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THE
TRAVELS
AND
ADVENTURES
O F
JAMES MASSE1
Tranflated from the Original FRENCH
written by the CELEBRATED
MONSIEUR BAYLE
BEING A
General CRITICISM upon RELIGION,
the feveral ARTS and SCIENCES,
TRADE, COMMERCE, &c.
The Second EDITION: In which are inſerted
the PASSAGE s omitted in the Firſt Edition.
LONDON:
Printed for J. WATTS: And Sold by B. DoB
at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary-Lane, near
Stationers-Hall.
MDCC XLIII.
Rare Bk. Rosw
Regent L. L. Hubbard
5-7-1926
то
JEREMIAH DUMMER, Efq;
SIR,
HE Recommendation
T
thefe Travels have been
favour'd with from your
felf and other good
Judges, as a Hiftory admirably
adapted both to the Entertainment
and Inftruction of the Reader;
and your Commands upon me
to tranflate it, lay me under the
ſtrongeſt Inducement to claim your
Patronage.
A 3
And
DEDICATION.
And I humbly conceive that
your Retirement from that AGEN-
cy, during which
you perform'd
ſo many National Services in cul-
fo
tivating a mutual good Under-
ſtanding and Commerce between
Old and New England, as juftly
gain'd you the Love and Applauſe
of thoſe who truly underſtand the
Intereſts of both People, gives you
the more Leiſure to receive a De-
dication.
It muſt be own'd that bright
Accompliſhments, acquir'd and
improv'd in European, as well as
American Univerfities; The Ele-
gance of your Taſte, both in Men
and Books; The Politeness of your
Converfation; Your Efteem for
the Sciences, which are fo deli-
cately interwoven in the following
Narra-
DEDICATION.
Narrative; Your Knowledge in
the Belles Lettres; Your long Ac-
quaintance with the Beau Monde;
And, what is equal to all, Your
generous Diſpoſition to do good to
Mankind, are Qualities which
would have continued you very
uſeful and ornamental in a Pub-
lick Station.
Yet I take leave to congratu-
late you on your Preference of a
private Life; ſince not only an in-
nate Principle of Honour, but an
eaſy Fortune, fet you above the
Temptation of foliciting Employ-
ments, and ſubjecting yourſelf to
Dependencies which often prove
Snares to the beſt of Men, by
caufing them to deviate from the
facred Paths of Truth and Juſtice.
This probably was the Reafon you
lately
The French EDITOR'S
LETTER,
To M*****
SIR,
T
HESE are the TRAVELS
you heard fo much talk of, and
was ſo defirous to fee. By what
Chance the Manufcript fell
into my Hands, I will let you
know another time: As faon as I had dipp'd
into it, I could not help reading it from
the Beginning to the End, and found fo
many curious and important Paffages in
it, and so many inftructive Differtations
on feveral Points of Philofophy, as gave
me abundant Satisfaction. Many of my
Friends, Men of excellent Senfe and
Learning, have express'd equal Approba-
tion of it, fo that I dare fay, Sir, you will
read it with the fame Pleaſure.
I
I own to you that at the firft Reading
I fufpected the Author had taken a Tra-
veller's Privilege of mixing a little
Romance in his Relation; but when I
perus'd it again, and confider'd it a little
more particularly, I found nothing in it
but what was very natural, and highly
probable. And that Air of Candour and
Simplicity we meet with every where in
the boneft old Gentleman the Author, has
fully convinc'd me.
There are Paffages indeed, in certain
Converfations upon Points of Religion,
which, at first, a little ſhock'd me,
but
upon a cloſer Examination, and finding
that the Author, tho' always a great Cham-
pion for his own Religion, bas generally ex-
pos'd its Weakness or Falfhood, I thought
there was nothing in it that could startle
a Man well inftructed in the Chriftian
Faith, which, God be prais'd, is too well
eftablish'd to fear any thing from the At-
tacks of Libertines or Infidels: Confe-
quently, we have no need to have recourſe to
mean Artifices for concealing the Force of
the Arguments made use of against us, as
if we had a bad Cauſe to defend.
I am, &c.
THE
CONTENTS.
CHAP I. OF. our Author's particular Studies and
Profeffion; with an Account of his
Embarking, and his firſt Shipwreck on the Coast
of Spain.
Page 1
CHAP. II. The Author's Stay at Lisbon, &c. 16
CHAP. III. Of the Author's Second Voyage; and his
Shipwreck upon an unknown Coaſt.
40
47
CHAP. IV. The Author, with only two Comrades,
leaves the rest of the Company, and penetrates in-
to those unknown Countries. The Obftacles he meets
with in his Paffage, &c.
CHAP. V. Continuation of the Adventures of the
Author and his Comrades, till they came to an In-
habited Country.
59
82
CHAP. VI. Of the Discovery of a very fine Country,
its Inhabitants, their Language, Manners and Cuf
toms, &c. and of the Efteem which our Author and
his Comrade gain'd there.
CHAP. VII. A curious Converſation between the
Author, the Judge, and the Priest of the Village
concerning Religion.
116
CHAP. VIII. The Author is carry'd to the King's
Court. He traces the Origin of thofe Monarchs;
defcribes the Royal Palace, Temple, &c. 144
CHAP. IX. Which contains feveral very curious Con-
verſations betwixt the King and our Author. 158
CHAP.
The CONTENT S.
CHAP. X. Containing the Ceremonies at the Births
and Burials in this Country, the manner of admi-
niftring Justice, and many other Remarkables. 176
CHAP. XI. More Adventures of the Author, and his
Comrade, till their Departure from Court. 199
CHAP. XII. The Author leaves this fine Country;
the Ways be contriv'd to get out of it. He meets
again on the Sea-Side with fome of the Ship's Com-
pany with whom he had formerly been cast away
upon the Coast, &c.
257
236
CHAP. XIII. Containing what happen'd to the Re-
fidue of the Ship's Company, during the Author's
Abfence; and the reft of their Adventures 'till their
Departure from this Country.
CHAP. XIV. The Author's Paffage from the Sou-
thern Countries to Goa, where he was imprison'd
by the Inquifition. The Story of a Chinese whom
he met with there, and the Manner how they got
their Liberty.
288
CHAP. XV. Of the Author's Departure for Lif
bon: How he was taken and carry'd into Slavery,
and what happen'd to him while he was a Slave.
320
CHAP. XVI. Continuation of the Adventures of Peter
Heudde who is mention'd in the Second Chapter;
and the Author's Arrival at London.
349
THE
THE
Travels and Adventures
O F
JAMES MASSEY.
CHAP. I.
Of Our Author's particular Studies and Pro-
feffion; with an Account of his Embarking,
and his first Shipwreck on the Coast of Spain.
SHE narrow Limits with which
the Life of Man is circumfcrib'd,
and the few Years he is capable
of employing in cultivating and
perfecting the Arts and Sciences,
glide away fo foon, that no wonder if the
Progrefs he makes in either, turns to very
little Account. Nor is the Shortnefs of Life
the only Obſtacle which thwarts our natural
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Defire
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Defire of Univerſal Knowledge; the Lofs of
Wordly Goods being another Bar equally inſur-
mountable, the Truth of which I learnt, to my
Coft, long before I had finiſh'd my Studies.
THE Inclination I had from my Cradle
to the Belles Lettres, to Antiquity, and to
the ſtrange 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 Memory got
me the Prize in all the Claffes. The fine
things my Maſters ſaid in my Praiſe, and the
Tenderneſs with which my Parents lov'd me,
redoubled my Emulation, infomuch that I gave
my ſelf no Refpite, and had made fo good
ufe of my Time that when I was but eighteen
Years old, I underſtood both Latin and Greek
very well. In fhort, I had gone thro' a
Courſe of Philofophy, and was far advanc'd
in the Mathematics, when my Father David
Malley, who was Captain of a Ship, had the
Misfortune to be blown up with his Veffel
by the Imprudence of a Sailor, who inad-
vertently fet fire to the Powder.
THIS fatal Blow happen'd to our Family
in 1639, and of all the Days in the Year,
upon that very Day that our Army was beat
by the Spaniards before Thionville; you muſt
know that the good Man was bound to the
Factory at Senegal, and as the greateſt Part
of the Lading was upon his own Account,
my Mother was on a fudden left a Widow
with
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with five Children, and fcarce any thing to
maintain them. This Calamity however
was fo far from breaking her Heart, that
as foon as she received the News of it, fhe
fent for us, and faid to us with a manly
Air: < Children, one of the worſt Mif
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fortunes has happen'd 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 Fortunes. Nevertheleſs, be
⚫ not caft down, for the Divine Providence
can work Miracles to fupport his Creatures.
Learn by this Fatality, not to place your
Truft in the Arm of Flefh; and be affur'd
that God is a gracious Being, who will
'not abandon you. Since I have not fuffi-
⚫cient Means left to bring you all up as we
had intended, confider what Profeffions
•
each of you is moft inclin'd to follow.
For your part, James, faid fhe, I think you
had beft be a Surgeon, which, fince you
• feem to be fond of Travelling, like your
Father, is an Art that will favour your
<
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Defign.' She likewife propos'd to the
biggeſt Children what Profeffions they ſhould
undertake; to which every one of them con-
fented with Tears, and apply'd with Succeſs.
MY Mother, who was a Native of Hedin,
where fhe had Relations ftill living, left Abbe-
ville, and went thither to fettle. To my very
great Joy, tho' contrary to my Expecta-
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tion, I found many People there who were
fincerely concern'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 promis'd her that they
would never let her want. Nay, fome would
fain have perfuaded me to alter my Purpoſe,
and purſue my Studies, in hopes that in time
I might have it in my Power to bring up the
innocent Children, who were not able to help
themſelves; but my Refolution was form'd,
and my Inclination fix'd.
I TOOK leave of my Family and my
deareſt Acquaintance, who were forry to part
with me, and fet out for Paris. The Gran-
deur, Magnificence, and Variety, together
with the vaſt Concourfe of People of all
Ranks, which I faw on my Arrival at this
fine Place, did at the firſt Daſh aſtoniſh me;
every thing that occurr'd to my View,
feem'd perfectly new to me; I thought my
ſelf in another World; and M. Rouſſeau, the
Surgeon, to whofe Tuition I had been recom-
mended, had enough to do for near a Fort-
night to anſwer the Queftions I was continu-
ally putting to him, to gratify my Curiofity.
He likewife did me the Favour to carry me
to Marli, Fontainbleau, St. Dennis, St. Ger-
main, 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 diminish'd by
their
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their Frequency, I accuftom'd my ſelf at laſt
to look upon all theſe Fineries with a fort of
Indifference, which by degrees turn'd to an
Averfion; ſo that I abandon'd all thofe Cu-
riofities to the Speculation of the Idle and the
Indolent, and began to apply my felf care-
fully to the Art I had purpos'd to ſtudy.
M. Rouſſeau had very good Buſineſs, and
great Experience, and the many Cures he per-
form'd, open'd new Diſcoveries to me every
Day.
YET for all this, fcarce a Day pafs'd but
I exercis'd my felf feveral Hours in thofe
Languages and Sciences, in which I had be-
fore ſpent all my Time. I was the more en-
courag'd to do fo, becauſe Philofophy and
the Mathematics feem'd to be much in vogue,
by the Application of all Gentlemen to them,
of what Age and Rank foever. At the fame
time there came out a Treatife of Conic
Sections, faid to be written by the Son of
M. Pafcal, the Intendant of Juſtice at Roan, at
which many Perfons of Learning were really
furpris'd. I had the Curiofity to run it over,
but I found things in it which I thought
above the Reach of a Lad of Sixteen Years
of Age, for in feveral Places it furpafs'd
Apollonius. Many People were of my Opi-
nion, eſpecially when they confider'd, that
the Father of this pretended young Author
was a thorow Proficient in this Science,
from whence the Generality imagin'd, that
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he had a mind to give the Son the Credit of
it, to ufher him into the World with the
better Grace. Be this as it will, 'tis certain
that the Junior Paſcal was a Man of a lively
Imagination, and a great deal of Penetra-
tion and Judgment, as it afterwards fully ap-
pear'd. M. Morin, whom I took the liberty
to apply to, and who received me with extra-
ordinary Civility, procur'd me alfo the Ac-
quaintance of M. Des Argues, M. Midorge,
and ſeveral other Mathematicians, who fav'd
me a great deal of Labour by the curious
MSS. they put into my Hands, and the clear
and concife Methods they were pleaſed to
make me acquainted with. By means of theſe
learned Perfonages, I had Accefs likewiſe to
the Reverend Father Mercenne. This inge-
nious Gentleman was a great Help to me for
the underſtanding of feveral Queftions in Na-
tural Philofophy, and the Metaphyfics. As
he was intimate with M. Defcartes, who was
then in Holland, I propos'd nothing of Dif-
ficulty to him, but he explain'd to me at
one time or other; and he was the firft Man
that ever put into my Hand the Six Me-
ditations of that celebrated Philofopher. I
was fo defirous of learning how to demon-
ſtrate the Exiſtence of a God, the Immateri-
ality of the Soul, and its real Diftinction
from the Body, that I read them with all
the Attention I was capable of; but I frankly
own that I was not fatisfy'd with them. His
Method
JAMES MASSEY.
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Method for the due conducting of Rea-
fon, and finding out the Truth in the Sci-
ences, his Dioptricks, his Meteors, his The-
ory of the World, and every thing in ge-
neral that I had feen of his, charm'd me;
but for his Metaphyfics, as I faid before, I
lik'd no Part of 'em, but the Subtilty of his
Arguments. This made me conclude, that we
ought never to wade above the Depth of our
fhallow Underſtandings, and that we fhould
confine our ſelves to Bodies, to explain their
Nature, Form, Number, Properties, the Al-
terations occafion'd by Motion, and what
may be moft remarkable in them for our own
Ufe, for the Good of Society, and for the
Underſtanding and Advancement of Humane
Knowledge, without pretending to make ma-
nifeft and viſible, as it were, to the naked
Eye fuch things as are in their own Nature
Arcana's, and are, in all Probability, defign'd
to be for ever the Objects of our Faith and
Admiration. It appear'd in a very little while,
that I was not the only Perfon of that Opi-
nion; for an anonymous Book was publish'd
at the Hague, by an unknown Author, with
a View to explode the Philofophy of Defcartes:
At the fame time Father Bourdin attack'd it
in his publick Thefes; and then came out the
Objections of Meffieurs Hobbes, Gaffendi, Ar-
naud, and others, to his Metaphyfics. I was
fo taken with that Author, that I was curious
to fee all his Difputes, which coft me fo
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much
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much Time, that my Maſter often reproach'd
me for it, and faid that I neglected the main
Point, for the fake of applying to things
which cou'd be of no great Ufe to me, and
which, as to feveral of them, were not uni-
verſally approv'd of. He even went ſo far
as to tell me one Day, that I was in the
high Road to Atheiſm, for that I had already
embrac❜d an Opinion which had been lately
condemn'd by the Tribunal of the Inquifi-
tion, in the Perfon of Galileo, whom they
had confin'd in the Priſons of the Holy Office,
after having caus'd his Treatife of the Circular
Motion of the Earth, according to the Princi-
ples of Copernicus, to be burnt by the common
Hangman. But left theſe Reproaches might
intirely difcourage me, he took care to feafon
them with Commendations of my confider-
able Talents for Surgery, and the Knowledge
I had acquir'd in it, notwithſtanding the
Time I devoted to other Occupations.
AT length, when he found that all he
could fay did not put me out of conceit with
thofe fine Sciences, he refolv'd to enter me
into the State of Matrimony. He talk'd to
me inceffantly of a very pretty Neice of his,
who, after her Mother's Death, would have
a confiderable Eſtate. He often gave me to
underſtand, that he fhou'd not be forry if I
was marry'd to her; and that as he was ad-
vanc'd in Years, it would be in his Power to
put me into the intire Poffeffion of his Shop,
which
JAMES MASSEY.
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which was well accuftom'd: But this was not
the Mark I aim'd at. When he perceiv'd
my
Indifference, he became more cold to me
than before, infomuch that he began to neg-
lect me, and to conceal feveral things from
me, which I could not well learn without him';
fo that after having ferv'd two Years Ap-
prenticeſhip, I went to Diep, where I ftay'd
one Year more with M. La Croix, who was
without Diſpute a very able Mafter.
I WILL not ftop here to relate the minute
Adventures which I had in both thofe Towns,
becauſe I think them too inconfiderable; but
I cannot paſs over in Silence, that while I
was at this Port, a Man arriv'd there whom
the Vulgar call'd, The Wand'ring Jew. My
Mafter, who was a curious Man, and very
courteous, after having talk'd with him feveral
times occafionally, invited him to Dinner one
Day, that he might have the Opportunity of
hearing him difcourfe. The first Thing he
told us was, That he was Cotemporary with
Jefus Chrift, and that he faw him crucify'd.
My Name, faid he, is Michob, and I was
one of Pontius Pilate's Domeftics. When
that Roman Judge pronounc'd Sentence againſt
Jefus, I ftept up to this pretended Criminal
(continued he) and faid to him, What makes
you stay here so long? Han't you heard your
Condemnation? Get off! Why do
Get off! Why do you delay?
To which the Holy Man reply'd to me, I'll
be gone; but you shall ftay till I return. This
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is now above 1600 Years ago (faid he)
which I hope is the greateſt Part of the
• Time that I am to wander upon the Earth.
• Moft People are fond of Life, and few
there are but would be glad to add an
Age to the Years they have liv'd already,
if it were in their Power, but for my own
Part, I wiſh with all my Heart I had dy'd
a thouſand Years ago.' As the Droll talk'd
all manner of Languages, had by confequence
a happy Memory and had been a Traveller
all his Life-time, it was a Pleaſure to hear
him relate a thouſand Stories, as clear and
evident Truths, which paft Ages have tranf-
mitted to us in a very confuſed Light, and
after a very uncertain manner.
There is no
Corner of the World but he affirmed he had
vifited. He nam'd ſeveral Kingdoms and
Republics to us, that lie about the two Poles,
which we had never heard the mention of.
All the Courts in the World were known to
him. He was not ignorant of the minuteſt
Circumftance of the moft remarkable Revo-
lutions of Empires, fince he came into the
World. In fhort, the remoteft Incidents
ſeem'd to him as recent as if they had juſt
happen'd. But the Paffage at which we all
prick'd up our Ears, was where he began
to entertain us with an Account of the Saints
that roſe again at the Crucifixion of Jeſus
Chriſt. All Jerufalem, faid he, was alarm'd
when it was reported that the People at the
Burial-
JAMES MASSEY.
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Burial-Places had feen the Earth move in
ſeveral Parts, the Graves open of themfelves,
and naked Bodies appear, and make a thou-
fand different Motions. The Spectators,
continued he, were fo aftonifh'd at this unex-
pected Sight, that they all trembled, and
feveral dy'd with Fear. The moſt daring
of them were willing, however, to fee the
Iffue of it, and they were wonderfully fur-
pris'd when, by and by, they faw Humane
Creatures ftart all at once out of their Graves,
and prefs in a Hurry thro' the Multitude,
who made way for them by tumbling to the
Ground, as if they were all going to take
Poffeffion of their Sepulchres. No one cou'd
difcern, added Michob, was he ever fo at-
tentive, of what Sex the rifen Bodies were,
for they ſeem'd to be all of the fame Big-
nefs, the fame Age, and Complexion, and
had no viſible Mark by which they cou'd be
diſtinguiſh'd from one another. They had
not a Hair upon all their Bodies; their Bellies
were flat, and feem'd as if they ftuck to their
Ribs; feveral held their Mouths open, but
there were no Teeth to be feen; and their
round and ſmooth Fingers feem'd to be in-
tirely bare of Nails. This made him con-
clude, that all the Excremental Parts, and
thoſe which ſerve to grind, to fwallow and
digeſt Food while we are in a State of Mor-
tality, will not accompany us to the other
World, where, in fhort, they would be ufe-
lefs.
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leſs.
In fine, according to his Difcourfe,
it was never pofitively known what became
of thoſe Perfons; but it was reported fome
Days after, that they were gone to Galilee,
where they were to confer with Jefus Chrift,
and from thence to be carry'd to the Manfion
of the Bleffed. It may well be ſuppos'd that
this curious Subject did not fail to occaſion a
tedious Converfation: 'Twas Midnight when
our Gueſt left us, tho' my Maſter, notwith-
ſtanding the Converfation he had had with
him elſewhere, wou'd fain have kept him
till next Day. As the Magiftrates look'd
upon him to be a Vifionary, they did not
much mind what he faid, confequently he
was not a dangerous Perfon, and ask'd no
favour of any Body; for the common People,
and abundance of credulous and ſuperſtitious
Goffips, who thought him a Prodigy, gave
him what Neceffaries he wanted; befides that
he ftay'd but a little while in a Place, and
was no more than a Wanderer up and down
in the World.
HIS Departure, added to all the fine
Things I had heard him ſay of Foreign Coun-
tries, very much whetted my natural Defire
to travel. I imparted my Deſign to M. La
Croix, and as he had already been fo good as
to watch all Opportunities of publiſhing the
Progreſs I had made in my Profeffion, it
was not at all difficult for me to enter my
felf as a Surgeon on Board the Ship of Cap-
tain
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tain Le Sage, then preparing for a Voyage
to Martinico. We fail'd therefore from Diep
the 21st of May, 1643. Our Ship carry'd
but four Guns, and the Crew confifted but
of Fifty two Perfons. Tho' the Captain was
a Huguenot, yet he was a perfect honeft Man,
ftrictly juft, and extremely devout. He
wou'd not fuffer a Day to pafs over his Head
without Publick Prayers on Board, every
Morning and Evening, which were perform'd
with great Zeal and Edification by Peter du
Quefne, a young Student in Divinity, with
whom, I can truly fay, for my own part,
I was fo affected, that I immediately con-
ceiv'd an Esteem for him, and that I had
not been in his Company a Fortnight, but
the Veneration, which the Monks had im-
prefs'd me with for the holy Men and Wo-
men in Paradiſe, was very much abated; but
as ill Luck would have it, the Benefit I re-
ceiv'd from the wholfom Lectures of this
agreeable Companion, was of no long Du-
ration.
TWENTY-SEVEN Days after our
Departure, when we were off of Cape Fi-
nifterre, we perceiv'd that our Ship took in
much more Water than ordinary. The Car-
penters, who were never idle, were as dili-
gent as poffible to find out the Caufe of this
Difafter; but notwithſtanding all their Care,
and the plying of the Pumps Day and
Night, they were never the nearer, and at
the
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the end of Thirty-fix Hours the Water was
rifen to fuch a Height, that it run out at the
Port-Holes. The Captain feeing there was
no Remedy, order'd us to put to Sea in the
two Long-Boats, without taking any thing
with us but our Money, of which we had
not much. M. Le Sage was ftill on Board,
with the Mafter, the Pilots, and four other
young Gentlemen, who were only making
a Voyage of Pleaſure, when the Ship funk
to the bottom like a Stone. Tho' they were
prepar❜d for the Event, yet they were in-
tangled in one another; but as we were at
hand, we gave them all the Affiftance in our
Power, and had only the Misfortune to lofe
one of thoſe four Lads, Colombier, a young
Gentleman of Picardy, who was ſcarce Fifteen
Years of Age.
WE were oblig'd to be as eafy as poffible
under our Lofs, and to confider what Courſe
to fteer next; for tho' we had try'd to make
to Land for above two Days, yet the Wind,
which was at S. E. hinder'd us. The moſt
mortifying Circumftance of all was, that
thro' a Mifconftruction of the Captain's
Meaning, and for want of Time to fupply
our felves, we had very little Provifion, and
no Compaſs to guide us. The Sky was fe-
rene, the Sea calm, and the Weather agree-
able; but every one dreaded a Change. Mean
time, with the Light of the Sun by Day,
and of the Stars by Night, we us'd the ut-
moſt
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moft Diligence to get afhore, but cou'd not
obferve that we made any confiderable Ad-
vance; fo that we began to defpair of our
Lives, eſpecially upon the third Day, when
there fell fo thick a Fog, that it was im-
poffible to fee the Diſtance of two Foot. At
this very time, the little Long-Boat feparated
from ours, which the Captain perceiving by
the Cries we made to one another, prefs'd
the feeble Rowers to ftrain hard to rejoin us,
which they did indeed with a Vengeance;
for falling foul upon our little Veffel, thoſe
on Board us were fo alarm'd, that they all
rofe up at once, and gave fuch a Shock to
theirs, that it turn'd Keel upwards. We had
a great deal of Difficulty to fave them, and
much more to make room for them; for we
all lay one upon another, and had not eat
any thing for above Forty Eight Hours.
IN fhort, it pleafed God that about Noon,
when the Sun had difpers'd the Fog, we dif-
cover'd ſeveral Sail coming towards us, which
agreeable Sight gave us Joy inexpreſſible.
We tack'd about immediately to meet them,
and in three or four Hours time they came
up with us, when Captain Davidson was fo
kind as to take us on Board his Ship.
He was bound from Portſmouth, as Convoy
to Seventeen English Merchant Ships, that
were going to Lisbon. As our Bowels had
been ſo much relax'd, and it being the Opi-
nion of the Phyficians (whom, however, we
did
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did not go to confult on purpoſe) that there
was no danger in Eating and Drinking hearti-
ly, no fooner were the Provifions brought,
but we were all glad to fee our Beards wag.
Every thing that was ferv'd up to us was ab-
forb'd as quick as if it had been thrown into
a Well; but tho' our Bellies were full, we
were not fatisfy'd. We had no fooner granted
a Refpite to our Jaws, but we fell into a
profound Sleep, and I queftion if there was
one of us that did not fleep at leaſt Twenty
Hours before he was thoroughly awake. The
Second Meal fet us intirely to rights again.
A Lieutenant of the Ship who ſpoke French,
would needs have me give him the Particulars
of our Misfortunes, fome of which rais'd his
Pity, and others his Laughter. At last we
arriv'd at a good Harbour, and landed at
Lisbon the first of July, without the Lofs of
one Man befides Colombier.
CHA P. II.
The Author's Stay at Lisbon, &c.
ISBON ftands near the Mouth of
the Tagus, in a Situation extremely
diverting; and certainly 'tis one of
the fineſt Cities in Europe. It has a
confiderable Trade, which renders it very
populous and wealthy. According to the
Calcu-
JAMES MASSEY.
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Calculation I made of it in the Bulk, there
cannot be lefs than 20000 Houſes. There
are Thirty-five or Forty Gates for the Con-
veniency of the Inhabitants: and I am very
much miſtaken if it be not two long Leagues
in Compaſs.
THE Perfon to whom I made my Ap-
plication, was one M. Du Pre, a Surgeon
by Profeffion, a Man who had a great deal
of Practice, and was capable of finding me
Employment. In fhort, the good Man re-
ceiv'd me with open Arms. I had been with
him but a very little while ere I diſcover'd
that he was one of the Reformed, for he
went very feldom to Mafs, often read Ser-
mons to his Children, and not a Sunday went
over his Head but he catechis'd them pri-
vately: And he, for his part, quickly per-
ceiv'd alſo that I was very far from a Bigot;
fo that he confefs'd to me he kept the Bible
at home for the Inftruction of his Family,
which he carry'd me to fee.
TO fpeak the Truth, the firſt time that
I gave it a Reading, which was difpatch'd
in a very little time, I took it for an ill-con-
certed Romance, to which however I gave
the Name of Sacred Stories. The Book of
Genefis feem'd to me to be meer Fiction; the
Jewish Law and Ceremonies a Medley of
Trifles and Childiſh Vanities; the Prophefies
an Abyſs of Obſcurities, and the most ridi-
culous Nonfenfe; and the Gospel a pious
Fraud,
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Fraud, invented to cajole filly Women, and
captivate the Vulgar. What fhock'd me firſt
of all was to find, that in the Work of the
Creation there was Light before the Lumi-
naries which produce it, and without which
all wou'd be Darkneſs and Obfcurity. Then
I boggled at the Fatal Neceffity Man was
laid under to labour and die, as a pretended
Confequence of his Crime. Afterwards I re-
flected on the Sentence pafs'd upon the Wo-
man, to bring forth Children in Sorrow, and
that on the Serpent, to creep on its Belly,
as if before it had Legs. The Rainbow,
which was plac'd in the Clouds after the
Deluge, to difpoffefs Mankind of the Fear of
perifhing by a fecond Flood: The Favour
granted by Heaven to Lot, to depart out of
Sodom, that he might be at liberty to go im-
mediately and commit a double Inceft with
his Daughters: The Amours of Pharaoh and
of Sarah the Wife of Abraham; and the
Rape committed on her, when fhe was a
decrepid old Woman, by Abimelech King of
Gerar: The frequent Dialogues between the
Creature and his Creator: The Paffage over
the Red Sea, and the many other Miracles
wrought for the Jews: The Afs, whofe
Mouth was open'd to fay fo little to the Pur-
poſe; and a thouſand other Difficulties of the
fame Nature, puzzled my Reaſon to a pro-
digious Degree. I could not comprehend
how Effects cou'd precede their Cauſes. I
had
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had been ſo often taught the contrary in the
Schools, and daily Experience had ſo many
times confirm'd this Truth to me in the Works
of Nature, that I did not care fo much as
once to think of it. I thought it altogether
as abfurd to fuppofe that Man wou'd have
been immortal, if he had not difobey'd God,
becauſe I did not fee any Appearance that
the Order and Conftitution of his Parts wou'd
have fuffer'd any Alteration, after he had
receiv'd Life. Nor did I conceive how the
Earth wou'd have been in a Condition to
bear its Fruits. continually in the fame Abun-
dance, without Cultivation, unleſs it had been
quite of another Nature then, than it is at
prefent, which is not probable: I had read
a hundred Voyages, which affur'd me that
the Women in general, in the Eaft- Indies, in
Africa, and in America, about the Line, fcarce
fuffer any Pain at all in the Delivery of the
Humane Species into the World; infomuch
that the Women of Brafil commonly go to
be deliver'd near fome Spring or River, where
they wash themſelves, cleanſe the Infant, and
then carry it to their Husbands, who imme-
diately take to their Beds, where they lie-in,
and receive the Compliments of the Goffips,
while the Woman goes abroad for Proviſion
to regale them. On the other hand, among
the People who live towards the Poles, the
Sex fuffers a vaft deal at fuch times, and even
many of them loſe their Lives; ſo that this
varies
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varies proportionably to the Climates, and
to the Peoples Conftitutions. 'Tis the very
fame thing in Beafts, which for no Crime
by them committed, are equally fubject to
thoſe different Changes. In fine, for it wou'd
require whole Volumes to exhauft this Sub-
ject, when I confider'd the Cauſe of the
Rainbow, and its Bignefs and Colours, hav-
ing made a hundred artificial ones my ſelf,
which is eaſily done, by taking Water into
one's Mouth and ſquirting it abroad, in ſome
Place oppofite to the Sun Beams, which has
no very bright Objects beyond it, and by fe-
veral other ways; I cou'd not well digeft
the Account which Mofes gives us of it, as a
Meteor unknown before that time.
NEVERTHELESS, all theſe Ob-
ftacles did not intirely difcourage me; for I
undertook to run over this holy Book a fe-
cond time, on condition, however, that, as I
went thro' it, I might defire my Maſter to
explain the difficult Paffages. He conſented
to it, and we were every Day deeply en-
gag'd in Difputes, during which the good
Man frequently rav'd at me, and I was well
off if he only call'd me a Libertine and a
ftubborn Unbeliever. I faid to him fome-
times, that it was no ftrange thing to fee a
Crowd of Swimmers follow the rapid Courſe
of a wide deep River, becauſe 'tis every whit
as agreeable as 'tis eafy; but as foon as any
one Man turns his Back to the others, cutting
the
JAMES MASSEY.
21
the Stream, and haftening nimbly towards its
Fountain, they are all furpris'd at the Action;
for which, fome admire him, and others,
efpecially his Companions, envy him to fuch
a degree, that they are ready to burst with
Spite, and do every thing they can imagine
to difcredit and ruine him, becauſe what he
does is an evident Proof of Skill and Vigour
on his Part, and of meer Daftardy and Folly
on their Part. 'Tis the fame thing as to our
Sentiments concerning the Sciences, and efpe-
cially Religion; the firft we imbibe ſtick
with us, fo that we cannot bear to be contra-
dicted. We are difgufted with every thing
that is not conformable to them, and from
the Moment that a Man talks of diſcarding
them, he is infallibly reckon'd a Madman,
or a Knave. Mean time, I declare to you,
that as I entertain a much more favourable
Opinion of a Man who fwims againſt the
Stream, than of another who fuffers himſelf
to be infenfibly borne away with it, fo I am
infinitely more inclin'd to think well of that
Man's Penetration and folid Judgment, who
examines every thing, and even fometimes
oppoſes Opinions long fince receiv'd, than of
thofe Men who hold Sentiments, as by Right
of Inheritance, from their Anceſtors, and who
only retain them for the fake of their Age or
their Authority; becauſe it ſeldom happens
that People go out of the common Road,
without Reaſons for fo doing; whereas 'tis
not
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not fo much expected that Men fhould
give their Reaſons for not deviating from it.
AT the beginning of our Converſation,
another Affair happen'd, which gave occa-
fion to another Difpute. A Captain of a
Ship having brought fome Negroes from
Africa, made a Prefent of one of the hand-
fomeft to a Friend of his, a Man of Figure
and Subſtance, but whimfical, and hard to
be pleas'd. This Negro, after having liv'd
ſeveral Years with fo rigid a Mafter, and fuf-
fered a thouſand Abufes from him, could
bear it no longer, and refolv'd, whatever
might be the Confequence, to take Revenge
in a way the most dangerous that cou'd be.
For this End, he went to the Apothecary
that ferv'd the Family, and under pretence
that they were extremely pefter'd with Rats,
he defired two or three Penyworth of Arfenic.
The Fellow was fcarce got out of the Shop
to do fome Errands, when the Apothecary
fent to tell the Gentleman, that fince his Black
came for the Ratsbane, he had thought of an
admirable Compofition to deſtroy thoſe Ver-
min, and that if he pleas'd he would imme-
diately fend him the Receipt. The Gentle-
man, who was naturally of an uneafy Temper,
being furpris'd at this Meffage, and the
more becauſe he very well remember'd that
he had us'd his Domeſtic barbaroufly but the
Day before, fent for him to know what he
meant to do with that Poifon, and fwore by
all
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all that's facred, he would murder him, if he
gave him the leaft Caufe to fufpect him. It
happen'd that the Valet was not then in the
way, but as foon as he came home, a Ser-
vant-maid, who dreaded that fhe fhou'd fee
him broke upon the Wheel, gave him fecret
Notice of what had pafs'd. The Wretch
was fadly affrighted; and being conscious
that he had not Courage enough to ftand
the Teft, he ftole away, and without more
ado hang'd himſelf. Mean time, his Maſter
was out of all Patience becauſe he did not
fee him; and after having order'd Meffen-
gers to go and find him out, at the Places to
which he had fent him, a Footman came and
furpris'd him with the News, that he found
him hanging in the Corn-Loft.
THE Noiſe of this tragical Action was
quickly fpread every where. The Gentleman
being one of my Mafter's beſt Patients, he
went to him immediately, and defired him
for feveral Reafons to order it fo, that he
might have the Body. The Gentleman being
a Perfon of no fmall Influence, made no
Scruple to affure him he ſhould have it, and
the very fame Day he perform'd his Promiſe.
As foon as the Body was put into our Hands,
we diffected it, in form. All the Parts of
it were difpofed like thofe of the Body of a
white Man, at leaft, we obferv'd no Diffe-
rence; but what furpris'd us was, to find im-
mediately under the Epidermis, a very thin
delicate
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delicate Membrane, which my Mafter had
never perceived in other Bodies, and which I
had never heard of before. He immediately
fent for a famous Phyfician of the Town,
to whom he imparted this Diſcovery, but the
Doctor did not feem fo much furpris'd as I
expected, for the fame thing had happen'd
to him upon the like Occafion. We con-
cluded that this muſt be the true Cauſe of
the Blackness of this Race of Men, foraf-
much as this Tunick ftifles, and no doubt
abſorbs the Rays of Light; as on the con-
trary, a Leaf of Quickfilver plac'd behind
Venice Glafs, makes them reflect, and ftrikes
them back towards the Place from whence.
they came. This gave occafion to a ſtrong
Debate concerning the Origin of the Ethi
opians, which, when we confider this remark-
able Difference, feems not to be the fame.
with other Men. Upon this Principle I was
going to draw Confequences which would
have tended to no lefs than the intire Sub-
verfion of the Syftem of the Sacred Author
in Debate. But I was filenc'd by being told,
That there were many things, which it was
the Will of Heaven we fhould admire, but
are forbid to dive into.
I WAS much delighted to hear this Doc-
tor diſcourſe upon the Conftruction and Ope-
rations of the humane Body. He ſpoke Latin
like Cicero, and was as good an Orator as
Demofthenes. I was charm'd with every thing
he
JAMES MASSEY.
25
he faid, becauſe the Terms in which he ex-
prefs'd himſelf were ſtrong, and well-choſen ;
and he always aim'd to be clear and intel-
ligible.
NOT to give you a Detail of the long
Converfation we had upon this fine Subject,
I will only mention that he obſerv'd three
things to us, which fpread themſelves in ge-
neral over the whole Body; the one exter-
nally, which is the Skin; and the two others,
which are the Veins and Nerves, in the In-
ternal, and lefs viſible Parts of the Corporeal
Mafs. The Skin, faid he, is neceffary to the
Creature, becaufe, like a Shell, it covers,
inclofes, and wraps about its Members on all
Sides, in fuch a manner as to defend every Part
of us againſt the Injuries of the Air, as it does
the Face and Hands, if we were inur'd to
expoſe the whole Body in the like manner.
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 through
the whole Machine, fo that it is not poffi-
ble to prick it in any Place, be it ever
ſo ſmall, without piercing fome of their
Branches; which is plain from the Vermilion
Colour of the Moiſture that inftantly ſtarts
out. In fhort, there is no Part in us where
we do not meet with Nerves; this is clear,
and may eaſily be prov'd, beyond all Con-
tradiction or Queſtion. All theſe Nerves,
C
with-
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without Exception, proceed from the Brain,
where like fo many Strings, Twigs, or hol-
low 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 ſmall Glandule extremely fenfible and
delicate; and to the Bafis are faften'd an in-
finite Number of imperceptible Arteries, by
which a prodigious Quantity of Spirits flow
to it from the Heart, which Spirits keep the
Glandule in a continual Agitation, and ready
to yield to the leaft extraneous Motion.
TO illuftrate this by an Example; Sup-
poſe I have in my Hands a thouſand Ends
of Thread ty'd together, 'tis impoffible that
any one fhou'd be pluck'd without my per-
ceiving it immediately, tho' I can't point to
the very Place where the Attraction is made.
Admitting therefore thefe Nerves, or the lit-
tle Fibres of which they are compos'd, to be
full of Spirits, as indeed they always are
when we are awake, tho' they are partly de-
priv'd of 'em while we fleep; if any Object
whatſoever happen to ſtrike againſt the exte-
rior End, or againſt any other Part of thoſe
Tubes, it is evident, that when they are full,
and by Confequence extended, the other Ex-
tremity which is in the Brain, muſt be fen-
fible of the Shock, and communicate the Mo-
tion to the Glandule, which muſt unavoid-
ably be acknowledg'd to be the Seat of the
Underſtanding. And foraſmuch as Experience
has
JAMES MASSEY.
27
has taught me from the Cradle, that the
Blows, Wounds, and other Ailments which
my Body ſuffers, generally come to it from
without, as often as I perceive the leaſt Agi-
tation in one of my Parts, I cannot but
aſcribe the Cauſe of it to fome external
Agent, nor help believing that 'tis really the
Extremity of fome Nerve, and no other
Part, which was touch'd. We are alſo by
Nature fo far prepoffefs'd in favour of this
Opinion, that thofe, for Example, who have
had the Misfortune to loſe an Arm, complain
they feel the Pain at their Fingers, and in
no other Place; which is a Truth that every
Day's Experience confirms. Whether there-
fore the Impulfion be made by the Rays of
Light on the Optic Nerves, or by the ſmall
Particles of our Food upon the Nerves which
communicate with the Tongue, or by the im-
perceptible Effluvia from Bodies which we
call Scented, upon the Source of the Olfac-
tory Nerves, or in what other manner fo
ever this be, it amounts to the fame thing;
the Organs may be as different as they will,
'tis the Touch is the fole Cauſe 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 thoſe Five
to place Hunger, Thirſt, and the Pleaſure
of Love, increaſe them to Eight; it ap-
pears, I fay, that neither of 'em have a right
C 2
Notion
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Notion of the Nature of the Senfes, becaufe
'tis manifeſt from what we have faid, that
there is abfolutely but one.
MOREOVER, continued be, I cou'd
eaſily demonftrate, Mathematically, and by
the Help of a Geometrical Figure, that 'tis im-
poffible, ftrictly speaking, to have more than
one Perception at a time, as perfectly as we are
capable by Nature, and that when two or
three are form'd together, they muſt needs be
confus'd; for Experience tells us, that when
we look upon an Object, the only Part of
it which we ſee perfectly and diftinctly, is
the Point which correfponds with the Optic
Axes, our Perception of the other Parts be-
ing only more or lefs, in Proportion to their
Diſtance from the Center. Our Ideas or the
Images of our Thoughts, are no more dif-
ferent from one another, than our Perceptions
are; for tho' we admit of two forts of them,
diftinguiſh'd by the Terms, Conception and
Imagination, 'tis certain that Touching is
the fole Cauſe of both the one and the other:
'Tis the only Source of all Human Know-
ledge, and alſo of our Reaſon, which, when
all is faid and done, is nothing more nor leſs
than the Union or Difunion of Names, which,
by common Confent, we have impos'd upon
Subſtances, as they appear to our Compre-
henſion to bear a Conformity to their Quali-
ties, and not at all to their Exiſtence. Other
Creatures having Organs like to ours, have
no
JAMES MASSEY.
29
no doubt the fame Perceptions, and 'tis only
the Degree of more or lefs, that can confti-
tute the Difference. The Beafts therefore
have Reaſon; and tho' they don't fhew it,
'tis only for want, perhaps, of Speech to give
Names, as we do to things which affect them
by being put in Motion; for, in other Mat-
ters, they are very capable of diſtinguiſh-
ing
HERE our Phyfician was interrupted on
a fudden, by a terrible Shriek from the Maid-
Servant. The poor Girl, as fhe was bring-
ing 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 Affiftance, and found that he had
broke her right Leg. The Doctor, after
having feen it drefs'd the firſt time, went
home, to my very great Concern; for, beſides
fome Objections which I was ready to have
offer'd, I fhould have been very glad to have
heard the Conclufion of fo curious a Dif-
courfe; and was the more mortify'd after-
wards, becauſe I could never get another Op-
portunity to engage that ingenious Gentle-
man to talk with me upon the fame Sub-
ject.
TO return therefore from this firft Digref
fion; I muſt ſay, that tho' M. Du Pre was
far from being a Philofopher, yet the few
Hints I had from him, together with Calvin's
Commentaries, which he put into my Hands,
C 3
were
30 The Travels and Adventures of
were of very great Service to me. From
hence I had an Opportunity of obferving,
That the Creation of Light means nothing
more than the Formation of that fubtile Mat-
ter of which the Stars were compos'd upon
the fourth Day; and that tho' Moſes ſpoke of
Day and Night before that Day, it was only
by way of Anticipation, as he faid in another
Place, That God made Man, Male and Fe-
male, 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
eafily comprehended, as well with regard to
the Penalties which were impoſed upon our
firſt Parents, as with regard to the Rain-
bow, &c. That both the one and the other
were at firft Natural Signs, which God
chang'd at that time into Signs of Inſtitu-
tion; much like what we obferve with re-
ſpect to the holy Sacraments of Baptifm and
the Lord's Supper. And as to the Term Be-
ginning, at the Head of the Book of Genefis,
it did not perplex me, tho' it puzzles many
others. I knew very well, that in Philofo-
phy we muſt diſtinguiſh External Time from
the Internal; as in Geometry, we diſtinguiſh
an External Dimenſion from an Internal one,
if I may be indulg'd the Expreffion; which is
as much as to fay, that we must make a Dif-
ference between a thing which has been mea-
fured, and whofe Dimenfions are known,
and another which has not. My Chamber,
for
JAMES MASSEY.
