willingly have (lay'd where we were. When I faw there was no Good to be done with him, I grop'd with my Hands and my Oar, and found that we were inclos'd between two Points of the Rock. Come on, faid I, there's no Harm, we are where I told you, I feel the Roof of the Cave with my Oar. Thereupon he beftirr'd himfelf, but notwithftanding all that we could do, I believe we were three Hours in get- ting our of that damn'd Place, after which we turn'd to the Right. WHE REVE R we came we met with Shoals, which no doubt were form'd by Parts of the Mountain that broke off every now and then, and obftruded the Paflage. We run a ground, or elfe beat againft the Shore, at every Turn, fo that it had been well for us if the Boat had not been fo fwift, but we could not flop her. In the mean time the PafTage grew flill narrower the farther we went, fo that at laft we could not go at all. Then my Blood came into my Face, and verily believing that we were abfolutely loft, I was go- ing to knock La Foret in the Head, to be re- veng'd for the Mifchief he had been the Caufe of to me, without any Neceflity. But 1 remember'd 4 very cf ] A M^E s M A s s E y. 207^ very luckily that I had formerly plung'd him m the h'ke Scrapes, and that thefe were only the Confequences of our former Misfortunes. NOW, faid I, my Friend, we are hamper'd, and I know not how we ftiall get off. If we had but fleer'd to the Left, no doubt we fhould have had room, but I don't fee how we can go back, 'tis a pretty way, and belldcs the Current here is too rapid. Upon this he founded the Wa- ter, and finding it but three or four Foot deep, he ftripp'd without faying a Word, and Jeap'd all at once into the Water, O Heavens I I cry'd, what are you doing? I thought I heard you fall over- board. Don't be afraid, faidhe, 'twas a volunta- ry Fall, I am going to examine the Depth and Breadth of this Pafs. He had not been gone 20 Steps, but he gueG'd he was at the very Point where the two Branches unite He came to tell me the agreeable News, and added, that undoubt- edly we were in the narroweft Parr. Obferving that there were but two Peaks where the Rock hinder'd our Palfage, 1 took the Pickax and Mal- let, and in lefs than two Hours demoliih'd one of thofe Peaks. This Exercife, with what we had gone through before, made me extremely faint" we took fome Nourilliment in order to ftrengthen us, and we refted till we were in a Condition to begin our Work again. La Foret too try'd to de- molifli the other Peak that hindered our Paffage but whether the Stone there was harder, or that he did not ad with that Strength as ' did, he obfcrv'd that he made but a very fmali Progrefs, fo that I was fain to give him a Litt, and we work d ut ft alternately, WE 2o8 The Travels and Adventures WE had labour'd a long time, and had not a great deal to do, when we heard a confufed Noife approaching to us like Men talking; we flood dill for a few Minutes to hearken to it, and perceiv'd that fome Men were coming to us. Vc" rily, faid I to La Foret^ our Flight has not been fo fecret, but it has been obferv'd; perhaps the Day was far advanc'd before we enter'd this River, or it ,may be fome body fpy'd us in the Canals: Be it as it will, 'tis very probable that the Court was acquainted of it at Noon, and the King or- der'd Men to be fent out to apprehend us. You hear how they advance, continued I, they are juft at our Heels; what ihall we do now.^ Upon my Word, faid La Foret, as for my part, I am of opinion that we fliould fight to the laft Gafp. We have Tools here which will be of great Ufe to lis for that Purpofe; and on the other hand, if we fuffer our felves to be taken, I apprehend that fome unlucky Prank will be play'd us, and that we fhall be fent to the Mines. Not at all, faid I, there is no Danger; the King is too debonnaire to treat us after that manner; he has fuch a Value for our Woikmanfijip, that he would not deprive himfelf of it by banifhingus; belides, we can fay with great Probabiiiiy, that as we went upon the River with Defign to examine the Diverfity of its Shores, it happen'd unlackily in the Night-time that our Boat got lo.>fe before we perceiv'd it, fo that we were drove down by the Current to the Place where they have found us. They will laugh perhaps at this little Difaller, but they'll be glad that they came fo feafonably to our AlFiftance. AS ^/ James Masse y. 209 A S my Comrade was going to make anfwcr^ we fpy'd a Light. They could not be above 30 Paces from us, and they were in the fame Arm of the River that we were, but in that Part of it which form'd an Elbow, fo that tho' they had Candles, they did not fee us. They were no fooner come thither, but their Boat, which pro- bably was larger than ours, was harr.per'd all of a fudden, and they feeni'd to be uneafy at it. What (liall we do now? faid one of them. Why^ faid another, we will make the bed Shift we can to get out of this Place, and we'll try to pafs to the Left, which we fhould have done before, if you v/ould but have beenrufdby me. We will do as you would have us, reply'd the former, but fon my own part, I believe we may as well do no- thing at all; 'tis poiTible that ihe Men we are in purfuit of have been gone this way twelve or fif- teen Hours ago, fo that by this time they are a great way otT, or elfe have been caQ away fome- whcre, as vvc had like to have been feveral times. If you will take my Opinion, we will return and fay, which is true, that we met with fuch Ob- flrii61ions that we could go no farther. The King, indeed, would be very glad to have thofe Men again, but he does not propofe to hurt a Hair of their Heads; and you know that we were injoin'd to intreat them civilly to return, or to let them go in Peace in cafe they would not come back with us. We may fay like wife, if you pleafe, that we overtook them, but that not- withftanding all we could fay, it was not in our Power to perfuade them to return, becaufe they have not true Enjoyment in a Country, whole Maximt 210 The Travels and Adventures Maxims are fo different from theirs, and that they have a mind to fee if they can't find a way to their own Coimtry, where they may have the free Exercife of their Worfhip, whereas here they dare not io m^ich as defend it, as they have de- clar'd upon more Occ?Jions than one. Upon this, they all faid, Come away, We will agree upoa what to fay as 'vc arc going back. AFTER th(y were gone out of our Hearing, we did not budge for fome time, becaufe we were 2fraivi tHey might alter their Minds, and that when they heard the birokes of our Mallet, they might be tcmjJted to come back again. Thislnadlivity caft us naturally into a Do^e^ and at length into a pro- found Slumber. When weawak'd, we began to put our felves into the greater Hurry, becaufe we were far from b hig h- t, and w^ere as frefh and brisk as if we had refted in a good Bed. Confe- quently we beat down the Angles that ftoppM us,. and by main Strength forc'd open a Paffage. Af- terwards we found things as my Comrade thought we fhould, for immediately we had Room enough, but then the Place was fo full of ftrong Echoes, that what would have charm'd us at another time, frighten'd us now from fpeaking, becaufe at every Sentence you would have thought there had been a thoufand Devils in the Air mocking you with, their monftrous Voices. THEN we advanced very flowly, and in the mean time began to hear another confufed Noife, not unlike the Rumbling of Thunder at a fmall di- fiance, which made us even more afraid than we were before. A Man that thinks himfelf in Dan- ger need have no other AffllfSlion. Each of us rack'd ^/ James Masse y. 21 i rack'd his Brains to find out the Meaning of it. Wc were not very wide of the Mark when we imagined there muft needs be a Place with a great Fall, and that the Noife we heard muft proceed from fome Catara<5t. There we thought our Ruine would be unavoidable. I did not dream then of what was told us of the Fortuguefe who formerly went that way, for if I had confider'd of it, 1 fliould not have been in fo much Pain. As wc had Cordage enough, I thought it high time to make ufe of it; we immediately took tea or twelve Spades and Mattocks, ty'd them up in a Bundle as tight as we could, and caft them into the Water as an Anchor. The Remedy was ef- fedual, the Ground being uneven, our Ma- chine (tuck \\\ a good Place, fo that we advanc'd no further than the Rope would let us out. At the end of about twenty-five Fathom, my Com- rade, who was commonly at the Head of the Boat to found with his Oar, and to feel on both Sides what hinder'd our Padage, call'd out to me on a fudden to ftand faft, becaufe there tell fome Water from the Top with which he was already wet to his Skin. Upon this I calTd him in, and after we had agreed that the Water we heard, and which no doubt was the fame he then felt, could come from no other Place but the Top of the Mountain, from whence it precipitated by fome Crevice into our River, we refolv'd to hale in our Anchor, but before we had got it half way up, our Cable broke, a Lofs which however was not very confidcrable at that Jundure. I only endeavour'd to put my fclf in fuch a Situation as to avoid the impetuous Fall of the Torrent we fo much dread- ed. z 1 2 The Travels and Adventures' cd. La Foret^ by meer Force of Rowing, turn'd my Rudder io as to carry us againft the Rock, fo that we had the happiell PafTage that could be. without being in the lead wet, but not without danger of being fwallow'd up by the dreadful tof- fing and tumbling of the Waves, occafion'd by the Fall of fo great a Quantity of Water from fuch an Eminence, and 'tis probable that if we had gone on the other Side, we fhould have been fwal- low'd up, THE reft of the Way that we had to go was not near fo dangerous, and it pleas'd God we law the End of it. . When our Eyes began to fee the Light again, we thank'd the Lord moil hear- tily, and our Joy was fuch, that we have no^ Words \xi our Language ftrong enough to exprefs it. Hov/ever, we could not land imrnediately,, the Shores being too fteep, fo that we were ob- lig'd to fall down at leaft 3 Miles below the. Mouth of the River, and then we went Afhore. on the left Side in a Place of fuch Verdure as Nature feem'd to have made on purpofe to folace. us after having efcap'd fuch manifeft Dangers. THE Provifions we had, came very feafonably to our Relief, fo that we made a very hearty Meal, and did not fpare our Cider. By the Height of the Sun it could not be then lefs than two o* Clock in the Afternoon, therefore 'twas pretty plain we muft have been about 30 Hours in that dark Place. From hence we made the beft of our Way. THIS River has prodigious Turnings and Windings, and is full of Rocks 'twixt Wind and Water, Shoals and Ifiands which in fome Places form ke m upon the Land. The third Day you came, and found us, God be prais'd, at a Time when we little thought of one another., L 3 CHAP, 222 The Travels and Adventures CHAP. XIII. Containing what happened to the Refidue of the Ship^s Company^ during the Author's jlhfence > and the reft of their Adventures ^till their Departure fron this Country 4 1 'U'OU know, contimied he^ that when you -^ went away, we were building a Bark to car- ry us off. At firft, every Man wrought hard at it,- but as fad as the Work advanc'd, the Zeal of our People llacken'd. The greateft part of the Company were afraid fhe was too fmall, befides that they began infenfibly to be reconcil'd to thefe Southern Coafts, where fcarce a Day pafs'd but they made fome new Difcovery of Ufe for the Support of Life. It was five Months before the little VefTel was rigg'd. How rigg'd ? [aid /, and pray whence had you wherewithal ? The Captain, reply' d he^ had been very fparing of the greateft part of his Provilions; he had ftill a Quantity of JBacon, Butter, Oil, Salt, Bifcuif, and Candles left, befides what we were able to pick up here for the Suftenance of the Body. When all was ready, he fummon'dthe Crew, and order'd all that had a mind to go with him to be in a Readinefs. I don't defire, faid he^ to force any Man ; but for my own part, I'll venture a Paffage in the Bark, and tho' the Voyage is dangerous, 'tis to be hop'd, that he who has preferv'd us hitherto will take care of us for time to come. Several came to a Deter- e?/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. 223, Determination on the Spot, the others knew not: what to rcfolve on: At length, we agreed to the Number of fixteen of us, to remain together in this Country after having had a Promife from the others upon Oath to ufe their Intereft and Intrea- ties with the King oi Portugal to take Pity of us, and to order the firft Ship that went off to the Indies, to come and fetch us away. Inhere was great Grief, and many Tears fhed at parting. They wefghM Anchor one Morning at Break of Day^ with a moderate Wind at South South Weft, which together with the Tide carry'd them quite out of Sight in lefs than two Hours. They fet out fo well that we envy'd their Happinefs, and wifli'd to be with 'em, becaufe we could not doubt that if the fame good Weather continued, they would be foon at the Cape of Good Hope. The Wind held thus in the fame Qaarter above two Days, but on the third about Noon it chang'd, and on the 5th and 6th we had very bad Weather, fo that we were in foine Pain to think how the honcft Lads far'd. HAVING left the Shore, we went to fettle iit a Valley about four fmall Leagues from this Place. The Country which is really very agreeable, is "vater'd with a Rivulet full of Fifh, and abounds with Roots as big as red Beet, which are very good when well boil'd. On the South South Weft Side there's a Wood of a coniiderable Ex- tent, where we have Apples, Pears, Nuts, and other very pleafant Pruits in abundance; and the other Side furniflies us with as many Peafe and Beans as we want. Our Captain left us all the liiftruments he could fpare : We had Fire-Arms, L 4 Shot, 224 The Travels and Adventures Shot, Powder, Ropes, Hatchets, Spades, Ham- mers, Saws, Nails, Packthread, Needles, Blades, Pots, Kettles, Caldrons, and other Utenfils. With all this Baggage we went to that Place, and built two very commodious Huts, which have the true Air of Peafants Cottages, and we cover'd them fo well with Rufhes, that we defy the Wind or Rain to hurt them. WE liv'd there about a Year without fcarce ever draggling from one another, for we faw no- thing on the Right Side or Weftward, but barren Hills which no Body Had yet thought worth their ■while to afcend. Three of our Comrades re- folv'd one Day to hunt there, and at the fame time to fee if they could make no newDifcovery. It took them up about three Hours to pafs the Mountain; from thence they enter'd into a very thick Wood, where they travelrd two Leagues without feeing any Way to get out of it. Whilft they were muling whether to return or go for- wards, one of them faid that he heard a Noife which he could not tell what to make of, but it very much refembled the Voice of a Man. This was a little furprifing to the others, but they ad- vanc'd that Way, and clapping their Ears to the Ground, they found that what he had faid was true. Two of them were for going nearer to fee what it was, but the other flifly oppos'd it, and affirm'd that what they heard was the Voice of Savages, who would give them no Quarter if they fell into their Hands. He had no fooner fpoke, but they faw, a hundred Paces from them on the other Side of fomeBulhes, a great Villain cover'd with the Skin of a Beaft who no doubt fpy'd them, of ] A M E s Masse Y, 225 them, and ran probably to tell his Gang that there was a Prey at hand. This at leaft was what our Companions thought of it, and not judging it proper to ftay for their coming, they turn'd back and fcampcr'd away. They had learnt by Expe- rience the Neceffity of obferving the Sun or Stars in a Fore/t which one is not well acquainted with, and they did this to fuch a Nicety that they got out almort at the very fame Place where they en- tered. When they came upon the Hills, they flood ftill to take a little Breath ; for then they were out of that Danger which threatened them ia the Wood where, tho' perhaps it was only a Pa- nic Fear, they imagin'd feveral times that they heard the Noife of Purfuers jull at their Heels. WE were very fure when they came back that they had been in a Fright, for they look'd as if they had been hag-ridden, and were all over in a Muck-Sweat as if they had been dipp'd in W^ater, but we little thought what was the Matter. We were prodigioufly alarm'd at fo unexpeded a Nar- rative, and really knew not what to do', whether to keep our old Quarters, or to abandon Bag and Baggage, and encamp on the other Side of the River. For my part, I was for fortifying our prefent Poll. I had been in three or four Cam- paignes heretofore, and had learnt the Art of guard- ing againfl an Enemy, fo that my Companions a- grced to do as 1 thought fit. in the Evening we only pofled Centinels to prevent a Surprize. NEXT Morning at Day-Break, I mark'd out a Square about our two Huts, each Side whereof was 35- Geometrical Paces in length, after which we broke Ground, and began with a Breall-Work L ^ 4 Fojt 226 The Travels and Adventures 4 Foot high to fhelter us from any Attacks that might be made that Way. Then we raisM and "widen'd our Works in fuch a manner that the Rampart was 20 Foot in the Bafe, and 6 in Height, befides a Parapet above that of 5 Foot. The Ditch form'd by the Earth we caft up for this Purpofe was very broad and deep. In the Front oppofite to the Mountain, I left a Slope of 6 Foot only, which 1 cover'd alfo with a fmall Half-Moon,. 2nd fecur'd with aTraverfe. All this was finifli'd in 7 Weeks. Mean time, we heard no Talk of any Enemy, and fometimes could not help rally- ing thofe who had put us into fuch a Ferment. A T firft every Body was afraid to ftir out for Provifions, and now they did 'it without any Scru- ple, but it did not hold fo Ibng. Two of our Men going out one Day at Sun-rife for Plunder, had not. the good Luck to come back again; per- haps they were fo imprudent as to -expofe them- felves more than others had done, at lead they had talk'd of doing fo more than once. The Lofs of them made us very uneafy, and we thereupon en« compafs'd our Fortrefs with Palifadoes. WH I LE we were at this Work, we perceiv'd a Company of Men coming down the Mountain very faii, which put us into the greater Confter- nation, becaufe three of our Comrades were then gone a hunting, fo that we were but eleven in Number. I order'd my Men to charge their Muf- kets, and not to difcover themfelves 'till the Ene- my was come to the Ditch, where they were to be faluted v/ith at leall five Difcharges. When the Drolls were at hand, we faw very plain that $bey were Savages. They leemM to be about three-*- ^/ James Masse y. 227 threefcore and ten, all luRy well-made Fellows, cover'd with Skins down to their Legs, and laden with Bows and Arrows. A great many of em had Clubs f or 6 Foot long. Tis probable that the Knaves had fpy'd us before they came in a Body, for they did not fcem in the leaf! furpriz'd at the Work we had made. Not one of our Men difcover'd himfelf. I had planted a great Branch full of Leaves before me, thro' which 1 could ob- ferve the Enemy without being feen. 