31
for Example, has its Dimenſions, that's un-
deniable; but meer Theory cannot aſcertain
the Contents, Practice must be added to it,
and ſome common Method muſt be made uſe
of, which Men are agreed on beforehand, ere
we can be able to ſay exactly how many
Feet, Inches, or fquare Lines it contains. By
this means thofe Dimenfions which were at
firſt internal and fecret, become external and
known, with regard to the external Meaſures
which ferv'd to determine the Contents. All
Beings in Nature therefore have an Internal
Time, and an External Time; their Internal
Time is that Duration whereby they continue
in their actual and real Exiſtence, which ex-
tends from the Beginning to the End of them;
their External Time is the Duration of the
Earth, as far as its Motion is employ'd to
meaſure it; fo that the External Time of
a Thing is the fame, with refpect to its In-
ternal Time, as the Meaſure to the Thing
meaſur❜d. We can have no Idea of any but
Internal Time abftractedly, before the Crea-
tion of the World, becauſe then there was
no Being exiſtent, but God, the Being of
Beings, whofe Duration is without Beginning
or End, and cannot properly be defin❜d or
meafur'd: But the very Moment that the
Sun appear'd in the Firmament, and that the
Earth was fuppos'd to turn round its Center,
which it does from Weft to Eaft, in a cer-
tain Space of Time, the Name of a Day
C4
Natural
32 The Travels and Adventures of
Natural was given to each of thofe Periods;
and that of Hours, Minutes, &c. to the leffer
Parts, juft as the Succeffion of feven Days is
call'd a Week; the Moon's Revolution from
Weft to Eaſt, a Month; the Revolution of
the Earth round the Sun, a Year, &c. Thefe
common Meaſures help us to mark out the
Time, and by rendring what was internal in
its own Nature, External for our Ufe, no
wonder that without going farther back-
wards, we confine our felves to this Begin-
ning, and only make a Computation of Time,
fince proper Meaſures 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 to perceive the Connexion in the
great Work of Redemption, the Harmony
and Relation betwixt the Paffages of the Old
Teftament and the New, and how the Ante-
cedents and Confequents reciprocally 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 Paffage of the Red Sea,
the Ceremonial Law, and Circumcifion, the
Menaces and Promiſes, the Dreams, Viſions,
and Prophecies, and the moſt remarkable
Tranfactions in the Republick of Ifrael,
were only Types, Allegories, Emblems, Fi-
gures, and Shadows, which referr'd only to
the New Covenant, ow'd their Luftre purely
to
JAMES MASSEY.
33
to the Light of the Gofpel, and had Chrift
for their real Body.
MY Landlord was charm'd at this Me-
tamorphofis. He admir'd to obferve the
fudden Tranfition, from that Coldneſs which
made me look upon Things with Contempt,
to a Zeal which prompted me to confider
them with Esteem. Every thing that I did
attracted his Applaufe; he had ſcarce ever
feen my Fellow. But as there is nothing in
the World perfect, he obferv'd one thing
in me ftill, which gave him great Uneafinefs.
My Natural Complexion was fair; my Mo-
ther had indulg'd 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 poffible, faid he once to me, that a Youth
who is fo very intent on the Solution of the
moft difficult Paffages of Scripture, fhou'd
not perceive that St. Paul pofitively forbids
the wearing of long Hair, and that he thinks
it a Shame for a Man to nouriſh, and take
ſo much Care of it. I turn'd off his Remon-
ftrances to me, upon this Head, for a long
time, with Banter, but perceiving that he
ſpoke to me of it every Day with the more
Earneftnefs, I faid to him one Day in my
Turn, Sir, Is it poffible you fhou'd not
'know, that as the Diverfity of the Seaſons
• of the Year obliges us to clothe our felves
differently, according to the Heat or Cold-
• nefs of the Weather, fo the Changes which
C 5
happen
·
34 The Travels and Adventures of
B
happen in Society engage us to obferve
different Maxims? Heretofore, faid I,
long Hair was a Mark of Subjection.
• When a Slave was freed, his Head was
'fhav'd as a Token of the Liberty that had
• been granted him; and 'tis to this that the
Apoſtle alludes. Under the Law, we were
• Slaves to Sin, he means, but we are made
free by Grace. Why fhou'd we ftill 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,
tho' the Ufe of them is now very much
loft among the Chriftians. I own the
• Text fays, that we are taught by Nature
•
not to pride our felves in our Hair; but
* this Expreffion is not to be taken in its
ftricteft Senfe, for Nature there fignifies
⚫ nothing but Cuftom. Naturally we have
nothing that is Superfluous. Our Hair
was given us for the Guard and Preferva-
tion of the Head, and the upper Parts of
⚫ the Body, as Nails are Weapons 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 eſtabliſh'd among
C People, which at the long Run we look
upon as Natural. The Faſhion of this
Age authoriſes the wearing of long Hair,
⚫ and I don't think it any Harm to follow
• it,
JAMES MASSEY.
35
• it, eſpecially in this Part of the World,
where, by the Confeffion of People of the
• beſt Senſe, and the generality of Divines,
the Thing is abfolutely a Matter of Indif-
⚫ference. But all this was not enough to
convince my Mafter; fo that to fatisfy him,
I was fain to permit him to make ufe of his
Sciffors, and to crop my Hair even to my
Ears. This Change of Cuſtom was an Un-
eafineſs to me; but, in fhort, what will not
a Man do for the fake of Peace and a good
Underſtanding 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 occa-
fion. His Perfon, his Family, his Goods,
all were at my Service and Diſpoſal.
BESIDES thefe Advantages which
were very confiderable for a Foreigner, as
I was, he procur'd me the Acquaintance of
many of his intimate Friends, and particu-
larly of a Factor of the Dutch Company,
who was indeed one of the most agreeable
young Men that I ever knew. He talk'd
French very well, and was perfectly acquain-
ted with his Religion, of which I took an
Opportunity to converfe with him, when-
ever we faw one another, which I endea-
vour'd fhou'd be as often as poffible. I had
moreover this Happineſs, that he accommo-
dated me with every thing I wanted, and
wou'd not ſuffer me for the World to be
trouble-
36 The Travels and Adventures of
troubleſome to my Mafter, who, however,
was a courteous good-natur'd Gentleman. He
never made an Entertainment, but he en-
gag'd me to be of the Party; and the worſt
on't was, he treated fo liberally that we had
occafion to remember it generally for two
Days after it. One time he debauch'd me
fo, that next Day I was 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
Phyſician actually gave me over. However,
by obſerving a regular Diet, I at length re-
cover'd. During this I made continual Re-
flections upon the fevere Laws which Nature.
fo punctually executes upon poor Mortals;
and being fenfible that there are few Exceffes
which he does not punifh, I concluded in
my Mind that Frugality and Temperance
are the true Means of keeping the Mind al-
ways free, and of fecuring the Body from
all the Distempers to which we are otherwiſe,
almoſt all of us, fubject. This made me
take a firm Refolution to be more temperate
for the future, than I had been in time paſt,
and never to be guilty of any thing with
which I might reproach my felf afterwards.
Van Dyke, which was the Dutchman's Name,
had made the fame Refolution before I knew
him, but his Generoſity, when he had a mind
to regale his Friends, oblig'd him fometimes
to
JAMES MASSEY.
37
to recede from it, and not always to put in
practice the good Leffons which he fcarce
ever fail'd to give when he was the Gueſt of
his Friends. However, I made him own at
laft, That when Health is at ftake, it was
better to be reckon'd an Oeconomiſt, than a
Man of Generofity and Complaiſance.
DURING this, the good Man had a
troubleſome Affair upon his Hands, which
gave me more Uneafinefs than it did him. He
receiv'd a Letter from the Wife of one of his
Merchants, which requir'd him in her Hus-
band's Abfence, to furniſh M. Heudde's Son,
who was her Nephew, and then fet out for
Lisbon, with what Neceffaries he wanted to
continue his Voyage; adding, that he ſhould
be reimburs'd, and that for her own part,
ſhe ſhou'd be much oblig'd to him for the
Favour. In about a Fortnight after, M.
Heudde arriv'd at Van Dyke's, attended by a
Valet de Chambre, who were both very
meanly accoutred. The firft Queſtion he
ask'd him was, Whether he had not receiv'd
a Letter from his Aunt, which the Factor no
fooner own'd, than he entertain'd him with
a great many Particularities about feveral Per-
fons of the Factor's Acquaintance; after which,
he told him his Defign of vifiting Portugal,
Spain, Italy, France, and of returning home
thro' the Iſland of Great Britain. At laſt he
talk'd of the Money he fhou'd have occafion
for, to make the Tour of fo many Countries.
Van
38 The Travels and Adventures of
Van Dyke told him what he thought would
fuffice; and as he exhorted him not to be ex-
travagant on the one hand, fo he wou'd not
have him difparage himſelf on the other, be-
cauſe he had Orders to accommodate him
with what Monies he wanted, not only at
Lisbon, but wherever elfe he travell'd: This
the Factor cou'd eafily do, becauſe he had
very good Correſpondence, either directly or
indirectly, in moſt of the chief Towns of
Europe. M. Heudde, who feem'd very well
pleas'd with the Compliment, contented him-
felf with the Sum of 15000 Livres, and good
Recommendations; and after having ftaid a
few Days, continu'd his Journey. Van Dyke,
who was a very punctual Man in his Buſineſs,
immediately certify'd his Principal of what
had pafs'd betwixt him and his Nephew, and
what Rout he had taken. But in a Week
after, to his great Surpriſe, who fhou'd he
meet in the Street, but him that pretended to
be M. Heudde's Valet de Chambre, and ask-
ing him if his Maſter was not gone, he an-
fwer'd him to his farther Aftoniſhment, not
only that he cou'd not tell what was become
of him, but that he did not ſo much as know
who he was. I came hither, faid he, fome
Days ago from Bourdeaux, with a Deſign to
make a Voyage to America; the Gentleman,
you fpeak of, happening to be on Board our
Ship, bargain'd with me to be his Servant,
as long as he continued in this City, for
Twenty-
JAMES MASSEY.
39
Twenty-pence a Day, befides my Expences,
which he paid me, but diſmiſs'd me laft Week,
and I have not fince heard a Word of him.
This was fomewhat alarming to my Friend;
and tho' he was not very fure that he was
bubbled, he had the Precaution to write im-
mediately to all thofe to whom he had given
the Traveller his Recommendations, and de-
fired 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
paſt 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 Gallows.
THO' this Lofs was a Trifle to the
Wealth M. Van Dyke had acquir'd, yet it
vex'd him a little, and he left no Stone un-
turn'd to find out the Sharper, but all his
Inquiry was to no Purpoſe; and whether he
ever heard of him in his Life, is more than
I know, becauſe I left him not long after;
for tho' I was heartily welcome to him, yet
I did not thoroughly like my Station there,
becauſe my Profit was but fmall, and my
principal View was to fee the World. The
Friendſhips I had contracted, and the Cha-
racter my Maſter gave me, made my De-
parture the more eaſy.
CHAP.
40 The Travels and Adventures of
CHAP. III.
Of the Author's Second Voyage; and his Ship-
wreck upon an unknown Coaſt.
HAD an Opportunity of going on
board a Portuguese Ship, which was
bound to the East Indies, in Compa-
ny with three others. It was com-
manded by one Don Pedro, and carry'd only
Twenty Guns, but had 147 Men aboard, of
which Number were a great many Frenchmen,
who however, to a Man, underſtood the Por-
tuguese Tongue. All things being ready, we
fet fail the Fifth of June, 1644, with a very
favourable Wind. The firft Ruffle we met
with was the Lofs of our Captain, who was,
to ſpeak the Truth, a Man of confummate
Experience, but a very Brute and Deboſhee.
The Tenth Day after we were under Sail,
when he had taken his ufual Dofe of Brandy,
he fell into fuch a Paffion 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 Don Pedro was
ſo exafperated, that he purſued him with a
Lever in his Hand, wifhing the Devil might
take him if he did not break his Neck; and
as they were both running, our Officer ſtum
bled,
JAMES MASSEY.
41
bled, reel'd, and fell with fuch a Force againſt
the Capſtane, that he broke his left Arm,
three Inches above the Elbow. Thereupon
I was call'd, and 'examining the Wound, I
perceiv'd that the Bone was intirely fhiver'd,
and after mature Deliberation, I was abfo-
lutely for Sawing it off. But all that I cou'd
fay, was of no weight with the Patient, who
cou'd not be perfuaded by any means to un-
dergo the Operation; for he ſwore that he
wou'd rather die than fubmit to fo defperate
an Extremity. I was therefore oblig'd, fore-
ly againſt the Grain, to manage him as he
pleas'd; but what I forefaw, happen'd in two
Days time; the Wound was inflam'd, a
Mortification enfu'd upon it, and the Fifth
Day after his Fall he was a dead Man.
THE Ship's Company was, to the laſt
Degree, alarm'd at this Lofs, which we took
for a bad Omen; however, we were forc'd
to bear it, and after the due Honours paid to
his Corps, it was thrown into the Sea, while
the Guns were fir'd, as ufual on fuch Occa-
fions. 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 greateſt Misfortune that befel us, was
our being ſeparated from the Company of our
other Ships, fo that we heard no more of
them. When we made the lfland of Aſcen-
fion, we perceiv'd that our Water was very
much corrupted, and confequently we refolv'd
to
42 The Travels and Adventures of
to go to St. Helena, to take in freſh Water,
left the Number of our fick Men, which was
already confiderable, ſhould be much greater,
if we did not ftop fome where before we came
to the Cape of Good Hope.
BUT when we had diſcover'd that Iſland
at a great Diſtance, and were congratulating
each other upon it, we fpy'd that which
Sailors call a Wool-Pack, feemingly as big as
a great Cask, within Cannon-fhot of our
Ship. As I had never feen any but in Pic-
tures, and in Books of Travels, I confider'd
this Phænomenon with all the Attention I
was capable of, and concluded that it muſt be
really owing to Air that was agitated, and
drove with Impetuofity into the vaſt Region
of our Atmoſphere, which happening to meet
with another fort of Hurricane impell'd from
the oppofite part of the Atmoſphere, whirls
back towards its Bafis, and forms the Figure
of a Cylinder, which lengthens it felf in an
Inftant, till it comes to the Surface of the
Water: The Sea being then preſs'd on all
Sides, except juſt there, the Matter which
correfponds to the middle of this Column,
like what we obſerve with regard to Pumps,
Syringes, and Cupping-Glaffes, muſt needs
rife, which it does with fo much Rapidity and
Force, even to the bearing away of great
Fiſh, that to the Amazement of us all, the
Sky, as ferene as it was before, was cover'd
with thick Clouds, which darken'd the Air
in
JAMES MASSEY.
43
in a Moment. The Winds began to roar
hideouſly, the Sea was in a Foam, the Waves
fwell'd, and one wou'd have thought that
Nature, in the Height of her Indignation,
wou'd have ſwallow'd us up. The Seamen,
in the utmoſt Hurry, furl'd all the Sails, the
Main-Sail only excepted; nevertheleſs the
Ship was carry'd away with fuch Violence,
that we were alfo oblig'd to let down the
Main-Sail for fear of being drove upon fome
fatal Rocks. I cannot here prevail with my
felf to ſet down every minute Particular from
the Journal that I kept, of what happen'd
to us during this dreadful Tempeft, which
lafted Twenty-two Days, becauſe it would
take up feveral Sheets of Paper, and only raiſe
the Reader's Pity and Concern. Not only
the Women and Children that were aboard
gave fuch Shrieks, as were enough to have
pierc'd the moft obdurate Hearts, but the
generality of the Men were frighted almoft
out of their Wits. Not a Day pafs'd but
one or other of them dy'd. We alſo loft
our Pilot and the Mate, ſo that the only Man
capable of conducting the Veffel, was the
Mafter of it, and he too was in a bad State
of Health. During this bitter Storm, we
were compell'd to throw over-board, at feve-
ral times, 12 of our Guns, and every thing
that we thought too heavy; we alſo loſt moſt
of our Anchors, and ran adrift a long while
at the Mercy of the Winds and Currents,
with-
44
The Travels and Adventures of
without knowing whither we were driving,
any more than it we had been at the bottom
of the Ocean. At length it pleafed God,
of his ſpecial Mercy, that on the Twenty-
third Day, a Day as mild as the others had
been ſevere, we happen'd to run afhore at a
Place altogether unknown to us, where, af-
ter having calculated the Meridian, examin'd
our Watches, and made as correct a Com-
putation as we could, we found that we were
in about 60 Degrees of Longitude, and 44 of
S. Latitude, i. e. 1000 or 1200 Leagues
from St. Helena. The biggeſt of our Boats
having been carry'd away by the Waves,
which had waſh'd our Decks a thouſand
times, glad we were that we had preſerv'd
the leaft; we immediately put afhore in ner;
and after having return'd Thanks to God
for having fav'd our Lives, we began to take
our beſt Clothes and Goods out of the Ship,
together with what wou'd be moſt neceffary
for us by Land. With fome paltry Sails we
made two Tents; and fome cut down the
Branches of Trees, with which they built
Barracks, in which the remainder of our
Ship's Company, confifting of Eighty-five
Perfons, lodg'd:
THERE were Forty of us that were
as well as we cou'd be in our preſent Circum-
ftances, part of which Number look'd after
the Ship, and the reft went a marauding for
what they could get. Never were Fire-Arms,
Powder,
*
45
JAMES MASSEY.
Powder, and Shot, of more Service to us than
now. There was all forts of Wild-Fowl in
abundance, and particularly Hens larger than
Turkeys, which were fat, and very nouriſh-
ing. Nor did we want for Fiſh, becauſe we
had good ftore of Nets, Hooks, and other
Inftruments to catch them. Here were few
Tortoises, but they were very good.
We
took fome which I am fure weigh'd from
400 to 500 Pound, and were enough for us
all. We thought the Fleſh of them very ex-
cellent, and the Fat was the moſt delicate
Food in the World. It ſerv'd us} for all Pur-
poſes, for Sauce, or to eat upon Bread, or to
burn; and in general, for almoſt every Ne-
ceffity. In two Hours Walk from thence to-
wards the Eaft, we found a River, which
ſupply'd us with very good Water. Notwith-
ſtanding theſe Refreshments, two more of our
Men died; but it was not long before the
others recover'd.
MEAN time our Ship was fo lighten'd,
that we obferv'd fhe floated, fo that we
tow'd her to the River juft now mention'd.
As foon as ſhe was laid up, the Carpenters
examin'd her very nicely, and found that
there was no likelihood of her being ever in
a Condition to ferve us in the Purfuit of our
Voyage, becauſe the Storm had intirely fhat-
ter'd her. We therefore refolv'd unanimouſly
to take her to pieces, and with the beſt of her
Materials to build a fmaller, to return into
Africa.
46 The Travels and Adventures of
;
Africa. The Captain wou'd have had us all
in our turns put our Hands to the Work;
but we fo fully convinc'd him that we were
not all equally fit for it, and that there was
an abfolute Neceffity for fome body to pro-
vide the Kitchin with Victuals for feeding fo
many Mouths, that Ten of us were appointed
to go in queft of Provifions. The Nine that
were join'd with me, were very clever Fel-
lows, part of them being as it were Huntf
men, and the reft Fiſhermen by Profeffion
confequently 'tis natural to imagine, that in
fuch a Country as this, we did not find it a
very hard matter to get Food for our Com-
pany. Theſe agreeable Occupations, which
would have been a very great Pleaſure to
another Perfon, delighted me for a few Days;
but I was foon weary of this Life, and my
Curioſity to penetrate farther into a Country,
where I did not imagine any body had ever
been, made me refolve to abandon my Com-
rades, tho' I was not willing to put fo rafh
a Defign in Execution by my felf. I there-
fore communicated my Defign to two, that I
thought the moſt refolute, who were over-
joy'd with my Propofal, and declar'd to me
feverally, that they had entertain'd the fame.
Thought, but were afraid to truft it to a third
Perfon. Accordingly the Affair was con-
cluded, upon Oath not to divulge it; and
after we had promis'd to be true to each
other, we went to reft, fully purpofing to be
gone as foon as poffible.
CHAP.
JAMES MASSEY. 47
ANDTERMAR
CHAP. IV.
The Author, with only two Comrades, leaves
the rest of the Company, and penetrates into
thoſe unknown Countries. The Obstacles be
meets with in his Paſſage, &c.
HE next Day in the Morning, which
T was the 24th of September, 1644, and
the 11th of our Arrival, we each took
a Hatchet in our Belts, with a Gun, and
whatſoever we thought neceffary for an En-
terpriſe of this Nature, and without more
ado enter'd the Wood, leaving the others be-
hind us, and made great Hafte towards the
S. S. W. We travell'd at leaſt four long
Leagues before we talked of refting. La
Foret, who was one of my Comrades, as
Du Puis was the other, perceiving a Heath-
cock about a hundred Paces from us, fhot
him; while one pick'd it, I and the other
fell to cutting of Fuel, and making a Fire
under the Tree, at which we foon roſted
our Fowl by a String. We made a hearty
Dinner, only we wanted Drink, for which we
were obliged to wait a little longer. As we
proceeded in our Journey, we found a Pit of
Water, which tho' not very clear, yet we
thought it excellent: We fill'd our Flagons
with
43 The Travels and Adventures of
with it, but made little or no Uſe of it, for
about a League and half further we came to a
Brook, where the Water was really as good
as 1 ever met with in my Life. It was about
two Foot deep, and ran exactly acroſs that
Part of the Road we had purpos'd to travel,
by the help of a ſmall Sun-dial that I had in
my Pocket, which was of great Service to us.
There being no Bridge, nor other Conveni-
ency, we pull'd off our Stockings, &c. and
waded thro' the Rivulet, leaving it with great
Regret, after having drank our Bellies full,
and laid in a Stock of it for time to come.
We hitherto found no Trace of Man or
Beaft. The Country was all over Sand, Briers,
and Foreſts, for a matter of Eight or Ten
Leagues that we had travell'd befor Sun-fet.
In fine, we pitch'd our Camp at the Foot of
a little Hill, where there was a Coppice fo
thick that we were as much out of the Wind,
as if we had been in a Tent. Then we eat
for Supper what we left at Dinner, and made
the best fhift we could to repoſe our felves
for Sleep.
THE next Morning when we wak'd, we
were furpris'd to fee the whole Firmament over-
caft, and threatning us with a heavy Storm;
we therefore thought fit to dig a Cave in this
Hill, which was pretty ſteep, on the Side where
we were pofted, in order to fhelter our felves
from the bad Weather. In fhort, we found in a
trice, that by the help of our Hatchets we had
prepar'd
JAMES MASSEY.
49
prepar❜d a ſmall Lodging. The Rain, how-
ever, did not begin till about Eleven of the
Clock, fo that we had time enough to kill
more Quails and other fmall Birds, which
for the most part were unknown to us, than
we could spend in a Week. There was
a vaſt Multitude of them, and, generally
fpeaking, they fuffer'd themfelves to be
kill'd without ftirring from the Place, which
was another Reaſon that induc'd us to think
the Country cou'd not be inhabited. After
all, we were oblig'd to ftay here four Days,
which to us feem'd more tedious than four
Weeks would have done elſewhere. But this
Chagrin of ours was alleviated afterwards, for
we enjoy'd fair Weather above a Month with-
out Intermiffion.
WHEN we had quitted our Lodging,
we began to diſcover high Mountains, and
for fear we ſhould not find fuftenance there,
we laid in a Stock of Provifions for feveral
Days. We were not miſtaken in our Con-
jectures; one would have fworn it was ano-
ther Greenland, the Place being all dry and
barren, fo that in many Parts there was neither
Herb, nor Buſh, nor any thing that could
give Nouriſhment to the minuteſt Animal;
therefore we diſcovered nothing worth men-
tioning: The Birds alfo were very scarce,
from whence 'tis cafy to imagine, that we
ſpent our time there very ill; and had it
not been that every now and then we went.
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down into certain little Valleys, where there
were fome paltry Fruit-Trees, and Water to
quench our Thirft, we had been in danger of
periſhing.
THE ninth Day of our Journey, to-
wards Evening, we arriv'd in a Vale, where,
about a Quarter of a League from us, on
the Right Hand, we faw a little Torrent
that defcended from a Rock into a Hollow,
from whence it run into a Marfh, which
form'd a Semi-circle, but extended in the
Center farther than our Eyes could reach.
The Banks of this fine Water were high,
and ſomewhat ſteep, which gave us reaſon to
think that the River was then much lower
than at another Seafon of the Year. As I
drew near it, in order to go into it, I was
ftartled to find the Ground give way all on
a fudden under my Feet, fo that I fell in up
to my Armpits. My Comrades feeing me
ftick there, fell a laughing, however they
helped me out. At the fame time ten or
twelve Birds, as big as our Geefe, with Beaks
as long and as broad as one's Hand, flutter'd
under my Feet, darted like an Arrow into
the Air, and founded an Alarm by a Noife
of Quacou, Quacou, which was their natural.
Cry, and loud enough to be heard at a great
Diſtance. Before one could tell a Hundred,
the Sky was darkned with theſe Birds, which
prodigious Number, together with the fear-
ful Noiſe they made, fcar'd us:
JAMES MASSEY.
51.
abfolutely knew not what to think of it; efpe-
cially when they accofted us fometimes in
Bodies, with defperate Cries, hovering with-
in a Pike's Length of our Heads, and threat-
ning as it were, to tear us Limb from Limb;
and tho' we fhot at them, and brought feve-
ral of 'em to the Ground, it was ftill the
fame; but when we faw that they meant us
no Harm, and that they actually began to
found a Retreat, we went to take fome Re-
freſhment.
DU PUIS prefently remark'd, that the
Place where I funk in, was a Neft to which
ſome of thoſe Birds were retired, by the Side
of which was a Second, then a Third, and
fo on, about the diftance of ten or twelve
Foot from one another. The Mouth of theſe
fubterraneous Nefts was of an oval Form,
the ſmalleſt of which was a Foot in Dia-
meter. I crept into the third, where I found
a Place as big as a little Room, it being
above eight Foot fquare, and at leaſt three in
Height. There were fifteen Nefts round it,
all built in a circular Form, with ſmall Boughs
full of Leaves, clay'd over, and they were
three or four Feet in Circumference. In each
Neft were fix fpeckled Eggs, as big as one's
Fift. In the middle of the Den, there was á
fort of Trough much bigger than thoſe Nefts,
which was full of a certain Matter, divided
into little round Bits, fome longer than others,
which I imagin'd at firft were their Excre-
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52 The Travels and Adventures of
ments, but being fo curious as to put it to
my Lips, I found it of an excellent Taſte,
exceeding our beſt Macaroons, which it very
much reſembled. My Comrades, who were
as fond as my felf to fearch for Novelties,
went feverally into other Dens, where they
found things in the very fame Situation and
Order, as I have mention'd, only as the Ca-
vities were not of the fame Bignefs, there
were more Nefts in fome than in others.
We inferr'd from thence, That no wonder
there were fuch Numbers of theſe Birds, be-
cauſe they multiply to fuch a Degree, and
there's no body to deftroy them.
SCARCE were we recover'd from our
laft Surpriſe, but we were infinitely more
aſtoniſh'd at the Sight of one of theſe Ca-
verns about a hundred Paces off. The En-
trance of it could not poffibly be the Fabrick
of any Birds whatſoever, for three great
Stones, each a Foot long, plac'd in the Earth,
one by another, form'd the Threſhold, and
in the Door-way were large Flints, four Foot
in height, and above a hundred Weight each,
with other Stones placed in order, one be-
hind another, which intirely fhut it up.
Thefe Productions of the Hand of Man made
us heſitate whether we ought to wish to
find Humane Beings here or not: 'tis true
we ſhould have rejoic'd to fee Creatures of
our own Species, but we were afraid we
fhould not be very well us'd by them. Tho'
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JAMES MASSEY.
53
we were in this fad Quandary, we advanc'd
towards it, but took care to cry out and
make Noiſe enough, that we might be heard
by any that ſhould happen to be within. La
Foret being quite out of Patience to ſee what
wry Faces we made, bid us ftand on each
Side with our Hatchets in our Hands, while
he would remove the Obftacles, and open the
Paffage, that he might go in and examine
what there was behind. He actually did fo;
but when he was in the Infide, he found it too
dark three to fee any one thing. All that he
told us when he came out was, that a Man
might ſtand upright in it, and that the Apart-
ment was habitable, he having felt a Bench
there. Upon this we went and fell'd fome
Trees at a fmall diſtance from us, where
we cut as much Wood as we cou'd carry,
and made a Fire before our Cavern, and
when it was well lighted, we enter'd into
our Room, which was twice the Bignefs of
the others, neatly pav'd with choice little
Flints, and border'd all round with a Bank of
Turf.
BUT, O dreadful Sight! what ſhould we
fee at the fame time upon the Bank, on the
left, which was moſt ſhelter'd from the Wind,
but a Humane Corps, which was from Head
to Foot a very Skeleton. Over it there was a
kind of fmooth Slate, faften'd in the Wall,
on which was engrav'd in the Greek Lan-
guage, and in Capital Letters, 'Arioz o
ΘΕΟΣ,
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54 The Travels and Adventures of
ΘΕΟΣ, ΑΓΙΟΣ ΙΣΧΥΡΟΣ, ΑΓΙΟΣ ΚΑΙ
ΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ, ΕΛΕΗΣΟΝ ΗΜΑΣ. Ο holy
God, holy and powerful, boly and immortal,
have Mercy upon us! Every one will natu-
rally imagine, that various were our Con-
jectures and Sentiments of this Matter, which
I will not therefore trouble my felf to repeat.
Mean time, Hunger, which made us very
fharp-fet, oblig'd us to take a Brace of the
Birds we had kill'd, which we held over the
Flame to burn off the Feathers, inſtead of
skinning them, as we us'd to do, becauſe we
fancy'd the Skin to be as delicate a Part aş
any; nor were we at all deceiv'd, for after
having drawn them, and waſh'd 'em, we put
'em upon the Brands, where they were roſted
in a Moment, and as we had eat but very
little all Day, we fcarce left any thing, be-
fides Bones; for they were fat, juicy, and
very well tafted. After having made a very
hearty Supper, we fettled our felves to flcep,
as well as we could, leaving the dead Man
to his Cavern, without touching him, becauſe
we had a mind to examine him more narrowly
next Day.
IT was hardly Day-break, when our im-
pertinent Birds renew'd their Noife, as they
flew to and from their Holes, to fuch a de-
gree, that it was impoffible for us to fleep
any longer, tho' we were heartily inclin'd
to it. We ftaid, however, 'till the Sun was
up; but our Appearance did not at all alarm
the
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55
the Fowls which were all as hard employ'd
about their ſeveral Occafions, as if they had
actually been in Pay. We faw fome with
their Bills full of Earth, which they brought,
no doubt, from the moſt irregular Parts of
their Holes, in order to make them either
larger or neater. Others came with Mate-
rials for repairing their Nefts, but the ge-
nerality carry'd thofe Cracknels, which I
thought fo good the Night before. We af-
cended the Eminence, to fee from whence
they brought this Food. As foon as we had
lifted up our Eyes, we faw upon a little Hill,
within a Musket-fhot of us, three Bodies of
the fame Height and Bignefs. We went to take
a near View of them, and found, in ſhort,
that they were three broken Pyramids, eight
Foot in Height, five in Diameter at the Bafe,
and about three at the Top, very regularly
built of Flints neatly plac'd in Rows upon
one another.
THE bare View of three fuch rare Mo-
numents in a Defert Country, did not fatis-
fy us; we were refolv'd to take one of them
to pieces; But as foon as we had taken off
about the thickness of a Foot and half of
the Stones at the top, we difcover'd firſt the
Skull of a humane Creature, then the Shoulder-
Bones, Arm-Bones, and in a word, the whole
Carcaſe. We juſt diſcover'd the Head of a
Corps which was in the Second, but went
no farther, becauſe probably it was all the
fame
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56 The Travels and Adventures of
fame in the laft.
While we were reflecting
upon all this with a fort of Wonder, I went
and diſcover'd round the third Pyramid cer-
tain Characters, form'd alfo of little Flints,
almoſt like Pigeons Eggs, which I took for
the following Hebrew Letters; and they were
rang'd on the Ground in this Order, Koph,
Vau, Lamed, He, Teth, Lamed, Koph, Pe,
Gimel, Vau, Beth, Thau, Hajin, Koph, Mem,
Lamed, Aleph, Sajin, Samech, Refch; but
they had no Points, nor any other Mark to ex-
plain them. I try'd my utmoſt to find out the
Meaning of them, and have thought on't a
thousand times fince, but could never accom-
pliſh it, which way foever I fet about it. There
was fomething of the like kind round the
two other Monuments, but I did not think it
worth while to take off the Stones that we
had caft upon them. In all Appearance theſe
were the Remains of four poor Devils like
our felves, who, after having rambled out
of their Knowledge, and feeing no likeli-
hood of coming to any better Place than
this, ftopt here, dug a Cave after the man-
ner of the Birds I mention'd, or perhaps took
Poffeffion of one of their Nefts, and fo dy'd
there one after another; firft thoſe we faw
under the Monuments, and then the laſt up-
on the Bench, where we found him, and
where Time had fo confum'd his Clothes and
Fleſh, that we did not fee the leaft Traces
of either.
WHAT
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57
WHAT further confirm'd us in this
Opinion was, that not far from hence there
was a vaft Number of Trees, as ftraight as
a Bulruſh, whofe Branches grew all in Py-
ramidical Stories, ending at the Top in form
of an Acorn, as big as an Egg. All the
Branches of thefe Trees were like fo many
Plumes of Oſtrich-Feathers, that is to fay,
garniſh'd with fmall Leaves like Strings, on
both Sides. From one end to the other and
all round the Edge of this Plumage, there
was a Border of the Size of a Writing-
Quill, and over each Row of Branches a
Ring, which encompaſs'd the Tree, about the
Thickneſs of one's Finger, and was that ex-
cellent Food, of which our great Birds ſeem'd
fo dainty, and which we imagin'd the four
poor Pilgrims eat inftead of Bread.
FORASMUCH as I had but juſt taſted
this Bread the Night before, I and my Com-
rades fell on it very heartily. It was who
could climb beft to come at it, where any
was left; for in feveral Places there was none
to be had. In fine, we cramm'd till we could
fwallow no more, and we all lik'd it fo well,
that Du Puis actually talk'd of building a
Tabernacle, and dying there, as the Owners
of thoſe Skeletons feem'd to have done. But
while we were talking of this Subject, we
were overtaken with fuch a fudden Drow-
finefs, that we could fcarce heave our Legs
from the Ground, and we all lay down. Not
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38 The Travels and Adventures of
one of us was bereft of his Underſtanding,
but our Members were all benumb'd, and
we almoſt loft the Ufe of Speech. We had
been two Hours in this Condition, when we
fell aſleep till the Afternoon.
DU PUIS, who was the firſt that a-
wak'd, felt fomething under his right Hand,
betwixt Sleeping and Waking, which he
thought naked, fmooth, and as big as his
Thigh. He imagin'd at firft, that he had
roll'd in his Sleep upon one of us, but reco-
vering his Reafon with the Revival of his
Spirits, and opening his Eyes for better In-
formation, he was terribly aftoniſh'd to ſee
betwixt him and La Foret, a Serpent, which
was above twenty-five Foot long. He was
more depriv'd of the Ufe of his Members
then, than before, and could neither ftir nor
ſpeak; in the mean time the Serpent retreat-
ed, twin'd himſelf about one of the neigh-
bouring Trees, and crept up to tafte the
Cracknels. Upon this, my Friend took
Courage, jogg'd me, and when I awak'd,
he fhew'd me that hideous Animal. As weak
as I ftill 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 Foret, upon our calling out
to him, did the like inftantly. Glad we were
that this Monſter had not fwallow'd us up,
the Fear of which was a ftrong Motive to
our Refolution of decamping forthwith; but
we were forc'd to ftay all Night to recover
our felves.
CHAP.
JAMES MASSEY. 59
ROSY GAUTO
CHA P. V.
Continuation of the Adventures of the Author
and his Comrades, till they came to an In-
babited Country.
INDING our felves freſh and
brisk when we wak'd, we refolv'd
to ſhift our Quarters; and defpifing
this terreſtrial Manna which had fo
enervated us, after laying in a good Stock of
the roſted Fowls for our Proviſion, we bid
adieu to the Monuments, and advanc'd far-
ther into the Country. We were then full
fifty Leagues from the Sea. We were in-
clinable to eat the firft Night, but tho' we
had walk'd a great deal, and pafs'd over a
Mountain of feven or eight Leagues, we had
little or no Appetite; and it was three Days
before we could take any thing; which gave
us reafon to think, that the Bread of the Tree
must be extremely nourishing, and that it
could not but be good, when taken with Mo-
deration. Mean time, the Way prov'd worfe
and worfe; but, to our Comfort, the Nights
were clear, and the Days long, and the far-
ther we advanc'd into the Spring of this Coun-
try, and the farther we got from the Line, the
more charming we thought the Climate and
the Soil; and either the one or the other was
generally the Subject of our Converfation.
DU
60 The Travels and Adventures of
DU PUIS, above all things, feem'd to
be charm'd with the Sun, which, from its
Rifing to its Setting, continually fmil'd on us
with its agreeable Rays. I do affure you,
faid he to us one Day, If I had not been born
in a Country where the People are ſo happy
as to be inſtructed 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, without difpute, be the
only Deity that I fhould think worthy of my
Adoration; not only, becauſe of all the vifi-
ble Objects in the World 'tis the moſt agree-
able, but becauſe without its Influence no Plant
nor Animal can fubfift: Every thing lan-
guiſhes the Moment that it departs; whereas
its Prefence renders Vigour to what before
feem'd dying. You are not the only Man,
faid I, of that Opinion; there are intire Na-
tions that invoke this glorious Planet, as the
prime Cauſe of all things; and even thoſe
Ancients who acknowledg'd a Being of Sove-
reign Perfection, could not help aſcribing cer-
tain Epithets to it, which plainly denoted their
Eſteem for it. Orpheus call'd it, the Eye of
Heaven. Homer, the Being which fees and hears
all things. Heraclitus, the Fountain of Celestial
Light. St. Ambrofe, the Beauty of Heaven.
Philo, the Image of eternal Splendor. Plato,
the Soul of the World. King David extols its
Excellency to a marvellous Degree, efpecially
in his 19th Pfalm; and the holy Men of the
Old
JAMES MASSEY.
61
Old and New Testament, make no Scruple to
repreſent it to us as the Model of the Divi-
nity, whom they call in a hundred Places,
the Day-fpring from on high, and the Sun of
Righteousness.
ILAUGH, continued La Foret, at what
fome People have ſaid concerning the Planets.
I pray to God, and if I have any Venera-
tion for the Creatures, 'tis only for the Crea-
tor's fake, who is marvellous in all his Works;
but what ſurpriſes me moſt is to hear of two
Motions of the Sun, which are directly op-
pófite to each other, viz. its Daily Motion,
from Eaſt to Weft; and its Annual one, from
Weſt to Eaſt. 'Tis true, reply'd I, theſe
two Motions are directly contrary to one ano-
ther, if they are afcrib'd to the Sun, which
is done by the Ancients univerfally; but no-
thing is more natural, if we aſcribe theſe two
Motions to the Earth, which makes a great
Circle round the Sun in the ſpace of a Year,
and turns once upon its own Center or Axis
in Twenty-four Hours, juſt as if you were to
puſh a Bowl, or if you pleaſe, a Turnip,
from one end of the Alley to the other, which,
while it was rolling to the end of the Alley,
would make feveral Turns at the fame time
upon its own Axis. The Earth does the very
fame thing; and its two different Motions
were always of ufe to Men to meaſure the
Time of their Duration. The Tour which
it makes upon its own Axis, forms our na-
tural Day of Twenty-Four Hours; and the
Time
62 The Travels and Adventures of
Time it takes in its grand Circle round the
Sun, makes our Year of 365 Days and 6
Hours, wanting a few Minutes. 'Tis true,
that this Computation or Meaſure for the Year
was not known always alike to all Nations.
The Egyptians, the Chaldeans, the Jews, and
other ancient People, computed their Years
differently, and made them longer or ſhorter,
fome than others. Many of them regulated
their Years rather by the Courſe of the Moon,
than that of the Earth, as feveral Nations do
even at this Day.
THE Calendar now follow'd by the
Nations of Europe, came from the ancient
Romans, but was not always fo exactly regu-
lated as at prefent; for in the time of Romulus,
the Founder of Rome, the Year which ought
to be the Time that the Earth is making its
great Tour round the Sun, was computed
at only 304 Days, included in 10 Months:
March, May, July, O&tober, confifted each
of 31 Days, and the others of but 30. Numa
Pompilius, his Succeffor, added 51 to this
Number, fo that then the Year had 355 Days.
Befides, he cut off a Day from every leffer
Month, which he added to thofe 51, and of
theſe he inftituted the Months of January,
confifting of 29, and February, of 28 Days.
In fine, Julius Cæfar, the firſt of the Roman
Emperors, having confulted the moft skilful
Aftronomers of his Time, did, with their
Confent, change the Year, which was almoft
a Lunar Year, into a Solar one, by adding
10
JAMES MASSEY.
63.
io more Days to it, which he diſtributed in
ſuch manner, that January, Auguſt, and De-
cember, had each two, and April, June, Sep-
tember, and November, one. Nevertheleſs,
as all this was not enough, becauſe the Year
confifts of 365 Days, 6 Hours, wanting about
11 Minutes, the Emperor would have every
4 Years, a Year of 366 Days, which additional
Day ſhould be plac'd between the 6th and 7th
of the Calends of March, fo that there were two
6th Days of the Calends of March, in fuch
a Year, which was therefore call'd Biffextile,
becauſe the 6th Day was reckon'd twice before
they proceeded to the next.
THIS Correction, as just as it was
thought to be, did nevertheleſs occafion a
Miſtake in the Calendar, in procefs of Time;
for tho' the Year was then but about 1 1 Minutes
too long, whereas the Sun, as they ſaid, en-
ter'd in his Time (or 45 Years before the
Birth of Jefus Chrift) into the Vernal Equi-
nox, the 24th of March, it enter'd into it
on the 21ft, at the time of the Nicene Council,
Anno 327, and on the 11th of March, in
1582, in the Reign of Pope Gregory XIII,
who obferving it, fupprefs'd 10 Days of that
Year, between the 4th and 15th of October,
becauſe in that Space there were no Feſtivals
nor Saints Days. And for fear that Pofterity
ſhould relapfe into the fame Error, which
was a Point of Confequence to the Equinoxes,
that in time would have made an entire Revo-
lution
64 The Travels and Adventures of
lution thro' all the Months of the Year, by
fuch Retrogradation, he order'd, that for the
next three Centuries fucceffively, the Biffextile
Year fhould not be computed at their Expi-
ration, but only at the End of the Fourth,
from whence it comes, that there muſt be
400 Gregorian Years and three Days to equal
400 Julian Years.
I AM oblig'd to M. Du Puis, faid La-
Foret, for having ftarted this Subject of Con-
verfation; for I had been a long time defirous
to know what was meant by the Biffextile Year,
by Old and New Style, and what was the
real Cauſe of all thoſe Alterations. They
would not be fatisfy'd till I had at feveral
times explain'd to them the Meaning of the
Terms Epact, Golden Number, Solar Cycle,
Roman Indiction, Ides, Calends, and every
thing almoſt that is neceffary to be known
for the Compofition of an Almanack. What
they moſt wonder'd at was, when I affur'd
them that the Sun, which to us feem'd fo
ſmall, is abſolutely bigger than the whole
Earth. Really, faid La Foret, this is beyond
Imagination, and I can't think that all the
Stories told us of theſe things are any better
than Dreams. Du Puis, who aggravated eve-
ry Objection made by his Comrade, prefum'd
to tell me, that I talk'd very much at ran-
dom, becauſe I maintain'd the Truth of it;
fo that I was under a Neceffity, tho' forely
againſt the Grain, to proceed to fome Eclair-
ciffements for their Satisfaction.
I
JAMES MASSEY.
65
I CONFESS, faid I, that 'tis impof-
fible to determine the exact Dimenfions of
the Celeſtial Luminaries; and all that have
pretended to it have been preſumptuous Im-
poftors. The Inftruments we make ufe of
to meaſure the Parallax of the Sun, are too
fmall, and too ill divided, confidering the
prodigious Diſtance of that Planet from the
Earth. I never yet faw an Aftrolabe divided
into Minutes, tho' it were neceffary it ſhould
be divided into Seconds, and perhaps into
fmaller Parts, which is impoffible, or it would
be too large for the Purpofe. And as a
Proof how liable we are to be miftaken for
want of it, the moſt exact Aftronomers, who,
not content with the Theory, have gone about
to reduce this Query to Practice, have been
fo grofly deceiv'd, that the wide difference
of one Man's Opinion from another, is enough
to bring the Underſtanding of thoſe Men in
queſtion, who would palm their Conjectures
upon the World for real Truths. Tycho Brahe,
who ſeems to have made a Circuit round the
Heavens, as Chriftopher Columbus did round
the Earth, affirms, that the Sun is 139 times
bigger than the Globe which we inhabit.
Copernicus makes the Number to be 162;
Ptolemy, 166; Father Scheiner, 434; Wen-
delinus, 4096: And one of my Tutors af-
firm'd it to be three Millions of times bigger
than the Earth. Therefore we know nothing
pofitively of its Bignefs, but that 'tis much
larger
66 The Travels and Adventures of
larger than this great Body, how big foever
it appears to us, is a Certainty. For in the
firit Place, fuppofing it to be of equal Bignefs
with the Earth, 'tis evident that its Rays in
their Paffage over the exterior Parts of this
Terreftrial Sphere, would leave a Cylinder of
Obſcurity beyond it, whofe Sides would be
parallel, fo that the Planets, in their way
thro' that Opaque, receiving no Light, and
having none of their own, would be eclips'd.
If the Sun was fmaller than the Earth, its
Rays, after having glanced over the Earth,
would grow wider, and form a Cone cut
off by a Shadow, with its Baſis in the Firma-
ment, and the Top on the Part of the Earth
oppofite to the Sun; the Confequence of
which is, that a ftill greater part of the Hea
vens would be darken'd, and all the Planets
there, as was just now obſerv'd, could give
no Light. The only Planet that ever we fee
eclips'd is the Moon; it appears, therefore,
that the Sun must be incomparably bigger
than the Earth, becauſe its Rays, when they
have paſs'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
demonſtrative, as to the Caufe; but as to the
Effects you speak of, or the Defects of the
Planets, I can't comprehend it, for I always
thought
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thought that Eclipfes were things uncommon
and unnatural. On the contrary, I reply'd,
there is nothing in them that is myfterious.
The Planets are hard opaque Bodies, 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 having receiv'd it from the Sun. For
this Reafon it is that we have no Eclipfe of
the Moon, except when this Planet is rifing
on the one hand, while the Sun is fetting on
the other, and when the Earth happens to in-
terpofe directly between them, and hinders
their ſeeing each other Face to Face. But if
the Sun, faid La Foret, be the Source of Light,
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 reſtores its former Luftre to it? As
the Interpofition of the Earth, faid I, cauſes
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 Con-
junction with the Sun, and paffes in a direct
Line, 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, becauſe of the dif
ferent Motion of thofe Bodies. The Circle
which the Earth defcribes about the Sun, is
incomparably greater than that which the
Moon defcribes round the Earth; and whereas
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the former advances about thirteen Degrees
in a Day, the latter rids away little more
than one in Winter, and not quite fo much
in Summer, ſo that they foon get clear
of one another. What, faid La Foret,
does the Earth go fafter at one Seaſon, than
at another? Yes, faid I, in Appearance the
Difference is about four Minutes, becauſe the
Earth being much farther from the Sun in
Summer, than in Winter, it muſt neceffarily
ſeem to have a flower Motion during the
long Days than the fhort ones; as a Waggon
which is not above 50 Paces off, feems to go
much fafter than when it is at the Diſtance
of 500.
BUT, faid Du Puis, fince you talk of
Paces, is not the Heat of one and the fame
Fire better felt at the Diſtance of two Paces,
than of ten? No doubt, 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 Diſtance, and what's
the Reaſon that we ſhake with Cold at the
fame time one might expect to be in a melt-
ing Sweat? You fay very well, I reply'd, and
this Objection fhews that Ignorance and Rea-
fon are not incompatible, but while you think
you have hamper'd me you are quite mifta-
ken. I will not go about to prove to you,
that there are no fuch things in Nature as
Heat, Cold, Light, Smell, Sound, or Co-
lours,
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lours, nor any of the Qualities which we per-
ceive in Bodies; for it would be a Work of
too much Trouble, and perhaps too you
would not underſtand me, becauſe this de-
pends on certain Points of Knowledge, of
which you have not fo much as the Princi-
ples. I will only obferve to you, that pro-
perly ſpeaking, there is but one and the fame
fort of Matter, which, according as it's form'd
or actuated, produces in us, by means of our
Organs, certain Effects which we afcribe to
Bodies, and which therefore we call Hot,
Cold, Luminous, Colour'd, and fo of the
others, tho' in effect Sound, Colour, Tafte,
&c. are properly in in us, and not in thoſe
Bodies; as the Pain or Smart which proceeds.
from a Prick, is in our felves, and not at all
in the Thorn which occafion'd it. And to
prove that your Compariſon is not juft, even
in the Senfe that you your felf would uſe
it in, confider, 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 far-
ther from the Sun, are quite burnt up with
Heat The true Reafon of which is, (that
we may pafs over nothing without fome
flight Explanation) the Air, about a League
from the Earth, is fo thin, that it has not
Strength enough to diffipate the leaft Bodies;
whereas 'tis fo grofs upon the Surface, that
'tis capable of ſhaking our moſt folid Parts,
and
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and to caufe what we call exceffive Heat.
ALL this is really fine, reply'd La Foret,
but pardon me, if I tell you, that I don't fee
you have yet fettled the Point, with reſpect to
Summer and Winter. Very true, faid I,
that's a Queſtion of another Nature. When
the Sun is afcended towards our Zenith, as
it does in Summer, tho' it be at a very great
Diſtance from us, yet it emits a great Num-
ber of Rays, almoft perpendicularly upon us:
whereas in Winter, when it declines lower
towards the Horizon, moſt of its Rays, which
can only come fideways, reverberate upon the
Surface of our Atmoſphere, fo that very few
paſs and penetrate to our Bodies: Mean
time, Heat and Cold confift in the greater
and leffer Number of thofe Rays, as is eafily
to be prov'd by Mirrors and Burning-Glaffes,
whofe Effects are always proportion'd to
the Number of Rays of Light which they
collect.
DURING this agreeable Converſation,
which was carry'd on with a View, rather
to paſs the Time, than to increaſe the Number
of Philoſophers, becauſe in that Caſe another
Courſe muſt have been taken, we had travell'd
a good way, but at length we were oblig'd
to turn to another Subject. It was now Thir-
ty-five Days that we had left our Company,
and we imagin'd that we could not have tra-
vell'd leſs than 130 Leagues, when on a fud-
den we found our felves on the Brink of a
Lake,
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Lake, which feem'd to be of a vaft Extent.
This Obftacle in our way fo confounded us,
that for a long time we knew not what to
refolve upon. One talk'd of returning back,
another of ftaying where we were for a few
Days, and making the beſt ſhift we could
to lodge our felves; but at laſt we refolv'd
to go ftraight along by the Side of this great
Water, in hopes of finding the End of it.
After coafting it feven or eight Leagues, we
began to fee Land on the other fide of it,
and were overjoy'd to find that the farther
we advanc'd we had ftill a plainer View of
the Objects on the other Shore; but then
we had a freſh Mortification to fee our felves
got infenfibly into a marfhy Place, where the
Ground was not only foft, but funk and
trembled under our Feet. All the Country
about us was flat and even; we faw no end
of it, and every Step we took, which way
foever we turn'd, we funk in half way the
Leg. All that I could fay to encourage my
Comrades, was in vain; there was no going
further, fo that we were fain to return back
as we came, much againſt our Wills, and
tho' extremely fatigu'd, were forc'd to travel
two long Leagues before we durft make a
Halt, becauſe we were fadly bemir'd, and had
not yet met with any Fuel fit to make a Fire
to dry us.
AFTER we had refted our felves füf-
ficiently, we refolv'd to turn ftill to the Left,
and
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and to fee if there was any Rub on that Side.
We travell❜d on four Days fucceffively, 'till
we came to a Foreſt full of tall Oaks, of an
extraordinary Bignefs. We paus'd at firſt
whether we fhould enter it, and at length
refolv'd to venture into it, on condition of
keeping as near as poffible to the Lake; but
this did not hold long, for we had ſcarce ad-
vanc'd three finall Leagues but we came to
the Foot of a Mountain, fo cragged, that it
was impoffible for any Creature to afcend it.
The Rock hung over the Lake, the Waters
of which being fometimes ruffled, had in all
Probability gradually wafh'd away the Bot-
tom. We try'd to afcend this Mountain on
the other Side, for a whole Day, without
finding any Place where it was acceffible,
becauſe of the Precipices and aftoniſhing Hills.
At the difmal Sight of fo many invincible
Obſtacles, our Patience left us, and my two
Comrades reproach'd me very heartily for
having brought them into this Diſaſter.
I CONFESS, faid I, that we have
reaſon to bewail our unhappy Fate; but you
ought to confider that nothing happens by
chance, for there is a Providence which di-
rects every thing according to his own Plea-
fure. As 'tis this fame wife Being who has
brought us hither, fo he will not fail to hint
fome Means or other to extricate us. 'Tis
moſt certain that God never abandons his
People, let them go where they will; if we
place
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place our Confidence in him, he will infallibly
affift us. You know that it was neither a View
to Profit nor Honour that led us hither; we had
nothing to lofe, and provided we eſcape with
our Lives, we have all that we brought along
with us. Let us not be daunted at what has
happen'd to us hitherto; our principal Aim
is to ramble in fearch of new Things, which
may give us Pleafure; I don't defpair of go-
ing farther ftill, and that we ſhall fome Day
or other find out a way to get a comfortable
Subfiftence. Come on, my Lads, let us lofe
no Time, faid I, but return back to the Lake,
and fee if we can't contrive how to pafs it,
without running too great a Rifque. By good
Fortune we have Hatchets, and here's Tim-
ber in abundance. If we venture over upon
Floats, we fhan't be the firft Adventurers of
this fort, and if we are fo happy as to get
fafe to the other Side, I flatter my felf we
ſhall make more fortunate Diſcoveries. Hi-
therto the Country is uninhabited, but hu-
manely ſpeaking, 'tis impoffible it fhould be
the fame every where; and who knows but
at laſt we may meet with fome civiliz❜d Na-
tion, whoſe kind Treatment of us may make
us ample Amends for the Fatigues and Dan-
gers we have run thro' to find them out,
and for telling them, if they don't know it
already, that there are other People in the
World befides them.
My Comrades turn'd a deaf Ear to me;
nothing I faid could make 'em eaſy, and I
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am perfuaded, that if they had ſeen the leaſt
Probability of finding our Ship's Company
again, where we left them, they would un-
doubtedly have run all Hazards in queft of
them. In the mean time, there was a Necef-
fity of refolving upon fomething. We re-
turn'd to the Lake, and view'd it well in ma-
ny Parts, before we agreed what Place to put
off at. Theſe Motions backwards and for-
wards took us up eight Days, and the ninth
we began to fet our Hands to the Work.
Firft, we cut down half a ſcore Trees, of fe-
ven or eight Inches Diameter, from which
we ſtripp'd the Branches, fhorten'd them to
the length of twenty Foot, put them into thẹ
Water, and then faften'd them together as
well as we could, partly with Ruſhes, but
chiefly with the Bark of Willow-Trees,
which were very numerous on the Side of
the Lake, and of which we made a fort of
Cordage, of what length we pleas'd. After
this, we provided a Score of other ſhorter Trees
which we laid in a row, and bound acroſs
the former, and upon theſe we laid a third
Floor of the fame Size and Length as thoſe
of the firſt Lay. We alſo made five Oars, or
rather Shovels, which took us up more Time
than all the reſt.
BEFORE we had finiſh'd our Carper-
ter's Work, La Foret came and told us,
that at fixty Paces diftance he faw fomething
ftir in the Rufhes, which were not very far
from the Lake, and in fhort, we were of his
Opi-
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Opinion immediately, that it muſt be ſome
great Animal. Du Puis, and I, took each
our Gun, and charging with four Balls, we
fir'd both at once, referving a third Charge
in cafe of Neceffity, as we had been taught
to do by Experience in our Travels, wherein
we had like to have been torn to pieces by
Bears, two or three times, becauſe we had
ſpent all our Fire at once. Our Pieces were
fcarce diſcharg❜d, when we were extremely
furpris'd and terrify'd with a hideous How-
ling and prodigious Ruftle among the Reeds,
ſo that we were a long time in Sufpence,
whether we ſhould go near to fee what it
was; but upon Confideration that what we
heard and faw could be nothing elſe, in all
probability, but the Effect of a mortal
Wound, which had diſabled the Beaſt from
defending himſelf, we charg'd our Pieces
again, and approach'd, tho' with great Fear
and Trembling, to the Place where he made
fuch a Stir. As foon as he perceiv'd us, he
made a greater Noife than before, and ftrug-
gled hard to eſcape, which Fear of his rais'd
our Spirits, and La Foret feeing him lift up
his Head, let fly at him fo dextrously, that
he fhot him thro' and thro', and laid him
flat on the Ground. Nevertheless, we durft
not approach him for fome Moments, but
perceiving he had no Motion, we began to
touch him with the Ends of our Pieces, and
at length dragg'd him out, when we found
him to be of the Otter Kind, with two very
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fhort Legs before, which either Du Puis or
I maim'd at the firſt Diſcharge, whereby he
was diſabled from getting away. This Crea-
ture could not weigh less than 150 Pound.
We skinn'd him, rofted the beſt Part of him,
and found his Flefh to be good, and that it
taſted not much unlike our Ducks.
NEXT Day, which was the thirteenth
fince we arriv'd there, we refolv'd to put off,
but our Float was fo heavy that we made ve-
ry little way; and two of us conftantly ply'd
the Oars by turns, while the third refted. As
good Luck would have it, the Weather was
very favourable, and the Seafon exceeding
pleaſant, ſo that I can truly fay, we were ve-
ry much delighted in the Voyage, tho' we
did not know what would become of us
when we undertook it. 'Twas furpriſing to
fee the infinite Shoals of Fifh in this fine
Lake, leaping and dafhing on both fides of
our Float, which fome of them follow'd
with their Heads above Water, and playing
with their Tails, as if they had been rejoic'd
to fee us. We were fo attentive at this dumb
Sport, that we lay upon our Oars fometimes
for a great while together to enjoy it. We
took up feveral of them with our Hands,
and then tofs'd them back again into their own
Element, and might have caught what Num-
ber we had pleas'd. At the Clofe of the Day,
juft as we loft fight of the Shore we came
from, we were overjoy'd to diſcover that
to which we were fteering our Courfe. This
agree-
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agreeable Sight gave us freſh Spirits; we
work'd luftily almoſt all Night, and I think
it was next Day about four of the Clock in
the Afternoon, when we had the good Luck
to touch Land. As foon as we got afhore,
we made uſe of all the Tackle we had to
moor our Machine, not only to great Stones
upon the Strand, but to a Poſt or Stump of
a Tree, which we drove into the Ground, and
which we carry'd with us for that purpoſe,
being uncertain whether we ſhould fare bet-
ter elſewhere, and whether we ſhould not be
oblig'd to come back again the fame way.
We were fo fatigu'd with our Voyage, that
we took up our Lodging at the diſtance of
an hundred Paces, and ſtay'd there till next
Morning, when we continu'd our Journey.
We had not travelled half a League but we
came to a Wood, as thick as any we had yet
met with, tho' we forced our way through it
in less than two Hours. But there we were
ſtopt all on a ſudden, by ſteep Rocks altoge-
ther as difficult to afcend as a Wall, This
new Barrier occafioned freſh wrangling be-
twixt us; my Comrades murmured fadly,
and I, as ufual, did all I could to hearten
them, fo that I was forced at laft to affure
them, that tho' my Ideas were commonly fo
confuſed and irregular in my Slumbers, that I
could feldom tell what to make of my
Dreams, yet I had one laft Night, the Con-
nexion and Circumftances of which were fo
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particular, that it was an infallible Prefage of
fomething to our Advantage; and there-
upon I invented fome Fictions extempore,
which, tho' perhaps not very well concerted,
had however all the Effect I expected from
them. In the Morning, faid I, about an
Hour before Sun-rife, methoughts I heard a
Rumbling, like the Voice of Thunder, which
faid to me, What have you to do there, Child?
Rife up, and walk, thy Deliverance is near at
band. At the fame time a young Woman
appeared to me with a fmiling Countenance,
dreffed in white Raiment, with her difhevel-
led Hair flowing about her Shoulders, her
Legs bare even to the Knee, and in her Hands
a little Basket of fine Ozier, artfully inter-
woven with all manner of fragrant Flowers,
and full of uncommon delicious Fruits, of
which the invited me to eat. On my Left-
hand there appeared a Field, covered all
over with Sheaves of the fineſt Corn that the
Earth ever bore; and on my Right a Tree,
in the Trunk of which there was a Cleft,
from whence there gufhed a clear beautiful
red Liquor, which ſmelt like Musk. I
turned about to look behind me, and per-
ceiving a frightful Monſter, briftled all over
like a Porcupine, I was fo affrighted at it,
that tho' it turned its Back upon me, I ſtar-
ted out of my Sleep. To this Dream I gave
a favourable Interpretation, which contributed
not a little to quicken our Pace.
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AS we ſtill kept along the Eaft fide of thofe
Mountains, we at laft difcovered a narrow
Paffage, which we refolved to climb, but the
Difficulty we met with before we got up to
the Top, was fuch that I cannot exprefs it.
When we had conquered it, we fat down to
recover Breath, and take a little Food. Soon
after we rofe again, we perceived a Pond
about a Quarter of a League in Circumfe-
rence, which was bounded on one fide by the
craggy Points of a Rock, which hung over
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 dif
covering the Bottom. Theſe ſhocking Ob-
jects made me as mute as a Fifh; I had nei-
ther the Strength nor Courage to fpeak, and
to be frank, I wiſh'd then with all my Heart
I had never undertaken the Voyage. There
was no profpect of going down the way that
we afcended, and the Danger of going farther
was very great.
WHILE 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 turn'd on a
a fudden into extravagant Joy, at the Dif
covery of a fine Champain Country beyond
thefe Hills, which was interfpers'd with Ca-
nals, and Trees regularly planted on the
Banks of them. I thought likewiſe that I ſaw
Cattle grazing in the Meads, and at a far-
ther
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ther diſtance great Bodies, which I took to
be the Habitations of Men. I beckon'd to
my Comrades to follow me, and fignify'd to
them by my Geſtures and various Contorfions
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 I; but
then, on the other hand, they were foon fa-
tisfy'd for their Pains, and agreed that this
Country was, without Difpute, inhabited.
All the Difficulty was how to come at it, a
Difficulty, which we verily thought infur-
mountable. From this Eminence we care-
fully furvey'd all the Country round; but
there being no Appearance of Acceſs to it,
we help'd one another down, and took ano-
ther View of the Precipice and Pond.
FOR 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 beſt manner we
could, in order to venture this fhort Paffage
over the Pond. But Du Puis thinking my
Propofal impracticable, faid, that the Paf-
fage between the Lake and the Precipice
feem'd to be only two Foot broad in the
narroweft Parts of it, that therefore one
might eaſily crofs over it, and that he would
undertake to be our Guide. I was wonder-
fully pleas'd with his Motion, and did not
fail
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;
fail to fecond it by inftancing in the Pyre-
nees and Alpes, of which I had read fome-
thing in the Memoirs of feveral Travellers ;
but La Foret, who was, as he ſaid, fubject
to Vertigoes, proteſted he would not go that
way, whatever was the Confequence, but that
if we were refolv'd to paſs it, he would ra-
ther do it by Swimming. Du Puis immedi-
ately acquiefc'd, and engag'd to carry his
Clothes, and mine too, if I would take to
the Water with him. No fooner faid but
done, for La Foret 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 Fowling-Pieces behind
us, which indeed were of no more Service
to us, becauſe we had not three Charges
of Powder left; nevertheleſs Du Puis was
to return to fetch them, if he found the Paf-
fage not fo dangerous as we imagin'd. La
Foret and I being both very good Swim-
mers, we arriv'd quickly at the other Shore,
becauſe we made choice of the narroweſt
Place; but Du Puis, who had taken our
Clothes, was oblig'd to take a large Com-
paſs, before he came to the Place where he
was to pafs.
AS foon as we got afhore, we ran to
meet him, and glad we were to fee him
briskly advancing to us. But by an unaccount-
able Difafter, which I fhall lament as long
as I live, the poor Man was within ten Paces
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of being upon Terra Firma, when a Piece
of the Rock giving way all on a fudden un-
der his Feet, he cry'd out, Lord have Mercy
upon me! and, to our Aftoniſhment, diſap-
pear'd in an Inftant. We ran haſtily to ſee
what became of him, but alas! we neither
faw nor heard him more.
I BEG the kind Reader to pauſe here
for a Moment, and ſeriouſly to reflect upon
our Misfortune. Our inconceivable Grief for
the Lofs of our Friend, together with the
pitiful Condition he left us in, having neither
Clothes to cover our Nakednefs, nor any
Means poffible to fubfift us, fo difpirited us,
that we thought a hundred times of cafting
our felves headlong after him, and by that
means to have put a fudden Period to the fatal
Courſe of our unfortunate Lives.
CHAP. VI.
Of the Discovery of a very fine Country, its
Inhabitants, their Language, Manners and
Cuſtoms, &c. and of the Esteem which our
Author and bis Comrade gain'd there.
EAN time, the Sun was at the
End of his Race, and we found our
ſelves very cold, which were two preſ-
fing Motives to induce us to betake
pur felves to fome Shelter. We deſcended
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the Mountain with no great Difficulty, be-
cauſe on that fide it was not very steep. At
the Foot of it was a broad deep Ditch, where
we were again forc'd to ſwim over. This was
one of the Barriers of the Country, and was
deftitute of Bridges, fo that People could
neither paſs in nor out of it.
THE farther we went into the Country,'
the more of its Beauties we difcover'd, and
a thouſand things occur'd to convince us that
it was inhabited. The Creatures which we
ſpy'd, as we thought, from the Mountains,
were Goats feeding 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 was then lain down upon the Grafs, ob-
ferving that they ſtretch'd out their Necks
as if they ſpy'd fomething that had affrighted
them, roſe up to ſee what it was, and as ſoon
as he perceiv'd us, ran away with all the
Speed he could; and we heard afterwards,
that feeing two fuch naked Men coming down
the Mountain in the Evening, he took us
for Savages: His Goats alfo ran as if they
had been purfu'd by fome Beaſt of Prey,
Certain Shepherds who were not far off, tend-
ing their Flocks of Sheep, knew not what
to think of this Alarm, but they had the
Courage to join one another, and came ſeven
or eight in a Body to examine us. As foon
as
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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 Com-
paffion. They advanc'd, and perceiving that
we were naked and unarm'd, came within
four Paces of us, each having a great Stick
in his Hand, and fell a talking to us. I told
them in Latin, in French, and in Portugueſe,
a Language which I underſtood pretty well,
confidering the Time I was in Portugal, that
we were two honeft Europeans, who believ'd
in God, and at the fame time lifted up
my Hands to Heaven, and then ſmote my
Breaft. But notwithſtanding all my various
Looks and Actions, I plainly perceiv'd by
their Countenances, that they underſtood us
no more than we did them; upon which I
Fell proftrate at their Feet, and by trembling,
and extending my Arms, endeavour'd to give
them to underſtand that I was almoſt ſtarv'd
to Death with Cold. Then they talk'd with
one another a few Moments, but without
giving the leaft Indication that they intended
us any Harm, and at length, after fome Deli-
beration, they beckon'd to us to follow them,
and carry'd us to a venerable Perfonage, who,
after having furvey'd us, firft gave each of
us a great Robe, which cover'd us from
Head to Foot, for at the Top of it a Cap
was faften'd, in the manner of a Monk's
Cowl; then he interrogated us by Signs from
whence we came, whether from the Eaft, the
Weft,
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Weft, or from any other Part of the Globe.
We anſwer'd him in our own Language, and
by the beſt Signs we were capable of making,
that we were neither Angels nor Devils; that
we came neither from Heaven nor Hell; that
we were rational Creatures like himfelf, who
having put to Sea in a great Machine of
Wood, were caft away about 150 Leagues
off; that of all the Crew only three of us fet
out in queft of fome Afylum to paſs the
Remainder of our Days; but that we loft one
of our Companions by the way, in the moſt
tragical 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 Nourifh-
ment. Tho' I knew not whether he under-
ſtood what we ſaid to him, yet he ſeem'd to
be affected, by his fhedding 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 handſome 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 gaze
at us. Every one look'd upon us with Amaze-
ment, becauſe no body could comprehend
from whence or which way we came hither.
Theſe Vifits held at leaſt a Fortnight or three
Weeks. By hearing them talk much, we
began to underſtand fome Words of their
Language: The firſt we retain'd was the
Word Mula, which they feldom fail'd to
pro-
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pronounce, when with our Eyes or Hands
lifted up to Heaven, we utter'd the Name of
God. We learnt the Terms, At, to Eat;
Bouskin, to Drink; Kapan, to Sleep; Pryn,
to Walk; Tian, to Work; Touto, Yes;
Touton, No; and a great many others, which
we found afterwards to bear the fame Mean-
ing as we imagin❜d they had at firſt. What
very much contributed to make this Language
familiar to us, was there being but three
Tenfes in the Indicative Mood of every Verb,
viz. the Preſent, the Præterperfect, indefinite
or compound, and the Future; that they have
no Imperative Mood; that in their Subjunctive
they have only the Præterimperfect and Præ-
terpluperfect; and that befides theſe they have
only the Infinitive Mood and Participle. They
have alſo but three Perfons in both the Sin-
gular and Plural Numbers; and thus, for In-
ftance, they conjugate the Verb At:
Indicative Mood, Preſent Tenfe.
Ata, I eat or We eat.
Até, Thou eateft, You eat.
Atn, He eateth, They eat.
Præterperfect Tenfe.
Atài, I have eaten, We have eaten.
Atéi, Thou haft eaten, You have eaten.
Atin, He has eaten, They have eaten.
Future
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Future Tenfe.
Atàio, I fhall or will eat, We will eat.
Atéio, Thou wilt eat, You will eat.
Atnio, He will eat, They will eat.
At, To eat.
Infinitive Mood,
Præterimperfect Tenfe of the Subjunctive Mood.
Atain, I would eat, We would eat.
Atéin, Thou would'ft eat, Ye would eat.
Atnin, He would eat, They would eat.
Præterpluperfect.
Ataif, I would have eaten, We would have
eaten.
Ateif, Thou would'ſt have eaten, You would
have eaten.
Atnif, He or fhe fhould have eaten, They
would have eaten.
Participle of the Prefent Tenfe.
Atain, Eating.
FROM thence are deriv'd the Words,
Ataus, Kitchen; Ataiss, Food; Atis, Cook;
Atians, Eater, or the Perfon that Eateth.
THEIR Alphabet confifts of Twenty
Characters, viz. Seven Vowels, a, e, i, o, u, n, 8,
(the
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(the Sixth of which is properly the Aita of
the Greeks, and the Seventh is equivalent to the
Dipthongue, ou) and Thirteen Confonants,
b, d, f, g, b, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t. Theſe ſame
Confonants ferve them alfo for Numerals; as
b, 1 ; d, 2 ; f, 3 ; g, 4 ; b, 5; k, 6; 1, 7; m,
8;
n, 9; p, 10; pb, 11; pd, 12; &c. dp, is equi-
valent to twice Ten, or Twenty; fp, to thrice
Ten, or Thirty; fb, 31; &c. pp, ten times
Ten, or 100; r, 1000; pr, 10000; ppr,
100000; s, a Million; ps, 10 Millions;
pps, 100 Millions; ppps, 1000 Millions; and
fo on, always adding one p more.
IT muft likewife be obferv'd, that their
Nouns and Verbs are deriv'd from one ano-
ther, like the French, Chat, a Boar Cat;
Chate, a She Cat; Chatons, Kittlings; Cha-
tonner, to Kitten. Their Declenfions are alſo
very eaſy, of which this is an Example:
Nom. Brol,
Gen. Brul,
A Weather.
Dat. Brel,
Nom. Brolu,
Gen. Brula,
An Ewe or Sheep.
Dat. Brèla,
Nom. Broln,
Gen. Bruln,
Dat. Breln,
Weathers or Sheep.
TIS
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'TIS wonderful, that there is not one
Exception in the Conjugations and Declen-
fions of this Language; and that when we
know the Variations of one Verb or Noun,
it leads to the Knowledge of all the reft;
which Variation confifts only in adding the
Letter A to the Infinitive Mood, to make
the Preſent Tenfe of the Indicative; as
from At, comes Ata; from Buskin, Buskina,
&c. And to the Nouns they add A, to the
Nominative Cafe of the Mafculine Gender,
to make them Feminine in n when they
change them to the Plural Number, as is
plain from the foregoing Example. From
hence it will not be thought ftrange, that at
the End of fix Months we underſtood every
thing they ſaid to us; and that they alſo un-
derſtood what we faid to them. But to return
to our former Subject.
NOT many Days after our Arrival, we
were awaken'd one Morning by an extraor-
dinary Hurly-burly in the Houſe. We aroſe
to ſee what was the matter; but tho' we
obſerv'd the minuteft of their Proceedings,
we could not conceive the Meaning of the
Hurry they were all in from the Higheſt to
the Loweft; only we guefs'd there was to
be a grand Dinner, becauſe 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 firſt, with a great Cock under his
Arm,
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Arm, and we follow'd with the rest 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 oppofite Neighbour ex-
pos'd his Cock againſt ours; and the others
did the fame thing, it being a general Cock-
match between the People of both fides the
Canal. It is incredible with what Courage
and Fury, with what Vigour and Skill thefe
Creatures fought. My Landlord, whofe Cock
was kill'd, went and took the Victor by the
Hand, congratulated him on his Conqueft,
and carry'd him to his Houfe, follow'd by
all his Children and Domeftics. The Pro-
vifions 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 En-
tertainment a long while. It was a Feaft
truly Royal, and we drank to a very hearty
Pitch; but the worft on't was, we did not
underſtand them.
OUR People were every whit as alert next
Day. As ſoon as the Sun was rifen, all the
young Men of the Canton, that is to fay, the
eldeſt Son of every Family, went out and
took a ſtraight Pole, like to the Maft of a Ship,
which they planted in the middle of the Ca-
nal, and to the End of it they ty'd as many
great Ropes as there were Families prefent.
All theſe Ropes were afterwards extended,
and wound about the feveral Trees which
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were planted on the Bank of the Canal;
and that there might be no Jealouſy, or any
Cauſe of Complaint, there was a Nooſe made
in each Rope, all at the fame Diſtance from
the Pole. To the Top of this Pole, which
was not Thirty Foot from the Surface of the
Water, a round Board was nail'd, upon
which an Eagle was plac'd, whofe two Feet
were faften'd ſeparately with ftrong Pack-
thread, to two Cramp-Irons drove into the
Timber.
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 firſt Signal, which was given by
our Landlord, they ftrove who could climb
up faſteſt. They that came firft up to the
Eagle, endeavour'd to lay hold of him, but
they had a ſmart Reception, for as their
Hands were oblig'd 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, becauſe with the other he was oblig'd
to hold faſt. And then, the Eagle was not
ty'd fo fhort, but that he could rife at leaſt
two Foot from his Board; fo that whereas
I thought at the Beginning, the Battle would
have been over in a Trice, when it had con-
tinued two Hours 'twas like to hold all Day.
Notwithſtanding the Vigour of the Affai-
lants, their Situation was too fatiguing, and
it
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it was impoffible they could keep it long.
Some reſted themfelves as well as they could:
others dropped into the Water, where they
were reliev'd immediately by Perfons who were
underneath in little Boats, on purpoſe to catch
them. In short, it was a wild Skirmish;
but I think they had been engag'd about
fix Hours, when one of the Affailants nimbly
feizing the Eagle, broke one of its Legs,
but another puſhing him, made him let go
his Prize for fear of falling off of the Rope,
grip'd the Bird with both his Hands, flung
himſelf deſperately down the Rope, and fell,
with the diſmembred Prey in his Arms, into the
Water. At his Fall, the Spectators ſhouted as
much for Joy, as if the Safety of the Pub-
lick had been the Matter in queftion. Thoſe
who were wet went to ſhift their Clothes,
and foon after repair'd to the Victor's Houſe,
where every one paid him their Compli
ments. There they fupp'd together, and
ſpent part of the Night in Merriment, while
the Parents of the Family treated one ano-
ther reciprocally with hearty good Cheer.
The third Day was fpent in Plays, Dances,
Races, and agreeable Diverfions.
We knew not what all this meant ; but
afterwards we found that they obſerv'd the
fame Ceremonies throughout the Kingdom,
every Year, at the Full-Moon preced-
ing the Solftice of Capricorn, and that the
young Man who carries off the Eagle, has
that
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that Year the Choice of all the Girls in the
Canton, in cafe he has a mind to alter his
Condition, fo that there can be no Marriage
without his Confent, which however he fel-
dom refuſes; and therefore it may be faid,
that it all terminates in a meer Formality and
Punctilio of Honour to the Conqueror. At
all the other Full-Moons of the Year, with-
out Exception, they fight Cocks. They take
their Pleaſure in Gondola's, during the Sum-
mer; and in the Winter they are drawn up-
on the Snow in Sleds. For two Days they
take all the innocent Pleaſures they are ca-
pable of, except that of the Eagle planted
on the Pole. The reft of the Month every
body is at their Buſineſs, and there are no
other Feafts at all.
HAVING ſpent all this Time without
putting our Hands to any thing, we gave our
Patron to underſtand that we ſhould be glad
of fome Buſineſs. At firſt they pretended
not to give ear to us; but feeing that we in-
fifted on being employ'd, they gave us Wool
to cleanſe, waſh, beat, and card, as thinking
that we were fit for nothing elſe. We were
foon weary of this Work. La Foret, who
was by Profeffion a Watchmaker, wanted to
take a File in his Hand, and to work on the
Movement of a Watch; but there were no
fuch Machines in thoſe Parts, and it would
have been difficult to have given them a No-
tion of ſuch preſently. When they perceiv'd
our
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our Diffatisfaction, they were willing to
make uſe of us for the Rigging of a little
Fleet.
THERE being twenty-two Houſes in
our Canton or Village, of which I ſhall give
a Deſcription hereafter, the Number of Vef
fels to be equipp'd was the fame. Every
Maſter of a Family caus'd his Veffel to be
fitted, and the neceffary Proviſions to be put
on Board, to ferve four Perfons for three
Weeks. In theſe Veffels they put all man-
ner of Provifions or Merchandiſe which they
knew to be proper for a Voyage; as for in-
ſtance, Cordage, Pullies, Wheelbarrows,
Hatchets, Spades, Mattocks, Pick-Axes, and
other Tools, fit to turn up the Ground; but
eſpecially Robes, and other Habits, Woollen
and Linen. It was then the Month of De-
cember, and by confequence in the Heart of
Summer, and in the fineſt Seaſon 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 them to every Boat, of
which two drew for two Hours, while the
others eat, and reſted in the Veffel. Thus
they work'd alternately, for fifteen or fixteen
Hours every Day, which was in a manner
from Sun-rife to Sun-fet, but at Night there
was a Halt and a general Reſt..
MY Comrade and I could never fee
enough of the Beauties of this inchanting
Country,
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Country, and the Riches of its Soil. Their
Orchards were adorn'd with fine Trees, fome
in Bloffom, and others with ripe Fruit, the
moſt excellent in the World; their Arable
Lands were cover'd with Wheat, Barley, and
other Grain; their Paftures were full of
Goats and Sheep, of an extraordinary Size
(for as to Horſes and Cows, I never faw any
there) and every thing was in fuch Elegance,
Order and Regularity, that it perfectly
charm'd us.
THE whole Country, which, as we were
afterwards inform'd, extends 130 French
Leagues, from Eaft to Weft, and 80 at leaft
from North to South, is divided into Can-
tons or Villages. Thefe Cantons are exactly
of the Form of a Quadrangle, each Side be-
ing 1500 Paces, or an Italian Mile and half
in length, incompafs'd all round, and fepa-
rated from one another by a Canal 20 Paces
broad, and a Royal Road on each fide of it
of 25 Paces, with two Rows of Trees in the
middle, which form a Walk of 25 Foot or five
Geometrical Paces, that there may be free
and commodious Paffage for the Creatures
employ'd to draw the Boats.
EVERY Canton is alfo divided in the
middle by a Ditch of 20 Paces, and by a
Road on both fides, of 25; with Trees
planted after the fame manner. Every one
of thefe Roads contains II Habitations in
length, each being 130 Geometrical Paces in
Front,
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Front, and about 700 in Depth, which are
alſo ſeparated by little Ditches five Foot over.
At the Head of every one of theſe Habi-
tations, on the Side of the Ditch which di-
vides the Village into two equal Parts, there's a
Houſe only one Story high, but 60 Foot
wide, with a Paffage in the middle, which
leads to all the Apartments, Stables, Barns,
and other Offices. The Reaſon why they
have no Upper Rooms is, becauſe ſometimes,
tho' very feldom, they are fubject to violent
high Winds, which throw down their Houſes
to the Ground, for their Buildings are but
flight.
FROM this Difpofition that I have now
defcrib'd, 'tis plain that in one Canton there
are 22 Habitations or Houfes, oppofite to
one another, and all of the fame Height and
Breadth, eleven on one fide of the Canal, and
eleven on the other. At each End of this
Water, on both Sides, there are Bridges to
pafs from one Village to the other, befides
fome in the middle of each Canton, which
are all built of Free-Stone of fine Archi-
tecture, and kept in very good Repair. In
theſe Twenty-two Families, there were always
two of Diſtinction; one, that of Paps or
Prieft; and the other, that of the Kini, or
Judge of the Canton, which face the middle
Bridge, and are oppofite to one another; and
behind theſe Houſes there's an Apartment the
breadth of the whole Houſe, which ferve the
one
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one for the Church, the other for the Court
or Senate. But we fhall have occafion to
treat more of this perhaps elſewhere, and
therefore we return now to our Journey.
WE ftay'd nine Days upon the Road, and
when we came within feven or eight Leagues
from the Place to which we were bound, we
began to diſcover the Highlands, where we
faw nothing fcarce but Mountains, whoſe
Tops feem'd to touch the Clouds, and
dazzled our Eyes with the Whitenefs of the
Snow, with which they are covered all the
Year round. The Canal where we were, ended
about two fhort Leagues from thofe Hills,
ſo that there we were oblig'd to halt. Part of
our Company ftaid there in the Boats, and
the rest of us made our way to the Moun-
tains. But before we came to them, we were
fain to paſs thro' a very beautiful Foreft.
THE perpetual Din and Clatter which
we heard as we went on, made me think
more than once of Vulcan and his Cyclops.
The Air refounded with great Strokes of
Hammers, and one would actually have fworn
that we were but three Paces from the Forges
of Mount Gibel, or the Anvils of Brontes,
Pyracmon, and Steropes. We were not vaftly
miſtaken in our Conjecture, for the Men
whom we difcover'd foon after were not
much unlike Giants and Dæmons; fome of
them were monftrouſly tall, others as fhagged
as Bears, and not one but was blacker than a
Newcastle Collier,
SOME
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SOME of our Company immediately
apply'd to a Director, and told him what
Canton we were come from, what fort of
Merchandiſe we had brought, and what we
came for in exchange. Then they preſented
me and my Comrade to him, which we be-
lieved was to defire him to conduct us
to all thofe Places which he thought worth
ſeeing by People who had never been there;
for he preſently gave Orders to one of his
Footmen to accompany us wherever we went,
and five of our Companions join'd us.
THE first thing he fhew'd us was a large
Pit, of a prodigious Depth, where was an
Iron Mine which had been work'd for thou-
fands of Years, and from whence fo much
Earth, &c. had been dug as form'd feveral
other Mountains near it. On the left fide of
this Pit was a Defcent of Steps, which the
Workmen had made in the Rock as they dug
downwards, but tho' they were broad and
eafy, I did not care to go down them. Over
it they had erected a wooden Machine,
and a great Windlafs, with a Pulley faſten'd
to it three Foot in Diameter, which drew
up
the Oar, by means of Baskets that were fill'd
by Men at the bottom, as often as they were
let down. On the right fide of the Pit there
was not a Hand at work, but every thing
ſeem'd in Diſorder. Our Guide perceiving
me ſtoop to view the confuf d State of it,
made Signs to me, by which he
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to underſtand, as well as he could, that not
above five Months ago, a great part of the
Mountain, which had perhaps been under-
min'd too far on that Side, broke away,
and in the Fall crufh'd 360 Labourers that
were at work.
AFTER we had view'd that Place, he
carry'd us to another, from whence Coal
was extracted after the fame manner; but
'tis much fatter than the English Coal, and
even than that Mineral which is produc'd
in the Country of Liege, for the Fire that is
commonly made of it burns twenty-four
Hours, without laying on freſh Coals.
BETWEEN thefe two Mines there
was a Pond of Mineral Water, which conti-
nually bubbled up. They make uſe of it to
fcour their Bodies, Clothes, and Utenfils; but
they can't drefs their Victuals with it, 'tis fo
very ill tafted. The Iron which they ſteep in
this hot Water becomes impenetrably hard,
and is much fitter than our Steel to make
Springs of. I never was at a Lofs to account
for the Degree of Heat which is ſaid to be
in the Mineral Waters of Aix la Chapelle,
becauſe they come thro' long Subterranean
Channels, where the Earth no doubt abounds
with bituminous and fulphureous Particles,
which being themſelves much agitated, com-
municate a part of their Motion to them, as
they pafs along; but here I really faw no-
thing like it. For this was a little Lake
F 2
of
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of ſtanding Water, which, as faſt as it waſted
by Exhalations, and what was drawn off by
People for their Ufe, was fupply'd by a Stone
Pipe, which Nature feem'd to have form'd
for the Purpoſe, from whence there came a
Thread of Water as clear as Cryſtal, but
colder than Marble; which made me think
there muſt be a prodigious Fire of Spirits un-
derneath to give it that Heat and Ferment.
WE went alfo to fee the Men that fepa-
rated the Iron from the Mine, the Furnaces
where they melted it, and the Forges where
they extended it into Bars, to be work'd elfe-
where; but all this was fo like the Practice
in Europe, that there's no need to defcribe
it here.
I UNDERSTOOD by what they
told me afterwards, that this intire Chain of
Mountains, which ferves inftead of a Barrier
to this fine Country, is properly the Maga-
zine from whence thefe People have great
part of their Wealth, and things which are
generally uſeful in Society; as Stones for
Building, others for Lime; Salt, which, tho'
different from ours, is very good; very fine
Pewter, and red Copper, but in a very little
Quantity, which at the fame time cofts a
great deal of Labour, and the Lives of very
many Men.
WHILE I was taken up with viewing
all theſe Curiofities, our People were buſy in
landing their Goods, bartering them, and
taking
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taking in their Ladings of fuch Goods as
they had Orders to bring away in exchange,
which were carry'd off by Sledges, or little
flat long Carts, drawn by two, three, four,
and even ten Goats at a time, or on the Backs
of Porters, and in which fo many People
were employ'd, that they made quick Work,
tho' the Way was pretty long, ſo that we
were not there two whole Days. We carry'd
our Guide to our Barks, where we treated
him in the beſt manner we could, and made
him fo drunk, that as he got up to go away,
he fell all along and hurt his Shoulder, info-
much that the exquifite Pain he felt made him
call out upon the Name of Chrift. I was
ftartled at the Expreffion, and ſhould 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 raiſed him on his Legs
again, and glad I was to fee that he had not
hurt himſelf dangerously.
JUST as we were unmooring in order
to return, it came into my Head, that if in-
ftead of going back by the fame Canal, we
ftruck into another two or three Cantons off,
perhaps we ſhould fee Novelties that would
divert us, and make us amends for all our
Time and Labour. I communicated my mind
to La Foret, and he join'd with me in per-
fuading the others, who were fo complaifant,
that they confented to our Propofal without
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any
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any Scruple. Thereupon we went Weftward,
but when the Goats were to be harneſs'd
which were to draw our Boat, the oldeſt of
'em, which, according to the Report 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 ſo
many Leaps and Capers, that he broke the
Rope with which he was harnefs'd, and run
away. Twenty People immediately purfu'd
him, and call'd out to others to stop 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 ſteep, 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 Nooſe, caught
him by the Horns. At the fame time the
Goat being affrighted, darted towards the
other Shore, and whether the Rope was
twin'd round the Body of our Guide, or
whether he choſe to be dragg'd into the Wa-
ter, rather than let go his Hold, I know
not, but fo it was that he fell in. The Com-
pany were immediately fo alarm'd that they
all hurry'd to his Affiftance; 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
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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 loſe him, and wiſh'd
almost that I had been tongue-ty'd, ere I
propos'd to come this way, for I 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 purfu'd our Purpoſe, however,
tho' fome of the other Goats were refty for a
little while, but as foon as the foremoit were
in the Humour to go, the cthers follow'd as
gently as Lambs. Yet we were never the bet-
ter for this Voyage, for the Country is fo
uniform, that when you have feen a Part of
it, 'tis as well as if you had feen the Whole,
there being really no remarkable Difference
but in the People's Faces, the fame that
you obſerve every where elfe; and indeed, if
there had been any Pleaſure to have taſted, we
were at that time too uneafy to have partaken.
of it. But we were moſt agreeably furpris'd
at our Arrival to hear that the Goat had been
a Week in the Stables; fo that this nimble
Creature had ran home in Thirty-five Hours.
This welcome News baniſh'd all Melan-
choly, and made every one of us laugh very
heartily.
THE next Day the Boats were unladen,
in Preſence of all the Inhabitants of the Canton.
The Judge having call'd for the Bill of La-
ding, and examin'd it, caus'd the Goods to
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be deliver'd to the refpective Proprietors,
with ſo much Order, that it was impoffible
for the leaſt Thing to be loft. To make him
amends for this Trouble, every Family fends
him next Day a Diſh of the beſt Fiſh they
can catch in their Rivers, half of which is
drefs'd at his own Houfe, and the other
half at the Prieft's Apartment, whither the
Parents of the Family go to take part of it.
This is reckon'd an Honour for theſe Gen-
tlemen, but they pay dearly for it, becauſe
all that they can fave of the Fiſh, is not
worth one half of the Sauce, which they are
oblig'd in Generofity to add to it.
WHEN all was over, the next thing
to be thought of was, to return to our Occu-
pation; not that any Body gave us the leaſt
Hint of it; for we perceiv'd on the contrary,
that they did not care whether we meddled
with any thing or not; but becauſe we hated
fantering, tho' we had much rather have
been employ'd in any thing elfe. La Foret,
who was even more tired than I with the
Woollen Manufacture, did all he could to
make our Landlord underſtand, that as he
was by Profeffion a Clockmaker, if he would
furniſh him with the Metals and the necef-
fary Tools, he wou'd make a Machine for
him to fhew the Time of the Day, and to
ſtrike the Hour fo as to be heard by all the
Inhabitants of the Village. As for me, who
could be of no Service to them in the Ar-
ticle
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ticle of Surgery, becauſe the Herbs of that
Country differ for moft part from ours, and
becauſe there are few Minerals, and that they
mortally hate Bleeding, all that I had to do,
was to applaud what my Comrade faid, in
Hopes of being employ'd with him on the
fame Work.