'Tis proba- ble that they thought to have furprizM us, becaufe they came without making the lealt Noife to the Brink of the Ditch, and there they ftopp'd, not knowing what Gourfe to take to come at the Place; but I did not think proper to give them time to examine Things too clofely, fo that I or- dered five of my Men to fire upon 'em, and to charge again with all Expedition that they might be entertain'd with a continual Fire. They per- form'd their Part fo well that three of the Sa- vages fell upon the Spot. THIS terrify'd them, becaufe they knew not what to think of their Comrades fudden Fall. In- deed they faw the Fire and Smoak of our Arms» but I very miuch queftion whether they difcoj^er'd the Men that gave Fire. They muft conclude it to be Lightning, or fome Devil that ftruck them, at Icaft we imagin'd fo by the horrid Cries they all made looking towards Heaven. I faid to my Comrades, Let us make an Advantage of the Ter- ror of thofe Mifcrcants ; let the other five give Fire. This Difcharge with the Fire I made, fetch'd down two more which increas'd their Alioniih- ment. Then we lliew'd ourfelvcs all at once cijing 228 The Travels and Adventurer crying out like Madmen, at which time the five iirft gave Fire again, and kilTd two more upon the Spot. We fhould have difpatch'd 'em all af- ter this manner, but they were not fuch Fools as to (lay any longer. Seven of the ftrongeft took each a dead Man upon his Shoulders, and fled with as much Precipitation as if they had been purfued by an Army. THE three Men of our Company that were abfent, were not fo far on the other Side but they heard us fire very plainly. They imagin'd there inufl be fomething more than ordinary in the mat- ter, becaufe they knew we would not have waft- ed our Gunpowder without a great Neceffity. They lay hid for fnme time in a Thicket, with as much Game as they could carry, and in the Eve- ning they advanc'd, and glad they were when they iird faw the Centinel walking on the Breaft- Work, where he was pofted on Purpofe to give them the Signal that there was no Danger. OUR Apprehenlion that the Rafcals would re- turn ftronger, and more refolute, made us finifh our Palifadoes with all Speed ; and for want of a Breaftwork we fortify'd the Rampart withFraifes. Befides, it was refolv'd that fome of our Men ihould go by Turns to the Downs to fetch two fmall Pieces of Cannon which our Captain left, behind him. It coft a great deal of Time and Pains to draw them to our Fort. Then we pro- vided a Quantity of little Flints, of which our Brook was full, in order to put into the Cartrid- ges. In the mean time, we did not hear the leaft Word of the Enemy for 8 Months together, fo that we fcarce thought any more of the Scoun- drels 0f]h ME S M A S S E Y. 229 Jrels 'till one Sunday at Noon, when the Centi- nel ahirm'd us, ju(t as we were at Dinner. Up- on this I ran out to fee what was the matter, and God knows I was not a liitle aftonifh'd to fee the Mountain cover'd with a Swarm of our Ene- inies advancing h'ke hungry Wolves to devour us. To fpcak the real Truth, the (loutelt Hearts a- mong us trembled for Fear, for we did not doubt but the Kafcals came refolv'd either to conquer or d\Q^ and that they had taken all the necellary Pre- cautions tor executin<5 their Defigii. They ad- vanc'd very quietly ; 1 was of the fame Opinion as at the firfl time, that it was advifable for us to conceal ourfeives, and not to fire 'till tney came upon the Glacis, but Le Grand thought on the contrary, that the bed V7ay would be to intimi- date them before they came too near, and to make ufe of our Cannon, ilnce we had them at hand. Accordingly, as foon as we faw them advanced within 3 or 400 Paces of our Fort, one Piece was difcharg'd : Whether it did any Execution or no, we could not fee, but they ftopp'd lliort, where- upon we difcharg'd the othtr Piece which carry'd olf fcveral of their Men, as we were told by fome of our Comrades who being to the Wind- ward, proteftcd they faw it very plain. How- ever, this did not terrify them, on the contrary they renew'd their March, and came on apace. They were at leaft 400 refolute Men, a Number far fuperior to ours. As foon as they were with- in Reach, we fir'd upon them briskly, but they were not difmay'd, and notwithihnding the Num- ber of Men they loft, they came up even to our Palifadoes, where foaic Iloop'd, and others leap- ing 5^30 l^he Travels and Adventures ing on their Backs threw themfelves over wich- great Agih'ty and terrible Fury : In the mean time our Cannon, which were charg'd with Stones, did Wonders, and yet for all this, if they had but attack'd us in feveral Places at a time, indead of attacking us in one only, we (hould have been in- fallibly ruin'd. Our Chevaux de Frife were alfo of great Service to us, becaufe for want of pro- per Inftruments to pluck them up, they broke but two of them. This however made a Gap which gave an Opportunity to one of the boldeft of them to- climb even to our Bread-work, and others were preparing to follow ; but three of our Men fal- ling defperately upon them, put them to the Sword,, and made them tumble from Top to Bottom. In fine, three or four of the beil Men they had, be- ing Eye-Witnefles of this fmart Rencounter, gave way, upon which they all fled, and after a Fight of three Hours, quitted the Field with, much more Rapidity than they came to it. WE were overjoy'd at this Deliverance, which- we had Reafon to think a happy one. Next Day,. •when, we went out to fee what Slaughter we had- made, we found 72 dead, and 13 Wretches gafp* ing for Life, whom we inftantly difpatch'd with the But-Ends of our Mufquets, and after having made a great Pit, we caft them all into it, for fear the Stench of their Carcafes might infed the Air.. The only wounded Man we had was one that was ported upon the Breaft-work, who was fliot in the Thigh with an Arrow, but was foon after cur'd. AFTER this Skirmifli we doubled our Di- ligence for our Prefervation j we were (till in; Dread. ^/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. 23 1 Dread of our conquer'd Enemy, becaufe we ap- prehended that in time they would be wifer ; but we never fuw them afterwards, nor heard any thing of 'em any more than of our two Com- rades, whom to be fure the Villains murder'd and devour'd. NOW you mention eating, fiid /, methinks 'tis time to talk of laying the Cloth. If you'll be rul'd by me, we will dine firft, and then fee what we have to fay to one another more. Since that time, faid Normandy nothing happen'd worth your Notice. Are you all living (till? I ask'd him. No verily, faid he^ four died two Years ago, and there's another very ill, but perhaps the Sight of you will contribute to his Recovery ; at leaft I am perfuaded, that both he and others will be tranfported to fee you. I beg let us go to them, we have time enough before us, elfc the poor Fel- lows will not know what's become of us. Tho' we were not yet recover'd of the Fatigues of the preceding Days, yet after having taken a Bit with- out Lofs of Time, we travell'd away. THE Sun had been fet a long while when we came to our Journey's End, but the Sky was clear, and the Moon almoft at Full. I could not help laughing when we came about 100 Paces from the f^ort, to hear one cry, Who goes there ? and to hear Normand fay, A tr'iend. Yet this was not nil; you were but two when you went, [aid the Ceni'inel^ but 1 fee more. Officers ! Guard ! Kt thefc Words, Le Grand came out with a Gun in his Hand to take a View of us. I was very well pleas'd with this good Guard, efpecially at that time when I was come from a Country where they ^3 2 The Travels and Adventures they knew not what a Guard meant. Norman^ ilepp'd before us, and diicover'd who we were, at which they came upon us all at once, and had like to have fmother'd us with Embraces. Here we were obh'g'd to give another Narrative of oup Adventures, and to hear ourfelves bitterly re- proach'd for not having improv'd our Fortunes. L E G RAND faid, why Friends, do you feek for Treafures and Empires } What need have we of any thing but plain Food and Raiment? Yoa were in a Place where you enjoy 'd thefe two Ad- vantages at once, where all Perlbns are upon a Level, except here and there a few to whom the others pay a fmall voluntary Deference on Ac- count of their Virtues, and the Care they take to adminilter Juftice. You were alfo familiar with the King, who nourifnM you with the Fat of a plentiful fruitful Country a Land of Bleffing and Peace, from whence Soldiers are banilli'd as much as Hangmen, and where humane Blood is facred and fafe from the Rage and Tyranny of great Men.^ 1 pray, what would you have more.^ Go where you pleafe, you will never find fo much again elfewhere. But 'tis the Foible of moft Men, they feldom are contented with what they enjoy, and in whatfoever State and Place they are, they always think that to be happy they muft change it. ALL this moralizing, reply'd La Forei^ is to no Purpofe, we are come away, and we will not go back again were we to want Bread elfewhere. He is in the right, faid /, when Errors are com- mitted, 'tis needlefs to think any more of 'em, ualefs it be to be a Warning to us at another Time, of ] AMES Masse Y. 233 Time. If ever fuch good Luck fhould happen to us ngain, perhaps we Ihall know better how to improve it. NEXT Day we went to fetch the remainder of the Baggage which we had Itft near the River, and came hitlier with it, deiigning to live and die here with the reft of our Company. I W/\S mightily pleas'd to fee the good Or- der which Le Grmd kept in this Fort with Re- fped to Manners. The leaft immodeft Word was forbid on Pain of public Gorre6tion. He read Prayers every Morning and Evening at which they all ntt<.-nded, for tho' they were for molt part Ca- tholics, yet they livM together as if they had been all of one Religion, l^hey all profefs'd to love God and their Neighbour, as much as themfelves ; every one took his Turn to go and fetch in Pro- vilions, to drefs the Victuals, to mount the Guard, and fo of the reft, while others walk'd Abroad for the Air, or employed themfelves in Vv^hat they pleasM. It was an eaiy Matter for us to accom- modate ourfelves to the Maxims of this petty Re- publick. The fick Perfon I found there was cur'd, fo that our Company confiftcd of 12 Perfons. WE liv'd 27 Months together without any con- fldcrable Accident among us, but then one of our Comrades died, whofe Name was Gafcagnet^ a Native of the Cevcnnes. He had been fadly af- flided with an /Iftbma for feveral Years, which had made hini as lean as a Rake. When he was dead, I bcgg'd Leave to open him, which was readily granted. For this Operation I made ufe of fome forry Rafors and Sciffors which my Com- rades had fav'd. I found his Lungs contratted, and ^34 ^^^ Travels and Adventures and dry as a Spunge. The Trachian Artery of Pipe of the Lungs was hard, inflexible, and wide enough to pat an Egg into it. The Liver was green, one of its Parts was gritty, and the other which feemM perfe6lly ulcerated, (luck to his Kid- neys. I found 4 Stones as big as Prune-Stones in the Bladder of the Gall, which |was as yellow as Wax. As to the Heart, it feem'd in as good Order to outward Appearance as one could wifh, but when I open'd it, I found a Hole in the Sep- tum Medmr/i of the Size of a Silver Penny, edg'd with a Membrane which without doubt was form'd there to hinder its clofing up. I CONFESS that this furpnVd me, but af- ter a little Conlideration I guefs'd that the De- ceafed having always labour'd under a Difficulty of Breathing, and his Lnngs by confequence want- ing to be fufficiently cool'd, Nature was willing to provide a Remedy, as it does, tho' by other Means, for Infants in their Mother's Womb, and "which indeed do not breathe at all, inafmuch as the Blood is circulated in them in a very different Manner from what it is when they are born. For, whereas in this Cafe, the Blood which is contain'd in the Veins, and pufhM from the Extremities of the Body towards the Heart, which it enters thro' the Vena Cava^ difcharges itfelf into the right Cavity from whence it pafTes into the Arterious Vein, af- terwards into the Arter'ta Venofa^ and from thence into the left Cavity of the Heart, from whence it is pufli'd to the Extremities of the Animal by the Aorta^ which communicates by its Branches with thofe of the Vena Cava ; in the other cafe on the contrary, the Blood which iflues from the Right ^/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. 23^ Right Cavity pnfTes immediately from the Trunk cf the Arterious Vein into the Aorta^ at the fame time thnt it alfo Hows immediately from the Vena Cava into the Trunk of the Veinous Artery, which from thence enters and dilates it felf in the Left Cavity of the Heart. I OBSERV'D nothing extraordinary in the Intedines. The Ureters and Ki.^neys were full of Gravel, fo that no wonder the poor Man was always complaining, and that he died in the flower of his Age when he was but 34 Years old. Wc bury'd him \\\ the Counterfcarp. 'TWAS fcarce fix Weeks after, that we had a horrid Earthquake, which was foUow'd with as furious a Tempeft as I ever faw in my Life. The IVlountain to the Weft of our Fort, rent in twain from Top to Bottom, and at the fame time there guOi'd out a Torrent of muddy Water with ex- traordinary Impetuolity. By good Luck it did not come down direSly upon us, otherwife our Works would have run a very great Rifquc. This Inundation lafted 'till next Day. All our Valley was under Water, and we were three Days with- out being able to get Abroad. When the bad Weather was over, and our Meadows dry, we afcended the Mountain to fee part of the Da- mage done by it. We found that the Cleft made in the Mountain was at Icaft 120 Foot wide be- low, and above 5-0 towards the Top. There was a Fountain near the Top of it, which after this was never more feen, and I was the firft who ob- ferv'd that it was gone. This furpriz'd us all, but what aftonifli'd us more, was that half of the Fo- rell which was below on the other Side, was fvval- 27,6 The Travels and Adventures fwallow'd up, and that in (lead of Trees which were there before, there appear'd a very great Lake. Thefe prodigious Events gave us Occalion to admire the Works of Providence. LE GRAND was forry for the Lofs of this Fountain, becaufe we often went that Way to di- vert ourfelves, and were very fond of its Water, which was wonderfully rine and clear He could not comprehend what Relation this Fountain had with the cleaving of the Rock, and the others were even more aftoniih'd at it than he. Don't you fee, [aid /, that there could not have been fuch a Gap in this great Body, unlcG the Particles of which 'tis compos'd had met together, and that confequently the Channels thro' which the Wa- ter pafs'd that form'd ti.e Fountain were ftopp'd up, juft in the fame manner as the Pores of a Spunge clofe in Proportion as 'tis fquee^'d. I am not fure whether you don't banter, /«/i one ofem^ one would think fo by your Looks, tho' what you fay feems probable enough. No doubt I ban- ter, [aid /, for there's a Natural and Phylical Rea- fon for what you admire, which they are not ig- norant of who have the leafl Notion of Philofo- phy. We know nothing of Philofophy, faid Le Grand^ but if you think we are capable of under- ftanding you, it will be aPleafure to us to philofo- phize with us concerning our Fountain. I will, faid /, with all my Heart, becaufe we have no- thing elfe to do now, provided you won't think nie a Pedant. THE Globe we inhabit, fatd /, is compos'd of an infinite Number of various Particles, the chief of which are Terreftrial an^ Aqueous. This com* ^James Masse y. 237 compound Body turns in 24 Hours round its pro- per Center. What^ faid Le Grand^ docs the Earth turn round? Yes, yes, reply'd La Foret^ I heard him explain this Phoenomenon before lb clearly, that there's no room to doubt of it. Let him explain it ever (b clearly, faid Le Grand^ I will never believe any thing contrary to my Senfes and the Holy Scriptures, in which there are a great mnny plain Pailages that pofitively contradi6t what you advance. That your Senfes often deceive you is very eafy to prove, continued /, and as to the Scriptures, 'tis certain that the Defign of the Holy Ghofl was never to make us Mathematicians and Philofophers, or elfe he would have taken care to explain thofe Pailages of Genefis concerning the Creation, which puzzle a great many People, and which a Prieft of the Country where La Foret and 1 have beeen, obferv'd that he had heard talk of. Nor would he have failM to have told us the true Proportion of the Circumference of a Circle to its Diameter, when he treats of the Sea of Cop- per which Solomon caus'd to be placM in his ftate- \y Temple, and which is pretended according to the Vulgar Opinion to be from 30 to 10, or from 21 to 7, whereas it is as from 22 to 7, or at leaft there does not want much of it, as is demonftrable from the Mathematics. God, in order to render himfelf intelligible, condefcends to talk with us in. our own Jargon, and accommodates himfelf to our Phrafe; for when he fpeaks after his own Manner, 'tis impoflible for us to underlland him, and what he fays is myfterious beyond our Pene- tration. Ni'W all this is eafy to be comprehend- ed, and is liable to no Objediion. GRAxVr- e.2^ The Travels and Adventures GRANTING therefore that the Earth turns, the Parts of it which are in greateft Agitation muft be thofe which are fartheft from its Centre, as is eafy to prove from feveral carious Experi- ments. This being fo, the Water which befides the Motion of the whole Body wherewith it is carry'd, has a particular one that renders it liquid, muft by confequence lead the Van. Then comes the Air which is another Liquid composed of Parts much more fubtle, and more agitated than thofe of the Water, which alfo makes it go be- fore \i^ and form a fort of Down round the ter- reftrial Globe, which compofes our Atmofphere, and extends about 2 Leagues diftance round the Surface of the Earth; and 'tis in this Atmofphere, by the Way, in which are form'd Rain, Snow, Lightning, Thunder, and all the Meteors in ge» neral. HOLD, fliid Le Grand^ according to your Philofophy the Bodies that have the lead Motion muft be the nearefl to the Center of our Globe: Now the Aqueous Parts move fafter than theTer- reftrial, therefore the Water muft confequently cover the whole Surface of the Earth, and we fhould have a perpetual Flood, which is not the Cafe. THE Obje6lion is good, faid /, and 'tis cer- tainly true, that if God by his Almighty Power fhould level the Mountains, and lay all the Hills in general even with the Valleys, there would be no Appearance of dry Land. 