THIS Propofition feem'd very miracu-
lous to the Judge, who immediately fent for
the Priest to impart it to him. They had
heard Talk indeed of our Clocks, but not a
Man of 'em had ever ſeen one, and the Idea
they had form'd of 'em, was very confus'd;
ſo that they were very preffing with us, to
fet about one as foon as we pleas'd, and to
fpare no Coft, the rather becauſe their way of
dividing the Time was extremely troubleſome;
for they tie a Piece of Packthread to the Ciel-
ing, and at the End of it hang a Ball of Pewter
three Foot and two Inches in length, which
ferves as a Pendulum, and putting it in Mo-
tion, they tell the Vibrations to the Number
of 7200, which by reafon of the length of
the Cord, make juſt as many Seconds, and
by confequence the 12th part of a natural
Day, or two of our Hours. I ſhall give an
Account by and by, who they make uſe of
to count thefe Vibrations, and to go and
cry the Hour through the Village, as the
Watchmen do by Night, in many Parts
of Europe, and particularly in England and
Holland, where they hire Men for the Pur-
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pofe.
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poſe. They furnish'd us therefore with the
neceflary Materials for our Work. La Foret
beſpoke ſome of the Tools that we had need
of, and himſelf made the others. At length
we went to work, but we did not hurry our
felves, for 'twas above a Year and half before
we finiſh'd our Clock.
WHEN it was done, you can't imagine
with what Admiration every Body ftar'd at us.
They could not conceive how it was poffible
for this Machine to go by itſelf, and to found
all the Hours of the Day. Being by this time
fo perfect in the Language of the Country,
that we explain'd ourſelves with as much
Eafe as in the French; we told them, that
they ought to have a Tower built over the
Houſe of the Prieft or Judge, after the man-
ner of the Europeans, and to put up the Clock
in it that every Body might hear it ſtrike. No
fooner faid, but done, and all Hands were
fet to work to follow our Directions, till the
Clock was hung up in the Place which we
appointed for it.
BUT to return to the Perfons they make
uſe of to take care of the Pendulums, and to
give notice to the People of the Time of
the Day. You muſt know, that hitherto no
Perfon in this Country was ever ſentenc'd to
die. Crimes indeed are prohibited, and the
Criminals puniſh'd, but not with Death; for
they imagine, that as the Life of Man is in
the Power only of God who gave it, 'tis not
in
JAMES MASSEY. 107
in Man's Power to take it away for
any Caufe
whatſoever, not even for the Murder of a
Father or Mother. It was in vain to preach
to them, that the putting of Criminals to Death
for fuch Capital Offences, was a Maxim ob-
ferv'd by almoſt all Mankind, and exprefly
commanded by our Law, of which we believe
God himſelf was the Dictator; all this tended
only to exaſperate them, and to give them an
Abhorrence for People whom they knew not,
and whom they thought unworthy to fee the
Light. 'Tis not likely, faid they, that a Man
who kills another, is in his right Senfes, and
it would be an Affront to the reft of his Species
to fuppofe it. But when we meet with Perfons
fo extravagant and cruel, as to deprive their
Neighbour of a Life which they never gave
him, we ought to leave the Revenge to the
Univerſal Spirit (which is the Name they call
God by) and not to incroach upon his Prero-
gatives by imitating their Barbarity, under
the fpecious Pretext of obferving the Divine
Laws, which in the main, fay they, are but
the Ordonances of an unnatural Tyrant. In
the Formation of Society, every Man may
transfer the Right and Authority which Na-
ture has given him over himſelf to another,
as to his Prince or Sovereign, but he cannot
give him any Power over his own Life. 'Tis
God who thro' the Means of our Parents
has made us without our Participation, and
fince we have not contributed to our own
Exiftence
108 The Travels and Adventures of
Exiſtence in any Manner whatſoever, 'tis but
juſt and lawful to leave it to that fame God
to unmake us, and to content our felves with
laying our Hands upon the other Creatures
which he ſeems to have left to our Diſpoſal.
IN conformity to thefe Principles, they
only impoſe upon every Criminal that Punish-
ment which they think moft adequate to his
Offence. Blafphemy againſt God is with them
the moſt enormous Sin, and thoſe who com-
mit it, are without Mercy condemn'd to hard
Labour as long as they live, in the Bottom
of a dark Mine where the Light of the Sun
cannot enter. Murderers, Adulterers, For-
nicators and great Robbers are treated much
after the fame manner: Some work at the
Bottom, others at the Top; fome are con-
demn'd for 10 Years, others for more or leſs
Time according as the Crime is aggravated,
and to the Age and Underſtanding of the Of-
fender. Peccadillos are not puniſh'd ſo ſeverely,
thoſe who commit them being generally con-
fin'd to the Village. Some are employ'd in
fiſhing, and in making and mending of Nets,
in which they have full Employment, becauſe
their Rivers abound with Fiſh, and they eat
great Quantities of them. Some take care
of the Trees, and the Walks, and others
cleanſe the Canals. The Women and Girls
look after the Pendulums, being reliev❜d every
fix Hours, and the Boys go about conftantly
to cry the Hour of the Day from the Time
that
JAMES MASSEY.
109
that the Sun comes to their Meridian to the
And when they have done
Time it returns.
this for a certain Term, they are reſtor❜d to
their Liberty.
I SAID a while ago, that Blafphemy
is the Crime they punish with the greateſt
Severity, which gives me Occafion now to fay
two Words concerning the poor Man, our
Guide to the Mines, who when he fell down,
call'd out on the Name of Chriſt, as it were
for Help. When I found my ſelf able to
fpeak their Language, I let no Opportunity
flip of informing my felf of the Things which
I defir'd to know. I told our Patron one Day
the Circumſtances of the Journey we made to
the Mountains, and when I mention'd the ve-
nerable Perfonage, and what he ſaid, I ask'd
him, if they knew a Chrift among them. He
made me anſwer, that about 300 or 400 Years
ago, there came feveral People into their
Country for much the fame Reaſons that had
brought us thither, that the laſt who came,
was a grave Man dreft in a long Robe in
fuch a manner, that it was natural for me to
think he was a Monk of fome mendicant Or-
der. This Man, continued he, had Wit and
Learning too; he came to a Canton not far
from this, but did not stay here long. As
foon as he underſtood a little of our Language,
he often ſhifted his Village. My Grandfather,
as I have heard my Father fay, had lodg'd
him here ſeveral times, and took a great deal
of
110 The Travels and Adventures of
of Pleaſure in hearing him talk. He was
continually preaching up Morality, and diſ-
courfing of a Refurrection, and happy Im-
mortality after this Life. Moreover, he af-
firmed, that God had a Son ingender'd of his
own Subſtance long before the World had a
Being, who manifeſted himſelf to Mankind
feveral Ages paſt, as born from a Virgin, or
one who, if you pleaſe, had never known
Man: That this God-Man convers'd with
Mankind, that he fuffer'd the Death of a
Robber to procure eternal Life for the reft of
Men who fhould be willing to embrace his
Religion; and that this Perfon who was call'd
Christ, rofe from the Dead, and fitteth in
Heaven at the Right Hand of God his Fa-
ther, with him to govern Heaven and Earth
till the End of the World. As this was very
foothing Doctrine, the Monk found a great
many People who were hugely delighted with
what he faid, and others took Offence at it,
which coming to the King's Ears, he was
fent for to Court, and after having been ftrictly
examin'd, was condemn'd like the worſt of
Blafphemers, to fpend the reft of his Days in
the Bottom of a Mine, where, not long after,
he died. And as he had the Name of Chrift
in his Mouth at every Turn, fome that work'd
with him, imitated him; and what you have
now told me of your Guide, added he, is a
certain Proof that the Doctrine has found its
way to us.
احمد
THO'
JAMES MASSEY. III
THO' this Diſcourſe alarm'd me, I could
not help telling him, that I was of the fame
Belief as that Man; that the Maxims of the
Religion I profefs'd, led me to it, and that I
was furpriz'd to think that Perfons of their
Wiſdom and Humanity could find in their
Hearts to be fo barbarous to a poor Frier,
who no doubt was fent to them by Heaven
for their Salvation. Perhaps, faid my Land-
lord, it was owing in a great meaſure to State
Policy. Princes don't love great Alterations
in Worſhip, for fear their Perfons fhould fuf-
fer by it, or that it fhould be prejudicial to
the Government. And then 'tis as fure on
the other hand, that your Sentiments are in
many Reſpects contradictory, and that this
Christ above all Things excites to Rebellion,
and prodigiouſly embarraffes humane Reafon.
I own, faid I, 'tis an incomprehenfible Myf-
tery, but we believe it; and we believe it
with the more Confidence and Steadinefs, be-
cauſe we ſee it is for our Advantage to believe
it, and that 'tis interwoven with the Oecono-
my of Salvation; befides its being a Truth
of which a thouſand Eye-Witneffes have given
Evidence, and which has been reveal'd to us
by God himſelf.
To be fure, faid the Judge, you were
born in very happy Climates, fince the Divi-
nity communicates himfelf there in fuch a
manner to the Inhabitants; or rather, the
People of your Country muft be very vain
and
112 The Travels and Adventures of
and prefumptuous to have the Impudence to
give it out in publick, that the Univerfal Spirit
condeſcends to become a private Man, and to
a Familiarity with a Worm of this Earth.
To me it ſeems intolerable, and if this ſame
God was the leaſt concern'd for, his own Ho-
nour, he would not fail to puniſh your Arro-
gance with Severity. But, before I engage
farther with you in this Difcourfe, pray tell
me, faid he, how does this Revelation come?
Does God fpeak to you directly himſelf, does
he employ Heaven, Earth, or any other Crea-
ture in revealing it to you, in what manner
doth he do it?
I QUESTION, faid I, whether 'tis
worth while to talk with you on this Subject;
I perceive you are fo wide from our Senti-
ments, and fo little difpos'd to give the leaſt
Credit to our Doctrines, that I fear your In-
credulity will ſtir up your Indignation, and
bring me into fome Trouble. You need fear
nothing, reply'd he, I am your Friend, and
a Man of Honour, and will allow you to fay
what you pleaſe, only I will not give up the
Right of judging for myfelf. Upon this Con-
dition, faid I, I am willing to tell you as
much as my Age, Education, and Bufinefs
have fuffer'd me to know of the Matter. But
for fear of rambling too far from the main
Point, or left I fhould entertain you with what
you know better perhaps than I do, tell me if
you pleaſe, first of all, what are your Senti-
ments
JAMES 113
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MASSEY.
ments of God, of the World, of Man, and
of his Origin, as well as of his Dependence,
and of what he ought to expect after this
Life.
YOU fay well, reply'd the old Gentle-
man, I am ready to fatisfy you, as to my
own particular, it being impoffible that my
Confeffion fhould be general, becauſe perhaps
there are as many Minds as there are Men. I
for my part believe an increated Subſtance,
an univerfal Spirit, fovereignly wife, and per-
fectly good and juft, an independent and
unchangeable Being, who made Heaven and
Earth, and all things that are therein, who
governs and animates them, but in a Manner
fo fecret, and fo far above my Nothingneſs,
that I have but a very imperfect Idea of it.
And while we perceive the Neceffity of his
Exiſtence and our Dependence upon him, we
think our felves under an indifpenfable Obli-
gation to pay him our Homage and Adora-
tion, never to ſpeak of him but with Refpect,
nor fo much as to think of him but with
Trembling, which is one principal Part of
our Worship; the other is continually to ren-
der him Thanks for all the Favours he has
done us, without any Petition for Futurity,
and much leſs for any thing beyond the Grave,
becauſe then as our Exiſtence will be at an End,
we fhall have no more need of any thing
whatſoever. And 'tis for this Purpoſe that
we meet every Morning at the Houſe of our
Prieſt,
114 The Travels and Adventures of
Prieft, which you have been Witneſs of many
times fince you came among us.
'TIS true, reply'd I, that you are very
punctual in giving an Hour of your Devotion
every Day in the Year to God, for which you
are certainly very much to be commended;
but I think it ſtrange, that you entirely reject
Prayer, and make no Diftinction of Days;
for we employ fix Days in our domeftick
Affairs, and devote the feventh to God, and
the Exerciſes of our Religion.
WE don't think, reply'd he, that one
Day is a Jot better than another. They are
undoubtedly all alike, and though we are but
one Hour in the Morning in our Churches,
yet we don't fail to devote the reft of the Day
to God, to meditate every Moment upon his
Greatneſs, and to admire his Goodnefs to all
his Creatures. But as to Prayer, 'tis abfolutely
needlefs, befides the offering Violence as it
were to his Nature, which being immutable,
'tis evident that he cannot fuffer any Shadow
of Change.
HERE Word was brought to the Judge,
that the Tuns, that is to fay, the Intendant
or Governor was come to receive the Tribute
of the Canton. We have already obferv'd,
that each Village confifts of 22 Families go-
verned by a Bailiff. Ten of the Cantons
form one Government, the eldeſt of whoſe
Bailiffs is Tuns, and Prefident of the nine
others in the Affemblies which are held for
exer-
JAMES MASSEY. 115
exercifing Juftice, and regulating the Police in
thofe ten Villages. Bufides this, there's the
Sovereign Court to which cut of the ten Go-
vernors one is deputed once a Year to the Af
ſembly which is held for at least twenty Days.
The King prefides in this illuftricus and nu-
merous Body, which takes care of the Rights
of the Regale, and to which an Appeal may
be made from all the other Tribunals, when
the Funiſhment of any capital Crime is the
chief thing in queſtion.
THE Intendant, who was come to receive
the Gift of the People, was perfectly well re-
ceiv'd by our Landlord, and a magnificent
Entertainment was made for him, to which
the Prieft and the two Affeffors of the Village
were alſo invited. During the Converfation,
they did not forget to talk of Meffieurs the
Clockmakers. The Governor who had the
Curiofity to fee our Machine, admir'd the In-
vention of it, and ſaid a thouſand fine Things
in praiſe of us; but it had been better for us
that he had known nothing of the Matter,
becauſe in the Sequel it did not turn out at
all to our Advantage, as will be feen in its
Place.
CHAP.
116 The Travels and Adventures of
CHAP. VII.
A curious Converfation between the Author,
the Judge, and the Priest of the Village con-
cerning Religion.
FTER the Governor was gone, the
Judge who had not forgot our Con-
verfation, was impatient to hear me
talk of my Religion, and that he might have
the fairer Opportunity, he invited the Prieſt
next Day to Dinner for the Purpoſe, and ſent
for me and my Comrade to be of the Party.
THE first thing that gave occafion to the
Prieſt to open the Difcourfe, was our faying
Grace before Meat. As I knew his Opinion,
and had before talk'd of it to my Landlord,
I only told him, that the Notion I had of God
as a Being ſovereignly powerful, and perfectly
good, inclin'd me to implore his Bleffing on
the Food which he gave me for the Nouriſh-
ment of my Body, being convinc'd both from
Reaſon and Experience, that his Word was
infinitely more fatisfying than Bread. He
talk'd on this Subject much after the fame
Manner as the Judge did, and pretended to
evade the Streſs of my Argument by inftanc-
ing in his Countrymen, and even moſt Animals
who are as much nourish'd with what they eat,
as
JAMES MASSEY.
117
as we who perform this Ceremony: So that
the Drift of what he faid was the abſolute
aboliſhing of Prayer. Let us not trouble our
Heads to difpute about it, faid I, 'tis a Que-
ſtion that will refolve itſelf foon, and only
depends on fome other Truths which I fhall
clearly demonſtrate to you.
IN the Converſation I had t'other Day
with the Judge, he himſelf own'd to me,
that you unanimouſly confefs the Exiſtence
of a God of all Perfection, which is a Truth
that might be very eafily prov'd to you
by ſeveral undeniable Arguments, and eſpe-
cially by that afcrib'd to one St. Thomas,
which he calls caufalitas caufæ efficientis, be-
cauſe by it we infallibly trace Effects to one
firſt, intelligent, and neceffary Cauſe of the
Production of all Things.
I KNOW it, faid the Prieſt, and a
Man muſt be quite devoid of Reaſon fo
much as to doubt of it. Well then, reply'd
I, 'tis clear that 'twas this fame God, and no
other who has created the Univerſe, that is
to ſay, Heaven, Earth, and in general every
thing that exiſts, out of nothing. As for
that, faid the Judge, I don't well under-
ſtand it, out of Nothing there comes No-
thing. You are right, faid I, with regard
to us; but as to God the Cafe is quite other-
wife; there is no fuppofing of Matter coex-
iſtent with God, without a direct Contra-
diction; for then there would be two Infi-
nite,
118 The Travels and Adventures of
nite, two independent Beings, which 'tis pre-
fum'd cannot be reconcil'd But to have gone
with infinite Things which are out of our
Reach, I think it fufficient in the main to
know that God has made all Things, and not
puzzle our ſelves as to the Matter, Manner,
and Time.
WE have a Book, I added, which tells us
all this. Mofes affures us that God made
every thing by his Word, about 6000 Years
ago; and that after he had employ'd fix
Days in it, he refted from his Labour. What
did he do the firſt Day, reply'd the Judge ?
After having created the Heaven and the
Earth, he ſaid, Let there be Light, and there
was Light, &c. On the Sixth Day he cre-
ated Man out of Clay, and breath'd into his
Noftrils the Breath of Life, &c. When he had
endow'd him with Difcernment, it was very
juſt that he ſhou'd live in a Dependence upon
him, and own him for the only Lord of the
Univerſe. He gave him Power over all things
on the Earth, and only forbad him not to
touch one fingle Tree that was planted in the
midft of the delightful Garden in which Pro-
vidence had plac'd him. The Submiffion he
ow'd to his Creator, would no doubt have
conſtrain'd him from contravening his Or-
ders; but the Woman which he gave him
for a Companion, being the weaker Vef-
fel, and more inquifitive than he was, in-
dulg'd her Curiofity, took the admirable
Fruit
JAMES MASSEY.
119
Fruit of this Tree into her Hand, tafted it,
and found it fo excellent, that he gave it
to her Husband, who was fo unfortunate as
to eat of it, and by confequence incurr'd the
Penalty that was impos'd on him of dying
an everlaſting Death, that is to fay, ot fuf-
fering eternal Pains after his Death; a Pu-
niſhment very harfh, and indeed cruel, con-
fidering the Offence, and the Perfon that
committed it, but nevertheleſs very juft, in
confideration of the Majefty of the Being
that was offended.
HAVING ran over the Hiftory of the
Creation, the Deluge, the Patriarchs, of Mofes
and his Brother Aaron, and of the Miracles
by which the Truth of this Hiftory was con-
firm'd, I entertain'd them with an Account
of the Prophets and their Predictions, eſpe-
cially with regard to the Meffiah; of our
Saviour's coming into the World, how he
was the Son of God, and by what means he
redeem'd us from the Punishment we had
deferv'd in the Perfon of the first Man, our
Father. I fhew'd them the Neceffity of
Prayer, as well from the Dictates of Nature,
as from the Documents of holy Men, and
in particular of Jeſus Chriſt. And, to con-
clude, I talk'd to them of the Refurrection
of the Body, and its being repoffefs'd by the
Soul, and of an everlaſting happy Life which
the Son of God purchas'd for us, by fuffering
the ignominious Death of the Crofs.
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I MUST own they heard me with a
great deal of Patience, nay, they ſeem'd to
be pleas'd, and to acquiefce in the greateſt
part of what I faid. But I was very much
furpris'd when the Prieft ask'd me, with a
very ſerious Countenance, whether I believ'd
it all. Verily, faid I, I believe every Tittle.
of it. Thoſe who queftion'd the Law of
Mofes, died without Mercy; and the A-
poſtles affure us, that we cannot doubt of
the Truth of Chrift's Words, and the whole
Oeconomy of Salvation, without danger of
everlaſting Puniſhment. But that which is
the Motive to my Belief, is not Force, but
Evidence it felf. What would you think of
me, continu'd I, if I told you exactly not
only your moſt ſecret Tranfactions paft, but
what you will do hereafter, and what muſt
happen to your Country? If I fhould cure
the Sick, raiſe the Dead to Life, paſs .he
Seas dryfhod, cleave the Rocks with a Rod,
and bring Water enough out. of them to
quench the Thirft of a whole Nation, and
if I work'd a thouſand more fuch Miracles?
Would you not fay, either that I was a God,
or at leaſt an Inftrument in the Hand of God,
to work ſo 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 Apoftles, and
eſpecially by Jefus Chrift, as I juft now
hinted; fo that we have no reaſon to doubt
of
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of the Truth of what they have left us up-
on Record.
YOUR Confequence is not juft, faid the
Prieſt. Pray, did you fee all thofe fine things?
I own I did not, faid I; but the Sight of a
Thing is not always neceffary to the Belief
of it. You never faw Europe, its King-
doms, Wars, Religions, and Cuftoms, yet
you believe what we relate to you about it,
becauſe you take us for honeft Men, and be-
cauſe two or three other Travellers before us
inform'd your Anceſtors almoft the fame
things. When a Fact is fupported by the
Teſtimony of ſeveral Perfons of Probity,
there's no longer any reafon to call it in
queſtion. Now the Facts of which I fpeak
to you, are not only confirm'd by a fuf-
ficient Number of wife and good Men, but
by Clouds of Witneffes, by intire Nati-
ons, which we cannot poffibly fufpect, be-
cauſe the Worſhip of fome of them is
quite different from ours, and they are our
mortal Enemies into the Bargain: Even
the Jews know after what manner God ap-
pear'd to our Fathers, one while in Dreams,
another while in a Burning Buſh, and that
at other times he conducted them in the
Form of a Cloud by Day, and a Pillar of
Fire by Night, and ſtopp'd where they were
to encamp in the Deferts, when he himfelf
led
I have heard of a learned Engliſh Gentleman, who
lately publish'd a Diſſertation to prove that there's no-
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thing
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led them to the great Country, of which he
had promis'd them the Poffeffion. Surely,
after fuch ſtrong Evidence, I think we ſhould
be very much in the wrong to be Unbe-
lievers.
TO be ingenuous with you, faid the Judge,
there's fomething in all this which is fur-
prifing, and which, tho' fupernatural, yet
appears very probable. Not fo probable as
you imagine, reply'd the Prieft; you know
how our Anceſtors 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 Puniſhments
inflicted on thoſe who don't ſubſcribe to pre-
tended Facts which are given out as Truths,
force People to be filent, who would other-
wife take a Pride in talking big. The Cre-
ation you was juft now fpeaking of, continu'd
he, looking on me wiftfully, is a meer Al-
thing miraculous, nor even extraordinary, in this Pil-
lar of Fire, by which the Ifraelites were conducted into
the Wilderneſs; and to shew them from the beft Authors,
ancient and modern, that it was always the Custom in
Deſerts of this kind, to make uſe of a Fire to direct Ar-
mies or Multitudes of People in their March, by cauſing
it to be carry'd before them in fuch a manner that the
whole Company might fee the Smoke by Day and the
Flame by Night. He pretends that the Perfon who had
the Direction of this Fire, and ferv'd as a Guide to the
Ifraelites, was only Hobab, the Father-in-law of Moſes;
zubich he endeavours to prove from the 29th and 30th
Verfes of the Tenth Chapter of Numbers, and from many
other Paffages of the facred Scriptures.
legory,
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legory, which I think very grofs of its kind,
and form'd by an Author altogether ignorant
of the Nature of things, infomuch that he makes
Effects precede theCaufe; for,according to what
you have faid, Light was created on the very
first Day, and the Luminaries from whence
that Light comes to us, not till the fourth.
Befides, 'tis certain that the Idea of a God
who labours, and refts from his Labour, is
what cannot be digefted by any, but very
ſtupid ignorant People, fuch as dare not fay
their Souls are their own, and over whom
this Mofes you fpeak of, aim'd to be tem-
poral Lord, while his Brother Aaron domi-
neer'd without Mercy over their Confei-
ences.
I DARE not tell you after what man-
ner he treated Jefus Chrift and his Mother:
But as to the Soul, that Spiritual Subftance
in us, of which they ſaid they had no Notion,
I can't help obferving to you an Objection
that was ſtarted by the Prieft, when we talk'd
about the Refurrection of the Dead. 'Tis
certain, faid he, that the Earth is compos'd
of innumerable fmall Particles, whofe Figures
are extremely different, as appears from the
Variety of Things which this fame Earth
produces. Certain Parcels of Earth which are
proper to form one fort of Fruit, would
not be at all proper for the Production of
fome others. What is good to make Copper,
is worth nothing for Iron. From hence it
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comes, that if Wheat be fow'd for feveral
Years together in one and the fame Field,
it appears at laft that all the Parts of Matter
which were proper to yield us Wheat, being
ſpent, and no more of it left, the Earth will
abfolutely bear no more Wheat till 'tis dung'd.
We'll apply this Example to Man: The
Particles which are proper for the Compo-
fition of Human Fleſh, are not more infinite
than thoſe of Corn; and undoubtedly in this
Kingdom there are no more than what will
form a certain determinate Number of Per-
fons. Now make this Number as great
as you pleaſe, I don't think 'tis equal to
that of all the Men that have lived fince
the Beginning of the World. Nay, ſaid he,
I know not if there be not reaſon to queſtion
whether there are enough of theſe Parts here
for the People that have been born in it
for only ten Centuries. They who have ftu-
died the Nature of Beings ever fo little,
know, that as the Hair and Nails grow,
wear away, and fall off, the external Parts
of the Fibres of our Body wear in like man-
ner, while the Blood has its Pulfation, and
augments the internal Parts. 'Tis incredible
what a Diffipation is occafion'd every Day
by that thing only which is call'd Perfpira-
tion; 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 into another Country, without
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any Return to ours, 'tis probable that a Fa-
mine and Mortality would happen among
us every now and then, to the end that the
Parts of thoſe who died might ſerve for
the Increaſe of the others, till in fhort there
be no more left. From hence, faid he, I
infer, that if we were to rife again, it is im-
poffible that of the Parts proper for the Con-
ſtruction of Man, there would be enough
left to diſtribute to all that have liv'd, fo
much as is abfolutely neceffary for forming
a Body of a middling Stature; and God
knows whether there would be enough of
the other Parts, becauſe if all that have died
for the ſeveral thouſands of Years paſt which
the World has fubfifted, 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 illuftrate this Paradox by a ge-
neral Calculation, as follows. We have in
this Country 41600 Villages, and computing
Twenty-two Families in each Village, at the
rate of nine Perfons in every Family, one
with another, every Village will contain near
200 Inhabitants; fo that throughout the
Kingdom we may fuppofe 8323000. Now
we'll allow to every Human Body, confi-
der'd under the Form of a Parallelopepid of
five Foot high, and half a Foot broad and
thick, one with another (you fee I take it
at the leaſt Computation) it will appear on
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the Day of Refurrection that 8323000 Bo-
dies will contain about 10400000 Cubic Feet
of Fleſh. Suppoſe again, that this Number of
Men be renew'd every fifty Years, then there
muſt be 208 Millions of Cubic Feet of Fleſh,
for the People that have liv'd in the Space of
only 1000 Years, and 2080 Millions for the
People within 10000 Years. Continue this Mul-
tiplication, and confider what a vaft Length
it will run; but, faid he, with a great Ex-
clamation, what would it not amount to, if
the Opinion of fome learned Men be true,
which, as you told your Landlord, paffes for
certain, that the very Seed of moft, if not
of all Animals, is compounded of innume-
rable Animalcules which have Life and Mo-
tion, fo that in a Body no bigger than a
Grain of Millet, there are thoufands which,
fmall as they are, yet are Individuals of the
fame Species as the Animals by which they
were engender'd, and muſt confequently par-
take of the fame Advantages as the others,
tho' they ſurpaſs them as much in Bignefs, as
the higheft Mountain does a Grain of Sand;
in which Cafe 'tis manifeft that your Opinion
is ridiculous, and a palpable Contradiction.
YOU talk of thouſands of Years, ſaid I,
as if they were but fo many Minutes, and
according to you, the World muſt be much
more ancient than it is. I make uſe of a de-
finite Term, faid he, to denote an indefinite
Number; there's no Neceffity for being fo
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very ftrict. Be the World ancient or not,
that does not alter the Nature of Things;
'tis certain that we believe it to have ſub-
fifted, Time out of mind, which we cannot
exprefs either by Words or Figures. You are
not the only People, I reply'd, that have
been deceiv'd in this Matter. The Chinese
have Chronologies for above 40000 Years,
and the Egyptians carry theirs at leaſt as far
back. That ancient Philofopher Plato, in-
troduces an Ægyptian Prieft, who, in a Dif-
courſe with Solon, tells him that 'twas 9000
Years fince Minerva built Sais. Diodorus
reckons 23000 Years from Ofiris and Ifis,
to the time of Alexander the Great. Laertius
ſpeaks of a Term of 49000 Years,_ during
which they had calculated all the Eclipfes.
They pretended, according to a Remark by
St. Auftin, to have obſerv'd the Stars for
100000 Years; and by the Report of Cicero,
they had done it for 570000 Years. But all
this is advanc'd without any Foundation, and
from a Principle of Vanity to challenge a Su-
periority over the other Nations of the Earth.
As for us, we adhere to Mofes's Account,
who affures us that the World has not fub-
fifted above 6000 Years. And really, if we
give our felves the trouble to reflect upon
this Matter ever fo little, there is no room
to queſtion the Truth of his Affertion. One
undeniable Proof that the World is not very
ancient, is that we have no Hiftories which
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go above 4000 Years back. The Arts are
alſo very modern. We don't find that above
500 Years ago they had any Knowledge of
the Mariner's Compafs, of the printing of
Books, of Gunpowder, Fire-Arms, Perſpec-
tives, Microſcopes, and other fine Inventions.
'Tis certain likewife that the Ufe of Money
was unknown to the ancient Writers. Clocks,
Watches, Glafs, Paper, temper'd Steel, and
abundance of other things, are of a very mo-
dern Date. I infer therefore, that in this, as well
as in other Matters, 'tis abfolutely neceffary
to be guided by the Word of God.
I TOLD you before, faid the Prieft,
that none of us pretends to determine the Age
of the World. We are perfuaded that it
had a Beginning, but we know not when;
and all that I can fay is, that it was a vaſt
while ago. The firſt Man has not remark'd
it, nor have we any thing like a Regifter
of the Time; all that we know of it is by
Tradition. Most of the Arts that you have
now mention'd are unknown to us, and yet
for all this, our Part of the World is as old
a's yours: We may be here a Million of
Years without knowing them, becauſe we
have no need of them, and 'tis not impof-
fible but others may do without them a long
time, as well as we. Neceffity, or the like
Cauſes, have been the Mother of Inventions
within 100 Years, which were unthought
of before in as many Ages. But all this is
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not conclufive. What I know is, that from
Father to Son we always hand it down, that
the Years which we have continu'd are not
to be number'd: And it is certain, that not-
withſtanding the vaft Quantity of Wood
which we burn, the Mountains of Coal which
we have already levell'd are fo confiderable,
that if we were to compute them, this alone
would be fufficient to confirm us in our Opi-
nions. But the moſt remarkable thing of all
is that about 7000 Years ago, as the Men
were digging in one of thoſe Mountains, they
found within 30 Foot of the Top, a double
Hook of Iron of above 1500 Weight, which
we ſtill keep, and which the Foreigners that
have been here from time to time, affirm is
one of thoſe Inftruments that are us'd at Sea
to ſtop great Ships; from whence one would
think that the Ocean was in poffeffion of this
fine Country before us, and that perhaps our
higheſt Mountains only ferv'd then to break
its Billows.
BESIDES this, who knows but thoſe Arts,
of which you pretend to the Invention, were
not known to your Predeceffors? I plainly
obferve here that the Sciences are upon the
Decay. My Great Grandfather was much
better skill'd than my Father in Aftronomy:
I know even lefs of it than both; and by
what I learn from them, the knowledge they
had of it was very obfcure in compariſon of
what their Anceſtors knew. 'Tis the very
fame
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fame in all other Families. There are Scien-
ces which are cultivated at certain times, in
complaifance to the Mode that then prevails,
but are intirely neglected at others; and 'tis
poffible they may be fo far bury'd in Obli-
vion, that thoſe who are born afterwards, ſee-
ing no Trace of them, imagine when they
come to the Exerciſe of 'em, that they are
the first Inventors.
THAT may be, I reply'd, in your Coun-
try, where you have no Communication with
other Parts of the World; but with us, if
the Sciences decay in one Place by Wars and
Conflagrations, or by the Indolence and In-
difference of fome People, of which we have
feveral Inftances, yet they are advanc'd elfe-
where to a higher Degree of Perfection thro'
the Diligence of others; and I queſtion whe-
ther any confiderable Part of former Inven-
tions is loft; whereas on the contrary, every
Day produces fome Diſcovery or other that
is curious and advantageous to Society.
I WOULD have explain'd to him that
which he thought a Contradiction in Genefis,
with regard to the Luminaries, and to Light;
and have fhewn how far he was miſtaken con-
cerning the Reſurrection; but he laugh'd at
me, and all my Arguments: Indeed he was
for admitting the Omnipotence of God, but
then in this Cafe he did not think it neceffary.
For why, faid he, fhould there be a Refur-
rection after this Life? What Neceffity for
exter-
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exterminating the Race of Man, to bring them
to Life again hereafter? If Chrift was God,
could not he have exempted Man from that
Death, as well as from the other? And be-
fides, if we were all to be living at one time,
which way fhould we fubfift? There would
not be Provifion enough for a Breakfaſt thro
the whole Country. But, faid I, our Bodies
will be of another Nature; we fhall neither
eat, nor drink, nor be fubject to any natural
Infirmity; and moreover, God will tranflate
us into the Heaven of Heavens, where we
fhall be filled with his Glory.
WHAT! are you to be mounted above
the Sky? Pray, Friend, what Notion have
you then, continued he, of Heaven? As for
our parts, who believe that the Air we breathe
is infinitely more grofs than that which is
above, and that the higher we are from the
Earth, Matter is more fubtil. This being
fo, the Heaven of the Bleffed muſt be like a
Vacuum, in compariſon with the lower Hea-
vens, as to the Matter which fills it. Farewell
then to the Lungs, becauſe there will be no
more Breathing; farewell to the Ufe of the
Larynx for Speech; farewell to the Inteftines,
and in a Word, to the whole Body, which
the Blood, for want of being cool'd, will
throw into a burning Fever that will foon
conſume it. Bnt fuppofe that all this be re-
tain'd as a very uſeleſs Load, what is it to reſt
upon? What is it will fuftain fuch material
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heavy Bodies? They will be fuftain'd, ſaid
I, by the Almighty Power of God. I am
weary to hear you talk fo much, reply'd he,
of the Power of God. I plainly perceive
that you practiſe the very fame thing in your
Religion, that we obferve in our Myſteries
of Nature; when we are at a loſs to give
a Reaſon for a Thing, we ſay that 'tis the
Effect of fome latent Power. I fay it again,
I make no manner of queſtion of God's Power;
but I don't ſee the Neceffity of inventing
Chimeras in order to have recourſe to it. If
yours indeed were a Paradife of Pleaſures,
well and good; but a Place intirely devoid
of every thing, where the Body ſhall abfo-
lutely enjoy no Pleaſure, where there fhall be
no Object to affect the Senfes, no Odours to
pleaſe the Senfe of Smelling, no Viands to
ftimulate the Palate, no Inftrument of Muſic
to tickle the Ear, nothing to divert the Eye;
furely this is miraculous. Certainly you must
be extremely fenfual, becauſe notwithſtanding
the Eternity you attribute to your Souls, which
you believe to be capable of fubfifting inde-
pendently from the Body, you chooſe rather
to embarras the Soul again, and to clog it
with a terrible Weight, which, by the way,
according to you, is to have no Baſis to reft
on, rather than leave it at full Scope, and
abandon this Lump of Flesh to that Cor-
ruption from which it cannot poffibly be
exempt.
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'TIS not the Soul alone, I reply'd, that
does Good or Evil. The Body and the Mind
both contribute to it, and they muſt equally
partake of the Rewards or the Puniſhments
which the Sovereign Judge of the World
ſhall think them worthy of. All this, faid
he, is not enough to convince me. Our
Bodies are every Moment changing, and no
Man ever liv'd to Twenty-five Years of Age,
that retain'd any one thing that he brought
into the World. The Blood, Fleſh, Skin,
Nerves, and Bones, are continually diminiſh-
ing on one hand, and increaſing on the other,
and the whole Machine is every now and
then renew'd. Our Inclinations vary alſo ac-
cording to our Age and Conftitution; for we
are often great Debofhees at Thirty Years of
Age, and at Sixty extremely devout and re-
tired. With which of theſe two Bodies, pray,
are we to rife again? With the old decrepid
and weak Body which has liv'd perfectly well,
and whofe Actions have been exemplary to
the Youth and edifying to thofe advanc'd in
Years? Or are we to rife again with that
juvenile, ftraight, vigorous, handfome Body,
which deferv'd twenty times to be doom'd to
the Mines? You fee plainly that take it which
way you will, 'tis extremely perplexing, and
that 'tis pretty evident that whoever was the
Author of this Opinion, he did not forefee
all thoſe Inconveniencies. If I were for the
Refurrection, 'twould be a Matter of Indif-
ference
134 The Travels and Adventures of
ference to me what Parts the Body was to be
compoſed of when it rofe again, for 'tis the
fame thing to the Soul; and I ſhould lay it
down for a certain Maxim, That it would
be the Condition, and not the Place, that was
to make us happy; but all theſe things are
meer Trifles, unworthy of a Man of Senſe.
BUTI muſt own to you, he added, that
tho' I don't comprehend what you mean by
a Soul, by a Spiritual Subftance deſtitute of
all Matter, or by à Spirit properly confti-
tuted by Thought, and yet confin'd in a
Body, where its Powers are limited to prompt
or make him to act according to its Will,
and in a Body too which 'tis not oblig'd at
all to for its Exiſtence, yet as the Idea you
form of it is agreeable, in that it gives you
hopes of another Life, I am not furpris'd
that there are People who acquiefce in your
Opinion. They are undoubtedly of the com-
mon Clafs of Underſtandings, yet neverthe-
leſs they are happy; for Felicity, generally
fpeaking, confifts meerly in the Imagination.
They who are full of this Opinion, that Death
is but a Paffage to a Life of Glory, cannot
be fo loth to leave the World as others (ef-
pecially where they are fo wedded to that
Opinion, as I obferve they are in your Parts)
and muſt have fome Tafte beforehand of that
pretended Eternal Felicity. So that whether
it be true, or not, the Thing is all one to them,
neither more or less than my Satisfaction would
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be, fuppofing I have 10000 Kaln in my Cof-
fer, which I fhall never want, and which I
firmly believe to be of the beſt Metal that is
dug out of our Mines, tho' they are all the
while but Iron.
MY Comrade, who was a religious Man,
was enrag'd to hear this Pagan call in queſtion
the Myfteries of a Worſhip founded upon the
pure Word of God; he gave me to underſtand
feveral times, that he could hardly contain him-
felf, and that he wanted at leaſt to reprove
him by plain Paffages out of holy Scripture.
But I always diffuaded him from it, becauſe
the other deny'd that they were divine Wri-
tings, and as he alfo pretended they were but
a Medley of very ill-concerted Fictions, it
would have diſgufted him to have talk'd any
more to him about it.
I TOLD them, however, with a real
Defigh to alarm them, that I was not only
perfuaded of an eternal State of Happineſs
for thoſe who did good Works, and had
Faith, but that there were alfo Torments and
a Hell prepar'd for the Wicked and Unbe-
lievers, and that every one would infallibly
be dealt with according to the Good or Evil
that he had done in this Life.
WHAT you have already faid, reply'd
the Prieft, tends to as much; but this is an
Error as grofs as the former; for befides that
'tis making God the moſt cruel of all Beings,
to have created Man in order to damn him
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136 The Travels and Adventures of
everlaſtingly, on pretence that he infring'd
one of his Commands, and a Command too
which was only that he fhould not eat an
Apple, the very Thought of which really
makes me fhrink with Horror; I deny that
any body is capable of doing Good or Evil,
with refpect to God; and I ask you ſeriouſly,
whether you your ſelf believe it? Undoubt-
edly, I do, ſaid I; and methinks it is ſo clear,
that one cannot queftion it without ſhocking
common Senſe.
WHAT, faid I, are not Whoredom,
Murder, Theft, and Blafphemy, Crimes of
Offence againſt the Majefty of the Almighty?
Not at all, reply'd the Prieft; for in the firſt
Place, if Whoredom was a Sin, God him-
felf would be the Author of it, and, what is
worſe, of Inceſt it ſelf, becauſe according to
you and your great Mofes, as there were at
firft but one Man and one Woman, their
Defcendants muſt have committed feveral Acts.
of Inceſt before there were Perfons enough
living for them to avoid it: And as to the
pretended Neceffity of it at that time, I can't
bear to hear it, for God could as eaſily have
created a hundred Perfons, as only one. We
are all Children of the firft Man. There are
Degrees of Confanguinity among us, but in
the Sight of God 'tis not fo. Women and
Goods were in common at firſt, as Air and
Water are now. But Men, who ſeem to have
been form'd for Society, obferving the Dif
order
JAMES MASSEY. 137
order which this occafion'd, thought it pro-
per that every Father of a Family fhould
have one or more Women, a certain Extent
of Ground, and a particular Number of Cat-
tle, at his fole Difpofal. They were alfo
oblig'd afterwards by common Confent, to
make Laws impofing Penalties on thoſe who
did not obſerve them. So that if any body
is offended by the Tranfgreffion of thoſe Laws,
'tis properly the Society, or the Heads that
repreſent it, and not at all the univerfal Spirit,
who can by no means be offended by any
Perfon. The fame thing may be faid of Rob-
bery and Murder, whereby, properly ſpeaking,
no Hurt is done to any Being but to the Per-
fon whofe Life or Property is taken away.
And as to Blafphemy, tho' we puniſh it more
feverely than other Crimes, 'is not becauſe 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 becauſe we cannot tole-
rate Ingratitude, of which the blackeſt In-
ſtance that Man can be guilty of, is to affront
or nor to pay due Refpect to him who is the
Author of his Being, and of all the Benefits
he is capable of receiving; befides, that it fets
an ill Example to Children and Inferiors,
with regard to their Parents and Maſters.
From all this I infer, That 'tis the fame with
Humane Actions, as with the Qualities of
Bodies, which are only confider'd according to
the Union, Relation, and Compariſon, which
we make of one with the other.
THUS,
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THUS, for Example, one and the fame
Subſtance is capable of being immenſe at one
time, and of being quite annihilated at ano-
ther: A Mountain is neither great nor fmall,
fo long as I confider it ſingle and undividable,
abſtracted from all other Matter, and I ex-
clude the Notice of any other Bodies, but if
afterwards I conceive of it in the Whole con-
fifting of an infinite Number of little Grains
of Sand, 'tis plain that the Mountain will
then appear to me of an unmeaſurable Bulk,
in compariſon with one of its fmall Particles.
But it will appear in another Light, if I com-
pare it and equal it with another Mountain of
the fame Height, and it will be extremely
little when I compare it with the whole Mafs
of the Earth. In fhort, the Terreſtrial Globe
it felf will appear but a Mathematical Point,
confider'd with the whole Univerſe. 'Tis
the fame thing as to our Actions; in them-
felves they are nothing, or if you pleaſe, they
will be but indifferent at moft; and if they
are capable of becoming good or evil, it can
only be with regard to certain Inftitutions, like
thoſe we have mention'd, which we may
call the Standard whereby they ought to be
meaſur'd, in order to know the juſt Value of
them.
YOU don't believe then, reply'd I, that
God, who is a God of Order, and hates Con-
fufion, has prefcrib'd Rules to Man, and given
him Laws, by which he is oblig'd to conduct
him-
JAMES MASSEY. 139
himſelf and regulate his Actions? No, faid
he, in the Senſe that you take it, I don't be-
lieve it, nor was it neceffary, becauſe he gave
him Will and Underſtanding whereby to con-
duct himſelf, as you fee we do. As there is
no Pride, Vanity, Jealoufy, or Defire of Do-
minion in the Beafts, fo God has not made
them fubject to any Civil Laws, nor would
there have been any greater Need of fuch for
rational Creatures, than there is for the Brutes,
only as foon as fome endeavour'd to impoſe
upon the Weakneſs or Good-nature of others,
there was a Neceffity of inventing Puniſh-
ments for thoſe who tranfgrefs'd certain Rules,
and theſe Rules were multiply'd as faſt as the
unbridled Licentiouſneſs of fome turbulent
Spirits gave occafion for them.
YOU are very right there, faid I, but
pardon me if I prefume to fay that I deny
that God had no Concern in them. 'Tis un-
reaſonable to fuppofe that Providence would
bring a rational Creature into the World, and
afterwards leave him intirely to himſelf. He
is the Father of him, and is alſo inclin❜d to
be his Director and Preferver. Good Senfe
tells us this, and his Word, for that is what I
always recur to, affures us of it fo pofitively,
that there is no poffibility of doubting it; I
wiſh to God, cry'd I, that you could but ſee
that Word. It carries with it fo many Marks
of the Dictator that you would be the firſt
to read it with Veneration if it fell into your
Hands;
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Hands; and I don't defpair of its being
brought to you one Day or other by fome
unhappy Wretch, or elfe by an intire Nation,
which fhall come to fettle with you by the
Appointment of Heaven, in order to facilitate
the Converſion of a People fo honeſt and
humane.
I SHOULD be glad, faid he, to ſee the
Book you ſpeak fo much of, but very forry
that it fhould be brought to us by a Hoft of
People, whom your own Laws, as facred as
you think 'em, would not reſtrain from tyran-
nizing over us. We had much rather that
things fhould 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; me-
thinks, faid he, 'tis time to have done. I
retire. Adieu.
AFTER our Prieſt was gone, we con-
vers'd a few Moments longer concerning the
Immortality of the Soul, the Refurrection of
the Dead, and Life Eternal, becauſe 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 People into a good
Opinion of our Religion.
BEFORE we parted, my Landlord
ask'd me if I did not fee the Burning Moun-
tain when I was at the Mines. I did not fo
much as hear any mention of it, faid I. Pro-
bably, faid he, it did not burn at that time,
for
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141
for otherwiſe you would infallibly have ob-
ferv'd it. I ſhould have been glad to have
ſeen it, ſaid I to him, but this is no Rarity
in our Country. There's Hecla in Iceland,
Etna in Sicily, Vefuvius in Naples, and feveral
other fuch Mountains elſewhere, which burn
alfo at times; but there's no approaching very
near them, even when they don't burn, be-
cauſe of the Sulphureous Exhalations that arife
out of them, the prodigious Quantity of
Aſhes that encompaffes them, and the Danger
there is of finking into the Ground in feve-
ral Places, where it is foft, trembling, or
hollow.
PERHAPS, faid he, the Europeans who
have been here before you, related the fame
thing to our Anceſtors, and that the People
came by that means to be undeceiv'd in the
miſtaken Notion they had entertain'd of the
Cauſe of this Prodigy. For 'tis certain that
the fimple Vulgar were always of Opinion,
that when God created the World, and deter-
min'd to make certain Beings which fhould
have Life and Motion, he erected a Labora-
tory under the burning Mountain, with an
Oven, and a monftrous large Crucible in it, at
the Mouth of which was a Bar that divided it
into two equal Parts, and to this Bar there
belong'd a Lamp. This great Workman,
faid they, every now and then fill'd this Vef-
fel with Earth, which he took up behind him,
in the Place of which there is now a great
Lake,
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·
Lake, and when this Earth was become li-
quid by the Force of the Fire, he took out
a fmall Portion of it, by means of a hollow
Tube, that he made ufe of for the purpoſe,
at one end of which he only blew, and there
immediately appear'd at the other an Animal,
which he fent into the wide World. He
had made but a fmall Number of them,
when he obferv'd his Lamp fet fire to the
Mountain under which it hung. This un-
expected Inconvenience, foon made him
change his Poft, for fear of burning the
whole Earth. He had not fought long, ere
he found a deep Pit betwixt two Mountains,
which he thought fit to fill with Water, to
the end that the Fire might not ſpread,
while he work'd underneath it. Mean time,
as this Water foon attain'd to a very confi-
derable Degree of Heat, which would have
prefently chang'd into a Vapour, he pierc'd
a neighbouring Mountain, in order that a
Stream of freſh Water might iffue from it
to cool the Heat of the boiling Lake, which
is undoubtedly the fame that you tell me you
faw, and which ftill retains the fame Qua-
lities.
THERE was an Addition to this Story,
that under that very Place God form'd all
other living Creatures in the fame manner,
except Man, who deriv'd his Origin elfe-
where, as I may perhaps fhew you another
time, when I am more at leifure. Laftly,
It
JAMES MASSEY. 143
it was pretended that the Matter which was
in the Crucible, being in a violent Agita-
tion, the Sulphur, Mercury, and other mi-
neral and metallic Parts, which evaporated
in Smoke, were carry'd with Rapidity under
the Arch of the neighbouring Mountains, in-
to which they penetrated, and in fome form'd
Coal, and in others Iron, or the Minerals and
Metals that we find there.
THIS Fable, as grofs as it is, and in-
vented no doubt in honour to the Gentle-
men Chymifts, gave me occafion to think
that Glafs was not always unknown to them,
and that formerly they had Blowers among
them. Be this as it will, there the Converfa-
tion ended, becauſe it grew late, and every
one feem'd defirous to go to reſt.
SOME Days after this Diſcourſe, the
Prieft was refolv'd to make an Entertain-
ment for our Landlord, and we too were of
the Party. Then he made an Apology for
having been ſo outrageous againſt our Opi-
nions; and to make us Amends, defired La
Foret, who had read both the Old and New
Teftament more than I had done, to give him
the moſt circumftantial Account he could re-
member of the Contents of the Bible. My
Comrade did fo, and he thank'd him, feem-
ing to be very well fatisfy'd with it, tho' I
know full well that he only made a Jeft of
it; whereas I thought the Judge extremely
edify'd with it: So that Affairs would have
gone
144 The Travels and Adventures of
gone on very well, if we had always conti-
nu'd together; but to my great Sorrow, it
was not the Will of Heaven it fhould be fo.
CHAP. VIII.
The Author is carry'd to the King's Court.
He traces the Origin of thofe Monarchs ;
deſcribes the Royal Palace, Temple, &c.
HE Governor, who, I faid a while
T ago, came to levy the Tribute, went
afterwards and carry'd it to the
**
King, to whom he related how he
met with a couple of Foreigners at fuch a
Village, who knew how to make Machines
that exactly meafur'd Time, and divided a
Day Natural into Twenty-four Parts, which
they call'd Hours; and that the moſt won-
derful thing of all, and of great Conveni-
ency to the Inhabitants, was, that at every
Hour, there was a Bowl of Metal on which
a Hammer fell, denoting by a certain Num-
ber of Strokes the particular Time of the
Day. The King feem'd furpris'd at this Ac-
count, and exprefs'd his Defire to fee us.
Accordingly, we were very much alarm'd
one Day, by the Arrival of two of this
Prince's Domeſtics that came to demand us
of our Landlord, who having no Excufe to
make
JAMES MASSEY. 145
make for detaining us, gave us up with fome
Regret into their Hands.
All that
THO' we were extremely forry to leave
the Judge, who made us infinitely more wel-
come than I could have defir'd to have been
in Europe, yet we did not fail to exprefs
great Joy for the Honour the King had
done us to fend for us. In the mean time
we ask'd our Guides feveral times, what
might be the Reaſon of it, but they pro-
teſted to us they did not know.
they could affure us of, was, that we were
talk'd of at Court as Perfons of great Di-
ſtinction, and that we ſhould not fail of be-
ing well entertain'd there. But I was afraid
that the King having heard of the Diſputes
we had held with the Prieft, Judge, &c.
had taken Exceptions against us, and intend-
ed to treat us as Seducers of his Subjects,
and People that aim'd at the Subverfion
of his Government; yet it prov'd quite
otherwiſe.
WE were no fooner arriv'd, but the
King fent for us to his Prefence. After
having made our Reverences, we were going
to bend the Knee before we ſpoke to him,
purſuant to a Hint that had been given us
for that purpoſe; but he would not permit
it, and order'd a Joint-Stool to be brought
for each of us, on which he commanded us
to fit down: while all the others that were
preſent were either ftanding or kneeling.
H
The
146 The Travels and Adventures of
The King was feated in a magnificent Chair
of State which was afcended to by three Steps,
and cover'd with a Canopy of admirable
Sculpture. He ask'd us from whence we
came, and how we got into his Country.
We were oblig'd to gratify his Curiofity by
an exact Detail of all our Adventures. He
feem'd to be very glad that our Misfortunes
had procur'd him the Pleafure of feeing us.
At length he came to the Article of our
Science, which he extoll'd mightily, and af
ter having told us, that he had heard we
had made a Clock in our Village, he gave
us to underſtand, that the chief reaſon of his
fending for us, was to defire us, to make
one for him, and promis'd to reward our
Performance with the tendereft Marks of his
Friendſhip, and by granting whatever we
ſhould defire at his Hands. We anſwer'd
with a profound Obeifance, that we were not
accuſtom❜d to be fo treated by our Sove-
reigns, that his Majefty did us a great deal
of Honour to think us worthy of being em-
ploy'd in his Service, and that we would
diſcharge our felves in the beſt manner we
could.
UPON this we were conducted into a
very fine Apartment, which was to be our
own, where Care was taken to ferve and ac-
commodate us as if we had been Perfons of
great Quality. Next Day we gave Orders
for fetching our Tools from the Place where
we
JAMES MASSEY. -147
we left them, caus'd feveral others to be
made, ſuch as my Comrade directed, and fet
about the Work with all poffible Speed, be-
cauſe the King was impatient to fee us at
it.
THE Monarch who then reign'd, was
call'd Buftrol. He was a fober, modeft, af-
fable Prince, and, if he is ftill living, as I
hope he is, one who is much more admir'd
for his fhining Virtues than for Pomp and
Grandeur. He had a large full Robe on of
the fineſt Goats-Hair, dy'd red, that was in
all the Country, and he had a Fringe round
it above a Foot deep. He wore a five-cor-
ner'd Cap with a Copper Button on it, an
Inch and half in Diameter, which is the prin-
cipal Mark of his Royalty, if you except his
Gravity, Stature, and good Air.
THE Governors are alfo cloth'd in red
Robes, but they are of Woollen, and every
way lefs. Other Men without Exception,
wear Woollen Robes of mix'd Colours. The
Judges only are diſtinguiſh'd by their Caps.
As to the Women, they all have Habits or
Veils of fine Linen for their upper Gar-
ments, under which they wear others more
or lefs according to the Seafon.
THE Children of the King have no Pre-
rogatives above others, and tho' a greater
Deference is paid them, 'tis purely voluntary.
The eldeſt only is honour'd, and dreſs'd al-
moſt like his Father, only he does not wear
the Button.
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THE
148 The Travels and Adventures of
THE King may have twelve Wives,
whom he either cauſes to be choſe, or elſe
chooſes himſelf from among the People when
he takes a Tour abroad to ſhew himſelf, and
they durft not refuſe him any Woman tho'
The is actually promis'd to another. The Go-
vernors may have three, the Judges two, and
the People one. The Priefts are likewife
permitted to have two Wives at a time; but
whether they have both at one Time or not,
they are allow'd but two in all as long as
they live, for if they happen to ſurvive them,
they are prohibited to marry again.
THE moft magnificent Thing belonging
to the King is his Palace fituated in the mid-
dle of the Royal Canton, which is of the
fame Extent as the others. It fronts to the
N. N. E. is 36 Geometrical Paces in Breadth,
and 20 in Depth. The firft Floor, which
is ten Foot above the Foundation, is divided
into ſeveral Apartments well roof'd, where
there's no want of Pilafters, nor of Marble
of various Sorts and Colours. The Pave-
ment is red, the Pillars black, and the Roof-
work white. The fecond Story being 20
Foot from the firft, has on the Outfide op-
pofite to the Portal, a Stair-Cafe in form
of an half Oval, with 20 Steps, each half
a Foot in height. The firft Room we enter,
is a fpacious Antichamber, behind which is
the Chamber of Audience: From the Anti-
chamber there run two narrow Paffages, one
on
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149
on the Right, the other on the Left, which
divide the main Body of the Building into
two Parts, fo that there are four ſtately Sa-
lons on each Side, and in the whole ten
Apartments with the fineſt Cielings in the
World, and Wainscotting than which I ne-
ver faw any more curioufly carv'd. Over
this ſecond Story there is a third divided
almoſt in the fame manner as the former,
only that inſtead of a Chamber of Audience,
there is the Bedchamber where his Majefty
lies. Then we come to a Platform cover'd
with Pewter, and a Balluftrade all round of
maffy Copper. In the middle of it there is
a round Pavilion cover'd with Copper alſo,
and the whole is fo well polifh'd, that when
the Sun fhines on it, it dazzles one's Eyes.
At the Top there is a Globe of twenty Foor
Circumference, and a ſquare Pyramid upon
it which is one Foot in the Bafe and five
in height, fupported by twelve Pillars of
Agate. In the whole Building there is no-
thing to be ſeen ſcarce but Marble, Agate,
Jafper, and fuch exquifite fine Stones wonder-
fully well poliſh'd and wrought; the whole
built according to an Order which comes
pretty near to the Corinthian, except the Co-
lumns of the Cellars which are properly in
the Tuscan Tafte.
THERE being no Glafs in this Cun-
try, they uſe inſtead of it the Skin of the
Poln, which they rafp and dress in fuch a
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manner,
150 The Travels and Adventures of
manner, that they laft for ever, and give
fo free a Paffage to the Light, that you have
as much of it within Doors as without. This
Parchment they put up in their Windows in
the form of Quarrels, but as good and fine
as it is, it muſt be own'd that our Glafs fur-
paffes it by far.
BEHIND the Palace there is a Dome
of the Roman Order, 150 Foot Diameter,
cover'd alſo with Copper, and of the fame
Materials and Magnificence as the Palace.
This Place ferves for two Ufes, the Temple
and the Senate. The King's Throne is on
the South Side, over-against the Gate, and
is rais'd fix Foot upon a Stage of four which
is cover'd with a magnificent Carpet; for 'tis
certain theſe People infinitely furpafs the
Turks in the weaving of their Tapiftry. In
the middle of the Cieling, there's a very large
Copper Sun, the Body of which is not per-
haps above ten or twelve Foot Diameter, but
its Rays extend to a vaft Diſtance. The
Cone upon the Top of the Dome is broad
and high. The whole is of Copper, and
fupported by fix great Pillars or Towers, in
each of which there is a Stair-cafe that leads
to the Galleries of this ftately Edifice.
ALL round the Canton there are Rows of
Lodgings built with Pavilions upon the
Angles, and two upon each Front or Side,
équidiftant from one another, fo that in all
there are twelve. Twelve Arches are alfo
built
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151
built between thofe Pavilions, which are like
fo many Gates open to go out of the Canton
by 12 Bridges with Balluftrades of wrought
Copper over-againſt them. Within theſe
Lodgings in fhort, which are for the King's
twelve Wives, and for fome of the Dome-
ſticks of the Court, there runs a Gallery all
round fupported by Pillars of Jafper cover'd
with Pewter like the reft of the Lodgings,
except the Pavilions which are of Copper,
and extraordinary beautiful. The void Spaces
between all theſe Buildings are full of Obelisks,
Pyramids, Statues upon magnificent Pede-
ftals, Pots full of all manner of Flowers ac-
cording to the Seafon, Cages full of Birds
of all the Colours in the Rainbow, which
make very agreeable Melody, and in a word,
here is every thing to pleaſe the Senfes, fo
that this Place is properly an inchanted Pa-
radiſe.
THE Canton which lies to the South of
the Palace, is a Park full of Goats, Stags,
which are very ſmall in this Country, Bucks,
Does, &c. and efpecially a fort of Animals
call'd Poln, which have long Hair, a Horn
on their Heads, two Ears flat and broad as
one's Hand, a fhort Tail but very broad, and
great flat Feet, which is the reaſon that they
commonly ftand upright. This Animal is
about the Bignefs of our little Affes; the
Fleſh of it is very delicate, but there's ſcarce
any to be ſeen except in the King's Parks,
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tho❜
152 The Travels and Adventures of
tho' the Damage is not very great, by rea-
ſon there are few People who do not ſcruple
to eat it, becauſe it very much refembles a
Man, and ſeems indeed to be endow'd with
fome Reafon.
THE Canton to the South which is our
North, is one continu'd Flow'r-Garden wa-
ter'd with 1000 little artificial Fountains.
The two others on the Right and Left are
defign'd for Fruit-trees, Pulfe and Pot-herbs ;
and befides thofe fine Cantons there are
twenty more, twelve of which are for the
Queens, and for their Children and Do-
mefticks, and the eight others for Tillage,
Pafturage, &c.
THE King's Revenues confift in the an-
nual Payment of a piece of Copper by every
Mafter of a Family, which is about the
Size of a Guinea. I mention'd it once be-
fore by the Name of Kala, and it has In-
fcriptions engrav'd on it, fignifying Our
Hearts to God on one Side, and Our Eſtates
to the King on the other. I cannot tell what
theſe Pieces are worth, but I have obſerv'd
that they make as much of 'em in that Coun-
try as we do of Lewis d'Ors in France. The
current Coin here is of Pewter, of which
there are Pieces of all Sizes with each a
different Stamp. With this Coin they pay all
the Officers of the State; tho' the Gain to
particular Perſons is but a Trifle, yet as
there are 41600 Villages or 41575 deduct-
ing
JAMES MASSEY. 153
ing the 25 Villages of the Royal Family,
yet this Article amounts to 831500 Kaln,
not reckoning the Judges and Prieſts who are
exempt from paying the Tribute which, ſet-
ing afide the Honour of their Pofts, is all
they get by them.
BUT I was then inform'd, that Things
had not been fix'd on that Foot above 345
Years. Before then, the Kingly Power had
been Time immemorial, or to ſpeak in their
Language, eternally in one and the fame Fa-
mily. Thefe Kings were call'd Sons of the
Sun and Earth, which Defcent made them
very ambitious, and the Children grew worſe
and worſe from Generation to Generation.
They degenerated fo far as to demand Ho-
mage and Adoration from their Subjects.
They abus'd their Wives and Daughters,
prey'd upon their Eſtates, and talk'd of no-
thing less than cutting their Throats, when
they gave the leaft Indications that they were
not pleas'd with their Tyranny.
AT laft, as good Luck would have it for
thoſe wretched People, it happen'd I know
not how, that a Portugueſe arriv'd there, who
having learnt their Language, told them,
that after having been drove afhore upon
their Coaſt, as we had been, he ſettled there
with his Comrades, who were all dead with-
in four Years time, except one only, with
whom he choſe by the help of a very little
Boat, to go up the River which ran there-
abouts
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154 The Travels and Adventures of
abouts into the Sea. To this he added, that
they were eight Months in the Voyage, and
that after having furmounted inconceivable.
Difficulties they arriv'd at a Gulph of the
Mountain from whence this River flow'd.
They try'd to enter it feveral times, but it
was fo dark, and there were fo many Rocks,
blind Holes, and Obſtacles of all kinds, that
they defpair'd of paffing it. At length how-
ever, they accompliſh'd their Deſign, for af-
ter having gone above two Leagues under
Ground, they arriv'd in the Country fo jaded
and fatigued, that they had not Strength to
ftir; and when this Portugueſe had fet his
Foot upon Land, the other trying to do the
fame, fell backwards into the Boat, which at
the fame time drove from Shore, infomuch
that this Man who was landed, not being
able to reach to him, he had the Mortification
to ſee him return into the Gulph from whence
he never came out again. The Prieſt to whom
he told this Story, was as much aſtoniſh'd at it,
as he was at his coming. He made him re-
peat it feveral times, thinking to catch him
tripping, 'till having no more room to doubt
of the Truth of a Relation fo well circum-
ftantiated, he went and imparted it to the
Judge, who communicated it to the principal
Men of the other neighbouring Cantons, fa
that in a very little time the whole Kingdom
knew that their Kings had been Knaves and
Villains, in that under pretence of a very
parti-
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particular and miraculous Birth, which fet
them infinitely above their Subjects, they
treated them as Slaves, and were in a fair
way in time to have us'd 'em like Dogs.
But before fix Weeks were gone and paſt,
they ſhook off the Yoke, the King was de-
pos'd, and fent to the Mines for his Life :
And in his ace they chofe the eldeſt Go-
vernor of the Country, with a Promiſe to let
his Children reign after him, fo long as they
were humane, virtuous, and equitable.
THO' this banifh'd Prince was a wicked
Man, yet in one reſpect he was to be pity'd,
becauſe he protefted to his Dying-day that
he believ'd what was publifh'd concerning
the Origin of his Anceſtors, of whom he
knew nothing but by Tradition. This Tra-
dition however made the whole Race very
infolent, and to value themſelves infinitely
above other Mortals; and indeed it was e-
nough to puff them up, and to impreſs the
People's Minds with a very profound Re-
ſpect for their Perfons, while both were per-
fuaded of the Truth of the Fact, which was
related to me in the following manner by Per-
fons that might be depended on.
GOD, faid they, was from all Eternity,
but Heaven and Earth are not fo ancient.
As foon as the World was created, the Earth
which is an animated Body, being charm'd
with the fhining Beauty of the Sun, became
deſperately in Love with him, made divers
At-
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4
Attempts to mount up to him, but its Ef-
forts were in vain, becauſe the weight of its
Maſs was fuch a Clog to it, that it roſe but
a very little way. The Sun perceiving how
it fhook and trembled, took pity of it, and
hiding himſelf in the Clouds extremely thick,
for fear of inflaming it more, and scorching
it quite up, drew near to it, pic'd it with
his Rays to its very Bowels, and immediately
retir'd. The Earth that Moment conceiv'd,
and in 365 Days after, was deliver'd of a
Man and a Woman both furpriſingly beauti-
ful and majeſtick. This charming Couple
advancing into the Country where they met
with all manner of Trees without number
bearing the choiceft Fruits, had the Curioſity
to ramble all over the Earth where 'twas ac-
ceffible, till at length being arriv'd at the
Southern Extremities of this vaft Country,
they found it bounded by unpaffable Moun-
tains. There it was, that Mol and his Wife
Mola, by which Names, 'tis faid, they were
call'd, had fome Contention. She it ſeems
was for turning to the Right Hand, or elſe
for going back the fame Way they came,
and he was for puſhing on further, but being
oblig❜d to alter his Purpoſe by the Obftinacy
of his Wife, he was in fuch a Paffion, that
he ftruck the Rock fo hard with his Foot
that it made a Gap, out of which Water
flow'd in abundance, and form'd a River,
which ran like a Torrent into a Pit, from
whence
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whence there came out two Twins. This
fo cool'd the Matrix of the Earth, that it
never more defir'd to be in Conjunction with
its Lover the Sun, and confequently never
had any more Children.
TO this fine Tale they added, that from
thoſe two Perfons were defcended the Inha-
bitants of their Country, which they thought
was the only Part of the World that was
inhabited. But as foon as the Portugueſe
arriv'd, and told his Adventures, they were
convinc'd, that they were not the only Peo-
ple of the World, and that the pretended
Labour of the Earth was a meer Fable;
which was follow'd by the Revolution that
I just now mention'd. From that time, the
Kings and their Subjects liv'd in great Tran-
quillity and Harmony, ſpoke extremely well
of one another, and indeed, I always ob-
ferv'd that the People had an infinite Re-
ſpect for their Sovereign, and that the King
on his Part was fond of giving Demonſtrations
of his Tenderneſs to all that approach'd his
Preſence. He was civil to all Men in general,
and as to us in particular, 'tis certain that he
was ſo beyond meaſure.
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​CHAP.
158 The Travels and Adventures of
CHA P. IX.
Which contains feveral very curious Converſations
betwixt the King and our Author.
IS not to be imagin'd how affiduous
this Monarch was at firft to fee us at
work, and how attentive to hear us
talk of our Part of the World. Above all,
he took an unſpeakable Pleaſure in converfing
about the Sciences, and particularly Philofo-
phy, in which he exercis'd himſelf very much:
And we were feldom together, but he put
ſome Queſtion to me in Natural Philoſophy,
and Mechanics, or Aftronomy.
HE was mightily fond of the Syftem of
Copernicus, and to his Praife be it ſpoken, I
made him eaſily comprehend all the different
Motions which the Earth was under a Necef-
fity of making to anſwer the apparent Moti-
ons according to the Opinion of the Vulgar,
which are diſtinguiſh'd by Diurnal from Weſt
to Eaſt, by Annual round the Sun, the Mo-
tion of the fix'd Stars, and the two Motions
of Vibration aſcrib'd heretofore to the Cryf-
talline Heavens. For I took a Bowl, and
having mark'd on it the chief Points and Cir-
cles of a Terreftrial Globe, I fhew'd him how
the Earth turn'd from Weft to Eaft round
it's
JAMES MASSEY. 159
its Centre in a Natural Day, and in the Space
of 365 Days 6 Hours wanting 11 Minutes,
round the Sun, which I plac'd in the Centre
of the World. I afterwards obferv'd to him
how this annual Motion was not perform'd
upon the Equator but according to the Eclip-
tic, becauſe the Axis of the Earth, inſtead of
being perpendicular to the Plan of the annual
Circle, inclines to it on both Sides 23 Degrees
30 Minutes which we call the Motion of Pa-
rallelifm. Then we difcours'd of the fourth
Motion occafion'd by the Impulfion or Preſ
fure which the Earth feels more or leſs accord-
ing to the Places where it paffes in its Tour;
for by that means it happens that its Axis
rifes or falls fometimes feveral Minutes, and
that confequently the Ecliptic appears nearer
the Equator at certain Times than at others.
This is alfo explain'd perfectly well by the
fubtile Matter which enters and paffes by the
Vortexes; but I did not chooſe then to expa-
tiate upon a Point which perhaps would have
puzzled him, or at leaſt requir'd more Time.
As to the Calculation of Eclipſes, this Prince
underſtood it as well as Copernicus himſelf;
he reaſon'd very well about Comets, Planets,
Meteors, and all the moſt agreeable Parts of
Natural Philoſophy. But he was abfolutely
ignorant of the Caufe of the Ebbing and
Flowing of the Sea, which he had indeed fcarce
ever heard of; and he was all in Admiration
to hear of the Proportion of Spaces which
Falling
160 The Travels and Adventures of
Falling Bodies pafs through in certain deter-
min'd Times, of the Vibration of Pendulums,
of the Force of the Lever, and in general of
every thing relating to Statics.
FIRE-ARMS were alfo quite unknown
to him, but the bad Uſe that they were put
to, took off his liking to them. Nothing
affected him with fo much Horror as the Nar-
ratives I gave him now and then, of our
Wars and bloody Battles. He could not con-
ceive how People could be fo filly as to rufh
into Slaughter, and to the Deſtruction of their
Species, for fuch trifling Cauſes, and often
only for gratifying the Covetoufneſs, Ambi-
tion, or Caprice of one Man. 'Tis near four
Centuries ago, he faid to me one Day, that
the King then reigning was declar'd incapable,
becauſe under pretence of his Origin and fuch
a miraculous Birth, as diftinguiſh'd him from
other Men, he treated his Subjects at his Will
and Pleaſure. You would have faid, added
he, that his Vanity was fufficient to excite
him to great Undertakings in order to main-
tain himſelf on the Throne; but fo far from
it, that he ſcarce faid a Word in his own Vin-
dication, and to appeaſe the Wrath of thoſe
who ſent him to the Mines; and when he
heard it was his People's Will, he inftantly
obey'd. And I fwear to you, that inſtead of
expofing Armies to the Fury of my Enemies,
I would rather by a thouſand times be the
meaneft Man in my Kingdom, than keep the
So-
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161
Sovereignty at the Expence of one fingle
Man's Life.
I OWN, faid I, that there is ſomething
cruel and inhuman in War; but juft Wars
are often enter'd into, and then God himſelf
gives a Sanction to them, and as a Mark
that he takes Pleaſure in them, he has term'd
himſelf the God of Hofts. O Heavens! faid
the King, What's that you fay? I am angry
to hear you talk fo. 'Tis very well for you
that none of our Judges hears you, for tho'
you are but a Stranger, you would paſs your
Time but very ill; becauſe, according to our
Principles, you could not have utter'd a more
enormous Blafphemy. I ask your Pardon,
Sir, faid I; the moft holy Men that have
written our Law, affect in many Places thus
to characteriſe the Deity: to him alone they
aſcribe all the Victories and Conqueſts obtain'd
by the Jews, and they put him at the Head
of their Troops like a formidable General,
who demoliſhes every thing in his way. I am
far from thinking it a Crime to tread in the
Steps of fuch great Men, and to have their
Lives, Precepts, and Sentiments in Veneration;
yet I have fo much Refpect for your Perfon,
that I had rather be for ever filent, than give
you any Cauſe of Difguft. What, faid the
King, do your Legiflators talk in this Strain?
Really, I think it very extraordinary that a
God, who, according to you, forbids the
ſhedding of one Man's Blood, fhould au-
thoriſe
162 The Travels and Adventures of
thoriſe a general Slaughter of whole Nations.
There is undoubtedly a great deal of Paffion
and Cruelty in your Laws; the very Thought
of it makes me fhiver. Let us talk no more
of it, for fear I fhould fay more than you
would chooſe to hear. I am really charm'd
with your Sciences, but your Religion and
your Politicks don't pleafe me at all. That's
becauſe you don't underſtand 'em, Sir, faid
I; I want Books, and am not a Divine good
enough to convert you; but we have a thou-
fand Doctors in our Country capable of point-
ing out fo many marks of the Divinity in our
Bible, and to fhew you the Contents of it
ſo clearly that you wou'd be forc❜d to give
your Confent to it as much as to any Demon-
ftration in the Mathematics.
VERY well, reply'd the King; but till
fuch time as we fee one, tell me, how thofe
Armies which you talk to me fo much of,
are compos'd and fubfifted, how they fight,
what Reward the Conquerors have, and what
Profit the Widows and Orphans; whether
fuch Wars have no End, and whether you
never have a Peace. Very feldom, Sir, faid
I: The Earth is immenfely great, in com-
pariſon to your Empire; there's a vaſt Num-
ber of fuch Kingdoms in the Parts from
whence we came. So many great Lords can-
not poffibly live long without a Miſunder-
ftanding: The Interefts of the Royal Fami-
lies, more than than thoſe of private Men,
often
JAMES MASSEY. 163
often cauſe Broils. Jealoufy, the Defire of
Aggrandifement, Precedence, the Diverſity
of Religions almoft in every Kingdom; all
theſe things are Cauſes of Ruptures, which
are ſeldom accommodated till there has been
a great Effufion of Blood. We have an Em-
pire call'd Spain, in the Bowels of which a
War broke out fome time ago, which rag'd
fifty or fixty Years, and coft the Lives of a
Million of Men.
THE prevailing Religion of that Coun-
try, and in which I was born, is the Chriftian,
which differs extremely from all others; nor
have all that profefs it the fame Sentiments in
every refpect. The greateſt part pretend, 'tis
not fufficient to worship one God, the Crea-
tor of Heaven and Earth, but that Prayers
ſhould alſo be made to the departed Saints, to
the end that they may intercede for us in Para-
dife. The Prelates of this Church injoin the
Neceffity of believing Purgatory, whis is a
Place full of Fire and Brimftone, where, after
Death, Souls are to fry in Torment, for a
certain Number of Years, more or lefs, ac-
cording to the Crimes they have committed,
that they may be enabled to appear pure and
undefiled before the Throne of God. This
fame Church demands a Confeffion that Jefus
Chriſt is alive ſtill in Flesh and Bones, and
altogether as large, as when he was crucify'd,
in a Wafer or Piece of Pafte no bigger than
the Palm of one's Hand, which the Prieſt
gives
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gives to every Layman on certain Days of the
Year appropriated to that Ceremony, &c.
Many People finding theſe Maxims as incon-
fiftent with common Senfe, as they are with
the Precepts contain'd in the facred Book of
our Laws, thought in their Conſciences they
fhould be to blame if they obferv'd them.
The Clergy perceiving this Diſorder in the
Church, erected a fevere Tribunal, which im-
pos'd great Penalties on thofe that took the
Liberty to reform the Divine Worſhip. To
this we muſt add, that beſides the Clergy who
drain'd the People's Purſes, and took their
Money for reading Prayers, by which they
pretended effectually to deliver the Souls of
their Anceſtors out of Purgatory, the King's
Officers loaded them every Day with new
Taxes, infomuch that the moſt refolute Inha-
bitants, in order to ſhake off the Yoke, form'd
fecret Cabals, and made themſelves Maſters of
fome wall'd Cantons or Cities. Thercupon
Commerce decay'd, the Labourers luffer'd for
want of Work, and a Foreign Prince puts
himſelf at the Head of the Malecontents, who
are join'd by other Monarchs jealous of the
King of Spain's Greatnefs, who only ſeek to
raiſe themſelves upon his Ruin. Companies,
of Tradeſmen are form'd, who are glad to
ſerve for their Subfiftence. Of theſe Com-
panies, which confiſt of 100 Men, more or
lefs, with their proper Officers, are form'd
Regiments, and of theſe Regiments Armies,
which
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which are commanded by Generals experienc'd
in the Art of War, who take care to furnish
them with Arms, Clothes, and all forts of
Ammunition, at the Expence of the Public,
whom the Magiftrates charge with Subfidies
for that Purpoſe. When the Forces are ready
in the Field, a thouſand Artifices and Stra-
tagems are invented and made ufe of to fur-
priſe the Enemy; at length they come to cloſe
Engagement, and after they have fought a
whole Day many times, it happens fometimes
that the greateſt Advantage which the Con-
queror has to boaft of is, having kept the
Field of Battle, which cofts him upon thoſe
Occafions 15 or 20000 fighting Men, while
perhaps his Enemy retreats about 500 Paces,
with the Lofs of not half that Number. When
the one has intirely defeated the other, he im-
proves his Victory by gaining Countries and
Towns, where fometimes he lays all waſte with
Fire and Sword. Mean time his Adverſary
endeavours to recruit himſelf, either by raiſing
new Troops, or by contracting Alliances with
other Princes whom he draws into his Party.
Then he returns to the Charge, when For-
tune declares fometimes for the one, fome-
times for the other, 'till their Men and Mo-
ney are exhaufted, and they are forc'd to
come to an Accommodation; which is fure
not to laft long, becauſe there are turbulent
Spirits that never want Pretences to diſturb the
Tranquillity.
BUT
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BUT what becomes of thoſe Troops?
faid the King. They are disbanded, I reply'd.
That's well, continu'd he, for the Eafe of the
People; but are Men who are accuſtom❜d in
War-time to a licentious way of living, and
undoubtedly to all forts of Pleaſures, are fuch
fit for any other Employment? and how do
they fubfift when their Pay is at an end? I
have already told your Majefty, faid I, that
there's an infinite Number of Countries in the
World, govern'd by different Princes, ſo that
when Troubles are over in one Place, they
generally begin again in another, to which
the Soldiers repair for Employment; or elſe
they return home to their Callings. I confefs,
however, that there's a great Number, who
having loft the Spirit of Induſtry, 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 fame) or elfe abandon
themſelves to ill Courſes for a better Liveli-
hood. Some rob upon the Highway, others
coin Money, and fome keep Company with
lewd Women, whom they help to ruin, and
fometimes to murder fuch as haunt the Stews.
In ſhort, there are no Intrigues but what they
commit to fupport their idle Courſes, which
obliges honeſt People to take very great care
that they ben't gull'd by them, as they but
too often are. I could confirm this Truth
by a hundred ſhocking Inſtances, but one
fhall
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fhall fuffice at prefent, to give you an Idea
of the reft.
ABOUT eight Months before I left Paris,
that famous City, which is the Metropolis of
the finest Kingdom in Europe, a Counſellor of
the Parliament travelling in his Coach, in a
By-Street, where there was but little Trade,
fpy'd a very pretty young Woman at a di-
ftance, who by extending her Arms, joining her
Hands, and lifting up her Eyes fometimes to
Heaven, and then cafting them down to the
Earth, gave Proofs that ſhe was in fome very
great Agonies of Grief. The Noiſe of the
Coach-Wheels and the Horfes, made her ſtop
all of a fudden, fo that fhe immediately wiped
her Face, and with a flow Pace walk'd on.
The Counſellor, who foon overtook her,
halted, and ask'd her very civilly, what was
the Matter. I fee, faid he, you have been
weeping plentifully, has any Diſaſter happen'd
to your Family? Speak freely, your are hap-
pily fallen into good Hands; there are many
People who would take an Advantage of the
Confufion you are in, but from me you have
nothing to fear. I am a frank honeft Man,
of fome Reputation, and if I can be of Ser-
vice to you in any thing, I will exert my ſelf
with all the Zeal I'm capable of. Tho' the
Girl was no more than fixteen or feventeen
Years old, fhe put on a ferious Air at firft,
and held it out ftifly for a long time, that ſhe
ail'd nothing, that ſhe did not want his Pro-
tection,
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tection, tho' however fhe was oblig'd to him
for the Offer, and that all fhe defired of him
was, that he would let her proceed. But at
length, after many Intreaties, which were the
real Effect of the Gentleman's compaffionate
Temper, the young Woman falling again in-
to Tears, which fhe could refrain no longer,
faid to him, You are in the right, Sir, I am
not my ſelf, I am diſorder'd in my Mind, I
run up and down like one mad, and am with-
in an Ace fometimes of making away with
my ſelf. I am the only Daughter of a Fa-
ther who perfectly ador'd me. My Will was
a Law to him, which he took a Pleaſure in
obferving, whatever it was; fo that I never
ask'd him any thing but he immediately grant-
edit. But about a Twelvemonth ago, when
he was in the Prime of his Years, God call'd
him to himſelf, at which time the Thoughts
of our Separation gave him a thouſand times
more Uneafinefs than the Proſpect of Death.
He was fo loth to leave me, that he recom-
mended me, in the moſt earneſt manner, to
the Care of his Wife, my Mother-in-law, who
promis'd him whatever he defir'd, embrac'd
me in his Prefence, and fwore by an Oath,
accompany'd with a Torrent of Tears, that
I fhould for ever have a Share in her ten-
dereſt Friendſhip. But alas! my poor Fa-
ther had ſcarce clos'd his Eyes, when the
began to tyrannize over me in ſuch a manner,
that there is ſcarce a Moment but fhe infults
and
JAMES MASSEY. 169
and threatens me; from Menaces fhe often
proceeds to Blows; and this very Day, after
having us'd me extremely ill, fhe turn'd me
eut of Doors. That's bad indeed, faid the
Counſellor; you have reaſon, without difpute,
to complain; come into my Coach, if you
pleafe; I muſt make you Friends, if poffible,
or at leaſt know what's the Caufe of fuch a
dangerous Quarrel. She exprefs'd a Reluc-
tance againſt taking him home with her; fhe
was very fearful of being feen, and her Mother-
in-law's Indignation made her tremble; but
ſhe was fain to comply at laft. The Widow's
Houſe made a goodly Appearance, and was
ſeparated from the Street by a ſtrong Wall,
and a large Yard before the Door. The Coun-
fellor having fent in to know whether the
Gentlewoman was at leifure, was carry'd into
a fine Hall, hung with Tapeſtry, to which
Madam came in a Moment. He was furpris'd
to find her a tall handfome Woman, about
fifty Years of Age, with a ſweet engaging
Countenance, and the Porte of a Queen, rather
than the Widow of a private Man. After mu-
tual Compliments, he gave her an exact Ac-
count of what had pafs'd betwixt him and her
Daughter, fhew'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 Domeſtic, he in-
treated her very courteously to tell him the
Reafon of the Difference. The old Lady
thank'd
I
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thank'd him for the kind concern he fhew'd
for her Family, and did not ſpare to reproach
her Daughter-in-law; but at length, in Com-
plaifance to the Arbitrator, Mifs was fent for
in, reſtor❜d to Madam's good Graces, and
they made reciprocal Promiſes, 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 capable of to a Child
of her own, which was very much to the Satif-
faction of the Counſellor, who was glad at
his Heart that he had been fo fucceſsful a
Mediator. Then the Daughter was order'd
to withdraw, and Madam took that Oppor-
tunity to confeſs her vaft Obligation to the
Counſellor. She earneſtly intreated him to
bring her into the Acquaintance of his Lady,
that the might have more Opportunities of
being benefited by his wholeſome Counſels:
She hop'd he would vouchfafe to honour her
with his Company at Dinner, the rather be-
cauſe the Cloth was already laid, and as the
had invited fome Friends, fhe was the better
prepar❜d to regale him with three or four good
Difhes. This Compliment was utter'd with
fo good a Grace, that the Counſellor gave his
Confent, order'd 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 alone, expecting her Re-
JAMES MASSEY. 171
turn, he accidentally ftruck his Elbow againſt
the Hangings, and found a void Space, which
excited his Curiofity to lift them up, when, to
his great Aftoniſhment, he faw the naked
Corps of a Man all bloody, who ſeem'd to
have been but lately murder'd, extended at full
length upon a Bed of Straw contriv'd in the
Wall. This horrid Spectacle, which threaten'd
him with the like Fate, made him run preci-
pitantly out of the Room, and when he was
got into the middle of the Yard, fome bodo
faw him and call'd to him, intreating him td
have a little Patience, adding, that the oly
Lady would be with him in a Trice, that every
thing was ready to be ferv'd up, &c. But all
theſe fine Words could not ſtop him. He told
them, as he ran out, that ſomething was juſt
come into his Head which would admit of no
Delay, that he would be back again almoſt
as foon as gone, and that fall to as foon as
they pleas'd, there would be enough left for
him. Juft as he was got out of the Gate, who
fhou'd 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, ſo that the honeſt Man eſcap'd the Snare
that was laid for him, and the old Bawd and
the young Whore had the Mortification to
find that they had acted their Parts in vain.
VERILY, faid the King, that was a
Stratagem deep enough to have caught the
w feft Man in the World; but what was the
I 2
Con-
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Confequence of it? Was no Search made after
the Criminals, that they might be puniſh'd for
an Example to fuch Ruffians? None at all,
faid I. People who are too buſy upon fuch
Occafions, generally come off very ſcurvily.
The Gangs of thofe Villains are fo numerous,
that the leaſt Diſturbance you give any one of
'em, is fure to be doubly reveng'd fooner or
later, by the reſt of them, either by Day or
by Night, upon you and yours in one man-
ner or another. And is this all that you get,
faid the King, by the Wars to which you are
expos'd? I pity your Fate; for at this rate
you are only a Prey to the Wicked, and
wretched Victims to the Ambition and Self-
Intereft 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 act according
to ours: Every one thinks his own Opinion
the beſt, and is offended with thoſe that differ
from him. 'Tis true, he reply'd, that Edu-
cation has a great Afcendant over our Minds.
Our Anceſtors would have been content to be
facrificed rather than admit of the leaft Doubt
of the Excellence of their Origin. The Sun
had engender'd them, as they believ'd, and
the Earth had brought them forth; but now,
a Man would be fent to the Mines that ſhould
go about to maintain that Opinion. What
we fuck in with our Milk, we retain; the
firſt Leſſons of our Preceptors are the moſt
Drevalent,
JAMES MASSEY.
173
prevalent, and take fuch deep Root, that the
Winds of a contrary Opinion are not able to
ſhake them.
BUT as to your Anceſtors, faid I, were
they all fo ignorant of the Nature of Things,
that not one of them doubted of the Reality
of this pretended miraculous Birth? For, in
fhort, nothing can be more obvious than the
Impoffibility of the Union of the Sun with
the Earth, and that thoſe two inanimate Crea-
tures, being deftitute of Underſtanding and
Thought, are incapable of the Effects which
are fo abfurdly afcrib'd to them. Indeed, faid
the King, there were fome of a contrary Opi-
nion, but no body durft declare it, becauſe if
they had, the Populace were fo prepoffefs'd
in favour of this idle Notion, that they would
have been ready to have cut 'em in pieces.
Befides, the Kings, every now and then, made
ufe of a very extraordinary Stratagem to put
them out of the World, which contributed
not a little to fortify the others in their Opi-
nion. They had contriv'd a fubterraneous
Paffage from the Palace to the Temple, un-
der this Footstool, where there was a great
deep Well, and when any Perfon was accus'd.
of having faid any thing tending to invalidate
the Mystery of the Birth of the firft Man,
which was accounted no leſs than Blafphemy,
he was obliged to appear before the Court,
where the Governors never fail'd to condemn
him to the Mines: But the King, in order to be
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reputed
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reputed a merciful Prince, immediately re-
vok'd the Sentence, on pretence that it had
not been paſs'd in due Form, and according
to the Rules of Equity, and order'd the Af-
ſembly to repair to the Senate at Midnight,
with all that had a mind to be Spectators,
nor did he fail to be upon his Throne at the
Time appointed: Then one of his Sons, Bro-
thers, or neareſt Kindred, brought the Cri-
minal before him, with his Hands ty'd behind
his Back, and made him fit upon the Foot-
ftool juſt now mention'd: 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 inftantly to ſwallow up either
of the two that was moft guilty in the Sight
of Heaven.
AT that fame time, a Perſon that lay con-
ceal'd under the Stage, unbolted a Trap-Door
made on purpoſe in the Footftool, and the
poor Victim funk down all at once into the
deep Well underneath, which was done fo
fuddenly and dexterously, that the Door was
Thut again as foon as open'd, ſo that it was
hardly to be perceiv'd. Nevertheleſs, in order
to play their Game fure, they took care that
the Place ſhould not be very much illuminated;
beſides, as the Footftool was plac'd high, the
Governors and others prefent, who were fit-
ting or kneeling, could not well fee what
paſs'd above, where one of thofe concern'd
in
JAMES MASSEY.
175
in the Secret, pretending as if he faw the
Earth open, made a great Noiſe, ſtarted back,
and cry'd out as loud as if he was really a-
fraid of being fwallow'd up alive with the
guilty Perfon.
BUT how were' thofe Impoftures difco-
ver'd, faid I? The King's Prieſts, reply'd
Buftrol, feeing their Maſter baniſh'd, and the
Face of Affairs quite chang'd, propos'd, on
condition that they might not be punish'd, to
diſcover every pernicious 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 Paffage is
ftill in being, and when you pleafe I'll fhew
it to you. As to the Well, it is quite fill'd
up, and the Trap-Door was chang'd with the
reft, and made a Part of the Cieling.