'Tis an Argument which perhaps might very well be made ufe of alfo to favour the Notion of the univerfal De- lu^e, were it not that the Scripture fpeaks of Moun* of ] AMES Masse Y. 239 Mountains before and after. But you ought to confidcr that Nature cannot always have its free Courfe, by reafon of Obflacles which hinder it. The Water of a River ought according to the Laws which are prefcrib'd it, to follow the Courfe of its Channel, yet it often happens that an im- petuous Wind (tops it, and drives it back even to its Source. The Mountains and Rocks form'd by Providence are Barriers which the Ocean can- not go over, jult as Liquor which is in a VefTel cannot furpafs the Brims, but bring the Brims lower, as I faid juft now of Mountains, and you will fee it quickly run over. I RETURN therefore to my Subjeft, and fay that there being no Vacuum in the World ; No Vacuum in the World ! faid Le Grand^ inter- rupting me. Alas ! 1 fubmit, faid I. No, reply^d he^ 1 am in the wrong to interrupt you fo often : Go on, I beg; you did w^ell to check me, for I am fenlible I fhould have talk'd idly ; from this time I won't fpeak a Word more. The Mo- ment, continued /, that any Particles of Air or Fire more fubtile and agitated than others rife, an equivalent Portion of others muft neceffarily de- fcend at the fame time to fupply their Place. Now you mud know that mod Mountains are hollow towards the Bottom as you fee this is now 'tis open, and for as much as the Earth is porous, and full of Crevices and Channels, it happens that the Sea forces into thofe Pallages, and fills thofe hollow Mountains to the fame height as the Ocean. I UNDERSTAND you, faid Le Grand, you need fay no more, you mean that the Sea being as 4 high 240 The Travels and Adventures high as the higheft Mountains, which all the World acknowleges, and is eafy to perceive when one ts upon the Coa(l,the Air which prelTes the Water upon the Ocean, forces it to pafs thro' the low Conduits of the Earth, and to rife to the Top of the Rocks, from whence it runs out by Streams, which form the Fountains or Springs, juft as the Liquor which is pour'd into a VelTel where there's a Pipe or an Arm, rifes in that Arm to the fame Height as it is in the Veirel, and there runs out of it if there be the leaft Hole. This is reafoning exa6lly like a Philofopher, [atd /, your Gonclufion is ve- ry good, '[is pity that your Principles are bad. For 'tis not true, that the Sea is fo high as the Shore, if it were, we Ihould foon be drown'd ; fo that 'tis a vulgar Error, the Reafon of which \% very well known to thofe who have only learnt the firfl: Elements of Opticks. But the Cafe is thus. WHEN the Water comes to the Foot of thofe hollow Mountains, 'tis heated by the Sun- Beams, and rifes in Vapours to the Roofs, which when colleded like the Water of a boiling Pot ngainft the Lid, form Drops, and thofe Drops, Streams which run out at the firft Out-let they meet with, and form what we call Springs, as feveral Springs form a Brook, and feveral Brooks a River, which carries back to the Sea the Water that came from it, and by confequence only cir- culates it like the Blood in the Veins of a living Animal. THERE ! faid La Foret^ what d'ye fay to that ? yet this is nothing. The Explanation as clear as it is, depends on the Knowlege of other Things ^/ James Masse y. 241 Things which I have heard him relate elfewhere, and which you muft needs be acquainted with ia order to underftand the Matter throughly. Be that as it will, reply'd Le Grand^ I think all this is very good, and I wifli that our Do61:or would entertain us in the fame Manner on the Forma- tion of Meteors, which muft needs be a moft di- verting Subje6l. 1 had rather, faid /, give you: fbme Notion of the Mathematics, of which I have learnt fomething. 'Tis a Science which per- haps may be of Service to you if ever we go from hence, at leaft it will help to pafs away the Time. They all confented to my Propofal with Joy, onlyLe Grand^ who was fond of the Scien- ces, fliook his Head. You have put in a Claufe for Natural Philofophy, ^atd he^ which is not dif- pleafing to me at all ; I dearly love to treat of the Works of Nature, neverthelefs we muft not re- quire too much at the Hands of our Mafters : Be fo good only before we conclude this agreeable Converfation, to tell us what your Opinion is with regard to the Deluge; for in the Manner you talk'd juft now, I fancy you are of the Vulgar Opinion : Tell us freely whether you think it was Univcrfal or Partial. AS Salvation is not at all concern'd in the Queftion, [aid 7, which way foever it be deter- mined, I came without any Scruple inro the Opi- nion of one of the Regents of my College, who publickly declared, that it was impoffiblc for all the Water in the World to cover the whole Earth to fuch a Height as the Scripture feems to men- tion. But is not God Omnipotent, faidL^GV.;;/-^, and befides, is it not faid that the Flood-Gates of M Heavea 242 The Travels and Adventttres Heaven were opeii'd? Undoubtedly, y^/c;^ /, but the Divines don't pretend to make this a Miracle; if tiicy did, I fhould not have one Word to fay. I don't deny but he who created the Univerfe can create new Bodies of Water v/hen he will, but I \ affirm that if he made new Waters for that Pur- i pole, he afterwards annihilated them. And as for i the Flood-Gates of Heaven, 'tis a poetical and metaphorical Expreffion us'd by the Author to dig- nify his Subjedi:. HOW comes it to ^^^s^ fat d another^ that as there is a Region of Fire, there might not as well be a Region of Water, which Providence might make ufe of upon Occalion, as an inexhauflible Magazine, either to moiften the Earth in a Time of Drought, or to lay certain Countries under Water? That, reply'd Le Grand^ is a meer Tri- fle. The firft is a Fidion of the ancient Philofo- phers: The fecond a Chimara of Children, which neverthelefs J have heard urg'd by Perfons of Senfe. For in fhort, where Ihould a watery Re- gion be plac'd > If above the Firmament, it would have no Correfpondence with the Earth ; if under, 'tis impoffible we (liould fee the Fix'd Stars, becaufe the lead Mid deprives us of the Light of the Sun. But without going fo much out of the way for a Remedy, let it only be con- fider'd, that when it has rainM 8 or 10 Days to- gether in any one Place, there is a Flood ; now ilippofe it only to rain every where with the fame Violence for forty Days together, and then the Thing does not feem to Uje to be attended with ib much PifficuJty, YOV of ] AM E S M A S S E Y. 245' YOU don't confider, /aid I to him, when there is a great deal of Rain in one Place, there's too great a Drought in another, and that what the Sun exhales in one Part the Clouds car- ry to another. If it were to rain every where with fu much Violence, the whole Ocean as it were mult firft of all be exhal'd in Vapours, \n which Cafe all that fell would but barely fufficc to fill the low Places from whence the Water was drawn to form the Clouds, fo that it would require a great many more to cover the whole Globe to the Height of 15- Cubits above the /^Ipef and the Peak of Teneriff\ Mountains that are per- haps two Leagues high; which you plainly fee is impolTible. MEAN time, another Difficulty occurs with rerpe<5t to the Size of the Ark. My Mafler, who taught me Mathematics, had the Curiofity to take the Dimenfions of this great Veffel, and to cal- culate the Contents of it; then he examin'd P//- »)', and confalted all the Books of Voyages in order to make out an cxa6l Lift of all the various Animals that we have any Knowlege of at this Time, finally, he computed how much Provi- fion would be neceifary for a Year's Subfiftence of all thofe Creatures, and 8 Perfons ; but when he had colleded all this together, he found the Balk to be fo great, that the Vcflel could not be big enough by far to contain it, not to mention the Animals which we never heard of, and which are undoubtedly very numerous. BUT, faid he Grand, have we a right No- tion of the Meafures mention'd by Mofes ? Yes-, faid I, the Cubit we read of in the Scripture was a M 2 Foot 244 ^^^ Travels and Adve^ttures Foot and half long, and that you may not think we talk at random, you mud know that the An- cients perceiving that Men are not alike tall and fiout, and that confequcntly their Limbs muft be in Proportion very different from one another, a- greed, inftcad of making ufe of their Elbows for their common Meafures in Traffic, to take four Barley-Corns laid fiat one by another for theMea- fure of a Finger's Breadth, four of which made a Hand's Breadth, or three Inches, and twelve Inches or lixteen Fingers Breadths a Foot : One and half of thefe Feet made a Cubit, and five Feet the Geometrical Pace, whereas the ordinary Pace is but two Foot and half. The Rod was twelve Foot. The Furlong confided of a hundred and twenty five Foot, and the Italian Mile of eight Furlongs, from whence you perceive that the firft Meafures that were invented by Mankind, came afterwards to the Greeks^ Romans^ and feveral o- ther Nations. This being fo, 'tis natural to con- clude that the Deluge related by Mofes was not univerfal with regard to the Earth, but only with regard to Man, The World was then in its In- fancy, and its Inhabitants had not had Time enough to multiply and fpread. God laid that Part of it which was inhabited under Water, it was not ne- ceflary for him to drown all the other Parts, ac- cordingly it was enough for Noah to preferve on- ly the Species of Cattle which were in thofe Coun- tries, in which cafe the Ark was fufficient to hold more, and confequently all the other Difficulties vanifh. For as to the Expreffion of the whole Wurld^ 'tis very common for the Sacred Writers io make ufe of it to iigaify a Pfoul Weather had happened it would have been M 4 dan- 248 The Travels and Adventures dangerous. Six of the Ship's Crew went along with us. When we came to our Fort, we took what we thought the bed of every thing, and left the reft for the Savages, if ever they thought fit 10 return. Notwithftanding all our Hafte 'twas Night before we came to the Ship. La Foret had already inform'd the Captain of the Nature of the Country which we were going to leave, or rather had taken care to give him as difadvantageous a Charadter of it as he could; lb that having no great mind to fee it, he immediately fet fail, and gave us Caufe to thank God for delivering us from that miferable Place, where 18 Years ago we had the Misfortune to be call Alhore CHAP. XIV. The Juthor*s Pajfage from the Southern Coun* tries to Goa, 'where he was imprifon^d hy the Inquifttion. The Story of a Chinefe fuuhom he met with there^ and the Manner how thsy got their Liberty, ^^ H E Captain of the Ship was a true Spamardy -*- who in every Adion difcoverM the Pride and Genius of his Country, fo that tho' I fhould have been glad to have known by what happy Accident this Ship was conduced to the Goads of a Coun- try where no Body trades, it was impollible for me to learn it, for there was not one of the Ship's Company that knew any thing of the Matter, and e?/ James Masse y. 249 f was afraid to ask the Churl for fear of being huff'd as others had been. The Surgeon who fpoke a little hatin^ only laid to me one Day that they came from the American Iflands, whither they had convoy'd fome Merchant Ships, and car- ry'd Orders concerning the Releafe of four or five Ships which the Chevalier Tyjj^ot Governor of Su- r'mam had caus'd to be ftopp'd by way of Re- prilal, and that immediately after the Delivery of thofe Orders they fail'd towards the Southern Countries where they went Alhore twice. At the fird time, continued he, nothing prefented wor- thy of the Captain's Attention. At our fecond Landing which might be about feventy or eighty Leagues from the Place where you were, ten Men were fent Aihore, but only two return'd who were thofe that were left to take care of the Long- Boat, for the others had been attack'd by the Na- tives of the Country who purfued them as far as the Downs, where they took and cut them to pieces \\\ Sight of their Comrades, who bad much ado to efcapc becaufe the Water was low, and their Boat was on dry Ground. We had a Defiie to have landed there alfo where we found you, but I fancy the Account you gave of thofe Parts, put our Captain quite out of Conceit with ir, which whether true or not, I thought I heard (ay that we were going in a ilraight Line to Goa, AG C O R D I N G LY I obfervM, tho' I knew not why, that we had entirely abandon'd the Coun- try where we had been, and that we were Peering towards the North-Eaft. But wc could not finilh our Voyage without Hopping, for the Captain was obliged to put in at the Ifle of Bonr- M 5* l^^n^ 250 The Travels and Adventures hon^ five or fix Degrees Eaft of Madagafcar, where we ftay'd ten Days to recruit ourfelves, and to take in frefh Water. DURING the fhort Stay we made here, the Sailors continually diverted themfelves as long as their Money would hold out. The Day before we came away, fome of thofe that were Afliore got drunk, particularly one, a Native of Seville about thirty five Years of Age, a very clever Fel- low with large Whiskers which he curlM every now and then, and took more care of than of all the reft of his Body. As drunk as he was, he came to the Long-Boat, and no fooner was a- board, but he fell faft afleep. His Companions that came after him, jogg'd him fome on one Side, and fome on another, and made a hundred Gri» maces to excite him to laugh with them. A young Portuguefe who was very near as drunk as he, be- ing alfo defirous to try a Frolic, foftly pulTd out his Sciflbrs, and flily cut off the Spaniard's Left Whisker. They all abhorr'd this Adion, blam'd his Imprudence, and told him no Good would come of it. And the next Morning the Spaniard being told by fome Babler who it was that had play'd him that fcurvy Trick, he came to the Capftane where the other was helping to weigh the A 5 ichor, and without fpeaking one Word to him run his Knife up to the very Hilt in hisBreaft. The Portuguefe however had Strength to give the Spaniard fuch a curfed Blow upon his Head with a Lever he held in his Hand, that he fell down flone-dead, and the Portuguefe himfelf af- ter a little ftaggering fell with his Nofe againft the Bridge of the Forecaftle, where he loft ^Imoft all his of ] AMES MaSSEY. 2^1 his Blood in the Space of a Quarter of an Hour, and gave up the Ghoft in my Arms. Thus we loft two brave IVIen at once, to the great Trou- ble of the Captain, who thereupon made an Oath that he would punifli the firft of his Men that he faw in Liquor in fuch a Manner as to make him remember it. This however was no hinderance to our failing, fo that we arriv'd happily at Goa the 13th Day of y^/'W/, 1663. THIS famous City is iituated in an Ifland of the fame Name, which is at lead fifteen Miles in compafs at the Mouth of the River Mondom. It has a good Harbour, a very famous Arfenal, anvi an incomparable Hofpital. As I had no Engage- ment on board the Ship, the Captain had the Goodnefs to let me fettle on that Ifland, and fol- low my Profcflion there without demanding any thing for my PafTage. Moll of my Comrades alfo went Afliore, fume one Way, feme another. 1 WAS directed to an Inn where the Land- lord was extremely civil. I had not been an Hour at his Houfe, but he was fo compiaifant as to r.{- fer me Lodging there ^'jatis, 'till I could find a Houfe to my fancy. 1 made a hearty Supper, and went to Bed betimes. It was hot Weather, fo that I laid myfelf down without any Thoui^ht near the Bcd-Poft, with my Left Arm hanginsj. out of the Bed almoft to the Ground. When I had been there at Icaft four Hours, and was in my fir ft Slcep^ fomething fofr and lukewarm which mov'd up and down upon my Hand, made me draw it up, but 1 was too droufy to think what it might be. Falling into a Doze foon af- ter, the fame thing happen'd again mid again, 'till being ^52 The Travels and Adventures being at lad thoroughly awak'd, I was furpriiM to fee fomething walk thro' the Room which fem'd as big as a Calf. My Blood came into my Face, for I could not imagine what it was, and tho' 1 verily believ'd that all the Tales of Witches and Apparitions were old Women's Stories, and had faften'd the Door of my Chamber, in which I knew not that there was another Bed befides mine, yet I then doubted of the Truth of my Hy- pothefis. In the mean time, this frightful Obje^ after having taken fome Turns about the Room, thought fit to return diredly to me. Upon this I drew back, crept to one fide as faft as it ad- I'anc'd to the other, and when I was almoft out of Bed as I thought, my Horrour which was very great before, increas'd prodigioufly when I found fomething flir behind me. To be plain, I was m a mortal Agony to fee myfclf befet on all Sides. The Palpitation of my Heart was inconceivable, 3 could hardly fetch Breath, and was all over in SI Sweat. In fliort, the very Moment that the one made as if he would throw himfelf upon me, I heard a Voice from the other faying. What's the matter, are not you well? At thefe Words I gave a dreadful Groan, which plainly fliew'd the Fright that I was in. Don't be afraid, reply'*d he^ and who are you? [aid /, trembling all the while. I am John^ faid he, a Sailor on board the Ship that you ca le in. The D — 1 take you, faid /, you have p it a Trick upon me that furely will coft me my Life. 1 am half dead already, and if I han't Relief, 'tis impofTible for me to recover. How the D — 1 came you hither ? cant'mued /, and who is there in tbe Chamber befides you ? No Body, ^/ James Masse y. 253 Body, faid he^ and if you perceive any thing, it can only be the Captain's Dog, which followM me hither lafl: Night. A Dog, fa'td /, what, is it as big as an Afs ? Tis the great black Shock-Dog that you have feen a hundred times, [aid he^ but Fear is apt to magnify Objc6ts, and to be lure he ap- pcar'd to you bigger than he is. Twas that curft^d Cur then, fatd /, that came and lick'd my Hand three or four times before 1 was quite awake. But once more I pray, how came you into my Room? The Captain, reply^d he^ went to fup with a Friend where he detain'd me 'till ten o' Clock, and then bid me come and lie here this Night. When I came, the Inn-keeper faid he had no room for me, but that if I had come an Hour or two fooner, I might perhaps have taken half a Bed with a Stranger who was jull arriv'd in the St. Jago^ and upon his explaining himfelf a little farther, I was lure it mull be you ; fo that after having told him that we both came in the fame Ship, he permitted me upon my Word and Ho- nour that you would not take it ill, to come and bear you Company. All this, my Friend, would have been perfedly right, reply'' d /, if yon had but fpoke to me when you came into the Room. I would have done lb, [aid he^ but you flept fo found, that I thought it would be a Sin to didurb you. Thele Circumflanccs reviv'd me very much and I found my Spirits recover by drgrees, but they had been too much diforder'd for me not to guard againft the Confequence; therefo.e as foon as 'twas Day, I made my Portugnefe get out of Bed, and charg'd him to fend for a Surgeon who breiith'd a Vein, and look ^way five or llx Oun- ces 554 2^^^ Travels and Adventures ces of Blood, fo that God be thank'd my Panic had no Confequence, tho' certainly I never was, in fuch a Terror before. My Landlord, who fcarce knew me again was affedcd at this Inci- dent, but we laugh'd at it afterwards, and he di- verted every one that came to his Houfe with the Story. I LODG'D ten Days after over-3gainft the Dominicans Convent here, which is a very fine one. Tho' I ftay'd here but a very little time, I had the Happincfs to perform feveral Cures, which procur'd me the Acquaintance of many People of Worth. One of the Dominicans having broke his Leg by a Fall down Stairs, fent for mc, and tho' the Bone was fliatter'd, yet I made fuch a Cure of it, that at two Months end he walk'd as well as ever. This was of very great Service to me;, for the honed Friar thought he could never do e- nough to fliew his Love and Gratitude, and not only himfelf, but all of his Order were fond of my Company at all my leifure Hours, and I Hs'd to entertain them with a Narrative of my Travels. Befides,"they recommended me v/here^ ever they went, fo that my Pradice increas'd eve- ry Day, which brought me in a great deal of Mo- ney, and I thought myfelf in a fair Way of ac- quiring a confidtrable Eftate. But Thanks to my unlucky Star, a frefh Affair happened which gave me a great deal of Trouble, and had like to have coft me my Life. THE Inhabitants of Goa are made up of all Re- ligions, Pagans, Jews, Mahometans, but the Ca- tholic is the prevailing Religion, and the only one that is publickly exercis'd. The Ckrgy are very rigid^ (?/ James Masse y. 25; 5'. rigid, and the Laity extremely fuperflitious, bnc you inuft not think this proceeds from a Princi- ple of Devotion, the former being ftupidly igno- rant, and the latter exceflively debauch'd, the Wo- men efpecially having the Charader of inconcei- vable Lafcivioufnefs. Being a little at Eafe, and having an Opportunity to frequent feveral Com- panies, I often took the Liberty to banter thofe Eaters of Crucifixes and Swallowers of Images, who think they may with Impunity cut a Purfe with one Hand as it were, provided they tell their Beads with the other. A Man of my Profeffiou enrag'd to fee how much BufineG I had, at the fame time that he could hardly get Bread; having, heard me talk after this manner feveral times, was fuch a Villain as to go and accufe me of Hcrefy before the Inquifition, which is the mod terrible and the mod unjuft Tribunal in the World. For as I was going one Lay to the Governor's, who had fent for me to bleed one of his Domefh'cs, I was fcarce fifty Paces from his Houfe, but an Of- ficer c.ime and faid 1 mud go with him, and at the lame Inftant four of his Tipllaves farround- ed me, and feizing mc by the Collar car- ry 'd me on the 26th of Ju',:e 1669 to Prifon, where they loaded mc with Fetters like the vileft of Criminals. TH ERE were above twenty of us in a curfed Dungeon without Light. There was a deep Hole in the middle of it for the Prifoners Necefiltie?, but fcarce any Body durft go near it for fear of falling in, which was the Reafon that every one dung'd where he could, and that confequently there was an iatolcrable Stench, THE 256 The Travels and Adventures THE firft Day that I was detained, I did no- thing but figh and groan for the Lofs of my Liber- ty, and with the Apprehenfion of what I was foon to fuffer from the Tyranny of the moft implaca- ble Judges in the World. But being afterwards made fenfible that all this would anfwer no End, I thought that the beft way to difpel part of my Chagrin w^ould be to ftart Converfation upon in- dilTerent Matters with the fird Man that came in my Way. For this end I addrefsM myfelf to moil of my Fellow-Prifoners, fome of whom did not underdand me, becaufe I did not fpeak their Lan- guage, and the others were fo dcjeded, that they did not care to anfwer me a Word ; only one Man who was more patient and fociable than the reft, faid to me in Portuguefe ; "YOU have but a melancholy Reception " here, but you muft not be furprizM at it, for 'tis '^ impofiible without a happy Temper and a great " Courage not to be difpirited in fo difagreeable *^ a Place as this, efpecially when a Man has been *^ here fome time. For my part, 1 thank God, I *^ am of an Age to bear a great deal, and am fo *^ refign'd to the Decrees of Providence, that I " laugh at all that Man can do to me." Thofe are fine Qualities indeed, faid /, very hw People are capable of fo much Refolution. Of what Re- ligion arc you, faid /? 1 am, faid he, a Umverfa- lift^ or of the Religion of honeft Men. I love God with all my Heart, I fear him, I worfliip him, and I endeavour to do to all Men without Exception what I wifh they would do to me. All that's very good, fatd /, but you are undoubtedly of fome Communion, People feldom attain to your ^/ James Masse y. 257 your Age, but they declare for a certain Party or Sedl. Not I, faid he^ I make no difference be- tween one Society or Denomination and another ; there is not one but has its Beauties and its Ble- miflics, and I am perfuaded there is none in which a Man may not either be fav'd or damn'd. Verily, j'a'id /, what you fay confirms me in the Opinion J have had a long Time, that there is not a greater Variety in Faces than there is in Sentiments. This is true, reply'd he^ not only with regard to every Man in particular, but with Regard to every Day of one's Life ; what we thought ef Yefterday in one Light, we look upon to-day in another, and the Mind as well as the Body is fubjedl to a thou- fand Alterations. I A M a Chirtefe^ contmued he, and my Father was a Man in good Circumffances, who took great Care of my Education, fo that it was not his Fault \^ I have not a good Stock of Learning. One Dn Bourg a Miffionary Jefuit having heard mention of him as of a generous Man and of a numerous Family, found Ways and Means to introduce himfelf among us. He was a Man not only ci- vil, but feemingly of an exemplary Piety, fo that we all took an unfpeakable Pleafure in hearing him difcourfe. He gave each of us a Catechifm, which he dcfir'd us to read attentively, and ex- plained in a very eafy famih'ar Way. After this there were Conferences at our Houfc two or three times a Week, m which it muft be own'd, that the Jefuit negleded nothing for our Inflrudion. As there was little or no Perplexity in the Sub- je6ls which he treated of at firlL fuch as the Fall of Man, his Redemption by the Son of God, and ever- 258 The Travels and Adventures eyerlaning Happinefs, we took great Pleafure iiri his Le6lures; but at lait after two or three Months! were over, this Ecclefinftic who went on gradual- ■ ly, and did not care to frighten us all at once, when he began to explain the Prophcfies, and to difplay the Myfteries of the Trinity and the Incar- nation, my Father's Mind began to be uneafy. He could not comprehend how Men of Senfe that boaft of the glorious Lights of Revelation fliould not fee that their Worlhip is envelop'd in the thickcft Darknefs of Paganifni. Is it not furprizing, fald he, that People fhould take Plea- fure in being wilfully blind to fach a Degree, as to have an Abhorrence of thofe who ihew them plainly, that their chief Maxims and the moft ef- fential Articles of their Religion are miferable Puerilities, and Impertinencies which they them- felves fay were a Stumbling-block to the Jews^ and Foolifhnefs to the Greeks! Efpecially, faidhgy J tremble when any Man goes to perfuade me, that a Being fovereignly perfedl and immaterial engendcr'd another corporeal God equal to him from all Eternity, and that there is alfo another God, an independent Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son, each of the Three making a diftindl Perfon, and being perfecl God, and yet all thofe Three making but one only perfe(5t God. Certainly this is making a flrange Chi- maira of the moft fimple, and moft undivided Being. TH E Jefuit wifti'd he had not embarked fo far^ He endeavour'd to remove that Obftrudion by the common Method of Theologues ; but not fucceeding, he made ufe of this Comparifon. Sup- pofe^ ^James Masse y. 259 pofc, Sir, faid he^ a Tree that bears Fruit inccf- lliiitly; in fuch a Tree I find three Things that have a very great Refcmblance to the Holy Tri- nity. I obferve the Analogy between the Trunk and the Father, between the Son and the i3ranches, and between the Holy Spirit and the Fruit. The 7>unk is as the Father, becaufe both the Branches and Fruit arc produc'd from it; the Branches are as the Son, in that they are produc'd from the Trui)k as fo many Arms or Conveyance for dil- tributing to Mankind all that proceeds from the Trunk. And the Fruit is as the Holy Spirit^ con- fidering that it comes to us both from the Trunk and the Branches, as fo many AfTurances or Tef- timonics of their Goodnefs. I own, that when Eternity is the Point in Queftion, the Refemblancc ceafes, becaufe 'tis not polTible to find a Propor- tion betwixt Finite and Infinite, be the former ever fo ancient and extenfive. Mean time, 'tis as true on the other hand, that when we examine the Kernels, or the Seeds of the Fruit of this Tree "With a good Microfcope, we obferve not only a Tree already form'd with its Branches, but the Fruit alfo, tho' a little confus'd; a true Emblem this of the Deity confider'd during and before the Creation of the World, at which Time it ap- pcar'd but as one entire Tree without D'llindlion of Branches and of Fruit. But to come from hence to the Thing I aim at, 'tis evident that what- ever Difference you make bctv/een the Trunk, Branches, and Fruits of a Tree, there is eflential- ]y none at all; they are indeed ditlerent Parts, yet all thofc Parts together conftitute but one Whole. It lignifics nothing to fay that the l^unj: is not the 25o The Travels and Adventures the Branches, and that the Branches are not the ' Fruit. I affirm that this Diftin6lion is not real, that is to fay, that thofe Things cannot fubfift in- dependently one of the other as when they are united. In order to make a compleat Tree fuch as we have imagin'd, there muft necefTarily be a Conjundlion of a Trunk, Branches, and Fruit, yet each has its particular Ufe; the firft, as I faid before} creates or produces, the fecond bears, dif- plays, and gives, and the third by its Prefence and Operations confirms in the Belief we entertain with Regard to the fecond and the firft. 'Tis one and the fame Subftance varioufly reprefented, one Agent which operates after divers Manners, but in the main is only one, and cannot be confider'd as feveral without a manifeft Contradidion. God is but One in EfFcncc : In the Oeconomy of Sal- vation he is confider'd as the Author and Father of Mankind : In the Affair of Redemption he is look'd upon as an obedient fubmiffive and hum- ble Son who fatisfies the Juftice of his Father ; and when the Bufinefs is the Application and Diftribu- tion of his Grace, he is confider'd as the Holy Ghoft. AF FE R this Manner and no other, faU my Father^ imerrufttng him^ I conceive of the Mean- ing of the Word Trinity, but there is fomething elfe couch'd under it, or you would not have made fo many Feriphrafes ; I don't like any of thefe Ways of adling; formerly I thought you an honed Man, but now I find you a Cheat, and taking him by the Arm he thru ft him out of his Houfe for good and all ; then turning about to us, he faidy Don't you obferve the Abfurdities in this of ]ame s Mas ^ EY. 161 this Sophifler's Arguments? According to his Way of talking, this Jelus whom he preaches up tons fo much, and whom he makes equal with God, had not fo much Credit as to pay by his ignominious Death the Debt which the firft Man contradcd by eating the forbidden Fruit, becaufc/^^^???, who, ac- cording to him, was created to h've eternally, there- by defervM Death Temporal and Eternal, and be- caufe C^ri/i only prefcrv'd Adam^s Pofterity from the latter of thofe Deaths of which we have not any Certainty, and of which many Nations are igno- rant; whereas he was not able to redeem us from the Death, which we know by Experience, and which, faid he^ was impos'd upon us as a Punifh- mcnt. And what is yet more remarkable upon this ^ Head is, that theTerms of thisRedcmptionarebur- , denfome, and much more difficult to put in prac- v tice, than thofe to v/hich the. 7cwx were fubje6t under '• the old Difpenfation. The ffraelites^ ns tlie Cbri- flians themfclves fay, were only bound to do good Work s ; the Law requir'd nothing of 'em but Sprink- lings and fuch other Ceremonies; but under the New Covenant l'"aith is added to good Works, and a Faith (irong enough to believe all the Myfteries of Religion without doubting, notwithftanding they are repugnant to Rcnfon and good Senfe. As for my own Part, Children, fiid he^ I renounce fuch ■wild Opinions, and will pofitivelyhearno more of them. 1 was then twenty two Years of Age, and confe- quently at Years of Difcretion : I could not for my Life fee the Wildnefs of thofe Opinions which my Father cry'd out fo much againfl. My Diredor (to do him juftice) had only taught, that Adaya was threatned with Temporal Death, if he tranfgrefs'd ; and that the Dcfign of Cbrifl''s Sufferings was not to take this Penalty off frojn Mankind, but to make them z6z The Travels and Adventures them more than Amends by procuring for them Eter- nal Life in another World. To teach tWs, I thought, was not to reprefent Chrtfl as wanting any Credit with God ; unlefs it had been necefTary to the Happi- nefs of Men that the Temporal Death ftiould have been f^jperfeded, the contrary of which feem'd more probable. I faw too that under the old Difpenfation Faith was required of the j^e^w^j, as it is now under the Gofpel requir'd oi Chriftians. They were bound to believe not only that there is a God, but that Mofes^s Law was of Divine Origin, that he wrought Mira- cles, and that a Meffias -w^ls to come. Thefewere fome of their Articles of Faith; and the' the Number of a Chriftian's Articles is enlarged, yet none of thofe which my Diredor had taught me, feem'd to my Reafon to contain fuch Propofitions as a Divine Power did not reach to. However my Father's Temper was fuch that he could not bear his Children to make him Replies, fo that I was forc'd to obey, or run the Rifque of being cha- flis'd. AFTE R this, I did not fee the Monk above three or four times in fix Months, which was fuch an infupportable Mortification to me, that one Day having acquainted me of a Voyage he intended to make to Goa^ I inform'd myfelf which Way he was to go, and without faying a Word to uny Soul, I fet out two Days before him, and went fifteen Le:igues from Home to ftay for him. The good Man was tranfported to fee me, but when I told him what was the Motive of my inceting him, he had like to have difcarded me for fear of the Confequences, fo that I w^as ob- liged to give him my Oath that I would, where- ever we came, declare what indeed was no more than the Truth, that he had no hand in this Excur- fion of mine, and that I would always endeavour at of ] A M E S M A S S E Y. 26;J at the Hazard of my Life to clear him from any llich Accufation. WHEN vvc came hither, I intrcated him to find me out fome Perfon with whom I might h've in the nature of a DomcQic. It was not long be- fore Father Du Bourj^ procnr'd what I wanted, for he plac'd me with one Pelciano a Portu^uefe Phy(ician Avhom he knew intimately. This ho- iieft Man who had a great deal of Regard for me, took fo much Pains to teach me his Language, that notwithihnding my ordinary Avocations, I was able to fpeak it in a very fliort Time. He likewife took a fingular Pleafure in inftru61ing me in his Religion, but tho' he was not fo pre- varicating as the Jcfuit, I was fhock'd at a great many Things, which I thought either ridicu- lous, or manifeftly contradidory. I was alfo at fome Trouble to reconcile your Chronology, which limits the Creation of the World to the Term of about 6000 Years, with ours and that of the Indians^ who extend it with a great deal of Probability to a Diftance almoft infinite. Be- sides, I was extremely perplex'd which of the Seds to make choice of, when I heard that the Chrif- tians as well as others, are divided into a Num- ber of Societies which differ fo much in their O- pinions as to caufe an irreconcileablc Hatred be- tween them, fo far as to damn one another; and that even in every one of thefe Societies there's I know not how many different Sorts of Opinions. My Mafter to whom I proposed my Scruples, and who made ufe of all his Rhetoric to folve them, expedted 1 Diould prefer the Romifi Reli- gion to all others, probably becaufe 'twas that which 464 The Travels and Adventures ij which he profefsM himfelf. But being (hock'd at the ridiculous Superftitions which I found thofe of that Communion were guilty of, I earneftly begg'd him to tell me ferioufly what he thought it advifeable for me to do. WE LL my Lad, fa'td he^ remain as you are, or elfe turn to that Side where you think to find mod Advantage. I will not make ufe of the Au- thority of Polybius^ a very famous Hiftorian about 200 Years before Chrijl^ who pretended, as he fliys in his lixth Chapter, *^ That the Gods, as '* well as Punifhments and Rewards after this Life, " are only the chimerical Produdions of the An- " cients, which would be very infignificant if a " Republic was to be form'd to confift only of ** good Men ; but becaufe there is no State where " the People are not irregular and wicked, 'tis ab- " folutely neceflary for keeping them in Awe, to " make ufe of the Panic Terrors of another " World, to admit, believe and intirely to con- " form to them, on Pain of palling for Madmen " and Fools." As this great Man was a Pa- gan, 'tis not fair to quote him among us upon a Fa6l: of fuch Confequence. So that it fhall fuf- fice to tell you, that 'tis a Maxim with Great Men as well as the Learned to accommodate them- felves to Times and Seafons. 