ANOTHER Impofture which was car-
ry'd on feveral Centuries, is this. When there
happen'd to be any great Debates betwixt the
Sovereign and his Subjects, which threaten'd
his Family with fome fatal Revolution, a
Perfon who could be trufted with the Secret,
us'd to ſteal up into the Dome, between the
Cupola and the Cieling, where, when the
Council was affembled, he bawl'd out as loud
as he could, thro' a Hole made for the Pur-
poſe, which anſwer'd the Center of the Cop-
per Sun in the middle of the Edifice, My Son
is righteous, and you are wicked. This Voice,
which rattled over their Heads like Thunder,
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was
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was extremely furprifing to the Affembly,
and never fail'd of the defired Effect. Some
of them perhaps might have a Sufpicion,
but the Generality were ready to fwear that
thoſe Words were utter'd by the Sun him-
felf; and perhaps they would not have fuf-
fer'd any Man that had but feem'd to enter-
tain the leaft Sufpicion, to have gone un-
puniſh'd.
CHA P. X.
Containing the Ceremonies at the Births and
Burials in this Country, the manner of
adminiftring Juftice, and many other Re-
markables.
UR Difcourfe was interrupted by a
Domeſtic 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
firſt Wife, fo that he was Twenty-feven
Years of Age, which I mention, becauſe it
muſt be noted, that the King cannot marry
but at Twenty-five, nor other Men till they
are Thirty, whereas the Females are mar-
riageable at Twenty. Since that time he had
marry'd two more. He had two Daughters
by the firſt Wife, and one by the Second.
She that had now brought him a Son, and
whoſe
JAMES MASSEY. 177
whoſe Father was Marſhal of one of the neigh-
bouring Cantons, was the Third, and as ſhe
is the lawful Queen, we will diſtinguiſh her
from the reft by the Title of Emprefs, ac-
cording to the Law of the Country, which
properly gives this Title to none but that
Wife of the Sovereign who brings him a
Succeffor to the Crown. We congratulated
the King on the Birth of this young Prince,
and gave him to underſtand that we heartily
wish'd he might reign happily after him.
He ſeem'd to be pleas'd at our Compliment,
and in order to convince us of it the more,
order'd us to follow him, that we might be
Witneffes of the Ceremony which Cuſtom
oblig'd him to obferve for giving a Name
to the Infant.
HE went out, accompany'd by two of
his Brothers, his Cook, whofe Employment
is very confiderable, and his Steward. The
Empress expected him in a magnificent Bed,
as well for the Sculpture, as other Ornaments
with which it was enrich'd. As foon as fhe
faw him fhe fat upright, and Care was taken
to cover her Shoulders with a Mantle of red
Goats Hair, fring'd and embroider'd, and
lin'd with Ermine as white as Snow. After
fhe had defir'd the King to permit her to
kifs his Hand, fhe exprefs'd her Joy that God
had granted her a Son, becauſe it gave her the
Honour of being Emprefs of fo great a
Kingdom. Then a Chaplain ftepp'd for-
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wards,
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wards, who, according to his Orders, thank'd
God in the Name of the King, Queen, and
all the People, for the Favour he had now
granted them; and I can truly ſay, that his
Eloquence, added to the Submiffion and
Zeal with which he acquitted himſelf, pierc'd
my very Soul. He expatiated at large upon
the Nothingneſs of Man, upon the infinite
Greatneſs of the Monarch of the World,
upon the Care which Providence continually
takes of his Creatures, notwithſtanding their
Difproportion, and the immenſe Diſtance
which feparates Beings fo different. He fhew'd
wherein that Care confifted, and there he
took occafion to treat of the Virtues necef-
farily requifite for a good King, and how
God had given them one who in every re-
ſpect deferv'd the fincere Affections of his
People. Then he talk'd concerning the young
Prince whom he had now granted them, of
the Obligations they ow'd him for fo many
Benefits, and concluded with a Million of
Thanks: So that this Act of Devotion con-
tinu'd at leaft an Hour. Afterwards the In-
fant was prefented to the King, who call'd
him Baïol, i. e. Benign. Then they ſerv'd up
preferv'd Fruits, and Sweetmeats confected
with Honey, which is certainly better than
the beſt Sugar in America. Befides this, we
drank moſt excellent Metheglin, and other
Liquors not a whit inferior to ours, Wine
only excepted, of which they have not a
Drop,
JAMES MASSEY.
179
Drop, there being not fo much as a Vine
thro' the whole Country. The Ceremony
of the Emprefs's Coronation was put off
till after her Lying-in, which was over at
the end of eighteen Days, but as, like the
former, it confifted only of Thankſgiving,
'tis needlefs for me to repeat it. Mean time,
this is not only obferv'd in the King's Pa-
lace, but in all the Cantons of the Kingdom,
the Moment they receive the News.
AS to the Method of ſpreading their
News, this is the Place, if I am not mif-
taken, 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 Cantons, on which
Pillars are ſet up at equal distance, within
the Sound of a Speaking-Trumpet from one
to the other. If therefore any thing hap-
pens extraordinary at Court, that is capable
of being exprefs'd in a few Words, as for
Inftance, the Death, Marriage, or Sickness
of the King, the Birth of a Prince, &c.
thoſe who are fent from Court publiſh it to
their Neighbours, and they to others, fo that
from the one to the other it flies with fuch
Speed, that in lefs than an 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 Trum-
peters make uſe of the very fame Methods.
If
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If there are any Packets or Letters to carry,
there are Meffengers for the Purpoſe, who
fet out with them from Court at Five of the
Clock in the Morning, to the neighbouring
Villages, from whence others fet out at Six,
and carry what they have to others that ſtart
at Seven, and fo of the reft. As for great
Burdens they make ufe of Boats, which go
backwards and forwards very regularly, and
without Expence to any one, becauſe the Chil-
dren or Domeſtics of every Family are em-
ploy'd in navigating them by turns.
SOON after the Emprefs was brought
to bed, the States or Deputies of the Gover-
nors repair'd to Court to exerciſe Juſtice,
and to put all things in order. This Affem-
bly continues Twenty-two Days, and abun-
dance of Bufinefs was difpatch'd in it, in
moſt of which I may fay without Vanity,
I had indirectly fome Share. As thefe
Gentlemen met only in a Morning, and de-
voted their Afternoons partly to Pleaſure,
and partly to the Confideration of the Points
which were to come before them next Seffion,
the King could not help coming as ufual to
ſpend ſome Moments in the Evening with
us, not fo much to fee our Works, as to
converſe with us freely concerning the Bufi-
neſs 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 MASSEY.
181
ONE Day amongst the reft, he told us,
how a young Man of a very remote Can-
ton, being often ill us'd by his Father, who
feem'd to bear a mortal Hatred to him,
took the Opportunity, as they went out to-
gether in a Gondola to catch Fiſh, to throw
him into the Canal, and feeing him paddling
juſt under Water, he held him down with
the End of his Oar, for fear he fhould rife,
and puniſh him for his Rafhnefs. The Fa-
ther who was quite ftunn'd at firft, reco-
ver'd his Spirits by Degrees, and as he
could fwim perfectly well, he div'd to the
Bottom, and then rifing about two Paces
diſtance, he ſtruck away with all the ſpeed
he could make to the other Shore, in order
to eſcape his Son's Fury. While the one
was endeavouring to eſcape, and the other
refolving to purſue him, and knock out his
Brains, an old Pine-Tree planted on the Side
of this Canal, fell in all at once as if the
Earth had broke away, and fo entangled the
Boy in the Gondola with its Branches, that
it was impoffible for him to ftir, tho' he
was not hurt in any one Part. The old Man,
who was got afhore 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 kill'd him. He
went and knock'd at the firit Houſe he came
to, and having rais'd the People out of their
Beds, it being then pretty early in the
Morn-
182 The Travels and Adventures of
Morning, he told them, that as he was go-
ing to fuch a Place with his Boat, a great
rotten Tree broke away all on a ſudden, and
fell upon him with fuch Violence, that it
had knock'd him into the Water, and bruis❜d
his Son to pieces. At this all the People
ran to ſee what was the matter, and three of
them went in their Wherry to relieve the
Lad if he happen'd to be alive. The Fellow
who had not open'd his Lips all the while,
finding himſelf taken in a manner before he
was aware, and that the Men were buſy to
feparate the Boughs of the Tree that they
might fee what was become of him, fell a
crying, and faid, O Father! pray don't kill
me, I own I was to blame, and that I de-
Serve your Hatred with a Vengeance, for 'tis
no Thanks to me that you are not dead at this
Inftant, but I beg your Pardon a thousand
times. The more he cry'd out, the more the
others ftruggled to difintangle him, and the
ſtronger was the poor Wretch's Opinion that
they were come to cut his Throat. Mercy,
dear Father! Mercy! faid he again, it was
not I, properly Speaking, but a curfed Fit of
Paffion which I abbor, that prompted me to
lay my facrilegious Hands upon your Perſon.
In the Name of God be pacify'd. The Fa-
ther who heard all this, knew not what
Countenance to put on; he would gladly
have puniſh'd his Child, but he did not care
that the People ſhould know the Cauſe of it,
which
JAMES MASSEY. 183
which was however impoffible. Tho' the
Gondola was clear of the Branches of the
Tree, and the young Man faw a Multitude
who upon the Rumour of his Difafter came
to affiſt him, and who, to be fure, would not
have fuffer'd the Father to facrifice him on
the Spot to his Vengeance, he made fo ma-
ny Shrugs and Wrigglings, and us'd fuch
Expreffions, that he condemn'd himſelf in
Prefence of a hundred Witneffes; fo that it
was not in the Power of the Father to dif
culpate him as he would gladly have done.
Several Fathers of Families who were there,
apprehenfive of what might be the Confe-
quence, feiz'd the young Fellow, and car-
ry'd him before a Judge, who, after having
fent for the Father, and examin'd them both
firft Face to Face, and then feparately, con-
demn'd the Lad to the Mines for twenty
Years. The Father was diffatisfy'd with the
Sentence, becauſe 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 Go-
vernor of their particular Precinct, and if he
fhould confirm the Sentence, to appeal at
laft to the Court it felf. The Governor,
faid the King, to whom the Cauſe was re-
ferr'd, was not willing to decide it, and for
this Reaſon it is to be argued To-morrow
before me; but in good Truth, I ſcarce know
how to determine it. What Age is the young
Man?
184 The Travels and Adventures-of
Man? faid I. He is twenty two, reply'd the
King. Very well, Sir, faid I, he would be
put to Death in our Parts, and nothing could
fave him. But fince you are not fo fevere
here, fince the Son detefts what he has done,
begs Pardon for it with all his Heart, and
fince the Father confeffes he was the Cauſe of
putting the Son into fuch a Paffion; 'tis my
Opinion, with Submiffion to your Majefty,
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 in
large Characters, REBEL TO HIS
FATHER, on Condition however that
if he behave well, he fhall be diſcharg'd
from that Ignominy at a Year's End. Your
Advice is excellent, faid the King, and if I
have any Credit, that fhall be the Sentence.
As foon as the Council was affembled, the
Offence was mention'd, and every one gave
their ſeveral Opinions. Some were for con-
firming the former Sentence, others would
have it that the young Man ought to make
Amende honorable, and have one of his
Hands cut off before he was baniſh'd. Some
were for fending him to the Bottom of the
Mine for his Life; and others were of ano-
ther Opinion. But when the King had heard
what they all had to fay, he propos'd his
Opinion which was approv'd by the Affem-
bly, and executed that very Day. Both Par-
ties went to Court to exprefs their Obliga-
tions
JAMES MASSEY. 185
tions for pronouncing fo mild a Sentence.
The King who was willing that I fhould
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 moft civil and fubmiffive man-
ner that could be, and then they return'd
home, where, as I was told afterwards, they
liv'd together in perfect Harmony.
'TIS not to be conceiv'd, how confide-
rable this Trifle made us appear to the De-
puties. Solomon's Award was nothing com-
par'd to ours, and if fome of them could
have had their Wills, we ſhould have been
created extraordinary Members of their Body.
By that time they affembled again, our Clock-
work was in a manner finifh'd. Every one
had the Curiofity to come and fee it, and
thought they could not praife it too much.
La Foret was a very good Engraver, and
tho' he knew how to gild, he had acquainted
himſelf fo well with the Cuſtom of the Coun-
try to gild with Copper, which is much
finer there than it is in our Parts, that the
minuteſt Piece had a wonderful Luftre infi-
nitely beyond the Clock which we had made
for our Canton. But it had quite another
Appearance a Year after, when they faw the
Clock erected over the Dome of the King's
Houſe with fix Sun-dials round it pointing
to the Hours, which was what we omitted
in the former, befides that the Bafin or Bell
which
186 The Travels and Adventures of
which was of Pewter and Copper mix'd,
was at leaſt three times bigger, and had a
much better Sound. As a Gratuity for this
fine Piece of Work, the King honour'd each
of us with a Governor's Robe, and gave
Orders that we fhould have the fame Regard
paid to us as they had. And in ſhort, we
were treated with as much Refpect as if we
had been Princes. The Cooks and the But-
ler took care that nothing was wanting at
our Table. Beer, Cider, Metheglin and Pnss
were as plenty with us as River-Water. The
latter is a delicious Tipple, of which one
may drink to Eternity and be never the
worſe, and 'tis made of an admirable Fruit,
in form like to a Spanish Melon. There's no
fort of Ragoo, Tarts or Pafties but what
we had every Day, and as Partridges, which
weigh here at leaft four Pounds, and the
Teln, thofe great Hens I have made mention
of elſewhere, are very common here; we
had Fowls of one fort or other almoſt at
every Meal; not to mention the excellent
Fish which was infallibly ferv'd up at every
Dinner. The King himſelf alfo took us
abroad with him three Days fucceffively, in
our Habits of Ceremony, which is the greateſt
Honour that this Monarch does to his Subjects.
ONE Morning as we were paffing by
the Weft Side of the Temple, a Lad who
went up to ſee his Father work at the Dome,
leaning over the Gallery to fee us pafs along,
fell
JAMES MASSEY. 187
fell down flat upon his Stomach, and kill'd
himſelf. The King, who would never let
me reft, took Occafion from this unexpected
Fall, to ftart an Objection to me concerning
the Circular Motion of the Earth. It put a
Thought into my Head, ſaid he, which ne-
ver enter'd there before, viz. That if the
Earth had its Revolution, as you would fain
perfuade me it has; the Boy, if he had fallen
ever fo quick, muſt have pitch'd at a con-
fiderable diftance from the Wall of this
Structure, whereas, if I am not miſtaken, he
touch'd it with one of his Arms. For, in
fhort, the Globe of the Earth is very large,
and fuppofing it makes one complete Tour
in twenty-four Hours, its Parts muſt needs
pafs extremely fwift. 'Tis eafy, Sır, faid I,
to folve this Objection. A Terreftrial Degree,
you know, contains 60 Miles, by which
Number if you only multiply 360 Degrees,
the Circumference of the Earth under the
Equator will be 21600 Italian Miles, or
21,600000 Geometrical Paces. Now divide
this Sum by 24 Hours, and the 900000
which will refult from that Operation by
60 Minutes, you will perceive that the Earth
muft make an Arch of 15000 Paces in a
Minute of an Hour, and confequently one
of 250 Paces in a Second, which is lefs Time
than a Body can take in falling from the
Height of this great Structure. But, Sir,
continued I, you ought not to confider the
Air
188 The Travels and Adventures of
Air as independent on the Earth, for it turns
equally with it, no more nor no leſs than the
Water of the Sea which is confin'd within its
own Limits, and both the one and the other
make a Part of this great Whole, ſo that
to fall into either, is in this refpect the
fame thing. Mean time, there's another
Reaſon confirm'd by Experience, which tells
us, that every Body defcending by its own
Motion, or by a Motion which may be
deem'd voluntary, muft neceffarily pitch
upon that very Point to which it corre-
fponded the firſt Moment of its Fall. There-
fore ſuppoſing I were at the Top-Mait
Head of one of the talleft Mafts that our
Men of War carry in Europe, and ſhould
let fall a Bullet of what Size you pleaſe,
'tis certain that it will always keep at the
fame Diſtance from the Maft, 'till it falls
upon the Deck, be the Wind and Tide
which carry the Ship ever fo rapid, from
whence it follows, that this Body does not
fall perpendicularly as it feems, but neceffa-
rily runs thro' a parabolical Line, becauſe
tho' it defcends by a fingle Motion in Ap-
pearance, yet it partakes of two Motions at
once, viz. the artificial one of the Ship,
which is form'd according to the Plan of
the Horizon, and its natural Motion from
Top to Bottom. Which is ſo true, that
if the Veffel was to ftop fhort, the very
Moment that the Bullet was dropp'd, it would
not
JAMES MASSEY. 189
not in that Cafe fall down perpendicularly
by the Side of the Maft, but a confider-
able Diſtance before it. So it often hap-
pens to the Horfemen in our Country,
who when they are galloping at full Speed,
perhaps the skittish Beaſt frighten'd at ſome
Object makes a fudden Stand which fhakes
the Rider, who is ſtill ſuppos'd to be lean-
ing forwards, out of his Saddle, and throws
him feveral Paces over his Head. 'Tis for
this Reafon alſo that your clever Sportſmen,
tho' perhaps they don't know why, fel-
dom fhoot flying without taking their Aim
a little before the Bird, to the End that
the Bullet or Arrow may thereby acquire a
fide Motion, which together with the direct
Motion forms a Curve Line, by means of
which it certainly hits the Mark. I under-
ſtand all this very plain, faid the King, and
there is nothing extraordinary in it, becauſe
the fame thing happens to Bodies which
are puſh'd with Violence from any Height,
by a Line parallel to the Horizon; for 'tis
evident that the very Moment they come
out of the Hand that throws them, they fall
and muſt, as you ſay, before they come to
the Ground, defcribe a Line like to thoſe
which are form'd by the Section of a Cone
which is parallel to its oppofite Side.
YOU are in the right, Sir, faid I, but
there's fomething wonderful in this which to
many People appears a Paradox, viz. That
if
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if you take one of thoſe Pieces of Ordnance
fo common with us, I mean a Cannon, le-
vell'd at one of the higheſt Towers, and if at
the very Inftant of difcharging it, a Bullet be
let fall of the fame Form and Size as that
which the Cannon is charg'd with, notwith-
ſtanding the one is fhot a Mile off, and the
other falls down fimply by a perpendicular
Line, yet they will both come to the Ground
at the fame Inftant. Indeed, faid the King,
that is furprizing, and I own, I fhould never
have thought it; but I fee very plainly now, that
it muſt needs be fo, becauſe tho' the Bullet is
carry'd a great Way, nevertheleſs its Motion
from Top to Bottom muſt have its Courfe,
and be every whit as rapid.
YET theſe fine Examples don't ſet me
clear enough in the Point of the Earth's Mo-
tion. Pray, how comes it that fo violent an
Agitation does not ſhake it into a Million of
Pieces? Well, Sir, faid I, take a Confecti-
oner's Veffel made of white Earth; let it be
of a round Form, and the Sides low and per-
pendicular to the Bottom. Put into it a
Thimbleful or two of clear Water, and in
this Water a ſmall Quantity of the Filings of
Copper, fine Sand, and the Grating of red
Wax; and to fupply the Place of Glafs, of
which you have none in this Country, cover
the Veffel with a Lid very clofe, then cement
it with a little Potter's Clay, and put it upon
an Axis, to which you fhall give Motion.
When
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When this Veffel has been turn'd about a little,
if you take off the Lid, which was only plac'd
on to hinder the Water from going out during
its Agitation, you will fee that all the Parts
of the Matter put into it ſtick to the Sides of
the Veffel. An evident Proof that if the Hea-
vens turn'd, which are here repreſented by theſe
Sides, the Earth would neceffarily be forc'd
to quit its preſent Situation, and range itſelf
againſt their concave Superficies or their Ex-
tremities. And another undeniable Proof which
confirms the former, is, that if the Whirl be
ſtopp'd, ſo that the Firmament or the Side of
the Ship turns no more, the Water, which
continues its Motion, and by confequence de-
parts in Proportion, from the Center of the
Veffel which contains it, forces the Particles
of Copper, Sand, and Wax to quit the Sides
to which they ſtuck ſo faſt, and to approach
to the Center where they form a round Mafs,
the loweſt Region of which is Copper, the
fecond Sand, and the laſt Wax. From hence
it appears, that if the fubtile Matter which
encompaffes the Earth be put in Agitation,
'tis fufficient to oblige all the Terreftrial Parts
to rendezvous in one Globe towards their Cen-
ter: Which likewife fhews us by the way, that
'tis impoffible for a Stone caft into this fubtile
Matter, to reft in it one Moment, but muſt
for the fame Reaſons abandon the Aerial Re-
gion, and repair to other Bodies of its own
Species, in which properly confifts Gravitation.
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REALLY, faid the King, you have often
talk'd to me about Vortexes, the Alterations
which Aftronomers obferve in the different
Afpects of the Planets, the Motion of the Sun
round its own Center, the Spots upon the Face
of it which are a Confirmation of that Moti-
on, becauſe as this advances, they change their
Situation, as well as about the Periods which
the other Planets defcribe either round them-
felves, or round the Sun; but I never yet
heard any Affertion fo bold as what you have
juſt now advanc'd. I fhould be glad if you
would let me have the Machine you ſpoke of,
to the end that, by examining it nicely, we
may be able to talk of it a little more parti-
cularly: But it were to be wifh'd that the Lid
you put upon the Veffel was tranfparent, be-
caufe then one might eafily fee what paſs'd in
the Veffel without taking it off. I will obey
your Orders, Sir, faid I, and if our Parch-.
ment won't do for the Purpoſe, I will ſupply
it by a round Hole of an Inch or two in Dia-
meter, which I will make in the middle of
the Lid; for I am of Opinion that the reft
will be fufficient to hinder the Water from
fpurting out in its moft vehement Agitation.
DURING this, one of the King's Bro-
thers fell fick, and died. I thought to have
feen fome Particularity at his Funeral, but
was very much furpriz'd, that I did not ob-.
ferve the leaft Circumftance at it more than at
common Interments. They only wrap up
the
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the Corps in a Robe of fine Linen, and then
put it on a Bier, which is carry'd by two Men
preceded by four of the neareſt Relations, and
attended by two Men and two Women, mar-
ry'd or not marry'd, and by four young Per-
fons of both Sexes who mourn all the Way,
and converſe about his good Qualities. When
they come to the End of the Place where
the Deceas'd liv'd, they throw him into a
Grave made for the Purpoſe, which they im-
mediately cloſe up again, and erect a little Py-
ramid of Wood upon it, on which are mark'd
the Name and Age of the Perſon underneath,
after which every one goes Home, and they
never talk of him more than if there had
been no fuch Perfon in the World. The
King's Brother was bury'd after the fame
Manner; two of his Brothers (for the Prince
is exempt from it) with his Mother, and one
of his Sifters were the only Perſons of the
Convoy, befides the Mourners who are Peo-
ple that attend on theſe Occafions purely for
the fake of a Meal's Meat. Then it was
that I heard that the Brothers and Sifters of
the Kings of this Country are forbid to mar-
ry, which is only permitted to the eldeſt Son
of the Royal Family, and even he can have
but one Wife before he is King.
AS to a Wife, I can't avoid telling you
here how our Monarch recover'd one in my
Prefence worthy to wear a Diadem. He had
form'd a Deſign a long time to make a Vifit
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to the Weſt Part of the Kingdom; but as he
intended that we ſhould accompany him, and
the Work we had in hand was too exquifite
in his Opinion to be interrupted, there was a
Neceffity for ſtaying 'till it was finish'd; then
came bad Weather, afterwards the Diet; but
when this was broke up, and the fine Seafon
was advanc'd, the King was refolv'd to lay
hold of it. He made up but a fmall Equi-
page, and only took ten Perſons along with
us in his Retinue. He was mounted on a
ſmall but magnificent Chaife with two Wheels
drawn by four white He-Goats, which had
each a great black Beard, and Horns of a pro-
digious Size. His Train and Baggage were
in two Gondolas, in each of which were four
Rowers, and four to relieve them.
I WAS overjoy'd to be of this Party, be-
cauſe I had never yet travell'd this Way.
Moſt of the Inhabitants of this Frontier are
employ'd in making Bricks, Potters Ware,
and all Sorts of Porcelane according as the
Soil is proper for the different Sorts of Work.
We pafs'd thro' no Village but all the People
of Confequence came out to fee the King,
who fometimes alighted for the Purpoſe, and
walk'd very flowly that they might have the
better Opportunity of viewing him. One Day
as we were at a Place where there was ſuch a
Crowd about him that he could ſcarce get out
of it, he fpy'd a young Woman whoſe Charm
made him fall in Love with her. He call'd
her
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her to him, and having furvey'd her from
Head to Foot, and found her more charming
near at Hand than at a Diſtance, he fent for
the Father, and ask'd him what Age fhe was?
The honeſt Man having already promis'd her
to another, and gueffing at the King's Inten-
tion, knew not what Anfwer to make, but
after a fmall Paufe, he ſaid to him, Sir, She
is not yet marriageable, and by confequence
neither to be fold nor given away. The Girl
being more ambitious of the Title of Queen
than of the Wife of a Carpenter, which was
the Craft of the Fellow that was to have her,
faid very pertly, 'Tis true, Sir, I am not mar-
riageable, but I want only two Days to be
20 Years old. Very well, reply'd the King,
we will ſtay, honeſt Man, 'till the Term is
expir'd, rather than break in upon the Laws;
but after To-morrow bring your Daughter
to Court that I may make her my Wife, and
take care that no Body comes near her. Tho'
the old Man thought it a great Honour to
have the King for his Son-in-law, yet he was
forry that he could not keep his Word with
the Carpenter, which I chofe to mention here
only to fhew the Simplicity and Sincerity of
the People of this Country. Pno, which was
the Perfon's Name, was ready at the Time
and Place appointed, and three Days after
we arriv'd, he begg'd an Audience, and
prefented his Daughter to the King in Pre-
fence of his Chaplain, who return'd Thanks
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to God for it on the Spot. The Nuptials
lafted three Days, after which Pŋo return'd
Home with 100 Kaln, or Pieces of Copper
in his Pocket, as Pay for his Daughter;
but the poor young Woman having never
had the Small-Pox, was feiz'd with it three
Months after, and died.
'TIS a prodigious Thing to confider the
Multitudes of People which this plaguy Dif-
temper carries off, there not being one in ten
that eſcapes. The Generality of the Living
never had it, and be they ever fo old, fo few
are excus❜d from it, that they feldom die of
any
other Diſeaſe. If this were not the Caſe,
the Country would in all Appearance be ex-
ceeding populous, whereas at preſent 'tis but
thinly inhabited, confidering the Goodneſs of
the Soil, and the Purity of the Air.
NOT long after this, the King made two
or three other Conquefts, fo that in four Years
after his firſt Marriage, he had feven Wives.
My Comrade and I were at all thoſe Solem-
nities, and had great Share of the Pleaſures
of them. Wherever we came, we were fure
to be commended upon Account of our Clocks,
tho' many People knew that I had the leaft
Share in them.
THAT I might not go without my Re-
ward, I told the King, that we had indeed
adorn'd his Palace with a Machine, with which
he had the Goodneſs to feem pleas'd, but that
if he defir'd it, I would make him another
to
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to put up at the Front of the Temple which
ſhould be ſubject to no Variation, and be re-
gulated by the Courſe of the Sun. I am con-
vinc'd, faid the Monarch, from the little
Knowledge I have of Aftronomy, that it
would not be impoffible to divide an artifi-
cial Day into any equal Parts by the Shade,
which might be form'd from a Body in the
Sun-fhine, but we have had no Body here
that I know of, who ever apply'd to it. Be-
fore I go to work upon it, faid I, I muſt
examine which way the Front of this Edifice.
ftands. That's not neceffary, faid the King,
I know that it declines from Eaft to North
22 Degrees 30 Minutes, and what is yet
more, I know it by Experience. Pardon me,
Sir, faid I, if I take the Freedom to ask you
what Method you took to be fure of the
Fact. I caus'd a Board to be plain'd, faid he,
perfectly ſmooth with feveral Circles drawn
upon it by the Compafs; and in the Center
I fet up perpendicularly a Stile of Copper
Wire, to the End of which hangs a Button
as big as a ſmall Nut. This ſquare Inftru-
ment I place againſt the Wall of the Temple,
and when the Sun is afcended fome Degrees
above the Horizon, I ftay till the Shadow
of the Button of my Stile falls upon the Cir-
cumference of one of the Circles of the Board,
when I mark that Place by a Point, and then
with another Point I mark the Place on the
oppoſite Side of the Circumference, where the
Shadow
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Shadow falls in the Afternoon. I divide the
Arch between theſe two Points into two equal
Parts by a ſtraight Line which paffes thro'
the Center of the Stile, which Line is the
Meridian of the Place where I make the
Operation. There are feveral Ways, faid I,
whereby you may eaſily attain to the fame
End of which that you mention is one of the
beft I know; but I will make you a vertical
Sun-Dial according to the above Declination
of the Front of the Temple. No, faid the
King, as the Point in Queſtion is only draw-
ing of Lines, you muſt do me the Pleaſure
to teach me the Conſtruction of 'em. I con-
fented willingly to his Demand, fo that
we made a Sun-Dial of 8 Foot broad and 6
in height, and another horizontal Dial of
Copper, which was plac'd on a Pedeſtal of
Agate of 8 Sides before the King's Palace,
and both had the Signs of the Zodiac upon
them. Theſe two Machines fupply'd freſh
Matter of Admiration to thoſe who ſaw them ;
and I make no doubt but they were of more
Service to them than the others after our De-
parture, becauſe not a Man in the Kingdom
knew how to keep them, much less to make
them.
LA FORET had fuch a Senſe of the
Civilities he and I receiv'd every Day from
the whole Court, and was fo defirous to fhew
he was not ungrateful, that without faying
one Word to me he fet about a Pocket-Watch,
and
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had actually finiſh'd it before I perceiv'd any
thing of the matter. Tho' he work'd much
better in large than in fmall Things, yet a
Watch in a Country where there never was
one before, was a Jewel of inestimable Value.
As foon as he finish'd it, he went to wait on
the King, and after having complimented
him on the Obligations we had to him, he
took the Watch out of his Pocket, and in-
treated his Acceptance of it as a Token of his
fincere Gratitude. The King having view'd
it Inſide and Outfide, was perfectly aſtoniſh'd,
admir'd the Beauty and Uſefulneſs of this lit-
tle Machine, and protefted to him that he
ſhould never defire any thing of him in his
Difpofal, but it ſhould be at his Service:
CHA P. XI.
More Adventures of the Author, and his Com-
rade, till their Departure from Court.
S the King went often to fee his Wives,
there is no queftion but he was fond
to fhew them his Watch, and that
every one admir'd the Genius of the Work-
man. For tho' they had ſeen the Clock a
thouſand times, and feem'd even aftonifh'd
at its Performance, they thought it nothing in
compariſon to this pretty Inftrument, which,
though ſmall, went as regularly, and pointed
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out all the Parts of the Day as exactly as
the great one.
LIDOLA in particular, who was the
King's fecond Wife, gave broad Hints that
fhe long'd to be Miſtreſs of it; but the
King, who did not care to part with it,
and i deed could not, without raifing the
Jealouſy of all his other Ladies, and making
the Empress herſelf uneafy, pretended not to
underſtand her Meaning. Lidola was fo dif-
oblig'd by it, that after Supper, when ſhe
was to have entertain'd the King, who had
given her to underſtand that he would ſpend
that Night with her (which he did very fre-
quently, becauſe he was much more ena-
mour'd with her than with any of the other
Ladies) fhe counterfeited an Indifpofition,
and fent to defire the King not to come to
her that Night. The King miftruſting no-
thing of the matter, fent next Morning to
inquire after her Health, which he repeated
for ſeveral Days together. But at laſt per-
ceiving no Alteration in her for the better,
and that ſhe not only receiv'd his Meffengers
very cavalierly, but that as he himſelf faw
her en paffant, fhe look'd upon him with a
Coldness enough to have chill'd the very
Blood in his Veins, he guefs'd what ſhe had
taken Pet at, but would not feem to know
it; and having a mind to fee how far fhe
would carry her Indifference, he left off his
Vifits by degrees, and gave himſelf up fo
intirely.
JAMES MASSEY. 201
intirely to his laſt Queen, that he was very
feldom with any but her.
LA FORET, who knew no more than
my ſelf what had pafs'd, was furpris'd one
Evening, as he was walking under the Gal-
leries, with a Voice that call'd him by his
Name. Turning about to it very haſtily, and
being fuddenly ftruck with Aſtoniſhment,
at the Beauty of the fineft Lady that ever
he had ſeen in his Life (for fhe was not
veil'd, tho' 'tis an establish'd Rule of the
Country, that marry'd Women are not ſeen
in Mens Company without a Veil, which al-
moſt hides their Faces) he ftood with his
Eyes fix'd upon her, and had not Power to
ask what was her Pleafure. Fair Genius,
faid fhe, you ſeem 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
you paſs by my Apartment, and to give you
this Melon. There, take it, and farewel.
Then ſhe dropp'd the Fruit, and immediately
withdrew and fhut her Cafement.
LA FORET could never be tax'd either
with Stupidity or Ignorance, yet he knew
not what to think of this Frolick. Tho
he was not nimble enough to catch the Me-
lon before it fell to the Ground, he fnatch'd
it up without faying one Word, and brought
it to our Chamber, where he told me in
Confidence what had paſs'd. I immediately
took the Melon, and going to stick my
Krife
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Knife into it, I perceiv'd it had been open'd
already very nicely towards the Stalk, which
made me cautious in cutting it, for fear of
fpoiling any thing that might happen to be
within it, where, inftead of the little Kernels.
which are by Nature contain'd in that excel-
lent Fruit, we found a Scroll of the fineſt
Vellum, with Writing on it in the Lan-
guage of the Country, to this Effect.
I
HAVE feen you pass by my Window a
thousand times, but fearce ever heard you
talk. The Judgment which I form of your
Mind, by your eafy Deportment, and your
uncommon Productions, excite my Curiofity
to have the Happiness of your Converſation
when I am difengag'd. I fancy that you can
fay nothing but what is very good. Prepare
therefore to give me that Satisfaction. I ex-
pect you to-morrow without fail at my Door.
Be fure to be there at the first Stroke of your
curious Machine, after Midnight, and you'll
oblige,
LIDOLA.-
I WAS alarm'd at the reading of this
Billet, and told La Foret what I thought of
it, very ſeriouſly; but it all fignify'd no-
thing. He was lufty, well-proportion'd, as vi-
gorous as a Man could poffibly be at thirty
Years of Age, and no Enemy to the Sex.
The Friendſhip the King fhew'd to us, in-
duc'd
JAMES MASSEY. 203
duc'd him to think that he would be far
from fufpecting him of a Defign upon any
of his Wives, and therefore, without weigh-
ing the Confequences, he refolv'd to lay hold
of the Opportunity at all Events. What con-
founded him moft was his want of Elo-
quence, and the other neceffary Talents for
expreffing himſelf politely; for he came of
an obfcure Family, and had feen but little
of the World. As he knew not how to be-
have, and had a better Opinion of me than
of himſelf, he would fain have engag'd me
to take the firſt Step, and to pave the way
for him: But befides that, his Stature and
mine were very different, he being at leaſt
taller than me by the Head, which would
have been too grofs a Cheat to paſs, I had
other Reaſons againſt embarking in an Af-
fair of this Nature. But all this did not dif-
courage La Foret.
NEXT Day he dreſs'd as ſprucely as he
could, equipp'd himſelf as a Gallant ought
to do when he goes to vifit his Miſtreſs, and
study'd every thing that might contribute
to her Pleaſure. Being thus rigg'd, he took
his leave of me, and at the appointed time
went to the Place of Affignation. The Fair
One, who probably hearken'd for his com-
ing, open'd the Door to him foftly, and af-
ter injoining him by a Signal to profound
Silence, conducted him into her Clofet.
She was in her Deshabille, which was very
fine,
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fine, and notwithſtanding the carelefs Air of
it, feem'd to be the Effect of Contrivance.
Her Head and Shoulders were cover'd with
a Veil of fine Linen, in which there had
been an infinite Expence of Art; but whe-
ther it was by Chance, or by Deſign, under
pretence of handling the ſaid Veil, and toffing
it forwards and backwards to hide what
Modeſty ſhould have taught her to conceal,
fhe often gave a Glimpfe of Beauties e-
nough to have fir'd a Heart not near ſo ſuf-
ceptible of Love as La Foret's who could
not ftand thofe Charms. For his very Eyes
were dazzled with the Glare of fo many
Wonders, and, as if he had been perfectly
inchanted, he had not Strength to open his
Lips, notwithſtanding the firm Reſolution he
had made to ſay abundance of fine things to
her.
LIDO LA perceiving her Lover fo mute,
fetch'd a deep Sigh, and ſaid to him with a
moft lauguishing Countenance, I'm in love
with you, fair Stranger; I did not imagine I
fhould have had the Trouble of telling you fo,
becauſe I thought you would easily guess it :
Your Silence does Violence to my Modefty; I
am afham'd that I bave let fall the Expreffion;
but make a prudent use of it, and remember
to be difereet, if you would be happy with La-
dies. La Foret anfwer'd with very great Re-
spect, Don't reproach me, Madam, I
beſeech you; my very Silence has an Elo-
quence
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6.
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quence in it which muſt fully apprize you
⚫of the Sentiments of my Heart. Tho' your
• Prefence, continu'd he, has depriv'd me of
the Faculty of Speech, it is only fuſpended
to give me the more Leifure to contem-
plate the Delicacy of your Charms. Words
are not always in feaſon. There are Mo-
ments when the Eyes exprefs themſelves
infinitely better than the Tongue can, fo
• that without being a Conjurer, a Perfon, by
obferving their Motions, may know the
• Sentiments of the Soul. I confefs I was in
the wrong to keep filence, but it was well
for me that I did not fpeak, becauſe the
• fineft Expreffions that I could have thought
of in a Language with which I 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 fhall I contain my Joy at
•fo tender a Confeffion! Who would ever
have imagin'd that a Queen could debafe
her felf fo much as to declare fuch a Kind-
nefs for the loweft of her Slaves! Perfift,
I beg of you; That fhall be the utmoſt
Boundary of the greateſt of all my Wiſhes,
• becaufe undoubtedly I never ought to think
of any thing elfe.
C
Juft as fhe was going to anfwer him, a
Waiting-maid bolted into the Rocm, to the
Terror of our Lover, who knew not the
Meaning
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Meaning of it at firft, and fo great was his
Surpriſe, that he could not hide it. But Li-
dola diffembled hers, for fear of putting him
into Confufion. I had given Orders, fhe
faid to him, for fome dry Sweetmeats, and
a Glafs of Mead to be brought; you per-
ceive they are obey'd. I hope you'll meet
with fomething or other in this Bafon that
you like. La Foret, who was too impatient
for amorous Endearments to mind Sweet-
meats, was mad to find their Converfation
interrupted by an impertinent Witneſs. He
had much rather have spent the time in Dal-
liance, than have wafted the precious Mo-
ments in eating. But for the fake of Com-
plaifance, he was under a Neceffity of ad-
miring 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 Tenderneſs
for him, took one half of a Nectarin, and
wantonly put it to his Mouth. Once the
pluck'd from his Lips what he had in part
chew'd, and eat it with an inconceivable
Greediness; at another time fhe made him
bite a Piece which fhe held between her
white Teeth; in fhort, there was no wanton
Air which he did not invent to increaſe the
Paffion of the new Lover.
THE Days were then about fixteen
Hours in length, the Sun not being far from
Capricorn, and that Place being fituate in 51
Degrees,
JAMES MASSEY. 207
Degrees, and 20 Minutes South Latitude,
fo that they were toying with one another,
when the Darkneſs or rather the Twilight
vaniſh'd, and the Torch of Heaven was
rifing to gild the enamell'd Fields with his
fplendid Rays. The Damfel being the firſt
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 ap-
pointed him fooner, becauſe he ſaid it was
not worth his while to come thither for fo
fhort a Stay. Tho' I am a little out of
favour with the King at prefent, reply'd the
charming Lidola, I am not fure that he will
neglect me long; the Fancy may take him.
to come and fee me in the Morning; and
tho' he ſhould not, there are other People
that have an eye upon what we do. I fhould
paſs my time but ill, if any body ſhould fee
you go out of my Apartment: Let us act
upon fure 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 Peo-
ple near us to tell us how it paffes. When
fhe had faid thefe kind Words, the fell on
his Neck, kifs'd him very tenderly, and im-
mediately withdrew. The Time flies away
infenfibly at fuch agreeable Interviews; ne-
vertheleſs La Foret had not fo far loft the
Ufe
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Uſe of his Reaſon, but he knew very well
that it was high time for him to be gone.
Therefore he pull'd out a Kala, which he
gave to the Maid, and after recommending.
himſelf to her Friendship, ftole out foftly,
and return'd home.
THE first 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, never Man travers'd fo much
Land in the Territories of Love in ten Years,
as he had been doing in an Hour; in fhort,
he was in full Poffeffion, and only wanted
the Fruition. O Heavens! (faid I) how
• credulous are Lovers, and how eafy is it
<
for Love to impofe on them! La Foret,
• La Foret, you are playing a Game that
• will infallibly ruin you. Gaming, Women,
• and Wine have a good Afpect, I confeſs,
• but when made too familiar, are of no Va-
lue; they produce fhort Pleafures, attend-
ed with long Repentance; their greateſt
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 mora-
liz'd thus till Doomfday, for all that I faid
was to no purpoſe. My Friend thought of
nothing but the Pleaſure he fhould have, and
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turning
JAMES MASSEY. 209
turning his back upon the Confequences, was
actually captivated by the moſt flattering
Ideas that his Mind was capable of forming.
The poor Man was blinded to fuch a De-
gree, that he did not fee the Precipice he
was juſt falling into, and was ſway'd by no-
thing but his prevailing Paffion. His Ima-
gination was fo diſorder'd, 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 actually enjoying her. In
fhort, he paſs'd his Hours in Bed very plea-
fantly, for tho' he rarely flept, he had fuch
fort of Dreams as create more Pleaſure than
a profound Sleep, and have this Advantage,
that they tickle the Fancy, without impair-
ing the Strength of the Body.
LA FORET heard nothing of his Mif-
treſs in three Days, which made him fo un-
eaſy, that it had like to have turn'd his
Brains. He often retraced his whole Con-
duct, but could find nothing to reproach
himſelf with, unleſs that he had been too
reſpectful. I had not obſerv'd till then, that
the Women of that Country had any Incli-
nation to Gallantry. I really thought they
were too filly for it; but I began to fee by
this Specimen that there are few of them in
any Country but 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
Seve-
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Severity of the Laws againſt fuch as tranf-
grefs the Rules to which Hymen feems to
bind them. And they fay, moreover, that
the Kings and Governors are fubject to
the fame Inconveniencies, as private Men
in Europe, becaufe thofe Gentlemen having
more than one Wife, each of them ftudies
to gain her Husband's Favour, and when
fhe can't fucceed, it gives her Occafion to
embrace the firſt Offer that preſents: but re-
turn 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 first Sight of him that he felt a Rat;
for looking wiftfully upon La Foret, he faid
to him, You feem to be ruffled, Friend;
your Countenance is chang'd 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 fallen in love
with any Fair One of this Canton? For Love
in a few Hours commits great Ravages. You
bluſh, continued the King. Don't be afraid
to own it: Tho' you are a Foreigner, and
of a Religion very different from mine, I
affure you that I will do every thing for you
that is in my Power. If you make your
Addreffes to any Free Perfon, I'll find the
way to make her marry you; but let me ad-
viſe you not to delude any Woman, becauſe,
ſhould you be taken in the Fact, all my Cre-
dit would not be of weight enough to fave
you.
JAMES MASSEY. 211
you. Gallantry may perhaps prevail among
us, but if it does, 'tis conceal'd; and you are
not ignorant that 'tis a Breach of one of the
Articles of our Law, which the Judge treats
with the greateſt Severity. Adultery eſpeci-
ally would not be pardon'd in my felf.
LA FORET, who had by this time re-
cover'd himſelf, reply'd, 'Tis perfectly right,
Sir, to be fevere upon that Head, and eſpeci-
ally with respect to the great Men: If I had
the Power in my own Hands, a King who
practis'd that fort of Gallantry ſhould be leſs
exempt from Puniſhment than other Men, be-
cauſe while his Subjects are oblig'd, for the
Generality, to adhere to one Perfon only,
he has the Liberty of taking a Dozen, and
by conſequence the Pleaſure of having all
the Variety at home that he could expect to
find abroad. However, continued he, this is
a Happineſs which I don't envy your Ma-
jefty; for tho' I have neither Wife nor Mif-
treſs, I am very well contented; and if I
don't look at prefent altogether fo brisk as
ufual, 'tis owing no doubt to my not having
ſlept well for two or three Nights paft, for
otherwiſe I am in perfect Health. Neverthe-
lefs, 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 I'm inclin'd to marry, I swear to you,
Sir, that I will refer my felf intirely to your
Diſpoſal. Let us call another Caufe, La Foret,
faid
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faid I, 'tis time enough to think of altering
your Condition. The King reply'd very gra-
ciouſly, That fhall be when you pleaſe. You
know the Privileges of the Gown which you
wear, fo that you will not have much to re-
proach me with.
us.
THE King thereupon retiring, we went
to Dinner, and made various Reflections up-
on the little Dialogue that had paſs'd betwixt
Mean time La Foret did not fail to take
a walk after Dinner in the Galleries. Lidola,
who generally took a Pleaſure in ſeeing him
paſs by her Windows, fix'd her Eye upon
him till he was out of fight. Her Waiting-
woman, who always kept a Look-out for
fome Intelligence that might be to their Ad-
vantage, came at laſt to her with News that
fhe had juft met the King taking the Air
with the Emprefs; from whence the Queen
concluded, that he would infallibly ſpend the
Night with her, as had always been his con-
ſtant Practice when he took her out in the
Day-time; therefore without Hefitation fhe
injoin'd her Servant to go after La Foret, and
to fignify to him, as fhe pafs'd by him, that
fhe expected him at Eleven of the Clock.