'Tis indifferent in what Church, or with what People we worlhip God, provided we ferve him with Refped and Ve- neration. He is the only common Father of all Mankind, and is willing to grant them all Salva- tion. 'Tis neither the Penomination of Catholic^ Cahinift^ Lutheran nor Anabaptifty by which Peo- ple are fav'd, but by Faith and good Works. The Man ^/ James Masse v. 26^ Man that leads a good Life is acceptable to God, ( wherever he dwells, and Providence v/hich trieth the Heart and the Reins, can eafily diflinguifh a Believer from looooo wicked and ungodly Per- fons. Moft of the Articles which fet Men at Variance in Reh'gion arc not fo eflcntial as is pretended by the Clergy ; 'tis often a Matter of Indifference whether they arc accepted orrejedled; and provided there are any of Confequence, 'tis always certain that no Body knows our Hearts, and 'tis an eafy Thing to affociate with Fools, and even to imitate their external Grimaces without embracing their ridiculous Opinions. Worffjip is not attached to any particular Place, nor is Ado- ration paid any longer on the Mountain or in Je- rufalcm. God no longer requires the Blood of Heifers fortiis Satisfadion, nor the DidorHons of the Body. My Son, fays he^ give mc thy Heart. This, I faid^ appears to me very rational, I moft humbly thank you for your Advice ; and accord- ing to thefe Principles I fliall be content with keep- ing up the Title of a Chridian, without attach- ing myfelf abfolutely to any one Se(5t. Ever (incc that Time, continued the Ch:>jefe^ while I tra- vel Td with Monf. Pelciam, I attended at all the Divine Services without any Scruple, and without giving Oflence to any Perfon whatlbever. BUT, / reply' d, ho\v came you to be com* mlttcd here? Indeed I know nothing of theCaufe faid he^ unlefs it be for having perhaps fpokc a little too freely of the Myflcry of the Incarnation • for I remember, I talk'd of that Matter publicklv three or four Days before my Imprifonment. Mean time 'tis an Article that I fhall never be filcnt N about ; 266 The Travels and Advent tires about; for tho' I call my felf a Chriftian, and am really fo, I am far from defigning it to the Preju- dice of the Author of all things. Jefus Chrifl: himfelf, if he were here, wouM clear me. How great a Man foevcr this Divine Prophet was, 'cis lufficieut to believe him the Son of God, by way of Eminence, and 'tis affronting him, to think him capable of attributing that Title to himfelf by Nature. It may alfo be affirm'd that he is truly -our Mediator, becaufe he has pointed out the way of Salvation to us, and the Means of keeping m that way. His Morals were undeniably pure, his Life holy, and his Dodrines divine, and he con- firmed the Truth of them by his Death ; but that he is God Almighty, and Everlafling, the fameEf- fence as the Father, and yet personally diftindl: from him, and engender'd from all Eternity, con- ceiv'd immediately of the Holy Ghoft, or of God himfelf, and born of an immaculate Virgin, is what he has not pretended to, tho' others, with the greateft Injuftice in the World, put thofe Words into his Mouth. 'Tis very true, as I have heard my Mafter fay an hundred times, that the Scripture introduces God faying to him, Thou art piy S&»^ but then it adds immediately after. This Day have I begotten thee. And as to the Word Virgin, 'cis certain, that in the original Language it alfo fignifies a young Woman. Befides there are many Expofitors who fay, that the appropri- a;ing thofe PalTages to Jefus Chrifl is doing Vio- lence to the Text. FINALLY, I muft tell you, that the very Miracles, which are afcrib'd to this Great Perfon, ^e not to be underltood literally, but in an im- proper c/ James Masse y. 26^ proper and figurative Senfe, as all the Parables of the Golpel are underftood in. Thus, for Exam- ple, the Story of the Temptation, which appears to be ridiculous and impofllble, if taken literally, means nothing but that the Kings and Princes of the Earth, who are as high as the Mountains above other Mortals, the Clergy, ihofe Diredors of Confciencts, who preach in the Temples and fa- crifice at the Altars, are equally liable to Trials and Temptations with the poor illiterate people in the Deferts, but that there is nothing which ought to divert them from their Duty, and to hinder them from paying their Homage to the Monarch of Heaven and Earth. The Pcrfons pofTcfs'd with Devils mean repenting Sinners, and the Swine^ into which the Devils that polTefs'd them were fent, (Tgnify Wretches abandon'd to all manner of Uncleannefs, and plungM over head and ears in Wickednefs. The Faith of a Believer appeari from the Example of Peter^ when he walk'd up* on the Waters, and his Unbelief from his linking; his Virtue from his refolving to follow h's Mailer in the mofl evident Dangers ; and his Infirmity from his denying him the very Inftant that a filly Woman accus'd him of being one of his Company when he fell into the Hands of his Enemies. In a word, all the extraordinary E* vents, as the Cure of Cripples, Blindnefs, Palfies, and fuch other Ailments, as well as the Refur- redion of the Dead, mcntion'd in the Hillory of the Life of Chrifl, are to be underltocd in a fpi- ritual Senfe; for then there is no Difficulty in ex- plaining the Scripture, and they to whom it ap- pears ridiculous or myilerious, will find it intel- N a ligible 268 The Travels and Advent ttres legible and eafy ; and fo is tlie Old Teflament, when we confider it only as a Compound of Em- blems, Allegories, Metaphors, Hyperboles, Types and Comparifons invented for the Comfort and Inflrudlion of the Children of God. WHAT you have now told me, fatd /, would furnilh us Matter for a long Convcrfation, but I believe it would be to no Purpofe. All that I can tell you is that the Jefuit Du Bourg is a very Politick Gentleman, your MaQer a Portuguese Jew^ and for your own Parr, I look upon you as a Volunteer, or a Free PerTon, and not as a lifted Soldier. As long as a Man is not cngagM to any particular Captain, he may go and ferve where he pleafes without any Body's calling him to Ac- count ; but from the Moment that he is inliftcd, he cannot leave his Company without the Permif- lion of his Leader, and if he deferts he is a Cri- minal, and is punifh'd according to the Laws. You fay you are a Chriftian, tho' you are very far fhort of it 'till you have abjur'd Paganifm, and cmbrac'd the Sedl that you like Bcft among the Chriftians. You are not properly fpeakiiig fubje6t to any Cenfure, and I peifiiade myfelf that if they who detain you here knew you, you would not itay here long. When all's faid and done yoii are not under their Jurifdidion, and in this City there's entire Freedom for People of all Nations. Kcprefent this to your Judge the next Time that you appear before him, not forgetting to fay that you are a Chr^efe; and if you don't make mention of Chriftianity, I queftion not but you will do ve- ry well, and that you will get off for a Correc- tion which you have very well defervM. IF d?/ James Masse y. 269 I F ever f get out of their Clutches, reply'd ht\ I adlirc you I'll never get in again. 1 have, Thanks to God, wherewithal to live at Home, and can do very well after the manner I propofe to my- felf, and even tho' our Dorneflic Affairs fhould not find me Employment, as long as my Father is living, I can fpend my Time in making Tele- fcopes and Microfcopes. HOW Microfcopes,/^/^/, where did you learn the Ufe of thofe Things? At Monf. Pel- ciano*%^ replyM he, who is as well skilTd in thcni as any Man in all the Indies. Father Du Bour^ meddles with them too, and even pretends to ex- cel in them, but after all what he does that Way is worth notiiing. ThcMi.rofcopes which I ma!:s magnify Obje^is inconceivably. They make a Grain of Sand appear as big as an Oftrich's Egg, a Fly as large as an Elephant, and they help you plainly to diftinguifh Bodies which are impercepti- ble to the naked Eye. What I have admirM a hun- dred Times is that by the help of this little Inflru- ment, we find that our Bodies are covered with Scales one upon another like the Back of a Carp. And my MaQer lays it down for a Maxim that the Air we breathe is Water rarify'd, which only differs from that of Fifh in Proportion as the Greater is to the Lefs ; and I believe Hkewifc that our Thick Air is compos'd of Particles much more grofs in Proportion to the Suctle Matter, than thofe of Water can be. This Thought is founded upon Experiments which 1 have feen him make feveral Times, and which perhaps you will not be forty to know. N 3 HE 270 The Travels and Adventures HE took two Bottles, one full of Water fn which he put fome fmall Fifii; the other of Thick Km in which he put Birds, Mice, Rats, Squirrels, and other fuch Animals, after v^/hich he pumpM the Air out of the one, and the Water out of the other. Then makini^ an Obfervaiion with certain GlafTes of a Figure in a manner Hyperbolical, it appear'd there was not fo much difierence be^ twcen the Particles of the Water which went out of the one, and the Particles of Air that remained, as there was between the Particles of Air and the Parcels of pure Matter in the other ; to 'vvhich may be added that Fifh live longer in the one than ithofe little Animals in the other. But GlafTes of •this Sort are of difficult Conllrudion, at lead I liave not been able hitherto to make them to due Ferfedion. To this I have heard it objeded that Jf you take three different VefTels feal'd hermetic cally and fill'd, the firfl with Water, the fecond with Air, and the third with fubtile Matter, and put a live Sparrow in each ; it was always obfervM that the Flefh of this Animal was corrupted in a few Days in the firfl VefTel, whereas in the others it did not fuffer the leafl Alteration in feveral Years. From hence it feems to follow that the Particles of Water mufl be more grofs and more effica- cious than thofe of Air, becaufe otherwife this would proceed by degrees ; that is to fay, that if the Water corrupts Flefh in eight Days, the Air mud do it in fixteen, and the fubtile Matter \ia. twenty four, fuppofing an Equality in their Diffe- rences, w^hereas 'tis found that Water alone is ca- pable of this Operation. But 'tis probable that the Greatnefs of the Parts has not fo much Share in this of ] A M E s Masse Y. 27 1^ this DiiTblution as the Figure and Agitation in the Agent on the one hand, and the Difpofal of thofe- fame Parts in the Patient on the other, becaufc there are Bodies, fuch as Oak-timber, which kecp- iiuich longer in Water than the Air; whereas, on the contrary. Fire deltroys Afh-wood in a Day, when Water couM not do it in an Age. 'TIS a curious Subjed, repty'^d 7, but do you- know what your Dodtor thinks about the Produdli- on of Animals? He thinks, laid he, that Generation is the only way by which they arc produc'd, what- ever Argument may be invented to fnvour a con- trary Opinion. For as to the Inlhnce of Fruits with Worms in them, whereof there's no Appea- rance without which way they got within, this is at- tended with no Difficulty. To explain this matter it muft be obferv'd, that Flics and fuch Infe61s commonly creep into the Chinks of Trees and Plants, not only to flielrer thcmfelvcs from the In- juries of the Air, but to get Nourifliment from the Sap; fo that if the Eggs ot fuch W-rmin hap- pen to be in the Place where Fruit is to be form'd, that which is neared being cncompafsM with the firfl Drop of the Moillure that i/Tccs out t)f it for its Formation, lies inclos'd in it, and lives in it till the Fruit is ripe, or as long as there re- mains any thing for it to fubfill on; and when fuch Provillon is fpent, it penetrates thro' the Obdacle that flops it, and makes its v/ay out. To contirra this Opinion by undeniable Proof, only look up- on the Gall-nut, and if you examine its Prod acti- on carefully, you will find fomething in it that is furprizing^. N4 THE 272 The Travels and Adventures THE Gall-nut is an Excrement, or, \i you pleafe, [aid he^ a fort of little Apples that grow in the Leaves of Oaks, after this manner : There are certain black Flies, which in the Seafon lay their delicate Eggs on the lower fide of the Leaves of thofe great Trees, for fear they fhould be fcorch'd by the Heat of the Sun : As foon as thefe iittle Animals are hatch'd, they break thro' the Covering which gives them Shade, and pierce thro' the Veins of it, in order to be nouriOi'd by the Juice that comes out of it in a great Quantity. If it then happens that one of thefe Infeds be environ'd "With a Drop that has any due Confiftency, it (tays there while fuch Drop congeals, grows and be- comes a Fruit at laft, of the Bignefs of a Pigeon's Egg, more or lefs, and it does not go out of it "till 'tis become a Fly, or till the Fruit which it jhas in amanncrproduc'djbetoodry to giveitNou* riHiment. He confirm'd this Hypothelis by other Arguments which I don't remember. THREE Weeks after my Imprifonment I was carry'd to the Holy Office: The Judge having aik'd me the Place of my Birth, my Age and jny Religion (to which I anfwer'd very readily) conjur'd me to declare with my own Mouth the Reafon of my being detain 'd, becaufe there was no better Method for my fpeedy Deliverance out of Trouble, expedling, no doubt, that I fhould a6t with regard to that Tribunal, as I wou'd before God, that is to fay, makeConfelTion of my Faults, in order to obtain Mercy. I protefled to him, that 1 had not done or faid any thing which I cou'd reproach my felf with, or which any body cou'd law- ^/ James Masse y. 273 lawfully lay to my Charge; that God wasWitncTs of my Innocence, and that it muft be fome ill- minded Perfon, who perhaps envy'd my Sacceis in my Bufinefs, that had done me the Mifchief to accufe me of fome Crime that I had never com- mitted. In fine, I gave him to underftand, that I had great Dependancc upon hisGoodnefs, and that if he did but inquire into my Life he w^ou'd fooii be convinc'd of the Truth of what I told him. THE fime thing happened to me a fortnight after, and fo on till I had been examined feven times ; after which the Inquilitor told me, that iince 1 did not care to make a true Confcflion of the Crimes I had committed, as a means of re- covering my Liberty, they fhould proceed to de- clare ag'iinlt me. At the fame time the Secretary read the Depolitions, which fet forth that I had fp.)ke contemptibly of the Images of Saints, Cru- ciiixcs, Purgatory, and the Infallibility of the Ho- ly Office. What fay you to that? faid the'JuJgc, 1 own, fdtd /, that when I beheld the Irregularity of mod of the Inhabitants of this City, 1 could not help declaring in fevcral Places, that I was far- priz'd to fee, that People, who fcrupled to pafs be- fore a Crucifix often made of vile Stuff, wichcnu paying a profound Reverence to it, or were afraid to negledt one Day without falling down twenty times before Images of Paper, made no Scruple to wallow in the Ordure of tiic ir.ofl infimous Vices that can be committed in a Society of reafonable Creatures. ' lis alfo true, that I fpoke of Pur- gatory, as a Place which I thought very unnccef- fary, becaiife 'tis fuHlcierit for a Chriilian to believe N 5 that 274 ^^^^^ Travels and Adventures that his Saviour's Blood cleanfeth him from all his Sins. And as to Infallibility, laid I, 1 don't think it can be lawfully afcrib'd to any but God, all jMen being Sinners, according to feveral plain Paf- liiges of the holy Scripture. I own, fa'id /, that I talk'd after this manner, but God know^s that ^twas only with a View to glorify his Name, and from the Abhorrence 1 had to fee fo much Licen- tioufnefs in a Place where Piety and Devotion are pretended to reign in a very eminent Degree, and not with any Dtlign to oftcnd Religion or the holy Office. You took too great a Liberty, Friend, reply'd the Inquifitor ; if you had however con- feis'd all this at firft, it wou'd not have been the worfe for you, tho' your Guilt wou'd have been the fame. Mean time the Secretary, who wrote down my ConfelTion in the Nature of a formal Depo/ition, order'd me to fign \t^ whereupon a Procefs was commenc'd againfl me ; I was con- demn'd to the Gallies for Life, and all my Goods confifcatcd. We w^ere about an hundred and fifty poor Wretch- es, who, on the 8th oi January^ 1670. were turn'd out of this terrible Place, fome to be banifh'd, of "whom our Chinefe was one, fome to be whipp'd, and three, who had been accus'd of Magic, were burnt alive, particularly a poor old Man of four- fcore and three, whom two different Orders of Monks had dcpriv'd of a very confiderable Inheri- tance, by forcing his Brother, who was a rich Man, to make a Will, by which they got Poffefiion of all that he left behind him at his Death, on pre- tence of delivering his Soul forthwith out of Pur- gatory, ^/ J AMES MaSSEY. 275 gatory. This iinjufl Proceeding fo exafperated the old Man, that hecouM not help fretting at ir, and raving againrt thofe Perfons whom he took to be the Authors of this Injuflice, whereupon they loaded him with Crimes that deferv'd Burning, and did not ceafe to profecute him till they faw him confLHii'd to A flics. CHAP. XV. Of the Author's Departure for Lisbon: IIoim he was taken and carry'd into Slavery^ and what happened to him while he was a Slave. J WAS carry'd aboard a Ship, the Captain of •*■ which had Orders to deliver me over to the la- quifitor at Lisbon-^ fo that we fet out that fame Month for Portugal. I was told by the way, that the Galleys, to which I was condemn'd, were only Houfes of Corredion, where the Prifoncrs were put to hard Labour, becaufe the Portuguefe have no Galleys at Sea. T\m comforted inc a little in my Misfortune. I thought it a great H.ip- pincfs to be delivered from the 6nr, and the Cru- elties exercis'd by the Tyrants of the Con^.mittccs upon the Slaves cha'n'd on board their Ve/fcls. We had a tokrable Voyage, and ilie fincft Weather ' all the way that we could reafonably expcd. I^he joioft remarkable thing that foappcifd to U5 was that 276 The Travels and Adventures that on the 23d of March a Water-fpout had like to have carry'd off our Main-topmaft. The Crew thouglit thcmfelves lod, and in a Moment the mo/l impious Expreffions were chai)g'd into thofe of Devotion, which continued till the Hurricane left us At length, after having pafs'd the Cana^ ries a long time, and being arriv'd, as I thought, at N. Lat. 34. two Pirates came up with us one Morning at Day-break, which fell to cannonading lis ftouily. Tho' we had made a good Voyage, yet there were feveral fick People on board of us ; "we fought hov*^ever near two Hours, during whicJi "we had twelve Men kill'd, and feventeen wound- ed. I beg Pardon of God, but I muft own I was ■glad that we were fallen into the Hands of Pirates, becaufe I thereby hoped to recover my Liberty; but it did not turn out as I expedkd. The Cap- tain redeem'd his Ship far a Sum of Money, and the Pirates only took thirty of the flouteft and. elevereft Men, befides my felf, v/hom they car- ry'd to Serfelli^ a little Town upon the Meditcr- ra-nean^ twenty Leagues from Alghr^ and four from the *River Miromus. There we landed on the iSth of Jnly^ and were fold to the highest Bidder. My Mafter was a Ship-carpenter, a Man of Subftance, who had at lead thirty i3oys in his Ser- vice. At firrt I was only employed in the coarfe Work ; to fetch and carry, and to ferve the Workmen with what they wanttd, was my pro- per Occupation. Afterwards I helped to careen the Ships, to refit them, and to calk them. There was a vaft difference betwiit my Condition of Life now, of ] \ UE S M A S S E Y. 277 now, and that I was in at Goa before I was de- tain'd there; yet when I rememberM what I had futrcr'd in the Inquiiition, and what was preparing for me at Lisbon^ 1 thought my lelf extremely hap- py. In lliort, 1 had a Mailer that was perfedtly hontll, who feeing that I did my bed, did not let me want for Nectllarics. The Lodging was good, the Piovilions better, and he never gave me an angry Word. This made mean hundred limes call to mind the Idea that us'd to be given of the Bar- barians and "Turks among us Children. They were rcpr'efentcd to us as Devils ; but I mull {ay ft la their Commendation, that I found as mAich Cha- rity, Humanityjand Honefly among them as among the Europeans ; nay, more, if I may prefume to fny fo, infomuch that I fiiould not have beeen for- ry if it had been my Hap to have ended my Days among them; but Providence was pleas'd to dif- pofe of me otherwife; and the Methods it made ufe of to bring me out of that Country are pretty remarkable. AS there is nothing perfe£l in this World, Schik, the Head Footman, who was a Renegade and a Native of Vienna^ hated me as much as my Patron lov'd me. There was no ill Office which tlie Traitor did not do me when he had an Opportu- nity to falvcAppeorances; fo that my Mailer, who plainly faw where the Fault lay, but could not polfibly do without him, was forcM agai:;!! the Grain to part with me: 1 was fold to a wealthy Nobleman, who livM in the Country about three Leagues off from the Place where I was. THIS 278 The Travels and Advent ur es THIS Nobleman had a Son of twenty feven or twenty eight Years of Age, who was a Fool, and fometimes quite mad. He had lucid Intervals of Reafon, but at other times he rent his Clothes, broke his Chain fometimes, and would have been likely to have torn thofe in pieces who came in his reach, or to have kilTd himfelf if he had not been prevented. An Amour was the Caufe of this Frenzy. He had courted a Girl, who wou'd not have him, upon which he mop'd at firfl, and at lafl his Head turn'd. There was a Neceffity for fome body to be near the poor Wretch Day and N'ght, and they were willing to have a Man of a proper Age, Wifdom, and Strength to watch over his Adiions. I had fufficiently of the firfl, and was not entirely dcflitute of the others: hud I can fay, that I manag'd it fo as was very plcafing to my Superiors. He had not been lix Weeks under my Care, but 1 did what I wou'd with him, except when he fell into a Paffion, and then he car'd for no body, and all that could be done with him, was to keep him fall bound, and to let nothing come in his way that he could do anyDa* mage to. TH I S Houfe or rather th?s (lately Palace, was a Place of Refort for all the Gentlemen thereabouts, and Foreigners were there eternally. One Day a JBafhaw arriv'd there, who was receiv'd with very particular Tokens of Efteem and Refpeft. They lodg'd him in a very magnificent Room, Vv'hich look'dinto the inner Court; but towards Midnight the Gentleman was awak'd by a prodigious Rattle ia his Chamber, which, for all he was a Bafhaw, frighted, of ] A ME S M A S S E Y. 279 fri^;hted him, fo that he lifted np his Head, look'd firlt one way, then another, and at laft Tpy'd at one End of the Hall a Creature lying upon a piece of Zi«r>^_)'- wrought T.^piftry, wliich he could not tell what to make of. He was upon the point of riling out of his Bed, and gf Courage, a good Dinner will fet all to Rights. You mutt not, reply'd he, lay the Blame either on the Wine or on my Brain ; 'twas no Imagination nor Dream, I alfure you I was m my right Scnfes when the Devil appear'd to me. He ftay'd about two Hours in my Room, and adually ]ay foms time upon my lied. But, Sir, fiid my Ma- Rer, v/ho began to fmell a Rat, what Shape did the Devil alfume ? He appear'd in the Shape of a Man, reply'd theBafliaw, and notwithttanding the little Light that glimmer'd in at the Windows, I obferv'd they were upon their own Ground, and 1 had no Protcftion to hope for from any Body. But I had'. 284 The Travels and Adventures had much ndo to contain my felf when I was at* tack'd by Chriftian Renegadoes. AMONG others there was a Gtf/^o« DiTpu- tant, who was really the boldeft Atheift or Deift that I ever faw. He was perfedly good-natur'd ; but when he was hi a rallying Mood, he turn'd every thing into Ridicule, and confounded our greateft Myfleries with the Whimfies of the Jewip Talmud and the Legends of the Romip Church. My Father, faid he, was airaffinated one Day as he was going in Pilgrimage to our Lady oiLoretto : A fine Reward this for fo good a Catholick as he v/as ! My Mother who profe(^ fed the liomip Religion was drngoon'd and mur- der'd for her obftinate Difobedience to the Or- ders of the Court. And I my felf in my Voyage from France to Holland^ was taken by Pirates, fo that in avoiding Perfecution 1 fell into Sla- very. AST found him a young Man not only of great Wit and Learning, but al fo of a vaft deal of Good-nature, (for all that knew him there mightily extollM his beneficent and friendly Tem- perj 1 very much pity'd him, and endeavour'd fevcral times to reclaim him from his dangerous Sentiments with refped to Religion. We had frequent Converfations upon that Head, and I had great Hopes that in time I might be able to fet him in the right Road of Truth ; but an un- happy Accident fliortcn'd his Days before Hea- ven permitted me to perfe61: this charitable Work. It wouM be too tedious to mention all the Dif- putes we had together, fo that I fhall but juft glance over fome of the chief Points. WHEN of ] A ME S M A S S E Y. 285 WHEN I rcproach'd him with changing his Religion and profeffing the Mahometan, which by the way he did not believe a tittle of, he made me Anfwer that after a due Examination of the feveral Religions that had come to his Know- ledge, he found nothing in any one of 'em that cou'd fatisfy a rational Man, and that therefore he faw nothing which ought to hinder a wife Man from conforming at lead externally to the prevailing Religion of the Country where he dwells, juft as People accuftom themfelves to the Habits and Manners of a Country for fear of being thought ridiculous by appearing lingular- And becaufe I am like to gain more Confidence and Eflecm among the People of this Country by conforming to their way of Worfhip, I fhouM be a great Simpleton, faid he, if 1 dcpriv'd my feif of that Advantage by a filly Attachment to another, which is a hundred times more imperti- nent and abfurd. I anfwer'd him, that I was ex- tremely furpriz'd to hear a Man talk at that rate who had been educated in the Chriftian Relision, and by his Profeffion ought to know it the better for having throughly ftudyM it. 'Tis for that very reafon, reply*d he, my Friend, that 1 fpeak thus of it, becaufe 1 have well examin'd it and have difcover'd its Folly and Ridicule. But tho* you arc fo old, 'tis probable you have not yet fliaken oti' the Yoke of the Prejudices of Educa- tion, "^nd that you implicitly adhere to what you learnt from your Nurfe or your Chaplain with- out farther Inquiry. I told him, that I had tra- vell'd and feen more of the World than he thought, and that 1 had heard the Arguments of People 286 The Travels and Adventures People of various Sentiments in the Article of Religion, but that I had never met with any Syftem which was fo worthy of God, fo agree- ble to Man, and which had fo many Marks of Truth as the Chriftian Religion. That my Pro- fefllon had not permitted me in my Youth to ftudy religious Controverfies fo throughly as he had, but that neverthelefs, I wou'd undertake to defend againft all his Attacks the principal Truths of ChriQian Religion; as the Exiftence of a God; the Creation of the World; the Immortality of the Soul ; the Fall of Man ; the Redemption of Mankind by Jefus Chrift ; the Truth and Divi- nity of the facred Scriptures, on which all the reft is founded ; and the NecelTity Hold, faid he, there's enough, and if you can defend thofe Articles, Pll agree to any that you fhall pleafe to add. We will begin at the laft, if you pleafe, and fo go back to the firft. You know very well, faid he, that Chriftians are not all of one Opinion with regard to the Infpiration of the Holy Scriptures. Some think the whole infpir'd even to the leaft Word; others rejeft this Opinion, and only maintain in the general, that with regard to the Matter, the Holy Spirit fo far guided the Writers of thofe facred Books, that they cou'd not commit any Error in the Fads which they relate, nor in the Dodrine which they teach. Pray tell me which of thefe two Opini- ons you pretend to embrace } I am not for the firft, faid I, and I think a Man muft be quite void of Senfe to maintain it, if he has read the holy Books with ever fo littk -Attention. But as to the latter, it is fupportcd by ^/ James Masse y. 287 by convincing Arguments. Not to infift upon the great Antiquity of the firft Books of the Holy Scripture, which you will own to me, however, to be the oldeft Monuments in the World, and which were written before the Art of Writing was known to other Nations ; the marvellous Things which are containM in thofe Scriptures, the Mirachs which God wrought to confirm the Revelation, and the Predidions of the holy Pro- phets of which we have fecn a great part accom- plilli'd, and wait for the fulfilling of the rell, are Things which furpafs all that Man can do, and which none but God can be the Author of. YOU are in the right, faid he, not to infiff upon the Antiquity of your facred Books, becaufe it wou'd not be of any Advantage to you. For a Romance, or an Impoflure, may be as ancient and more ancient than a true Hiftory, this is no- thing to the purpofe. Neverthelefs, I am very far from admitting thofe Books to be fo old as you pretend, and I defy you or any body, to prove that any of thofe Books was in being be- fore the time of Efdras^ that is to Iiiy, above a thoufand Years after Mofes, who according to you wrote the firft Books. And if we attentive- ly read the Books afcrib'd to Mofes ^ we fliall find a great many Paffages which fliew that they were written long after his Time. He quoted fcveral which 1 pafs over in Silence to avoid be- ing ttdious. T"hen as to your Argument, faid he, which is founded upon the miraculous Things contain'd in the Scriptures, 1 draw a Conclufioti from it quite contrary to yours. For the more a Book contains of what is marvellous and ex- \ traordinary, 2SS The Travels and Adventures traordinary, the more 'tis liable to Sufpicfon. This is the Suppofition yoii your felf wou'd form of any other t3ook, and if you don't think fo of this, 'tis only the Effedi: of your Prepofleflion which is very palpable, becaufe it inclines you to admit fuch Evidence to prove the Truth of a Book as wou'd, if you WTre not prejudic'd in your Judgment, ferve for the eife6lual Deflruc- tion of its Credit. As to the Miracles you talk of, they are only written in that Book of which you wou'd have them brought as Proofs, and therefore, as I have already faid, they mud tend rather to explode it. Every indifferent unpreju- dic'd Perfon receives a Relation or Hiftory of paft Tranfaftions only according to the Degrees of Probability with which it is attended, and judges ft to be falfe or romantick by the marvellous or extraordinary Fa£ls which it contains; for Na- ture was always the fame at all times, and Truth was ever plain and natural. As to the Prophe- fies you mention'd, all the AccompliOiments which are related in the fame Book with the Pre- di6lions, prove nothing but that they are part of the fame Romance, and were forg'd at the fame time; and as for thofe which are pretended to have happen'd fince, the Events have fo little Connexion with the Prediftions of which they are conflrued to be the Accomplifhment, that no- thing but the P^orce of Prejudice can difcover their Conformity. He quoted a great number of Inftances to me to fupport what he had faid, but 1 choofe not to mention them here. MOREOVER, faid he, if you were well acquainted with the Hiftory of the Canon of thofe facred (?/ James Masse y. 189 facred Writings, not only of the Old Teflamcnt which you derive from the Jeivs^ an ignorantfuper- flitious People as ever liv'd, who were not agreed neither as to the Truth and Authority of every part of it, but alfo of the New Teftament as it is now admitted among the generality of Chriftians, you wou*d find fo much Ignorance, Superftition, Un- certainty and Perplexity in it, that you your felf wou'd be afliam'd of it. Thereupon he entered into the Hiftory of the Canon, and of the Manner how, and Time when it was form'd; and hetalk'dtome of the Fa6tions and Difputes among the Members of the Council of Landicea^ and fome others, with regard to the feveral Gofpels, A6ls, Epiftle.?, ^c, which the feveral Churches or Societies of Chri- ftians had received for true, exclafive of others ; of the Difficulties and Perplexities on that Head, and how fome rejeded what others receiv'd, together with the Reafons urg'd on both fides, infomuch that I was aftonifhM to find what a Treafure of curious Things he had fior'd up in his Memory. I reply'd, That Mofcs was in pofiTeflion of the Credit of having written the PeMateuch^ and that to defiroy this there mud be Proofs brought, not meer AfTertions. I put him in mind that Ez- ra (whom he feem'd to think the Author of it) was not able, if we may judge by that undoubted Piece of His, to have compos'd what paffes under Mo- fcs's Name: and that, if he were able, yet it was next to impofilble for Him to have made the whole Jewi/Jj Nation believe (as they appear confiantly to have done) that what he wrote, hid been in be- ing all along before the Captivity. I faid that the miraculous Fads recorded in them did not, in my O Judgment, a90 The Trdvels and Adventures Judgment, take off from their Probability^ be- caufe they are all afcribed to a Divine Power, and are mention'd as ferving fome great End and Purpofe: and that as to the Prophefies, fome of thofe in Ifmah and Daniel are fo vifibly con- neded with the Accomplifhment in 'Jefus^ that a Man mud be blind fl thought) not to difcover their Conformity. I was going on to defend the Authority of the Books of the New Teftament, and began to obferve, Thau, notwithftanding any Difputes in the Council of Laodicea^ or any other Council, yet from the Beginning fome of otir Gofpels and Epiftles had been receiv'd aS of Di- vine Authority; and that) Chriftianity, as to the main of it, would (land firm, if all the Pieces -which had ever been doubted of by any Number of Chriftians, were thrown quite out of the Inquiry. UPON this he turn'd the Difcourfe, and faid, What Notion can you have of God, who accord- * ing to you is the Sovereign Lord ofthev^^holeUni- verfe, and can difpofeof all its Parts as hepleafcth ; if you believe that in order to explain his Will to Mankind, he was under a NecelTity of imploying obfcure, ignorant, or enthufiaftical Perfons to write Books, or prophefy, or preach in a remote Corner of the Earth, and to a Herd of ignorant People, without making it known to the learned and polite Nations? Do you think that was theright Method to make all Mankind fenfible of fo necell^ry a Thing as the Will of God ? Has not he who created and difpos'd of every thing according to his good Pleafure, and without any Poilibih'ty of being hinder'd in it, has he not put all Things in the Condition he at firfl defigii'd them ? And is not that of ] A ME S M A S S E Y. 29 I that his Will which we call the Order, Courfc, or Voice of Nature? To fuppofc any other par- ticular Will in that infinitely perkd Being, is to fuppofe Alteration and Imperredion which is con- trary to his Nature. And to imagine that he communicates to fome Ferfons, and conceals from many others the Rules to which he wou'd have all Men conform, is to fuppofe him guil- ty of an unjud Partiality unworthy of his divine Nature. Therefore it may furely be concluded, that whatever is call'd divine Revelation in one Country or another, is really nothing but an Im- podure founded upon the Weaknefs of Mankind III general, -and invented by fuch as feek to im- pole upon them from certain Views and Dc- ligns. r made him anfwer, that if Man had conti- nued in that State of Perfedion wherein the