THE young Woman was not dilatory
in the Execution of her Commiffion. She
met him juft as he was upon the Re-
turn, brush'd as clofe by him as fhe could
with Decency, and faid to him, en paſſant,
Come to us an Hour before Midnight. I dare
not
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not exprefs his Joy at the hearing of theſe
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 himſelf all the
while, that he was at home before he per-
ceiv'd it. I need not fay he had no Thought,
for he did not care that I fhould fpeak to
him. The little Time he had to fpare, was
ſpent at the Toilet, where he confulted his
Mirrour a hundred Times, which being on-
ly of polish'd Steel, made him fearful that
he had not diſcover'd all his Blemishes. He
wafh'd himſelf almoft all over with perfum'd
Water, cut and trim'd his Whiskers, comb’d
his black Hair over and over again, and be-
ing at length as handſome as Adonis, he
wifh'd me Good-night, and went his way.
Lidola's Servant, who ftood Centinel, receiv'd
and carrry'd him into the Anti-Chamber,
where there was no Light, and bid him ſteal
into her Miſtreſs's Apartment.
LIDOLA was lain down on a Bed fo
fragrant, that it perfum'd the whole Houſe.
Her Head-Dreſs was in the careleſs Air, her
Neck bare, as was alfo her left Breaft, her
Arms at Liberty, and her whole Poſture was
like one between Sleeping and Waking. La
Foret made his Approach to her fſo ſoftly, that
ſhe did not perceive it. At the unexpected
Sight of fo many Beauties he ſtood like a
Statue, with his Eyes fo fix'd on the Perfon
of
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of this charming Venus, that they had no
Motion. A fecret Defire, on which he was
incapable of making the leaſt Reflection,
puſh'd him forward to view her more nearly.
She was like a Loadſtone that attracted him
imperceptibly and irreſiſtibly. This adorable
Beauty happening to open her Eyes, ſeem'd
to the laſt Degree aſtoniſh'd to ſee her Lover
by her Bed-fide. She blush'd, and having
rais'd her felf up, and put on a Veil that lay
in a Chair, juſt at hand, You have ſurpris'd
me, faid fhe, and perhaps feen things you
ought not to have feen. Nay, Madam, he
reply'd, the Fates will'd it, and not you, that
I should have the Opportunity of contem-
plating Beauties that had like to have thrown
me into a Trance. However, what I have
feen will be ſo far from diminiſhing the Re-
ſpect I owe you, that it has infinitely height-
en'da Paffion which I thought could not have
been ſtronger than it was before. You de-
ferve tho' to be chaftis'd, reply'd the Fair
One, for not letting me know that you was
prefent. But what made you come ſo ſoon?
It cannot be Night yet, and I did not appoint
you 'till Eleven o' Clock. You miſtake, faid
La Foret, you only upbraid me for coming
ſo late, tho' you don't confider how long I
have been here. You deceive your felf, faid
the Queen; if you confult your Watch,
you'll find that you are in the wrong to con-
tradict me. I have no Watch, reply'd La
Foret,
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Foret, nor have I need of one, for on theſe
Occafions my Head is a Minute-Watch, fo
that I would not lofe one Moment. Have
you not a Watch? faid Lidola; 'tis ſurpriſing
that you ſhould be without thofe Jewels which
you beſtow upon others? If I had the Skill
to make fuch pretty Machines, it ſhould never
be faid that I had not one for my own Ufe,
and another at the Service of my Miftrefs.
This was a mortifying Compliment to the
Frenchman, who very well underſtood the
Tendency of the Rebuke, and was mad with
himſelf that he had not prevented it. The
Queen perceiving him in fome Confufion,
thought fit to put him out of his Pain. I on-
ly banter, La Foret, faid fhe, and you are
ſtudying for a ferious Anſwer. Sit down up-
on my Bed, continued fhe, the Moments are
precious, let us not fquander them to no pur-
poſe. At the fame time fhe went to grafp his
Hand, but Love render'd her fo weak, that
The gave a Sigh, and fell back on her Pillow.
So far things went on fwimmingly, and the
two young Hearts did not doubt that their
Bliſs was upon the Point of being compleated.
But Fortune envying their Felicity, chang'd
all their Hopes on a fudden into mortal
Terrors.
THE King had a real Love for Lidola ;
the Violence he had done himſelf in not fee-
ing her fo long was fuch a Burden upon his
Mind, that he could bear it no longer; and
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216 The Travels and Adventures of
a freſh Report which ſhe had given out of
her Indifpofition, adding to his former Un-
eafinefs, he was refolv'd to keep her Com-
pany that Night. The Waiting-woman, who
was always at the Window, hearing a con-
fuſed Noiſe at a diſtance, like that of a Com-
pany of Men, immediately had a Miftruſt,
becauſe 'twas but juſt Midnight, and the King
never went to Bed before that time: At
length, ſeeing the Train approach, ſhe ran
and gave the Alarm, crying out, We are all
undone, Madam, here is the King just at the
Gate. As warm as our two Lovers were be-
fore, their Blood immediately chill'd in 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 Cloſet which
fronted that Chamber. He was no fooner
enter'd but a Domeſtic who ſtepp'd before,
knock'd at the Gate. The Chamber-maid
made him ſtay juft as long as fhe thought it
might have taken her up to riſe, and as Viſits
of this fort were pretty frequent, ſhe did not
ſeem to be at all furpris'd. As the King was
cloſe at the Domeftic's Heels, he enter'd the
very Moment that the Gate was open'd. The
Queen, who heard him coming, found it no
very hard Task to counterfeit an Indifpofition,
to which the Fear fhe was in, both for her
felf and her Spark, did not a little contribute;
and the King verily believing that he was
not well, had not the leaft Sufpicion, tho'
he
JAMES MASSEY. 217
he faw her more diſorder'd than ufual. He
ſhew'd a greater Fondneſs for her than ever,
and ſaid to her, that notwithſtanding the ill
State of Health he found her in, he intended
to ſpend the Night with her. Sire, reply'd
Lidola, you do me a great deal of Honour,
but I am not now in a Condition either to
give Pleaſure, or to receive it; I fear that if
I were to ftir ever fo little, it would do me
an Injury, and I find that I want Reft. I
would not incommode you, faid the King,
for the World; if you can't admit of my
Company, i'll go and reft upon the Tent
Bed in that Clofet, being determin'd to ſtay
here all Night. This Anfwer quite unex-
pected by the Fair One, fo alarm'd her, that
after abundance of Excufes for the Coldnefs
wherewith fhe had treated him, which fhe af
crib'd entirely to her Illneſs, fhe began to be
very ſweet upon him, and begg'd him ear-
neftly to undrefs himſelf.
A'S foon as he was in Bed, and the Do-
meſtics gone, the Chamber-maid took an Op-
portunity to go into the Clofet to confult with
the Prifoner what fhift to make for his Liber-
ty, when, to her great Surpriſe, fhe could not
find him, tho' there was no Door but what
he went in at, and the Windows were ſo cloſe,
that they did not feem to have been open'd.
While fhe was rummaging the Bed, and other
Furniture in that Apartment, the Lady, who
was pe plex'd to think what was become of
L
her
218 The Travels and Adventures of
her Lover, call'd to her to raiſe her Pillow,
and bring her fome Drink, and having by
that means an Opportunity to whiſper, and
´to hear that he was gone, tho' fhe knew not
which way, it put her out of Pain, and ſhe
ſlept the remainder of the Night very quiet-
ly. La Foret imagining that the King would
make a very fhort Stay, had ſhut himſelf
up in the Privy, but he found himſelf ter-
ribly miſtaken when he heard foon after that
he defign'd to paſs the whole Night with his
Wife, or at leaft in the Clofet where he was,
in cafe that fſhe could not admit him to her
Bed. Then it was, as he has own'd to me
fince, more than once, that he was feiz'd with
a Panick which he had never felt the like of
before. He could not return thro' the Cham-
ber where the King was, without the Hazard
of being feen; he thought all the Windows
of the Apartment were fecur'd with Iron
Bars: Befides, he was afraid the Noife would
betray him, if he open'd them, eſpecially if
he leap'd into the Canal, which the Cloſet
overlook'd. Having revolv'd all this in his
Mind, in the utmoſt Hurry, he thought of
no better Expedient, than to flip into the
Water thro' the Hole of the Privy, and fo
to fave himſelf by Swimming.
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 Windows, I prefently imagin'd that
his
JAMES MASSEY. 219
his Affairs had taken a wrong Turn, got up
in a Trice, and had no fooner open'd the
Window, but he bolted in like a hunted Hare,
pull'd off his Clothes, and went into Bed,
where he gave me a full and true Ac-
count of his nocturnal Adventures. You fee
now, faid I, dear Boy, how Love and For-
tune 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 dangerous way, and if you don't
abandon it, as I have already advis'd you,
it will affuredly prove your Ruine. Let me
hear no more of it, faid he, fhe is worth all
my Trouble; and provided I can but once
enjoy her, I fear not to die. What vexes
me moſt 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 at leaſt a Week to`finiſh that
we have in hand. If fhe wants you to give
her a Watch, faid I, 'tis a plain Sign that her
Love is felf-intereſted, and tho' it were not
fo, how do you propoſe ſhe ſhould make
uſe of it? The King who will know it pre-
fently, will alſo be ſatisfied where fhe had it,
upon which the Myſtery will break out, and
then farewel the two Lovers. You are in
the right, upon my Word, faid my Friend,
I had not that Forefight; but in ſhort, we
muſt make an end of it, and by that time,
I warrant we ſhall find fome Expedient or
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other
220 The Travels and Adventures of
other to bring us off; for Love is too in-
genious to lurch us when we are in fo fair a
way.
MEAN time we heard five or fix great
Strokes upon the Bafon of our Clock which
were given fo faft one after another, that they
made us ftart; we could not imagine the
Meaning of it; not confidering that we our
felves had advis'd the King to make uſe of
this Method, in Imitation of the Europeans,
to raiſe an Alarm, and give the Inhabitants
of the Canton Notice, when any thing hap-
pen'd to the Diſadvantage of the Quarter, that
they might all flock together to the Place,
and endeavour to remedy it. A Man running
by juſt after, 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
clofe round our Bodies, with a Deſign to lend
a Helping-hand to quench it, and going out,
we prefently faw that Queen Lidola's Houfe
was in Flames. Ladders were brought from
all Parts, and there was fuch Plenty of Wa-
ter at Hand, that by the Force of it the
Fire was hinder'd from fpreading to the
neighbouring Apartments, fo that the Da-
mage was not very confiderable. As it be-
gan in the Clofet where La Foret was con-
ceal'd, we did not doubt but the Waiting-
woman, when he was looking for him, let
fome
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fome Spark fall into the Tent-Bed, or fome
other Moveable of combuſtible Matter, which
had been the Caufe of the Fire.. Mean time
the King retir❜d as ſoon as a Domeſtic 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 Da-
mage deferv'd our Compliment, eſpecially
with regard to a Man of his natural Temper,
whom nothing could put out of Humour.
The Queen was no fooner recover'd of her
Fright, on account of this fad Fire, but ſhe
took Pen in Hand and drew up a fecond
Letter, in Subſtance almoſt as follows.
M²
To La Foret.
Y Chamber-maid has already been abroad.
I know where you are retired, but I give
a fhrewd guess which way you made your Ef-
cape. The Conjuncture was dangerous, and alto-
gether as alarming to me as to you, infomuch
that the Fire which afterwards broke out in my
Clofet, by the Imprudence of my People, was
nothing to it, in comparison. But let not this
difcourage you, we shall be more happy another
time. Be conftant and tranquil. I will give
you notice when 'tis a proper Seafon, and take
Such Precautions that at our next Interview,
I hope for an Opportunity of giving you a
convincing Teftimony, that I am truly your
Friend,
LIDOLA.
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IT
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IT was no difficult matter for the Mef-
fenger of Love to flide this Billet into the
Hands of the Lover, who feldom fail'd of
walking by her Miftrefs's Door every Morn-
ing, Noon, and Night, fo that he might
meet and talk with him whenever ſhe pleas'd,
without any Notice taken of her. Mean time,
La Foret feriously went to work upon
her Watch, and labour'd fo hard at it, that
it was ready by the fifth Day. It was ex-
tremely pretty; the Graving of the Box was
beautiful, nor was the Cafe inferior to the
Workmanſhip within. The Evening was
hardly shut 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 defir'd her to prefent it
for him to the Queen, to whoſe Favour he al-
ways recommended himſelf. If ever Woman
diſcover'd her Joy, Lidola did at the Sight
of this pretty Watch. We were told that the
kifs'd it a thouſand times, and blefs'd her-
felf for having fucceeded fo well in her In-
trigue.
ONE would have thought that this fine
Pledge of La Foret's Love would have ha-
ften'd the Happinefs he expected for his Re-
ward, 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 fufpect the Lady,
he
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223
he imagin'd that the young Woman was dif
gufted to find her Miſtreſs fo highly gra-
tify'd, and herſelf unrewarded in compari-
fon of the Pains fhe had taken. In fhort, not
long after, when he ſcarce thought any thing
of it, the young Woman to his great Sur-
priſe accoſted him at a Place where there was
no Witneſs, and after having dropp'd a
Sigh, you are wretchedly deceiv'd, faid fhe,
I really pity you, and have the utmoſt Ab-
horrence of my Miftrefs's unjuſt Proceed-
ing. All that ſhe has done hitherto was on-
ly to coax you out of a Watch, and now fhe
has it, fhe has order'd me to tell you, that
fhe finds it too difficult and dangerous for
her to receive you at her Apartments any
more, that ſhe is troubled for it to the laft
degree, that her Grief is even inexpreffible,
that it will certainly break her heart, and
a great deal more of fuch Cant which is all
meer Hypocrify.
THE King, continu'd ſhe, was with us
Yeſterday, and hearing the Beat of the
Watch, immediately ask'd what it was. Be-
ing under Neceffity of telling him, he feem'd
furpris'd at it, and would needs know how
Madam came by that Jewel. The ungrate-
ful Creature, as ſhe herſelf confefs'd to me,
was juſt going to tell him, that you had ſent
it to her with a Defign to make uſe of it
as a Bribe to debauch her, and that you had
actually made an Attempt to that end; but
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224 The Travels and Adventures of
for fear of involving herfelf in a fcrape,
wherein perhaps fhe would have run as great
a Rifque as you, or at leaft have been in
Danger of restoring the Watch, ſhe told
him that I had found it, and that ſhe had it
from me. Upon this I was call'd, and que-
ftion'd as to the Truth of it. I perceiv'd
by her tipping the wink on me at every
Word, that he was in a Plunge, and that
there was a Neceffity for my confirming e-
very thing fhe had faid. Very well, if it be
fo, faid the King, I know whoſe it is, and
Juftice demands the Reftitution of it to the
right Owner. I would have done fo before,
faid the Queen, for as foon as my Maid found
it, I imagin'd it belong'd to thoſe Foreigners
who made yours, and I fent it back to them
that Inftant, but when my Servant told from
whom he came, they protefted that they
would never take it again, and that their
Deſign 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. Poffibly you expect
fome Reward for your Prefent, but I don't
think you will have any as long as you live.
'Tis enough, faid La Foret, I thank you,
my Dear; undoubtedly I fhall remember
your Hint, and will take my Meaſures ac-
cordingly.
IT being then paft Supper-time, La Foret
made hafte to his Chamber, and went to bed
without
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without faying a Word. You are in the
Dumps, Friend, faid I, what ails you? Don't
Affairs go to your mind? No verily, they
don't, ſaid he, for I heard that juſt 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 I, did not I tell you as much before?
However, you are come off better than I
thought you would. But after all, confider
the Confequences of this Affair. You are
hereby brought under a Neceffity of making
Watches with all ſpeed for all the King's
Wives on pain of incurring their Difplea-
fure, and perhaps too the Monarch's Ha-
tred, who, if you ſhould fail in that Point,
might well miftruft that you gave that
Watch with a Defign to infinuate your felf
into the Affections of the moſt beautiful of
all his Wives, which Sufpicion you know
would be corroborated upon the leaft Noiſe
of your having been feen abroad at an un-
ſeaſonable Hour, either in the Water, or
going in at our Window, if any Body has
ever fo little Hint of it. The D---l take
all Women then, faid he in a Paſſion, I'll
never truſt another be the of what Quality
ſhe will. Fair and foftly, ſaid I, your being
in a Rage won't help the matter. I plainly
fee what is to be done. That we may have
at leaſt ſome Refpite, we muſt defire the
King to let us go and fpend the Summer at
L 5
our
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our former Village, and then we will confi-
der what we have to do.
NEXT Day the King came as uſual to
fee what we were about, and banter'd us on
the Affair of the Watch. La Foret confirm'd
every Tittle that the Chambermaid had faid
about it, and then added, that it being hot
Weather, and not fo proper for working
as the Winter Seaſon, he defir'd that his
Majefty would confent that we might go
and ſpend ſome Months in our old Village.
With all my heart, faid the King, and after
having order'd us a hundred Pieces, he wifh'd
us a happy Journey. We went foon after to
take our leaves of the Court, and the Cook
in particular being our very good Friend,
we thought it our Duty to crack a Bottle
with him. The Moment that we told him
of our Refolution, the Man feem'd Thunder-
ftruck, which we both miftook for the Ef
fect of his Friendſhip and his Concern to
part with us for fo long a Time, but when
he recover'd his Speech, he ſaid to our very
great Surpriſe, are you really going away,
Gentlemen, do you confider well what you
are doing? Don't you know what People
fay of you? God forbid that I fhould fu-
fpect you of the leaft foul Action. You ne-
ver gave me any Occafion for it, nor any
one elfe that I know of; but every Body
does not know you fo well as I do. If you
will be rul'd by me, you ought to juſtify
your-
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yourſelves before you change your Quarters,
otherwiſe you'll run the rifque of being ac-
cus'd as Incendiaries; for they who have
ſpread the Report will triumph in your Ab-
fence; and who knows but fuch as doubt of
it at this prefent, will then give credit to it?
How! Incendiaries! faid I, are we charg'd
with a Deſign of laying the Place in Aſhes
before we go away? No, reply'd be, but
they give out that La Foret is the Man who
fet fire to Queen Lidola's Houſe. We are
very much oblig'd to you, faid I, for your
good Caution, and we'll go this Moment
and inquire into the Cauſe of ſo groundleſs
a Scandal, of which I don't think it will
be very difficult to clear ourſelves. As foon.
as we were gone out, I'll lay a Wager,
faid I to my Comrade, that you were ſeen
returning to your Lodging at a late Hour
the very Night the Fire happen'd, and that
fome ill-defigning Perfon has drawn this
Conclufion from it to your Difadvantage.
Let us go to the King, ſaid I, and open the
matter to him, when we fhall preſently fee
what he will fay of it.
AS foon as the Monarch faw us, What's
the matter, ſaid he, my dear Friends? have
you not receiv'd the Money I order'd for
you, or do you want any more? What
is it you ftand in need of? I conjure you to
tell me freely. We want nothing, Sir, ſaid I,
but the Continuance of your Favour; for we
have
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have juſt heard ſomething which very much
afflicts us, and we muft lie inconfolable at
your Feet 'till your Majefty has procur'd us
Satisfaction. We are flander'd with having
form'd a Defign to reduce this Royal Can-
ton to Aſhes. If we are guilty, we deferve
to be puniſh'd, if not, the Calumny is fo
heinous, that we hope from your Clemency,
the Inventor of it will have exemplary Chaf-
tifement. Tufh, faid the King, I heard this
ſeveral 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 ftraight and order Informations to
be taken about it with all fpeed. And in-
deed they who had the Commiffion, dif-
charg'd it with fuch Diligence, that by
tracing the matter from one to another, the
Perfon 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 fober Man
of exemplary Modefty.
THE King, at our Solicitation was
pleas'd to fend for him in our Prefence, and
having ask'd him what Motive he had to
give out a Rumour fo prejudicial to our Re-
putation, he made this Defence. I had been
a little indifpos'd for fome Days, ſaid he,
when the Court Phyfician whom I con-
fulted, prefcrib'd a Purge to me which
operated thirty fix Hours after I had taken
it. Being obliged during this to rife in the
Night,
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Night, I heard a great Noife in the Canal
facing my Chamber, at the Entrance of the
neighbouring Canton. My Curiofity to know
what it was, made me look out at the Win-
dow, and it being not very dark, I ſaw a
Man in the Canal who got afhore over-
againſt 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, I faw him
rap at a Window, and on its being open'd,
he got thro' it into the Houſe. I knew it
was the Apartment of thefe Gentlemen by
their Stature, and a certain Air which I
know is peculiar to them. A little after this,
Lidola's Apartment was in a Flame. Now,
Sir, faid he, I ask whether putting all theſe
Circumftances together, my Conjectures were
fo ill founded, and if wifer Men than I
might not have been as much mistaken? I
own, faid the King, there was a Probability,
but fomething more was requifite in order to
ground an Accufation. But before I deter-
mine any thing on the Point, what ſay you
to all this? faid the King to La Foret. No-
thing, Sir, reply'd my Comrade, 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, conti-
nu'd be, is an Aftronomer, of which, Sir,
you
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you are not ignorant: He has been teaching
me for fome time paft to find out the princi-
pal Stars, and my Defire to perfect my ſelf
in that Science, makes me often rife in the
Night to fee if the Sky is clear, and then
I am us❜d to take a Tour in one of the four
Cantons, becauſe the Buildings being lower
there than in this, I have a better View of
the Stars. That very Night I went abroad
for the very fame purpoſe, and having caft
my Eyes on Sirius and Procion, and obſerving
their Situation and Diſtance as I walk'd a-
long, I had the Misfortune to fall into the
Canal before I was aware of it. Being ſtunn'd
as it were with fuch an unexpected Fall, I
made a little Pauſe to look about me, and
fell a fwimming without knowing where I
ſhould land, 'till at laſt I got aſhore where this
honeſt Gentleman faw me, and from whence
I made all the hafte I could directly to my
Chamber into which I enter'd thro' the Win-
dow, not only for fear of awaking our People,
but of being ſeen in a Pickle which would
no doubt have rais'd their Laughter. You
fee, Sir, that we agree perfectly in our De-
pofitions, but that Mr. Equerry is quite mif-
taken in the Caufe of my being fous'd in the
Water; I hope however that after this, he
will be fully convinc'd of my Innocence. I
am forry that this Misfortune occafion'd fuch
an ill Opinion of me. My own Deſtiny is,
properly ſpeaking, the Caufe of it; therefore
I
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I owe you no Grudge for it. I am oblig'd
to you, reply'd the Equerry, and beg pardon
for the Injury I have done you, for which
I am really forry. I fee plainly that I
was too raſh upon this Occafion; but it will
teach me to be more cautious another time.
Are you both ſatisfy'd, ſaid the King? Yes,
Sir, they reply'd. Very well, ſaid the King
again, fhake Hands, and let it be never men-
tion'd more. Thereupon we again took our
leaves, and retir'd as well pleas'd as a Couple
of Kings. La Foret with his Prefence of Mind,.
and I with the Civilities of our Prince, and be-
cauſe we had ſo happily efcap'd a Scouring..
A
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 hofpi-
table, fo that we were in no danger of faring
ill. The King having recollected that he did
not ask us what Conveniency we intended to
make uſe of for our travelling, fent a Do-
meſtic after us to conjure us to take the beſt
that he had, and to tell us, that if we did
not, he ſhould refent it. We had travell'd
about half a League when the Meffenger
overtook us; he would fain have had us
gone back with him, or to have told him
how we intended to be carry'd, whether in
a Chariot or a Gondola which he would ac-
commodate us with on the Spot, adding, it
was
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was the King's Pleafure. We thank'd the
Meffenger for his Civility, and pray'd him
to tell his Majefty, that we were confounded.
to find him ſo very obliging, that we ſhould
gladly embrace his kind Offer, but that we
chofe to walk from one Village to another
after we had ftaid long enough to make an
Acquaintance with the Judge or the Prieft.
This Anfwer did not fatisfy our Man who
left us with fome Uneafinefs, for fear per-
haps that the King ſhould think he had not
duly diſcharg'd his Commiffion.
BY the way now, let any one judge from
this little Incident, whether we had any reafon
to complain of our Fortune, and whether we
were not completely happy, fetting aſide that
unlucky Affair of my Comrade. It was not
only at Court that particular Reſpect was
paid us, but every where upon the Road the
People throng'd to do us Honour, ſo that
one would have fwore an exprefs Order had
come from Court to receive us like the chief
Men of the Kingdom.
WE had been gone about feventeen Days
when we were furpris'd to meet two Do-
meftics of our Judge and our Prieft with a
Canoe laden with Spades, Mattocks, Pick-
axes, Hatchets, Bows, Habits, and neceſſary
Proviſions to make a trading Voyage for
Copper. They told us, that their Mafters
wifh'd we would be fo good as to make them
another Clock bigger than the former with
a Bell
JAMES MASSEY. 233
a Bell in Proportion, which they intended
to preſent to their Governor, in order to
gain his Confent that each of their Sons
might have one of his Daughters, who, as
they defcrib'd them, were perfect Beauties.
And as a pretty deal of Copper would be
wanting for the Purpoſe, they ſaid their Maf-
ters were fending them to the Mines with
Goods to truck for that Metal; and indeed
they had a very good Stock of Proviſions
on board, and a Permiffion to ftay out as
long as they thought fit. My Comrade pre-
fently gave me to underſtand, that this News
chagrin'd him not a little. What, faid he, I
came from a Place to avoid continual La-
bour, and they are cutting out Work for
me in another Place where I am come for
Reft; but I'll fee the whole Nation at the
Devil before I'll file a Stroke more for any
of them, tho' I fhould not be againſt it if
there was any thing to be got by it worth
our carrying Home whenever a Conveniency
offers, but all our Reward is only a Piece of
Metal which will yield but 15 d. a Pound
in Europe. Let us be gone, continu'd be, as foon
as poffible, for I had rather hazard a hundred
Lives if I had them to go back the Way we
came into our own Country, than ſtay here
any longer.
YOU don't confider, La Foret, faid I,
nor have you well examin'd the Obftacles
that we ſhall have to furmount. We had
great
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great Advantages when we came, which we
have not now. We were then three in num-
ber all provided with Fire-Arms, and prefs'd
by Neceffity; but now the Cafe is quite o-
therwiſe. Be rul❜d by me, my Friend, let us ſtay
where we are, we ſhall be ſtill more and more
belov'd by amufing ourſelves in Clock-
making, part of our time, and one cannot
be always 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 Countrymen who are fo fickle
that they are always fhifting from one Place
to another. Before we have travell'd much
farther we ſhall repent of our Folly. Finally,
I expatiated upon the Difficulties which hin-
der'd 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, faid I, fince
you are inexorable, and as on the other hand,
I am refolv'd not to part with you; 'tis ne-
ceffary we ſhould take the Opportunity of
this Boat, and try to efcape with it thro' that
frightful Cavern as they ftill call the Place
where, as 1, faid before, their firft King pre-
tended that the Earth brought him forth.
WHILE we were forming this Defign,
our two Peaſants were impatient to fee the End
of our Dialogue.. I told them that we had been
divided in our Opinions what Courſe it was beſt
for us to take, whether to return to the Village,
or
JAMES MASSEY. 235
or to go along with them to the Copper Mines
where we had never been yet, and that we
had determin'd to keep them Company. They
exprefs'd 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 beſt Liquors
they had. We alfo took fome more Provi-
fion with us, but perfuaded them at the ſame
time to turn towards the River, on pretence
that as we had feen it but in one Place, we
had a Curiofity to furvey the Shores of it
from one End to the other, and we affur'd
them alſo, that we would affift them alter-
nately to row, and would furnish them with
all neceffaries 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 propos'd, the only difficulty being
that as they were both of them Natives of
a Canton not many Miles off, they made ac-
count to go thither and ſee their Relations. I
preſently gave them to underſtand, that far
from hindering their Deſign we would for-
ward it. Go, faid I to them, this inftant, and
ſpend two or three Days with your Friends
while we march fo flowly on that when you
turn towards the Current, you will foon over-
take us. They were in raptures at my Com-
plaifance, and I was as much rejoic'd that I
was not forc'd to the Trouble of contriving
to get rid of 'em in any other manner.
CHAP.
236 The Travels and Adventures of
CHAP. XII.
The Author leaves this fine Country; the Ways
be contriv'd to get out of it. He meets again
on the Sea-Side with fome of the Ship's Com-
pany with whom he had formerly been caft
away upon the Coaſt, &c.
S foon as thoſe honeſt Fellows had
left us, we took our Courfe towards
the River, but ſtill kept in thofe Di-
vifions of the Cantons where there
were no Houfes. I think we had fanter'd
ſcarce two Days, when a little before Mid-
night we found ourſelves at the End of the
Canals where were Sluices which we knew
nothing at all of before we came to them.
This curfed Paffage alarm'd us, and we tugg'd
hard near an Hour before we diſcover'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 Neceflity for our going
over. It would have been a dangerous En-
terprize in the Day-time, becaufe no Body
was fuffer'd to enter this River without Leave
from the Judges, not only by Reaſon of the
Fiſhery, but in Refpect to the Laws which
hinder the Inhabitants from going beyond the
Bounds
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JAMES MASSEY. 237
Bounds of their Country; whereas in the
Night-time there was feemingly no Danger
of being fo much as feen by any Perſon what-
foever. We had not above four Miles and
a half to paſs. La Foret, as he was more
zealous to push on than I, fo he was more
tir'd. I bid him take a little Reft, becauſe
one of us at a time was enough to fteer the
Boat.
I KEPT exactly in the middle of the
Current, and it being fine ftill Weather, our
Boat drove down with the Stream impercep-
tibly. This together with the Fatigues we
had undergone made me fo drouſy that I
could not keep my Eyes open, and we flept
ſo ſoundly that whether we were always fo
fortunate as to keep off of the Shore, or
whether we did not fometimes daſh againſt
it, is more than I can tell, for we were not
eafily to be awak'd. Nor did I exactly know
how long we flept; probably it would have
lafted long enough to have refreſh'd us, but
as Misfortune would have it, it was inter-
rupted on a fudden. Our paltry little Boat
daſh'd ſo vehemently againſt a Rock, that it
puſh'd me out of my Place, and I fell with
fuch Violence against a Shoal that my Face
look'd as if it had been ſcarify'd. My Com-
rade ſtarted out of his Sleep not knowing
what the Noife meant, nor where he was,
for he had quite forgot he was upon the Water,
and cry'd all at once, Oh God! what's the
matter?
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matter? where am I? Tho' I had done my
felf a great deal of Miſchief, I could not
help laughing heartily. Are you there, faid
be, pray where are we? Hell it ſelf can't be
darker than it is here. Don't ask me, ſaid 1,
for I can't refolve you, only this I am certain
of, that our Boat has juft now beat againſt
fome Place, which gave me fuch a Fall that
my Head is broke, and if I gueſs right, we
muſt be got into that Cave which we are to
paſs thro'. I was fo very fleepy, faid he,
that I did not confider we were in a Bark.
Good God, how dark it is here! I think you
were not miſtaken when you gueſs'd that we
were under Ground. Handle an Oar, faid
I, and try if you can feel what we are
faften'd to; we muſt certainly ſtick to fome-
thing, for I don't perceive that we ftir, and
yet my Hand tells me the Stream runs down
apace, ſo that the Paffage here muſt be very
narrow.
LA FORET was a bold Man, yet he
was daunted at this dreadful Gulf; he was
afraid to ſtir, and would willingly have ftay'd
where we were. When I ſaw 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 beſtirr'd
himſelf, but notwithſtanding all that we could
do,
JAMES MASSEY. 239
do, I believe we were three Hours in getting
out of that damn'd Place, after which we
turn'd to the Right.
WHEREVER 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 obftructed the Paffage. We
run a-ground, or elſe beat againſt 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 ſtop her. In the mean time the
Paffage grew ftill narrower the farther we
went, fo that at laft we could not go at all.
Then my Blood came into my Face, and ve-
rily believing that we were abfolutely loſt, I
was going to knock La Foret on the Head,
to be reveng'd for the Mifchief he had been
the Cauſe of to me, without any Neceffity.
But I remember'd very luckily that I had for-
merly plung'd him in the like Scrapes, and
that theſe were only the Confequences of our
former Misfortunes.
NOW, faid I, my Friend, we are ham-
per'd, and I know not how we fhall get off.
If we had but fteer'd to the Left, no doubt
we ſhould have had room, but I don't ſee
how we can go back, 'tis a pretty way, and
befides the Current here is too rapid. Upon
this he founded the Water, and finding it
but three or four Foot deep, he ftript with-
out faying a Word, and leap'd all at once.
into the Water. O Heavens! I cry'd, what
are
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are you doing? I thought I heard you fall
over-board. Don't be afraid, faid he, 'twas
a voluntary Fall, I am going to examine the
Depth and Breadth of this Pafs. He had
not been gone twenty Steps, but he gueſs'd
he was at the very Point where the two
Branches unite. He came to tell me the a-
greeable News, and added, that undoubtedly
we were in the narroweft Part. Obferving
that there were but two Peaks where the
Rock hinder'd our Paffage, I took the Pick-
ax and Mallet, and in lefs than two Hours
demolish'd one of thofe Peaks. This Exer-
cife, with what we had gone through before,
made me extremely faint; we took fome
Nouriſhment in order to ſtrengthen us, and
we refted till we were in a Condition to be-
gin our Work again. La Foret too try'd
to demolish the other Peak that hinder'd our
Paffage, but whether the Stone there was
harder, or that he did not act with that
Strength as I did, he obſerv'd that he made
but a very ſmall Progrefs, fo that I was fain
to give him a Lift, and we work'd at it
alternately.
WE had labour'd a long time, and had
not a great deal to do, when we heard a con-
fuſed Noiſe approaching to us like Men talk-
ing; we ſtood ſtill for a few Minutes to
hearken to it, and perceiv'd that fome Men
were coming to us. Verily, faid I to La
Foret, our Flight has not been fo fecret, but
it
JAMES MASSEY. 241
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 order'd Men to be fent out to ap-
prehend us. You hear how they advance,
continued I, they are juſt at our Heels; what
fhall we do now? Upon my Word, faid La
Foret, as for my part, I am of opinion that
we ſhould fight to the laft Gafp. We have
Tools here which will be of great Ufe to us
for that Purpose; 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 ſhall be ſent to the Mines. Not
at all, faid I, there's no Danger; the King
is too debonnaire to treat us after that manner;
he has fuch a Value for our Workmanship,
that he would not deprive himſelf of it by
baniſhing us; befides, we can ſay with great
Probability, that as we went upon the River
with Deſign to examine the Diverſity of its
Shores, it happen'd unluckily in the Night
time that our Boat got loofe before we per-
ceiv'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
Difafter, but they'll be glad that they came
ſo ſeaſonably to our Affiſtance.
AS my Comrade was going to make an-
fwer, we ſpy'd a Light. They could not be
M
above
242 The Travels and Adventures of
above thirty 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 probably was larger
than ours, was hamper'd all of a fudden,
and they ſeem'd to be uneafy at it. What
fhall we do now? faid one of them. Why,
faid another, we will make the beft Shift
we can to get out of this Place, and we'll
try to pass to the Left, which we ſhould have
done before, if you would but have been rul'd
by me. We will do as you would have us,
reply'd the former, but for my own part, I
believe we may as well do nothing at all; 'tis
poffible that the Men we are in purſuit of
have been gone this way twelve or fifteen
Hours ago, ſo that by this time they are a
great way off, or elfe have been caft away
fomewhere, as we had like to have been ſe-
veral times. If you will take my Opinion,
we will return and fay, which is true, that
we met with fuch Obſtructions 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 likewife, if you
pleaſe, that we overtook them, but that notwith-
ftanding
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ſtanding all we could fay, it was not in our
Power to perfuade them to return, becauſe
they have not true Enjoyment in a Country,
whofe Maxims are fo different from theirs,
and that they have a mind to fee if they can't
find a way to their own Country, where they
may have the free Exercife of their Wor-
ſhip, whereas here they dare not fo much as
defend it, as they have declar'd upon more
Occaſions than one. Upon this they all faid,
Come away, we will agree upon what to ſay
as we are going back.
AFTER they were gone out of our
Hearing, we did not budge for fome time,
becauſe we were afraid they might alter their
Minds, and that when they heard the Strokes
of our Mallet, they might be tempted to come
back again. This Inactivity caſt us naturally
into a Doze, and at length into a profound
Slumber. When we awak'd, we began to
put our felves into the greater Hurry, be-
cauſe we were far from being hot, and were
as freſh and brisk as if we had reſted in a
good Bed. Confequently we beat down the
Angles that ſtopp'd us, and by main Strength
forc'd open a Paffage. Afterwards we found
things as my Comrade thought we ſhould,
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, be-
caufe at every Sentence you would have
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thought there had been a thouſand Devils in
the Air mocking you with their monftrous
Voices.
THEN we advanc'd very flowly, and
in the mean time began to hear another con-
fufed Noife, not unlike the Rumbling of
Thunder at a ſmall diſtance, which made us
even more afraid than we were before. A Man
that thinks himself in Danger need have no
other Affliction. Each of us rack'd his Brains
to find out the Meaning of it. We were
not very wide of the Mark when we ima-
gin'd there muſt needs be a Place with a great
Fall, and that the Noife we heard muft pro-
ceed from fome Cataract. There we thought
our Ruine would be unavoidable. I did not
dream then of what was told us of the Por-
tugueſe who formerly went that way, for if
I had confider'd of it, I fhould not have been
in fo much Pain. As we had Cordage e-
nough, I thought it high time to make uſe
of it; we immediately took ten or twelve
Spades and Mattocks, ty'd them up in a
Bundle as tight as we could, and caſt them
into the Water as an Anchor. The Remedy
was effectual, the Ground being uneven,
our Machine ſtuck in 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 Comrade, who was commonly
at the Head of the Boat to found with his
Oar, and to feel on both Sides what hinder'd
our
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our Paffage, call'd out to me on a ſudden
to ftand faſt, becauſe there fell fome Water
from the Top with which he was already
wet to his Skin. Upon this I call'd 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 be-
fore we had got it half way up, our Cable
broke, a Lofs which however was not very
confiderable at that Juncture. I only endea-
vour'd to put my felf in fuch a Situation as
to avoid the impetuous Fall of the Torrent
we fo much dreaded. La Foret, by meer
Force of Rowing, turn'd my Rudder fo as
to carry us againſt the Rock, fo that we had
the happieft Paffage that could be, without
being in the leaft wet, but not without danger
of being ſwallow'd up by the dreadful toffing
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 ſhould
have been ſwallow'd up.
THE reft of the Way that we had to go
was not near fo dangerous, and it pleas'd God
we ſaw the End of it. When our Eyes be-
gan to fee the Light again, we thank'd the
Lord moft heartily, and our Joy was fuch,
that we have no Words in our Language
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ftrong enough to exprefs it. However, we
could not land immediately, the Shores being
too steep, ſo that we were oblig'd to fall down
at leaſt three Miles below the Mouth of the
River, and then we went Aſhore on the left
Side in a Place of fuch Verdure as Nature
feem'd to have made on purpoſe to folace us
after having eſcap'd fuch manifeft Dangers.
THE Provifions we had, came very fea-
fonably 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
lefs than two o' Clock in the Afternoon, there-
fore 'twas pretty plain we muſt have been a-
bout thirty Hours in that dark Place. From
hence we made the beſt of our Way.
THIS River has prodigious Turnings
and Windings, and is full of Rocks 'twixt
Wind and Water, Shoals and Iſlands which
in fome Places form ten or a dozen difficult
narrow Paffages. There are ſome Falls in
it too which are extremely dangerous,, never-
thelefs, as we pafs'd them without any Da-
mage or any extraordinary Accident that
might naturally be expected in a Voyage of
this Nature, I will not ftand to mention the
Particulars, for fear the Reader fhould think
me tedious.
I WILL only add that about thirty-five
Leagues from the Sea, this River is divided
into two Branches of which we chofe the
leaft, becauſe we had a mind to keep to the
Left,
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247
Left, and we thought the other led us too
far out of our Way. It was just at this
Divifion that a fwinging Salmon leap'd ſeven
or eight Foot above Water, and fell into
our Boat where we receiv'd it with great Joy
in hopes of making a Feaſt of it, which we
did for feveral Days. Notwithſtanding all
the Speed we made, we were a Month in
our Voyage.
OUR Joy to think we were drawing to-
wards our own dear Country, tho' after all
we were not ſure that we ſhould ever ſee it
again, made us indefatigable; we ſcarce gave
ourſelves time to reft, infomuch that we
could not have been more in a Hurry if a
Ship had actually ftaid to take us on Board
for Europe. But alas! when we arriv'd at
the Mouth of the River, our Hopes were
all daſh'd in an inftant. We faw a dreadful
Paffage before our Eyes, which feem'd to us
impracticable. When we are Afhore there's
room for contriving Ways and Means to
overcome fuch Obftacles as fall in the Way,
and let what will happen almoft, a little
Patience and Pains-taking will bring us out
of it, but the mercilefs Ocean gives one a
Diſguſt againſt venturing from the Shore.
WE had been five Years feeking our
Fortune fince we left thefe Coafts. We had
indeed encounter'd various Dangers, and un-
dergone extraordinary Fatigues, but then on
the other hand we had our Share of Diver-
fion,
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fion, and even now, I would not for any
thing but have ſeen fo fine a kingdom; on
the contrary, I repent a thousand times that
I left it. My Comrade, who was the Cauſe
of it, knew not what to fay now; the poor
Devil was quite confounded, but fomething
however muſt be refolv'd on.
IT was as yet fine Weather, and by good
Luck we had a Stock of uſeful Materials,
only we had not many Nails. I was of opi-
nion, that the first thing we ought to do,
was to provide ourſelves the beft Lodg-
ing we could, and that for this purpoſe cur
Hatchets and Mattocks would be of great
Service. About fifty Paces from the River,
and confequently from our Boat there was a
vaft Lime-tree, under which we built a fine
large triangular Hut, whither we brought
our Baggage. Our Bows were alſo of great
Ufe to us for hunting, otherwife we fhould
have been in danger of being famiſh'd; but
the Birds were not fo tame as thoſe we had
formerly met with, fo that it requir❜d a great
deal of Art to catch them.
THE thing that gave us fome Trouble
was to make a Fire for the first Time, be-
cauſe we had loft our Steel, and the Fire that
we had fav'd went out the Day before we
came hither. The Place where we were was
fo full of Sand and Shells, that we had ſeve-
ral Days Ramble into the Country before we
could meet with Flints that were for our
Pur-
JAMES MASSEY. 249
Purpoſe; theſe were all that we wanted; for
we had Rags which we caus'd to be well
dry'd in the Sun for Tinder, and we did not
want old Iron. As we had plenty of Wood,
we did not let the firſt Fire we made go out,
nor was there a Probability of its being ex-
tinguiſh'd a long time, for there were whole
Trees which were burning continually.
WE ftay'd about eight Months in this
Canton, where we liv'd by hunting. One
while, in order to pafs away the time, which
we thought extremely tedious, we took our
Boat, and made a fhort Voyage upon the
River, or out at Sea, according as the Wea-
ther and Tide permitted us, and fometimes we
climb'd up to the higheſt Eminencies in hopes
of ſpying fome Veffel to carry us out of our
melancholy Solitude.
BEING weary at length of ftaying al-
ways in the fame Place, we refolv'd to make
a Sail fome Leagues to the Weſt in hopes
not only of finding out the Place where our
Ship was caft away, for we could not be ve-
ry far from it, but alſo of making fome new
Diſcovery. We took in Provifions for a few
Days, and rifing very early one Morning,
we made towards the Strand in order to
keep near the Sea. We walk'd ſo ſtoutly that,
if I am not miſtaken, we had travell'd above
15 Leagues by the Cloſe of the next Day.
The Shore was every where uniform, and
there was no Variety of Objects to delight
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the Eye. We afcended to the Downs, which
in that Place were very high, and the Pro-
ſpect was the fame as far as our Eyes could
reach it. A little freſh Gale of Wind that
blew from the North Eaft, oblig'd us to
take ſhelter all Night under a Hill, where
the Sand retain❜d a great deal of the Heat
which it had contracted from the Sun in the
Day. As foon as Morning appear'd, we en-
ter'd the flat Country where there was greater
Variety, but then the Ways were much worſe.
If we had been difpos'd to have loaded our-
felves with Game, it was in our Power to
have kill'd what we would, becauſe we had
each a good Bow, and there was abundance
of Animals of all Sorts.
AT length, on the fifth Day, as I take
it, after our Departure, and about two or
three o'clock in the Afternoon, we arriv'd
at our River. As we had rambled a little
from the Sea-fide, we perceiv'd immediately
by feveral Tokens with which we were very
well acquainted, that we were no more than
a League and a half diſtant from it, at which
we were overjoy'd becauſe we were afraid
that we had gone too far: Nevertheless, this
little way feem'd very tedious to us; we knew
it was a round-about Way which we might
have avoided, tho' indeed we choſe it, and
we were glad when we perceiv'd our Barrack
at a Diſtance, becauſe there we expected to
take our Reft.