Crea- . tor at firfl plac'd him, he wou'd not perhaps have needed a Revelation to llrve as a Rule to his Adions, but lince he loft that Happinefs by his Fault, he is fo corrupted and fo prone to Wickednefs, that he not only requires Revela- tion, but the fpecial Grace of his Creator for — HOLD there, faid he, I find you are going to tell me of the Fall of Man and all its Confe- quences, fuch as the Corruption of his Na:ure, Original Sin, the Redemption of Mankind, i^rc. This, if you pleafe, fliall be the Subjed of our Converlaiion for the remainder of this Evening. Your Divines, fiid he, are much in the right to call thofe Mylleries the tumbling Block of hu- mane Reafon, for furely they are incomprehcnli- bk by Reafon and good Senfe. But before I O 2 ent.f 292 The Travels and Adventures enter into the particular Examination of thcfe Articles, give me Leave to entertain you with a Fable which I had from an Arabian Phiiofopher, who had been a great Traveller, and (aid he made it to give his Friends an Idea of the Mythology of a certain Nation that he had feen. TkeFahle of the BEES. THERE was formerly, faid he, a great and potent King, Sovereign of one of the Iflandsinthe Ocean, whofePov/er was fuchthat no other King equall'd it, and all his Subjeds were fo fubmilTive to him that they did whatever he requir'd, and his Will was fo far the Rule of all their Adions that they couM not ^o otherwife. His Goodnefs was as great as his Power, and his Wifdom as great as both. In a word, he pofTefs'd all Perfe6tions in the highcfl Degree. This King found the faid Ifland Dcfert, but he planted it, fillM it with In- habitants and Animals of all forts, and caus'd it to be cultivated, fo that it produc'd all Neceflaries not only for the Suftenance, but for the Caveni- ency and Pleafure of all the Inhabitants. THE King's Palace was the greateft and moft iTiagnificent that can be imagined, and fituate in the middle of the finefl Gardens that were ever feen. This Monarch who perfeiSly underftood every thing, form'd a Plan to himfelf of the fineft Frodudion of which Nature was capable, and then gave Orders it (hou'd be executed, which was done upon the Spot; for fuch was the Ex- tent of his Power, that all Things both animate and inanimate conformed exadtly to his Will 5ind immediately fubmittcd to his I>aw. There were ^/ James Masse v. 295 were alfo Parks, Meadows, and Woods all ad- mirably fine, and full of all forts of Animals, Birds, and Infe£ts that couM be dcfir'd either tbr Ufe or Pleafure. I fliou'd have a great many ftrange things to tell you, were I to enter into the Detail of every thing relating to all thofe Ani- mals, ^c. ¥or this Reaf(^Li I Oiall only tell you what I heard mod remarkable concerning one fingle Species of Infcdts, viz. The Bees. liV this Ifland there V7as a multitude of Bees, and as the King's care was extended to every thing, he f>) order'd it that there vvcTC abun- dance of Flowers every where to nouriin theni. But in a Nook of one of the King's Flower- Gardens there was a particular fort of Flower, which he forbid the Bees to touch: Not that thofe Flowers were hurtful to the Bees, or thaC the Monarch valuM them more than any of the other Flowers but, as I was told, bccaufe he had a mind to try their Obedience. Jr hap- pened not long after, that f^m.e of the Bees forget- ting the Order, or not much regirding it, went and fuck'd thofe Flowers. The King iminedi- ately perceivM it, and was fo incens'd at k ihaf he refolv'd to drive all the Bees out of the Ifland,- and even fwore, fo great was his Wrath, that 1 e wou'd not fpare one i3ee. But fom.e time afttrj when the Heat of his Indignation was abated, he regretted that he had pafs'd fo fevere a Sentence ;- and fome remains of Pity for thofe poor Bcls eu- gagM the Monarch, who was Goodnefs and Mercy it felf, to find out fome Expedient to- bring them oflT. Q I The 294 '"^^^ Travels and Adventttres 1 HE King had an (c'nly Son whom he lov'd infinitely more than all things in the World, and it was his Pleafure that this Son fhou'd be the IVlediator to make Peace between him and the Bees. But to the end that this Peace might be made in a manner confident with the King's Dig- nity, and without wounding his Plonour and his Juilice, which were concern'd to maintain the Oath that he had fworn, there was a Neceffity for this welbeloved Son to bear all the Pains due to the Bees, and that for this purpofe he fhou'd bc- ^ith one Side or other, and being animated by'lhe ' Hornets they fall upon one another with fo much Fury, that we generally find half of the Bees of a Hive killed, becaufe they had not the fame Conception of the Chimeras of the Hornets as the others had. Sometimes too thofe Hornets en- gage whole Bee-hives to make War again ft other iice-hives, fo that frequently we fee fcveral thou- fands kiird on both Sides, only for fupporting the Chimeras of the Hornets of their own Se6t againd thofe of others. The Beesalfo expofe themlelves generally very chearfully to this Slaughter, upon the Aifurance given them by the Hornets of one Party as well as another, that they thereby do very great Service to the King who Yi\\\ take it. well of} AMES MaSSEY. 297 well at their Hands, and admit their buzzing Part into his great Hall preferably to thofe of many o- thers. For they pretend to know the Orders and Will of the King much better than the other Bees, becaufe certain Hornets, fay they, v/ho liv'd fcve- ral Ages before them, heard 'em from the King's own Lips, and tranfmitted 'em down to them partly imprefs'd upon Wax, and partly by the Re- ports of their PredeccfTors. 'Tis upon this Founda- tion that the Hornets ufurp fo much Authority over the Bees throughout the whole Ifland (for there are Hornets which have inlinuated themfelves into al- moft all the Hives) and extend their Tyranny fo far as to render thofe poor Infeds perfedly miferable. They forbid them on certain Days to fuck the Flowers, which they are permitted to do on others, and likewife prohibit their making Wax and Honey on certain other Days, becaufe, fay they, 'tis the King's W ill and Pleafure. AFTER he had finifli'd his impertinent Fable, I told him, thati faw the End of it very plainly, but that it only prov'd how Men of Wit could turn any thing intoRiaicule: I lliewM him that the Compa- rifon faird in almoft every Circumflancc; particu- larly I obfervM, That tho' the eating of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge was forbidden to Adam upon a fevcre PenallJ, ya when he had eaten of \t^ God is reprcfcnted in Scripture as fo far from being in Wrath, and from Swearing not to fpare any of the Human Race;(as the Fable wou'd inlinuate), that the Sentence pronounced was fot^tned with the Promffe of a Saviour, under the Title of the Seed of t/je l^o- man: I told him, that the buzzing Part of the Bee does by no means aufwcr to the Soul of Man • that O 1 \^ 298 The Travels and Adventures if Chrillians maintain'd, that the fpeaking Part of Man had gone to Heaven or Hell after his Deceafe, there would have been fome Juftnefs in the Fable: but that the Fad (as he well knew) was quite other- wife. I fhew'dhim, that the Dillindtion of Soul and Body was not peculiar to the Chriftian Religion, but common to all other Religions, and was believ'din Countries where no Revelation had reach'd. I was going on in this Strain, but it was then too late, and it was high time to part and go to bed : and I had no other Opportunity of talking with him again on thefe important Subjefts ; for fome time after, this poor Man and another carrying along a great Beam upon their Shoulders, he fell down, by which his Head was fo bruis'd that he dy'd be- fore he had time for Repentance, which I look'd upon as a juft Punilhment from Heaven, becaufe he had made fuch an ill Ufe of his Wit and Learning. I had been fourteen or fifteen Years at Sercelli^ when it happen'd, one Day as I was at work in refitting a Ship, I difcover'd a Hole towards the Middle, two Foot from the Keel: I was oblig'd in order to make my Work good and lading, to go down into the Ship's Hold, where, as I was re- moving the great Flints and Gravel, which ferve to ballad the Ship, 1 difcover'd a Bundle bigger than my two Fids. The out- fide Wrapper was a Callico Handkerchief, in which there was a Boot Hofe of Silk, and in that Boot Hofe, a blue Sock, in which there was a Purfe with three hundred eighty five good Guineas. My fird Care was to conceal my Treafure in a fure Place, where no Body wou'd go and look for it, and. notwith- ^/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. 2I99 notwithftanding my Heart was full of Joy, I took great care not to make the lead Difcovery that I was a Fenny richer than before. A B O U T fix Months after this, the EngUp Conful at Algier^ having Bufincfs at our To wn, and earning with two other young Gentlemen to fee if we had, any iJhips upon the Stocks, one of my Comrades happened juft at that time to call out to me to lend him a helping Hand to remove a Mart he was then at work upon, when Mr. El- iwt, who heard me call'd by the Name of Ma^'ey, came up to me and ask'd me l^'hai Coir^tryma'a I wasl 1 told him. There's a good Friend of. inine, faid he, a Silkman at London^ who is your Countryman, and his Name is John Majj'ey, I know very well, faid I, that I left a Brother of that Name behind me, fix Years younger than me, but it being now fifty Years ago, and having not heard from my Family ever lince, nor they probably from me, 'tis impoffible 1 can be cer- tain whether that's the Man. What you now fay, reply'd the Conful, makes me believe yon are Brothers, for my F'riend can't be lefs thaa fixty Years of Age, and he has often talk'd to me of a Brother that he very much lamented, who he fuppos'd had been a long time dead. Thereupon I was forced to tell him in a few \Vi)rds, by what Misfortune I became a Slave in Ajrtca^ and he made an OtFer to write to my Brother, to delire him to find out fome Expedi- ent to procure my Deliverance in my old Age> I then dcclar'd to him in Confidence that I had Money. If fo, faid he, I'll find Ways and Means to fer you at Libertyj but you muft not make any 300 The Travels and Adventttres uny fhew of your SubQance ; Leave every thing, to my Management, and don't you meddle or make. Fnrev^cl. I kiTs'd his Hand, and recom- mended myfelf to his Favour. ABOU Fa Month after, my Ma(ier,to my ve- ry great Surprise, calTd me to him, and taking me by the Hand, faid, I am overjoyM, Friend, that yoa are going to return to your own Country. Mr. Elliot has bargain'd with me for your Ranfom. Go to Algier and meet him. I wifh you a good Voyage. At thefe Words I embraced him, and thank'd him for his Civih'ties, and the Regard he had always fhewn to me from the very f5rft Day of my Arrival. We both fhed Tears at parting as if we had been Brothers. From thence I went to take Leave of my Comrades, and then fet out for Algiety where the Conful received me with extraor- dinary Courtefy. I told him down thirty five Guineas, which, he faid^ he was to pay for my Liberty, but had it not been for his Credit and my Age, fuch a trifling Sum wou'd not have fet aiie free. €HAFi. James M a5 S e y. 301 CHAP. XVI. Continuation of the Adventures of Peter Hudde who is mention'd in the fecond Chapter y and the Authofs Arrival at London. T STAY'D above a Month at Algier before I- ■*- embirk'd for London^ during which it happen'd that a Turkljh Pirate brought a trench Galley into jllgier. Mr. Elliot immediately obtain'd a Lift of her Crew in order to fee whether there was not the Name of fomePerfonthat he knew, or of feme Countryman of his in the Number of her Slaves,. He caus'd it to be read in my Prefence,and feem'd aftoni/h'd to find the Name of a Man there whom he was very intimate with at London. I was as- much furpriz'd at the Name of Peter Hudde^ which he obferv'd, and ask'd me the Reafon. To latisfy his Curiofity, 1 gave him an Account of. him, after which we went together to the Place where the Galley-Slaves were confin'd. As foon as we arriv'd there, we both inquirM for our Men. His Friend had been wounded in Battle, and ex- pired not above a Quarter of an Hour before we came : The other came in an Inftant. Is your Name Peter Hudde?: faid 1, Yes, faid he; Did I never fee you at Lisbon? continued I ; That might be, faid he, but it muft have been a great while ago then. That's ^rue, faid I, for it was, if I am not miflaken, fo long ago as 1643 or 1644. There was one Fan Ojike at that Time, a Fadtor, did yoa know 302 The Travels and Adventures know him ? You turn pale, but you are in no Danger here ; tho' inieed it muft be confefs'd that you play'd him a fcurvy Trick. I cannot de- ny it, faid the Galley-Slave, I was the Man that robb'd him of the Sum of 300 Ducats ; for which enormous Sin and others that I have committed, 1 beg God to forgive me. 1 have fmarted fuffi- ■ ciently for it in this World, but I hope be will be merciful to me in the next. That's fpeaking like a Chriftian, [aid /, and 'tis a Happinefs for yoa that Providence does you the Favour to put you upon Repentance of your Crimes. But pray teli me, why and when you were condemn'd to the Gallies ? The Remembrance of it, Sir, [aid he^ makes me tremble, and I wifh you would excufc me from fo unpleafant a Narrative which can on- ly tend to renew my Sorrow. We commended him for the good Difpolition of his Mind, and then I inliftcd upon my Demand, in which 1 was feconded by the Conful. Well then, Gentlemen, [aid he^ I will latisfy you, as well to give you Proofs of my Obedience, as to acknowledge the ju(l Punifhmtnt ot my Crimes AFTER I had robb'd Mr. Fan Dyke, I em- bark'd for Nantes, where by the Name of Vander iS'/f /, and pretending to be Nephew to a famous Wine-Merchant at Rotterdam, I foon contraded an Acquaintance with all the Dutch Merchants there. The l^areiTes which i reccivM from thoie honed People are inexprelfible; for there wasfcarce a D.iy but 1 was invited to magrnficent Entertain- ments at one or other of their Houfes. During this an Ituendant arriv'd trou' Langnedoc who was •well known to feveral of thofe Gentlemen whofe Hou&& t.«« mm iMc\\\\,x illU roughly. Thereupon 1 defir'd that I might be prc- fent at their public Worfhip. They opcn'd the Doors of their Synagogue to me with Joy, I eaus'd myfelf to be inllruiied in their Religion-,. and at laft being convinc'd of my Errors by the Truth of their Principles, they circumcis'd me, and I became a 'Jevj, As foon as this was done, I was folemnly initiated into all their M>fteries, I ran thro' all their Ceremonies, and the Fair Sex who thought me a Suint, carefs'd and honour'd. cie as well as the Men. As for my part there was no Complaifance which 1 did not put \vi Pradice to them, efpecially I carry'd it with fuch a Refpedl to the fair Jewels as was not difagree- able to her. Belides, 1 often made her fmall Pre-- fcnts which Die receiv'd with Pleafure, and which her Mother did not dillike, but the Father who "was covetous, tho' he had a valt Fortune to give v.'i:h 30(5 The Travels and Adventures with this only Daughter, frownM at this little In- tercourfe of Civilities. MEAN time, 1 cut a grand Figure but yet with- out running into Extravagance: He was farpriz'd at my way of Living, mad to know what Bot- tom 1 had to fupport it, and made Inquiry every where but could not hear the lead Tidings. When I faw that, I fent my Footman to a Friend of mine a Jew Goldfmith to buy a couple of Cruci- bles, and not to fpeak a Word of it to any Body. The Jeweller it feems frequented that Houfc, ^o that three Days after, my Footman was perfedly furpriz'd, when going to my Friend the Gold- fmith's Houfe, to know if he was at Leifure to receive me, the Jeweller took him apart into a Room, treated him with a Glafs of his beft Wine, and talking about Crucibles, ask'd him flily what I meant to do with mine. My I5oy, whom I had tutor'd beforehand, pretended at firft to be igno- rant of the matter in order to make him think there was fome My fiery in it : At lafl; after a great many Queftions on one hand, and fwearing on the other that his Mafier would break his Neck if he reveal'd it to any Body, he told it him as a Secret that was to remain fo for ever betwixt them two, that I made ufe of it to increafe Gold, and that I was one of the bed Chymifts in Europe, This which he thought an ingenuous Confeflion^ and not improbable, had its defirM Effedl. Maf- cado^ which was the Jeweller's Name, was over- joy'd he had difcoverM this, but he did not know which way to prevail on me to truft him with the Secret. Firft of all he fifted me concerning the nature of my EfTeds, whether they confided ia Moneyj c/ James Masse y. 307 Money, Houfes or Land, which way I was fup- plyM with Cafh from my own Country, and then offerM to remit me fome for a fmall Charge. He ask'd if I intended to travel always, whether h would not be more for my Advantage to fettle in fome Place or other, and the like. I anfwer'd all this in a loofe manner, which could not be very fatisfadory to him. And when he faw that he could get nothing out of the Maftcr, he ad- drefs'd himfelf a fccond time to the Domellic, and by the Virtue of Promifes and a fmall Pre- fent, he made him promife that the firlt time I went about the Grand Work he would not fail to give him Notice. TEN Days after this, I put my Crucibles on the Fire, and tho' I was (irippM as it were to my Shirt, 1 was in fuch a Heat with blowing and ftir- ring that no Vermilion was redder than my F'ace. Mean time my Servant ran to Mafcadoh Houfe to inform him what was doing, on pretence that I had fent him out to buy fome Drams o'i Aqua Re» grJis. fo that the one was fcarce return'd but the other came to ask if I was at Hc)me. The Maid wh(^ then happen'd to be at the Gate, came and knock'd at my Door telling my Man that fome Body wanted to fpcak with me, and that fhe had told him I was in my Chamber. I pretended to be angry with her for it, and fent out the Foot* man to tell him that I was not to be fpoke with. The 'Jevj made a Pifh at that, and entering blunt- ly into my Room, I beg your Pardon, Sir, [aid be, you have been fo retir'd fince your Conver- iion that 1 thought you v/as engag'd in fome A 61 of Devotion, and for fear that too much of it might 3o8 The Travels and Adventures ni?ght throw you into a Fit of Melancholy and* give you the Vapours, which it feems you were . lately afflided with, I took the Liberty of bolting in without being introduced, on purpofe to char with you for an Hour, and to invite you to fpend the Evening at my Houfe. But what are you do- ing here ? conttmted he. Are you turn'd Chymift } What have you there in thofe Crucibles? Upon.- my Faith, I believe you are in quefl of the Philo- fopher's Stone. Let us call another Caufe, [aid /, feeming to be very much confounded: We miift be doing fomething or other while we live in this World ; and other Things I faid, of which 'tis needlefs to give you onr Dialogue. But aftef mar iiy Circumlocutions, and upon Condition he would not fpeak of \K^ the Conclufion was that I had the Art of multiplying Gold. To be plaia with you, [aid he^ I was furpriz'd to fee how ex.- penfivcly you liv'd without any vilible Way to maintain it, or fpeaking to any Body to help yoa to Money, But is your Art certain, and does it never fail ? The next I ime that I go to work,/W /, you Orall fee an Experiment of it. SOME Days after this 1 appointed a Time, and bade him bring me ten Ducats. He call thofe ten Pieces of Gold into one of my Crucibles, and 1 threw my Powder of Multiplication into the o- ther. Then I mix'd the Vv hole, and ftirr'd it well with a hollow Rod of Iron into which I had put Gold-Duft to the Value of fifty Livres, having ftopp'd it up with a little Wax, which im.mediate- ly melted, fo that the Gold-Dull ran out, and augmented the Mafs of Metal which he himfelf had. thrown in. The Time fix'd for the Opera^- of J A ME S M A S S E Y. 30^ tion being expir'd, I put into his Hands the little Ingot that refultcd from the Mixture which he carryM immediately to his Friend the Goldfmith, who told him that it was the bed Gold that ever came out of a Furnace. He was charm'd with the Secret, and would have perfunded me to work at it every Day. I told him that I had already Money enough by me for my prefent Occafions, that it was time enough for me to work when I wanted more, and that as long as I had no Houfe nor P'amily, I fhould not be felicitous for amaf- iing a great deal of Wealth ; befides, that it was very difficult to get the Powder I made ufe of, and that a Man endangers his Health ])y the Ope- ration unlefs he has a great Laboratory, and all the Tools fit for a Work of fuch Importance. You long Gentlemen, no doubt, to hear all thefe Particulars, but to cut the matter fhort by omit- ting many others, which perhaps would not be dKagreeable at another Time, they did not put me under the Neccflity of ftarting the Affair of the Marriage, for there were certain Matchma- kers that propos'd it to me themfelves. I was willing that every thing fhould be done in form, and being fure of my Point, I demanded the fair Jew of her Parents who granted her to me with Marks of entire Satisfaction, and took me imme* diately into their Houfe. WE had not been marry'd long before my Fa- ther-in-law began to talk to me of the main Chance. You have a Talent, Son, /aid he^ which ought not to be bury'd, let us be doing while we have the Means, and get Eliaces for ourftlvcs and our Polierity, 1 immediately gave into his Senti- ^ mcnt. 310 The Travels and Adventures ment, and we refolv'd to ered our Laboratory at his Couiitry-Houfe fix Miles out of Town, that we might work without being dilturbM or ob-' ferv'd. But my Multiplication Powder was all fpent, more muft be prepared, and becaufe it would take up Time, and could not be done with- out great Charge and Trouble, we refolv'd to make enough of it at once as fhould ferve for a Million of Ducats. Thereupon I gave him a Lift of the Drugs of which the Compolition was to confift, of which the greateft Ingredient was Mer- cury. Then I made him believe that I muft have Bay-Salt, Mineral-Salt, Antimony, the Seed of Pearls, Coral, the Aflies of a Heifer, Hartshorn, and the Horn of a Unicorn, the Eyes of a Lob- fler, Elephants Tooth, Dragon's Blood, Eagle's Claws, iiirds of Paradife, the Beaks of American Parrots, the Heads of Vipers, the Bones of a Ca- mel, the Tail of a Crocodile, the Head of a Por- poife,the Rib of a Whale, all theMerals,, and moft of the Minerals; I told him likewife that a cer- tain determin'd Quantity of each of thefe muft be infus'd three Days in Sheep's Urine mix'd with one third in Proportion of the Dung of a Grey Cow, which had been fleep'd in the Water of the Rhine the fpace of nine Days, which is the Square of Number 3 ; and the Cubic Number of that fame Quantity, viz. 27 Days or a Periodical Month, was the Time requifite for calcinating the whole Mafs, and reducing it by a.flow Fire to this pretended Powder of Projedion. ALL this did not daunt the Uood Man. His Hopes of great Gain made him think that eafy, which another would have thought ioipradlicable. The ^/ James Masse Y. 311 The Bulinefs was where to get the Ingredients I dcfir'd. Some of them were to be had at Avignon and Parts adjacent, and the reft muft be fetch'd from HolUhd, where in fhort there is fomething of every Thing in the World. I afterwards gave him to underhand, that Gold after it had once pafs'd thro' my Hands could not be mnltiply'd any more, and that therefore he muft gt^t a great Sum of Money together either by borrowing ft upon Intereft, or of fome Friends who would be very glad to be let into a Share of the Profits. The G^/ldfmith being the firft Man to whom he imparted the Secret, deiir'd him to take 3'00 Loui^ dors of him on what Terms he pleas'd. Several others did the fame, but all under the Rofe, and upon Oath not to reveal it to any Body w^hat- foever, not even to their Wives, fo that not one Man knew any thing of what was tran faded with another. As h{i as the Gold came in, it was car- jy'd to the Country-Houfe where 1 was often em- ploy'd in putting Things in order. A T laft when I hw every Thing was ready, I faid to my Father-in-law and my Wife, that I would now go and put the laft Hand to the Work ; but that as it requir'd a great deal of Application, and as I fhould want at Icaft three Days for it, I defir'd 'em net to come and interrupt me in the mean while; and then feizing a Cabinet in which there were Jewels to the Value of at leaft 6ooco Livres, I went to the Farm, and riiing early next Morning, I took all the Money, and faid to the Farmer that an Affair of the laft Importance, and which I did not think of before, calling me to ArUs^ if my Wife happen'd to come three or four Days 312 The Travels and Adventures Days hence as fhe promisM (he would, I begg'd him to afTure her from me that I would make as muchDifpatch as I could, and mounting my Horfe I bade him Farewel. As foon as I was out of the Countryman's Ken, I turn'd off another Way and rode to Lions. WHEN I arriv'd at that famous Town, the Marquifs de Vtlleneuve happened to come and fup ^t the Inn where 1 lodgM, and wanted to be ac- quainted wirh me. I told him that I was a Dntch^ man of the Family oiWajj'enaar^ and a Cornet iii the Service of their High-Mightineflcs, but that having had the Misfortune to fight a Duel with, and kill an Enfign of the Prince of Orange's Re- giment of Guards, who was of a very good Fa- mily, I had been oblig'd to fly my Country for fear of the Confequences, but that to my Com- fort I did not come away empty-handed, nor with- out good Bills of Credit, upon which the Gentle- man was extremely civil to me. I know your Family, Sir, [aid hc^ 'tis confiderable in the Ne^ ther lands ^ and to fhew you that I have an Edeem for it, if you will be at the Expence of railing a Company m a Regiment of Horfe which I am go- ing to form, it fliall be your own Fault if you be not the Captain ; I am going to Court, whither we will travel together, and I'll engage to make you acceptable to the King. I take you at your Word Mr. Marquifs, [aid /, and pulling a Dia- mond of 5'oo Crov/ns off of my little Finger, which I had taken out of the Cabinet I ran a- way with, and at which the Colonel blink'd fe- veral times, there, [aid /, is a Prefent for you to bind the Bargain. Next Day I befpoke a Sute of Clothes (?/ J A M E S M A S S E Y. 3 I3 Clothes lac'd to the Value of a hundred Pifloles, fold my Horfe, got a Falct dc Chambre, and ha- ving tariiim d my felf with all Neccllaries we took the J) rage- Coach for Paris, W H had not been there long, but my Patron procurM me a Commiffion, and prefs'd me ear- nellly to lofe no time in railing my Company. M. de St. John, who was my Lieutenant, advis'd me to go with him toward jQtnville in Cham- paigne, where he had great Acqua-ntance, and we might be fure of finding Men and Horfes at a reafonable Rate. We had been there adually fcarce fix Weeks when our Levies were almoll full. But bcfides the excellive Charge 1 was at in every refpedl, it was my Misfortune to be known by that Rafcal, my Footfnsn, o^ Avlgmn^ whom I had not paid as [ ought for \\\^ Trouble' and who being of this Country hnppen'd to fee me. The Knave, as well from a Principle of Kevenge, as \\\ Hopes of a handfom Reward from my Wife, immediately fent Advice of it to Maf^ cado. This cunning Jew was fo expeditious, and made fuch a powerful Interefi, that 1 was no? only apprehended and clapp'd in Prifon foon af- ter, but being accufed and conviclcd of the moft confummate Roguery, I was flripp'd of all I had and condemned for my Life to the Galleys. ' HERE, Gentlemen, continued Peter Heudde was the Period of my infamous courfe of Life* by which you perceive that I have been a lonff time in Slavery. The Pleafures 1 have tailed are not equal to the Pains which I have endur'd on their Account. But the Governor of all Thina» wouM have it foi and J bear his Chaairemeius ^ with 314 '"'^^ Travels and Adventures with Patience, 'till he is fo gracious as to put aa End to them. We lamented his unhappy Fate, and Mr. Elliot giving him a Crown, aHur'd him that he wou'd endeavour to do him Service. We 'wou'd fain have known where this unfortunate Perfon was born and his Extraction, but he wou'd not tell us, fo that we retir'd in Admira- tion of the wife Dealings of the Almighty with his Creatures both good and bad. I car'd fo little for Algkr while I (lay'd there, and had fo little Curioiity to traverfe the Town, that I was furpriz'd when I was out at Sea to difcover Beauties there which I cou'd not have thought of. This charming City is fituate in form of an Amphitheatre upon the Declivity of a high Mountain, fo that you may fee it all at one View, tho' 'tis large and contains above loooco Inhabitants. But there was no returning to view it, nor indeed did I much care for it. The Weather was agreeable, and we had fo happy a Voyage that 1 did not feel the lead Inconvenien- cy. At length I arriv'd at London^ that famous magnificent City (whole Ludre eclipfes every thing that I had feenj the fourth of May 1694, in my fcventy third Year, but (hong and vigorous for one of my Age. THE firll thing I thought of was a new Sut« of Clothes, becaufe I was not willing to let my Friends fee me in the Garb I had on then. My LauaJord talk'd French and I defir'd him to fend for a TaiJor who likcwiie underftood that Lan- gu.^i^j The i ailor came and carry'd me to a i ;.L-, '- 'rr\ aiitS *^»hi-p where, while we were \ ;cwir_ .ulia, tiiwit xauic in a Man, who, as ^/ J A M E S M A S S E V. 3 I5: as foon as he had feen me, and heard that I had- been a Slave in Barbary^ was taken with a Bleed- ing at the Nofe, which could not be ftauiichM i hill he had loft above twenty Ounces of Blood, % Every one try'd the Remedies he knew, but when l I faw that all was to no purpofe, and that they adlually talk'd of fending for a Surgeon to open a Vein, I took his little Finger on that Side as the Noftril was that bleedcd, and ty'd it very hard with a Needle-full of Thread between the Nail and the firft Joint. This Remedy which never fail'd, tho' few Perfons know how to ufe it, hr.d- its Etiedl, and was admir'd by the Company. The Merchant who knew the Man, callM for a Glafs of Brandy, and taking it out of his Maid's Hands, faid, Here, Mr. IllaJJ'ey^ 'lis necellary that you take fome of thcfe Spirits towards fupplying what you have now loft. THO' he was young when I went from Home, yet I prefently knew him by fom.e Features that I remember'd, befides his being very much pitted' with the Small-Pox. Is your Name MaJJ'ey ? faid I, Yes, faid he, at your Service. Did you know^ reply'd I, Mr. Elliot Conful at /llgier ? Intimate- ly, laid he. Very well, I reply 'd, there's a Let- ter which he order'd me to give you. He rook ir, open'd and read it, and when he came to the Place where my Name was mention'd, he threw it down in a Hurry on the Compter againft which he lean'd, and fell about my Neck without fpeak- ing one Word. AS much as I labour'd at it, I was not able to pronounce a Word for a long time; we held each other about the Neck like two Statues, and I be- P. a-. licve i 3 1 6 TheTraveh and Adventures Jieve we fliould have died wirh Joy in one ano- ther's Arms if Care had not been taken to feparate 17S. You are jnfl come from Slavery, dear Bro- ther, faid he, with Tears in his Eyes, and nr doubt you want the good Things of this World. But Heaven has blefs'd me for us both, come home with me for the remainder of your Life to enjoy my Plenty, and your own Liberty. Tis but reafonable that you fhould govern in your- Turn. I, my Wife and Children will now be your Slaves. I would have you be Mafter at my Houfe, and I will be the firft to obey. I was go- ing to thank him for his Civilities, and to give him to underfland that a Man of my Age would not be very agreeable to young People, that it would be better I fhould be put to board with fome Stranger, who for my Money would be obliged to put up with my Infirmities. But he im- mediately interrupted me, and having order'd the 7'ailor to finifh my Clothes with all Speed, he ^arry'd me to his Houfe. YET, whatever I have faid of my firother is nothing in fhort to what his Family did. I thought my Siller his Wife, and my Nephews and Nieces his Children would have eaten me up alive for Joy. I had a very fine Apartment for my Lodg- ing, and a domef^'c Servant always to attend me. LE GRAND one of my Fellow Travellers having heard of my Arrival, did me the Favour to come and fee me. He told me how, after ha- ving left Goa^ he went to the Ifle oijava^ where he had the Happinefs to be introduc'd into the Fa- mily of M. de St. Martin^ and by him to M. Fafz Ridjin Governour of Batavia^ and that by M. Mar^ of }k ME S M A S $ E Y. 317 iin^s Means he had an Opportunity to iinprove \i\ ■ the Mathematical Le6lures 1 had given him, by aftingin the Poll of Engineer, which had enabled * him to live genteelly the relt of his Days. He told me alfo that La Forei died in thofe Parts in very good Circumftances, but he knew not what was • become of the others. TO do Judice to this Gentleman, I frankljr own, that the frequent Converfation I enjoy'd with him contributed not a little towards refrefli- ing my Memory with a great manyCircumdances which I had almofl utterly forgot, and that tho' this Narrative wants very much of being fo pcr- fedt as it would have been, if I had preferv'd iny Journals, or had the Convcniency every, where of putting down what occurr'd, yet with- out him it would not have been near fo compleat^ as it is. I F I have omitted fome Things, I have on the ' other hand advanc'd nothing but what I was either a Witnefs of, or came to me from the firft hand. And I would have publifh'd this Account of my Travels fome Years ago, had not fabdantial Rea- fons prevented me, and cfpecially thefe two. I. My Brother being concern'd \n the great Farms o^ France^ had fuch ill Succefs in them that he was forc'd to leave all, and come and fettle it^ UngUifti^ where he lives as private as pofUble, for fear the Court (liould hear of him, and give him Trouble- The other Reafon is of no lefs Weight, and atfe6ts myfelf in particular. I was afraid led my Book would excite the Ambition of fome infatiable Monarch to conquer the Kingdom I de- feribej and that he would compel me to ferve as a 6uid Maffey, David, Captain of a Ship his Misfortune, 2. Mattcrg^ I N D E X. Matter, its Operation on our Organs, 60. Microfcopes, th€ Ufe of em, 269, 270. Mines of Iron and Coal defcrib'd, 85, 86. Miracles of our Saviour how to be underftood, 266, 267^ N. Negro, Story of one who hang'd himfelf for fear of bang- ing, 19. ^ The DiiTedlion of his Body, 20. Why Negroes are black, 21. Neils of llrange Birds defcrib'd, 44, 4^. News, the Method of fpreading it. through this unknown- Country, 155. O. . Oak- Apples defcrib'd, 272. P. Paris, the Author's Account of it, 4. Pa/cal, M. an Account of his Conic Seflions, 5% Perception, what is the fole Caufe of it, 24. Fhilofophy, natural, a curious Difcourfe on it, 236 fa~ 240. Pillar of Fire that conduded the Ifraelites, what it was, 105. "Pole, a ilrange Animal of that Name defcrib'd, 131. Polyhius, a. Quotation from him with refpedl to the Gods,- and to Rewards and Punilhments, 264, Polygamy, to whom allow'd, 128. Prayer reckoned needlefs, 99. loi. The NecelTity of it, 101. 103. Princes why they don't love Akerations in Worfhip, 96. Purgatory, an Account of it, 141. R. Religious Differences not fo effential as pretended, 264, 265. Refurredion, the Pagan Notion of it, 107, 108, £ffr. 113. 116. Revelation Divine vindicated, 103, 104, l^c. Revelation Divine defended by our Author againft a Chriftian Rencgadoe, 284, 285, 286. S. Savages, our Author and his Comrades encounter with them, 226, ^c, to 239. Scriptures, INDEX. Scriptures, Holy, whether they were all inipir'd, 286, 287. Then- Antiquity and Authehticity, 287, 288 to 290. Serpent, a hideous one like to have devour'd our Au- thor, ^c. 50. Small- Pox, its Fatality, 170. Spaniard's fculfle with a Portuguefe in which they mur- der'd each other, 250, 251. Sun, how worthy he is thought of Adoration, 52, 53, Computation of his Dimenfions, 57, 58. 162, Sun-Dialling, an Account of that Art, 171, T. Temperance, the good EfFeds of it, 31, 32. Thought defin'd, 24. Time internal and external, how defin'd and meafur'd;, 26, 27. Tortoifes, the Excellency of their Fat, 39." Touch, the EfFedts of it, 24, 25. Trinity, a Difcourfe on that Subjedl betwixt a Chintfd Pagan and a Frefich Jefuit, 258, 259. Compared to a Fruit-Tree, 259, 260. The Infidelity of the Chineje, 261. V. Virgin, what it means in the Original, 266. W. Wandering yewy an Account of him, 8, ^r. Wars, juft, vindicated, 139, 140. Watch, a Prefent of one made to the King by our Au- thor's Comrade, 172. How it involv'd him in a very dangerous Intrigue with one of the King's Wives, 173 /