BUT
JAMES MASSEY. 251
BUT we were foon after ftruck with a
Damp that chill'd the very Blood in our
Veins, when we faw our Boat gone. We
thought at firſt that we had not faften'd it
well, or that the violent Motion of the Wa-
ter had broke the Rope by which it was
moor'd. The Curiofity of knowing what
was become of it, made us mend our Pace.
We curs'd the very Day that we went upon
this fatal Voyage, which depriv'd us of the
Advantages that we receiv'd from this little
Machine, and we began to blame one another
for having firſt propos'd it, when La Foret
on my Left-hand, turning his Head about
by chance, towards our Hut, which was but
a little way behind us, gave a fudden Start,
and cry'd out, Oh Lord, what's that? what
terrible Monſter is that in our Hut! I imme-
diately turn'd about, and never was more fur-
pris'd in my Life than to fee a great Crea-
ture there lain down, fo that we could only
diſcover its Back, and by the Hair of it we
concluded it muſt be a Bear.
TO ſpeak the Truth, the Sight of ſo
fierce an Animal as that feem'd to be, fur-
pris'd us. The Bows that we had were not
Weapons fit to attack it, yet we were twenty
times in the mind to advance towards it as
foftly as poffible, and let fly an Arrow at it
from each of our Bows, and then to bend
them again inſtantly in order to be ready to
hoot it again, in cafe it had Strength enough
left
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to make towards us; but for fear of mif-
fing it and being torn to pieces, we choſe to
go on without making any Noiſe, imagining
that when it was awake it would go off to-
wards the Wood rather than towards the
Shore.
WE travell❜d as if we had not made ufe
of our Legs for a Week, fo little did we
feel the Fatigues we had undergone. Fear
carry'd us on as fwift as the Wind, without.
giving a Look either to the Right Hand or
the Left, and as we always kept by the Side
of the River, we were within two or three
Paces of our Boat before we fpy'd it, and
when we thought no more of it. This unex-
pected Sight reviv'd us in a Moment, but
when we went to it, and found it faften'd in
another manner from what it us'd to be, we
could not help being furpris'd again. The
Boat was in a nafty pickle, and the Oars
and Stretchers were not in the order we left
them. Beſides, we obferv'd a Wicker-Basket
about 18 Foot long in the form of a Bow juſt
under the Water, with Cords ty'd to the two
Ends, which was made uſe of for fiſhing, as
was evident from ſeveral little dead Fiſhes
about the Machine, which thoſe who had
made ufe of it, had neglected to throw into
the Water.
THESE Inftances of humane Induſtry
made us conclude that the Country was not
uninhabited, but the Point was to know what
People
JAMES MASSEY. 253
People they were; we could not imagine
them to be fociable and civiliz'd, and there
was all the Appearance of their being Cani-
bals. Mean time, we were as hungry as
Horſes, we had fav'd none of the Provifions
we took with us, and the two or three Fowls
that we brought were raw, fo that if we
would eat them we muſt dreſs them, and we
had Fire ftill burning near our Hut, as we
could eaſily fee by the Smoke, but we could
not get to it for fear of the Bear. The Day
was almoſt ſpent, ſo that there was a Necef-
fity of coming to a Determination, if we in-
tended to lie there. We refolv'd therefore
to carry our Boat with all ſpeed to that part
of the River which was over-againſt our Hut,
and then to give a terrible Hollow and Hoot,
in order to frighten the Beaſt away.
WE did as we intended, but instead of
roufing the Bear, we were very much ſtartled
to ſee a couple of Men run drefs'd in Skins
down to their Knees. Tho' the River, which
was very deep, feparated us, yet we were
afraid, and kept upon our Guard; they ap-
proach'd us, and feeing us both dreſs'd, one
of 'em call'd out, and ask'd who we were.
O Heavens, faid I, that's Normand, I know
him by his Voice. We are your Friends,
Said I, and perhaps more than you imagine.
Come over then in God's Name, faid they,
and be not terrify'd at our Dreſs. We are
poor unfortunate Wretches abandon'd by
God
254 The Travels and Adventures of
God and Man, but we are civiliz'd Chrifti-
ans. That was enough to oblige us to go over
to them. The Tears fall from my Eyes
whenever I think on't; tho' they were very
much alter'd, yet we knew them; we em-
brac'd one another with inexpreffible Marks
of Tenderneſs, and cry'd for Joy like Chil-
dren. We went together to our Hut, where
they gave us fome little Fifhes broil'd, but
our Hearts were fo full that we could not
eat a Bit. Any Body that had ſeen us would
have taken us for Statues; for we had no
Motion, except in our Eyes, and all that we
did was to ftare at one another in fuch a
manner as fhew'd our Aftoniſhment.
AT length when we began to know one
another, they oblig'd us to take fome Nou-
riſhment, and after having heartily reproach'd
us for our having left them, without giving
them notice, and declar'd that they were both
firmly of Opinion that we had been torn to
pieces by wild Beafts; they ask'd us, where
we had been fo long, and what was become
of Du Puis, upon which we were fain to
oblige them with a general Account of
our Voyage. They wish'd a thousand times
they had been in our Place, and accord-
ing to them, we were very wrong in
coming away from fo fine a Country.
Talk no more of it, faid I, you don't yet
know the tenth Part of what I fhall tell you
hereafter. If it had not been for La Foret,
you
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you would not have feen us here, for I fhould
never have had a Thought of coming away
as long as I liv'd. To-morrow you ſhall
tell us how you came to our Hut, and how
you have fubfifted fo long in this Place with-
out any manner of Commerce; but now I
muft retire to Reft, for in truth I can hold
out no longer: And indeed I flept like a
Dormouse, for our Savages were up four
Hours before La Foret and I were awake.
WE had ſcarce bid one another Good-
morrow, but we renew'd the Converfation
upon the Subject of our laft. Normand was
defirous to know more than I had told him,
and we long'd to hear of their Adventures.
It was at that time very hot, for we were
not only in the middle of Autumn, or if you
pleaſe in the Month of May, but the Sky
was clear for many Days together, and the
Weather mild and agreeable, fo that we went
and fat down under the Shade of our Hut.
About four Days ago, faid Normand, having
á mind to bathe my felf in the River, I ask'd
my Comrades, if any of 'em would go with
me; but the only Man that confented was
Alexander. Tho' we each took a Bow with
us, we did not intend to fpend any time in
hunting; nevertheleſs a very beautiful large
Fowl ſprung up before us in the Way, which
we had a mind to fhoot at, and we went out of
our Road to follow it. You will fay 'twas a
Bird of good Omen to conduct us to this Place,
for
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for as foon as it was almoſt within Bow-ſhot, it
again flew ftraight before us in a direct Line
without turning either to the Right Hand
or the Left, and we purfu'd it till we came
full-but, as one may fay, upon your Barrack,
and diſcover'd the little Boat; and then the
Fowl diſappear'd, and we thought no more
of it. A Hut and a Boat were fuch Rarities
in a Country like this, that we were afto-
nifh'd to fee them. We thought at firſt,
that fome Ship had met with the Misfortune
of being caft away here-abouts, and that ſome
few of the Company had eſcap'd Afhore,
ſo that we made no fcruple to come to the
Door of this Hut, and feeing no Body ap-
pear notwithſtanding we talk'd loud, we
both enter'd, and found a great many Things
which confirm'd us in our Opinion. Never-
theleſs, my Comrade was for our returning,
and coming again next Day with more in
Company, but I forc'd him to ſtay out of a
Principle of Curiofity which I had to know
the Owner of fo well contriv'd a Lodging.
To paſs the time we contriv'd a great Basket
in form of a Semicircle, which by the Help
of your Boat we made ufe of with Succefs
to bring the Fish Afhore at thofe Places
where the Coaft was ſteep, and where the
River had broke in 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.
CHAP.
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亮
​CHAP. XIII.
Containing what happen'd to the Refidue of the
Ship's Company, during the Author's Ab-
fence; and the rest of their Adventures 'till
their Departure from this Country.
OU know, continued he, that when
you went away, we were building
a Bark to carry us off. At firſt every
Man wrought hard at it, but as faſt
as the Work advanc'd, the Zeal of our Peo-
ple flacken'd. The greateſt part of the Com-
pany were afraid fhe was too fmall, befides
that they began infenfibly to be reconcil'd to
thefe Southern Coafts, where ſcarce a Day
paſs'd but they made fome new Diſcovery of
Ufe for the Support of Life. It was five
Months before the little Veffel was rigg'd.
How rigg'd? faid I, and pray whence had
you wherewithal? The Captain, reply'd be,
had been very ſparing of the greateſt part of
his Provifions: he had ftill a Quantity of
Bacon, Butter, Oil, Salt, Biſcuit, and Candles
left, befides what we were able to pick up
here for the Suftenance of the Body. When
all was ready, he fummon'd the Crew, and
order'd all that had a mind to go with him
to be in a Readineſs. I don't defire, faid be,
to force any Man; but for my own part,
I'll
258 The Travels and Adventures of
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 Determination on the Spot, the
others knew not what to refolve on: At
length we agreed to the Number of fixteen
of us, to remain together in this Country at-
ter having had a Promife from the others up-
on Oath to uſe their Intereſt and Intreaties
with the King of Portugal to take pity of us,
and to order the firft Ship that went off to
the Indies, to come and fetch us away. There
was great Grief, and many Tears fhed at
parting. They weigh'd 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 wifh'd to be
with them, becauſe we could not doubt that
if the fame good Weather continued, they
would be ſoon at the Cape of Good Hope. The
Wind held thus in the fame Quarter above
two Days, but on the third Day about Noon
it chang'd, and on the fifth and fixth we had
very bad Weather, fo that we were in ſome
Pain to think how the honeft Lads far'd.
HAVING left the Shore, we went to
fettle in a Valley about four ſmall Leagues
from this Place. The Country which is
really very agreeable, is water'd, with a Ri-
vulet
JAMES MASSEY. 259
vulet full of Fiſh, and abounds with Roots
as big as red Beet, which are very good
when boil'd. On the South-South-Weft
Side there's a Wood of a confiderable Ex-
tent, where we have Apples, Pears, Nuts,
and other very pleafant Fruits in abundance;
and the other Side furniſhes us with as many
Peaſe and Beans as we want. Our Captain
left us all the Inftruments he could fpare:
We had Fire-Arms, Shot, Powder, Ropes,
Hatchets, Spades, Hammers, 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 Peaſants Cottages, and we co-
ver'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 ftraggling from one another, for
we faw nothing on the Right Side or Weft-
ward, but barren Hills which no body had
yet thought worth their while to afcend.
Three of our Comrades refolv'd one Day to
hunt there, and at the fame time to ſee if
they could make no new Diſcovery. It took
them up about three Hours to pafs the Moun-
tain; from thence they enter'd into a very
thick Wood, where they travell'd two
Leagues without feeing any Way to get
out of it. Whilft they were mufing whether
to return or go forwards, one of them faid
that
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that he heard a Noife which he could not
tell what to make of, but it very much re-
ſembled the Voice of a Man. This was a
little furpriſing 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 ſee what it was, but the other ftifly
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 fome Buſhes, a great Villain cover'd with
the Skin of a Beaft who no doubt fpy'd 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 stay for their coming, they
turn'd back and fcamper'd away. They had
learnt by Experience the Neceffity of obferv-
ing the Sun or Stars in a Foreft which one
is not well acquainted with, and they did.
this to fuch a Nicety, that they got out al-
moft at the very fame Place where they en-
ter'd. When they came upon the Hills, they
flood ftill to take a little Breath; for then
they were out of that Danger which threat-
en'd them in the Wood, where, tho' perhaps
it was only a panic Fear, they imagin'd fe-
veral times that they heard the Noiſe of Pur-
fuers juft at their Heels.
WE
JAMES MASSEY. 261
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 Water, but we little thought what
was the Matter. We were prodigiouſly a-
larm'd at fo unexpected a Narrative, 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 fortify-
ing our prefent Poft. I had been in three or
four Campaigns heretofore, and had learnt
the Art of guarding againſt an Enemy, fo
that my Companions agreed to do as I
thought fit. In the Evening we only poſted
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 Breaft-Work four Foot high to fhel-
ter us from any Attacks that might be made
that Way. Then we rais'd and widen'd our
Works in fuch a manner that the Rampart
was twenty Foot in the Baſe, and fix in
Height, befides a Parapet above that of five
Foot. The Ditch form'd by the Earth we caſt
up for this Puropfe was very broad and deep.
In the Front oppofite to the Mountain, I
left a Slope of fix Foot only, which I co-
ver'd alfo with a fmall Half-moon, and
fecur'd
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fecur'd with a Traverſe. All this was finiſh'd
in ſeven Weeks. Mean time, we heard no
talk of any Enemy, and fometimes could
not help rallying thoſe who had put us into
fuch a Ferment.
AT first every Body was afraid to ſtir out
for Proviſions, and now they did it without
any Scruple, but it did not hold ſo long.
Two of our Men going out one Day at Sun-
rife for Plunder, had not the good Luck to come
back again; perhaps they were ſo imprudent
as to expoſe themſelves more than others had
done, at leaſt they had talk'd of doing fo
more than once. The Lofs of them made us
very uneafy, and we thereupon encompaſs'd
our Fortreſs with Palifadoes.
WHILE we were at this Work we per-
ceiv'd a Company of Men coming down the
Mountain very faft, which put us into the
greater Confternation, becauſe 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 Muskets, and not to
diſcover themſelves 'till the Enemy was come
to the Ditch, where they were to be faluted
with at least five Diſcharges. When the
Drolls were at hand, we faw very plain
that they were Savages. They ſeem'd to be
about threeſcore and ten, all lufty well-made
Fellows, cover'd with Skins down to their
Legs, and laden with Bows and Arrows. A
great many of 'em had Clubs five or fix
Foot
JAMES MASSEY. 263
Foot long. 'Tis probable that the Knaves
had ſpy'd us before they came in a Body,
for they did not feem in the leaft furpris'd
at the Work we had made. Not one of our
Men diſcover'd himſelf. I had planted a great
Branch full of Leaves before me, thro' which
I could obferve the Enemy without being
feen. 'Tis probable that they thought to have
furpris'd us, becauſe they came without ma-
king the leaft Noife to the Brink of the
Ditch, and there they ſtopp'd, not knowing
what Courſe to take to come at the Place ;
but I did not think proper to give them
time to examine things too cloſely, ſo that I
order'd 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 perform'd their Part fo well that three
of the Savages fell upon the Spot.
THIS terrify'd them, becauſe they knew
not what to think of their Comrades fudden
Fall. Indeed they faw the Fire and Smoke
of our Arms, but I very much queſtion
whether they diſcover'd the Men that gave
fire. They muſt conclude it to be Lightning,
or fome Devil that ftruck them, at leaſt 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 Terror of thofe Mifcreants; let the
other five give fire. This Difcharge with the
Fire I made, fetch'd down two more which
increas'd
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increas'd their Aftoniſhment. Then we fhew'd
ourſelves all at once crying out like Mad-
men, at which time the five firſt gave Fire
again, and kill'd two more upon the Spot.
We ſhould have diſpatch'd 'em all after this
manner, but they were not fuch Fools as to
ftay any longer. Seven of the ſtrongeſt took
each a dead Man upon his Shoulders, and
fled with as much Precipitation as if they
had been purſued by an Army.
THE three Men of our Company that
were abſent, were not fo far on the other Side
but they heard us fire very plainly. They
imagin'd there muſt be ſomething more than
ordinary in the matter, becauſe they knew we
would not have wafted our Gunpowder with-
out a great Neceffity. They lay hid for
fome time in a Thicket, with as much Game
as they could carry, and in the Evening
they advanc'd, and glad they were when they
firſt ſaw the Centinel walking on the Breaft-
Work, where he was pofted on purpoſe to
give them the Signal that there was no
Danger.
OUR Apprehenfion that the Rafcals
would return ftronger, and more refolute,
made us finiſh our Palifadoes with all Speed;
and for want of a Breaftwork we fortify'd the
Rampart with Fraifes. Befides, it was refolv'd
that ſome of our Men ſhould go by Turns
to the Downs to fetch two fmall Pieces of
Cannon which our Captain left behind him.
It
JAMES MASSEY. 265
It coft a great deal of Time and Pains to
draw them to our Fort. Then we provided
a Quantity of little Flints, of which our
Brook was full, in order to put into the Car-
tridges. In the mean time we did not
hear the leaft Word of the Enemy for eight
Months together, fo that we fcarce thought
any more of the Scoundrels 'till one Sunday
at Noon, when the Centinel alarm'd us, juſt
as we were at Dinner. Upon this I ran out
to ſee what was the matter, and God knows
I was not a little aftonifh'd to fee the Moun-
tain cover'd with a Swarm of our Enemies
advancing like hungry Wolves to devour us.
To ſpeak the real Truth, the ftouteft Hearts
among us trembled for Fear, for we did
not doubt but the Rafcals came refolv'd ei-
ther to conquer or die, and that they had
taken all the neceffary Precautions for exe-
cuting their Deſign. They advanc'd very
quietly; I was of the fame Opinion as at
the first time, that it was advifeable for us,
to conceal ourſelves, and not to fire 'till they
came upon the Glacis, but Le Grand thought
on the contrary, that the beft Way would
be to intimidate them before they came too
near, and to make uſe of our Cannon, fince
we had them at hand. Accordingly, as foon
as we ſaw them advanc'd within three or
four Hundred Paces of our Fort, one Piece
was diſcharg'd: Whether it did any Execu-
tion or no, we could not fee, but they ſtopp'd
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fhort, whereupon we difcharg'd the other
Piece which carry'd off feveral of their Men,
as we were told by fome of our Com-
rades, who being to the Windward pro-
teſted they faw it very plain. However, this
did not terrify them, on the contrary they
renew'd their March, and came on apace.
They were at leaſt four Hundred refolute Men,
a Number far fuperior to ours. As foon as
they were within Reach, we fir'd upon them
briskly, but they were not diſmay'd, and
notwithſtanding the Number of Men they
loft, they came up even to our Palifadoes,
where fome ftoop'd, and others leaping on
their Backs threw themfelves over with great
Agility 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, inſtead of attacking us in one on-
ly, we fhould have been infallibly ruin'd.
Our Chevaux de Frife were alfo of great Ser-
vice to us, becauſe for want of proper In-
ftruments to pluck them up, they broke but
two of them. This however made a Gap
which gave an Opportunity to one of the
boldeſt of them to climb even to our Breait-
work, and others were preparing to follow;
but three of our Men falling defperately up-
on them, put them to the Sword, and made
them tumble from Top to Bottom. In fine,
three or four of the beſt Men they had, be-
ing
JAMES MASSEY. 267
ing Eye-Witneffes of this fmart Rencounter,
gave way, upon which they all fled, and af-
ter 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 Seventy-
two dead, and Thirteen Wretches gafping
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 Carcaſes
might infect the Air. The only wounded
Man we had was one that was poſted upon
the Breaſt-work, who was fhot in the Thigh
with an Arrow, but was foon after cur'd.
AFTER this Skirmiſh we doubled our
Diligence for our Prefervation; we were ſtill
in Dread of our conquer'd Enemy, becauſe
we apprehended that in time they would be
wifer; but we never faw them afterwards,
nor heard any thing of 'em any more than
of our two Comrades, whom to be fure the
Villains murder'd and devour'd.
NOW you mention eating, faid I, me-
thinks 'tis time to talk of laying the Cloth.
If you'll be rul'd by me, we will dine firſt, and
then ſee what we have to fay to one another
Since that time, faid Normand, no-
thing happen'd worth your Notice. Are
more.
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268 The Travels and Adventures of
you all living ftill? I ask'd him. No veri-
ly, faid he, four died two Years ago, and
there's another very ill, but perhaps the
Sight of you will contribute to his Reco-
very; at leaſt 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, elfe the poor Fellows will not
know what's become of us. Tho' we were
not yet recover'd of the Fatigues of the pre-
ceding Days, yet after having taken a Bit
without 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 an Hundred Paces from the
Fort, to hear one cry, Who goes there? and
to hear Normand fay, A Friend. Yet this
was not all; you were but two when you
went, faid the Centinel, but I fee more. Offi-
cers! Guard! At thefe 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, eſpecially at that time when
I was come from a Country where they knew
not what a Guard meant. Normand ſtepp'd
before us, and difcover'd who we were, at
which they came upon us all at once, and
had like to have mother'd us with Em-
braces. Here we were oblig'd to give ano-
ther Narrative of our Adventures, and to
hear
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269
hear ourſelves bitterly reproach'd for not
having improv❜d our Fortunes.
LE GRAND faid, why Friends, do
you feek for Treaſures and Empires? What
need have we of any thing but plain Food
and Raiment? You were in a Place where
you enjoy'd theſe two Advantages at once,
where all Perfons are upon a Level, except
here and there a few to whom the others pay
a fmall voluntary Deference on Account of
their Virtues, and the Care they take to ad-
minifter Juftice. You were alfo familiar
with the King, who nouriſh'd you with the
Fat of a plentiful fruitful Country, a Land
of Bleffing and Peace, from whence Soldi-
ers are baniſh'd as much as Hangmen, and
where humane Blood is facred and fafe from
the Rage and Tyranny of great Men? I
pray, what would you have more? Go
where you pleaſe, you will never find ſo much
again elſewhere. But 'tis the Foible of moft
Men, they feldom are contented with what
they enjoy, and in whatſoever State and Place
they are, they always think that to be happy
they muſt change it.
ALL this moralizing, reply'd La Foret,
is to no Purpoſe, we are come away, and
we will not go back again were we to want
Bread elſewhere. He is in the right, ſaid I,
when Errors are committed, 'tis needleſs to
think any more of 'em, unleſs it be to be a
Warning to us at another Time. If ever
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fuch good Luck fhould happen to us again,
perhaps we ſhall know better how to im-
prove it.
NEXT Day we went to fetch the re-
mainder of the Baggage which we had left
near the River, and came hither with it, de-
figning to live and die here with the reſt of
our Company.
I WAS mightily pleas'd to fee the good
Order which Le Grand kept in this Fort
with Reſpect to Manners. The leaft im-
modeft Word was forbid on Pain of public
Correction. He read Prayers every Morning
and Evening at which they all attended, for
tho' they were for the moſt part Catholics,
yet they liv'd together as if they had been
all of one Religion. They all profeſs'd to
love God and their Neighbour, as much as
themſelves; every one took his Turn to go
and fetch in Provifions, to drefs the Victuals,
to mount the Guard, and fo of the reft,
while others walk'd Abroad for the Air, or
employ'd themſelves in what they pleas'd.
It was an eafy Matter for us to accommo-
date ourſelves to the Maxims of this petty
Republick. The fick Perfon I found there
was cur'd, ſo that our company conſiſted of
twelve Perfons.
WE liv'd twenty-feven Months together
without any confiderable Accident among us,
but then one of our Comrades died, whoſe
Name was Gafcagnet, a Native of the Ce-
vennes.
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271
vennes. He had been fadly afflicted with an
Athma for feveral Years, which had made
him as lean as a Rake. When he was dead,
I begg'd Leave to open him, which was
readily granted. For this Operation I made
ufe of fome forry Rafors and Sciffors which
my Comrades had fav'd. I found his Lungs
contracted, and dry as a Spunge. The Tra-
chian Artery or Pipe of the Lungs was
hard, inflexible, and wide enough to put an
Egg into it. The Liver was green, one of
its Parts was gritty, and the other which
feem'd perfectly ulcerated, ftuck to his Kid-
neys. I found four 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 Ap-
pearance as one could with, but when I
open'd it, I found a Hole in the Septum Me-
dium 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 furpriz'd me,'
but after a little Confideration I gueſs'd that
the Deceaſed having always labour'd under a
Difficulty of Breathing, and his Lungs by
confequence wanting to be fufficiently cool'd,
Nature was willing to provide a Remedy,
as it does, tho' by other Means, for Infants
in their Mothers Womb, and which indeed do
not breathe at all, inafmuch as the Blood is cir-
culated in them in a very different Manner
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from what it is when they are born. For,
whereas in this Cafe, the Blood which is con-
tain'd in the Veins, and pufh'd from the
Extremities of the Body towards the Heart,
which it enters thro' the Vena Cava, dif-
charges itſelf into the right Cavity from whence
it paffes into the Arterious Vein, afterwards
into the Arteria Venofa, and from thence in-
to the left Cavity of the Heart, from whence
it is pufh'd to the Extremities of the Ani-
mal by the orta, which communicates by
its Branches with thofe of the Vena Cava;
in the other cafe on the contrary, the Blood
which iffues from the Right Cavity paffes
immediately from the Trunk of the Arterious
Vein into the Aorta, at the fame time that
it alſo flows 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 Inteftines. The Ureters and Kidneys
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 Thirty-four Years old. We bury'd him
in the Counterfcarp.
'TWAS fcarce fix Weeks after, that we
had a horrid Earthquake, which was follow'd
with as furious a Tempeft as I ever faw in
my Life. The Mountain to the Weft of
our Fort, rent in twain from Top to Bottom,
and
JAMES MASSEY. 273
and at the fame time there gufh'd out a Tor-
rent of muddy Water with extraordinary
Impetuofity. By good Luck it did not come
down directly upon us, otherwife our Works
would have run a very great Rifque. This
Inundation lafted 'till next Day. All our
Valley was under Water, and we were three
Days without being able to get Abroad.
When the bad Weather was over, and our
Meadows dry, we afcended the Mountain to
ſee part of the Damage done by it. We
found that the Cleft made in the Mountain
was at leaſt 120 Foot wide below, and above
50 towards the Top. There was a Fountain
near the Top of it, which after this was ne-
ver more ſeen, and I was the first who ob-
ferv'd that it was gone. This furpriz'd us
all, but what aftonifh'd us more, was that
half of the Foreft which was below on the.
other Side, was fwallow'd up, and that in-
ftead of Trees which were there before, there
appear'd a very great Lake. Theſe prodi-
gious Events gave us Occafion to admire the
Works of Providence.
LE GRAND. was forry for the Lofs
of this Fountain, becauſe we often went that
Way to divert ourſelves, and were very fond
of its Water, which was wonderfully fine and
clear. He could not comprehend what Re-
lation this Fountain had with the cleaving
of the Rock, and the others were even more
aſtoniſh'd at it than he. Don't you fee,
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faid 1, that there could not have been fuch
a Gap in this great Body, unleſs the Particles
of which 'tis compos'd had met together,
and that confequently the Channels thro'
which the Water paſs'd that form'd the Foun-
tain were flopp'd up, juſt in the fame man-
ner as the Pores of a Spunge clofe in Pro-
portion as 'tis fqueez'd. I am not ſure whe
ther you don't banter, faid one of 'em, one
would think fo by your Looks, tho' what
you ſay ſeems probable enough. No doubt
I banter, faid 1, for there's a Natural and
Phyfical Reafon for what you admire, which
they are not ignorant of who have the leaft
Notion of Philofophy. We know nothing
of Philofophy, faid Le Grand, but if you
think we are capable of underſtanding you,
it will be a Pleaſure to us to philofophize
with us concerning our Fountain. I will,
faid I, with all my Heart, becauſe we have
nothing elfe to do now, provided you won't
think me a Pedant.
THE Globe we inhabit, faid 1, is com-
pos'd of an infinite Number of various Par-
ticles, the chief of which are Terreftrial and
Aqueous. This compound Body turns in
twenty-four Hours round its proper Center.
What, faid Le Grand, does the Earth turn
round? Yes, yes, reply'd La Foret, I heard
him explain this Phænomenon before ſo clear-
ly, that there's no room to doubt of it. Let
him explain it ever fo clearly, faid Le Grand,
I will
JAMES MASSEY. 275
I will never believe any thing contrary to my
Senfes and the Holy Scriptures, in which
there are a great many plain Paffages that
pofitively contradict what you advance. That
your Senfes often deceive you is very eaſy
to prove, continued I, and as to the Scrip-
tures, 'tis certain that the Defign of the
Holy Ghoſt was never to make us Mathe--
maticians and Philofophers, or elſe he would
have taken care to explain thoſe Paffages of
Genefis concerning the Creation, which puz-
zle a great many People, and which a Prieſt
of the Country where La Foret and I have
been, obferv'd that he had heard talk of.
Nor would he have fail'd to have told us the
true Proportion of the Circumference of a
Circle to its Diameter, when he treats of the
Sea of Copper which Solomon caus'd to be
plac'd in his ſtately Temple, and which is
pretended according to the Vulgar Opinion
to be from 30 to 10, or from 21 to 7, where-
as it is as from 22 to 7, or at leaſt there:
does not want much of it, as is demonſtra--
ble from the Mathematics. God, in order ·
to render himſelf intelligible, condeſcends to
talk with us in our own Jargon, and accom-
modates himſelf to our Phrafe; for when he
ſpeaks after his own Manner, 'tis impoffible
for us to underſtand him, and what he fays.
is myſterious beyond our Penetration. Now
all this is eafy to be comprehended, and is
liable to no Objection..
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GRANTING therefore that the Earth
turns, the Parts of it which are in greateſt
Agitation must be thofe which are fartheft
from its Center, as is eafy to prove from
feveral curious Experiments. 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 compos'd of
Parts much more fubtle, and more agitated
than thofe of the Water, which alfo makes
it go before it, and form a fort of Down
round the Terreftrial Globe, which com-
poſes our Atmoſphere, and extends about
two Leagues diftance round the Surface of
the Earth; and 'tis in this Atmoſphere, by
the Way, in which are form'd Rain, Snow,
Lightning, Thunder, and all the Meteors in
general.
HOLD, faid Le Grand, according to
your Philofophy the Bodies that have the
leaft Motion must be the neareſt to the
Center of our Globe: Now the Aqueous
Parts move fafter than the Terreftrial, there-
fore the Water must confequently cover the
whole Surface of the Earth, and we fhould
have a perpetual Flood, which is not the
Cafe.
THE Objection is good, faid I, and
'tis certainly true, that if God by his Al-
mighty Power ſhould level the Mountains,
and
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277
เ
and lay all the Hills in general even with the
Valleys, there would be no Appearance of
dry Land. 'Tis an Argument which per-
haps might very well be made uſe of alſo to.
favour the Notion of the univerſal Deluge,
were it not that the Scripture fpeaks of
Mountains before and after. But you ought
to confider that Nature cannot always have
its free Courſe, by reafon of Obftacles which
hinder it. The Water of a River ought.
according to the Laws which are preſcrib'd
it, to follow the Courſe of its Channel, yet
it often happens that an impetuous Wind
ftops it, and drives it back even to its
Source. The Mountains and Rocks form'd
by Providence are Barriers which the Oce-
an cannot go over, juſt as Liquor which is
in a Veffel cannot furpaſs 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 Subject,
and ſay that there being no Vacuum in the
World; No Vacuum in the World! faid
Le Grand, interrupting me. Alas! I fubmit,
faid I. No, reply'd be, I am in the wrong to
interrupt you ſo often: Go on, I beg; you
did well to check me, for I am fenfible I
ſhould have talk'd idly; from this time I
won't ſpeak a Word more. The Moment,
continued I, that any Particles of Air or Fire
more fubtile and agitated than others rife,
an
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an equivalent Portion of others must necef
farily defcend at the fame time to fupply their
Place. Now you must know that moft
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 Paffages, and fills thoſe
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 high as the higheſt
Mountains, which all the World acknow-
ledges, and is eafy to perceive when one is
upon the Coaft, the Air which preffes the
Water upon the Ocean, forces it to paſs
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 Veffel where there's
a Pipe or an Arm, rifes, in that Arm to
the fame Height as it is in the Veffel, and
there runs out of it if there be the leaft Hole.
This is reafoning exactly like a Philofo-
pher, ſaid I, your Conclufion is very good,
'tis pity that your Principles are bad. For
'tis not true, that the Sea is fo high as the
Shore, if it were, we fhould foon be drown'd;
fo that 'tis a vulgar Error, the Reaſon of
which is very well known to thofe who have
only
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only learnt the firft Elements of Opticks.
But the Cafe is thus.
WHEN the Water comes to the Foot
of thoſe hollow Mountains, 'tis heated by
the Sun-Beams, and rifes in Vapours to the
Roofs, which when collected like the Water
of a boiling Pot againſt the Lid, form
Drops, and thofe Drops, Streams which run
out at the firſt 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
circulates it like the Blood in the Veins of a
living Animal.
THERE! faid La Foret, what d'ye ſay
to that? yet this is nothing. The Explana-
tion as clear as it is, depends on the Know-
ledge of other Things which I have heard
him relate elſewhere, and which you muſt
needs be acquainted with in order to under-
ftand the Matter throughly. Be that as it
will, reply'd Le Grand, I think all this is
very good, and I wiſh that our Doctor would
entertain us in the ſame manner on the For-
mation of Meteors, which muft needs be a
moſt diverting Subject. I had rather, ſaid I,
give you fome Notion of the Mathematics,
of which I have learnt fomething. 'Tis a
Science which perhaps may be of Service
to you if ever we go from hence, at leaſt
it will help to pafs away the time. They all
con-
280 The Travels and Adventures of
confented to my Propofal with Joy, only
Le Grand, who was fond of the Sciences,
fhook his Head. You have put in a Clauſe
for Natural Philofophy, ſaid he, which is
not difpleafing to me at all; I dearly love.
to treat of the Works of Nature, neverthe-
leſs we muſt not require too much at the
hands of our Maſters: Be fo good only be-
fore 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 Opi-
nion: Tell us freely whether you think it was
Univerfal or Partial.
AS Salvation is not at all concern'd in
the Queſtion, ſaid I, which way foever it be
determin'd, I came without any Scruple into
the Opinion of one of the Regents of my
College, who publickly declar'd, that it was
impoffible for all the Water in the World to
cover the whole Earth to fuch a Height as
the Scripture ſeems to mention. But is not
God Omnipotent, faid Le Grand, and befides,
is it not faid that the Flood-Gates of Heaven
were open'd? Undoubtedly, faid I, but the
Divines don't pretend to make this a Miracle;
if they did, I fhould not have one Word to
fay. I don't deny but he who created the
Univerſe can create new Bodies of Water
when he will; but I affirm that if he made
new Waters for that purpofe, he afterwards
annihilated them. And as for the Flood-
Gates
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281
Gates of Heaven, 'tis a poetical and meta-
phorical Expreffion us'd by the Author to
dignify his Subject.
HOW comes it to paſs, ſaid 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 Occa-
fion, as an inexhauſtible Magazine, either to
moiſten the Earth in a time of Drought, or
to lay certain Countries under Water? That,
reply'd Le Grand, is a meer Trifle. The firſt
is a Fiction of the ancient Philofophers: The
fecond a Chimera of Children, which never-
theleſs I have heard urg'd by Perſons of
Senfe. For in fhort, where fhould a watery
Region be plac'd? If above the Firmament,
it would have no Correfpondence with the
Earth; if under, 'tis impoffible we ſhould
fee the fix'd Stars, becauſe the leaft Mift de-
prives us of the Light of the Sun. But
without going fo much out of the way for a
Remedy, let it only be confider'd, that when
it has rain'd eight or ten Days together in
any one Place, there is a Flood; now fup-
poſe it only to rain every where with the
fame Violence for forty Days together, and
then the thing does not feem to me to be at-
tended with fo much Difficulty.
YOU don't confider, faid 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
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Clouds carry to another. If it were to rain
every where with fo much Violence, the
whole Ocean as it were muſt firſt of all be
exhal'd in Vapours, in which Cafe all that
fell would but barely fuffice 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 fifteen Cubits above the
Alps and the Peak of Teneriffe; Mountains
that are perhaps two Leagues high; which
you plainly fee is impoffible.
MEAN time, another Difficulty occurs
with respect to the Size of the Ark. My
Mafter, who taught me Mathematics, had
the Curiofity to take the Dimenſions of this
great Veffel, and to calculate the Contents
of it; then he examin'd Pliny and con-
fulted all the Books of Voyages in order to
make out an exact Lift of all the various
Animals that we have any Knowledge of
at this time. Finally, he computed how
much Proviſion would be neceffary for a
Year's Subfiftence of all thofe Creatures,
and eight Perfons; but when he had collect-
ed all this together, he found the Bulk to be
fo great, that the Veffel 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 Le Grand, have we a right
Notion of the Meaſures mention'd by Mofes?
Yes,
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283
Yes, faid I, the Cubit we read of in the Scrip-
ture was a Foot and half long, and that you
may not think we talk at random, you muſt
know that the Ancients perceiving that Men
are not alike tall and ftout, and that con-
fequently their Limbs muſt be in Proportion
very different from one another, agreed in-
ſtead of making ufe of their Elbows for their
common Meaſures in Traffic, to take four
Barley-Corns laid flat one by another for the
Meaſure of a Finger's Breadth, four of which
made a Hand's Breadth, or three Inches,
and twelve Inches or fixteen Fingers Breadths
a Foot: One and half of theſe Feet made a
Cubit, and five Feet the Geometrical Pace,
whereas the ordinary Pace is but two Foot
and a half. The Rod was twelve Foot. The
Furlong confifted of a hundred and twenty
five Foot, and the Italian Mile of eight Fur-
longs, from whence you perceive that the firſt
Meaſures that were invented by Mankind,
came afterwards to the Greeks, Romans, and
feveral other Nations. This being fo, 'tis
natural to conclude 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 Infancy, and its
Inhabitants had not had time enough to mul-
tiply and ſpread. God laid that Part of it
which was inhabited under Water, it was
not neceffary for him to drown all the other
Parts, accordingly it was enough for Noak
to
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to preſerve only the Species of Cattle which
were in thoſe Countries, in which caſe the
Ark was fufficient to hold more, and con-
fequently all the other Difficulties vanish. For
as to the Expreffion of the whole world, 'tis
very common for the Sacred Writers to make
uſe of it to fignify a Part of it; witneſs
the Paffage where 'tis faid with reſpect to
Joſeph and Mary, that all the World ſhould
be enroll❜d, which every Body knows cannot
be underſtood of more than thofe Countries
which were under the Government of the
Roman Emperor.
UPON this all my Companions retir'd
with a Refolution to dive as far as poffible
into the Mathematics, and to improve by
my Lectures. Accordingly we began next
Day with Euclid's Elements. Tho' that Au-
thor had not gone thro' my Hands in feveral
Years, I had taken fo much Care to revolve
the principal Contents of his fix firft Books
often in my Mind that I feldom hefitated in.
the Demonftrations I made from him. From
thence we proceeded to Geometry in which
indeed I was not fo expert, befides that in
order to go through a regular Courſe of it,
we wanted Books and Inftruments, which
there was no Appearance of recovering
where we were; and in fine we concluded
with Fortification. I ſhould have been glad
alfo to have taught them a little of Algebra,
but Le Grand was the only Perfon that
feem'd
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feem'd inclinable to apply it, which indeed
was but now and then, and he was quite dif
courag'd from proceeding, as foon as we
came to the Cubic Equations.
WE ſpent ſeveral Years in theſe fine
Sciences, infomuch that there were no fmooth
fandy Places but what were full of Geome-
trical Figures, eſpecially in the Downs and
upon the Shore, to which we often went for
the Air. We were there one Day when the
Rolling-in of the Tide gave us an Occafion
to diſcourſe of the Flux and Reflux of the
Ocean, during which we were extremely fur-
priz'd to ſee to the Weſt as far as our Eye-
fight could reach, a Body which we had not
diſcover'd before. We were at firft divided
in our Opinions what it fhould be; fome
thought that as the Water was low, it was
the Point of fome Rock, others would have
it to be a little Cloud. Normand affirm'd
he had feen the fame thing before, and the
reft afferted 'twas a Ship. To be certain of
the matter I fix'd two Arrows in the Ground,
which form'd a right Line with this Body,
and placing myſelf behind them, I obſerv'd
immediately that it mov'd, and that con-
fequently it could not be a Rock. We then
were very attentive to obſerve whether the
Figure of it did not change as Clouds do
commonly, which ſpread, increaſe, or vaniſh
by degrees; but not perceiving any Altera-
tion for half an Hour, only that it was a little
big-
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bigger if any thing, we concluded that it
muſt abfolutely be a Ship, which was fent
by Providence to deliver us from our tedious
Solitude.
THE Wind blew a little frefh, and as
it was not yet Noon, we had hopes of its
coming up with us before Night, fince it
coafted along the Shore. La Foret who was
more afraid than any of us that fo rare and
unexpected a Conveniency fhould efcape us,
was of Opinion that four of us fhould go
aboard our Long-Boat, which we had care-
fully laid up near twelve Years ago in the
Hut that we built at our Arrival, and had
not made uſe of fince, and venture out with
nothing but our Oars in order to meet the Ship,
fear ſhe ſhould put off from the Coaft before
they who navigated her knew we were here,
and that confequently we fhould never have
fuch another Opportunity if we neglected
this. His Opinion was approv'd of, the Boat
was tackled out, and La Foret with three
others went aboard her. Tho' they had but
two Oars, they tugg'd fo hard that in a
very little time we loft fight of 'em. Mean
time the great Ship drew near, and we began
to diſtinguiſh the Sails when we obferv'd the
Sun approach the Horizon. We had at leaft
a League and half to travel to the firſt Lodge
that we had made between our Fort and the
Sea, and the Moon rofe late. Thefe Confi-
derations made us think of retiring to it,
which
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which we did, and found there fome Re-
mains of Provifion that we had brought thi-
ther in the Morning, which were a very ſea-
fonable Relief to us.
THO' we were fatigu'd, it was impoffible
for us to cloſe our Eyes, and there was not
one Man of us but was mortally uneafy. In
the Morning before Day we return'd the di-
recteſt Way we could find towards the Shore.
At our Arrival we were overjoy'd to ſee the
great Ship lying at Anchor a little lower
about a League at Sea, and two Long-Boats
at the fame time coming afhore, ſo that we
advanc'd to meet them at Landing. The
Captain of the Veffel not knowing who they
were that came aboard him detain'd two of
'em, and made ufe of their Comrades as
Guides to eight Men whom he fent off in the
Ship-Boat to know who we were. Immedi-
ately we were order'd to go and fetch our
Baggage, and to return with it as foon as
poffible, becauſe the Ground there not being
very fit for Anchorage, if the leaft foul Wea-
ther had happen'd it would have been dan-
gerous. Six of the Ship's Crew went along
with us. When we came to our Fort, we
took what we thought the beft of every thing,
and left the reft for the Savages, if ever they
thought fit to return. Notwithſtanding 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
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we were going to leave, or rather had taken
care to give him as difadvantageous a Cha-
racter of it as he could; fo that having no
great mind to fee it, he immediately fet fail,
and gave us Caufe to thank God for deliver-
ing us from that miferable Place, where eigh-
teen Years ago we had the Misfortune to be
caft afhore.
CHAP.
XIV.
The Author's Paffage from the Southern Coun-
tries to Goa, where he was impriſon'd by
the Inquifition. The Story of a Chineſe whom
be met with there, and the Manner bow
they got their Liberty.
T
HE Captain of the Ship was a true
Spaniard, who in every Action dif-
cover'd 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 conducted to the
Coaſts of a Country where no Body trades,
it was impoffible for me to learn it, for there
was not one of the Ship's Company that
knew any thing of the matter, and I was
afraid to ask the Churl for fear of being
huff'd as others had been. The Surgeon who
fpoke a little Latin, only faid to me one
Day
JAMES MASSEY. 289
Day that they came from the American
Inlands, whither they had convoy'd fome
Merchant Ships, and carry'd Orders con-
cerning the Releaſe of four or five Ships,
which the Chevalier Tyfot Governor of Su-
rinam had caus'd to be ftopp'd by way of
Reprifal, and that immediately after the De-
livery of thoſe Orders they fail'd towards
the Southern Countries where they went
aſhore twice. At the firſt time, continu'd he,
nothing preſented worthy 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 afhore, but only two return'd who
were thoſe that were left to take care of the
Long-Boat, for the others had been attack'd
by the Natives of the Country who purfu'd
them as far as the Downs, where they took
and cut them to pieces in fight of their Com-
rades, who had much ado to eſcape becauſe
the Water was low, and their Boat was on
dry Ground. We had a Defire to have landed
there alſo where we found you, but I fancy
the Account you gave of thofe Parts, put our
Captain quite out of Conceit with it, which
whether true or not, I thought I heard fay
that we were going in a ftraight Line to
Goa.
ACCORDINGLY I obferv'd, tho'
I knew not why, that we had entirely aban-
don'd the Country where we had been, and
O
that
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that we were ſteering towards the North-Eaft.
But we could not finiſh our Voyage with-
out ſtopping, for the Captain was oblig'd to
put in at the Iſle of Bourbon, five or fix De-
grees Eaft of Madagascar, where we ſtay'd
ten Days to recruit ourſelves, and to take in
freſh Water.
DURING the ſhort Stay we made here,
the Sailors continually diverted themſelves as
long as their Money would hold out. The
Day before we came away, fome of thoſe
that were afhore got drunk, particularly one,
a Native of Seville about thirty five Years
of Age, a very clever Fellow with large
Whiskers which he curl'd every now and
then, and took more care of than of all
the reſt of his Body. As drunk as he was,
he came to the Long-Boat, and no fooner
was aboard, but he fell faft afleep. His Com-
panions that came after him, jogg'd him
fome on one fide, and fome on another, and
made a hundred Grimaces to excite him to
laugh with them. A young Portugueſe, who
was very near as drunk as he, being alfo de-
firous to try a Frolic, foftly pull'd-out his
Sciffors, and flily cut off the Spaniard's Left
Whisker. They all abhorr'd this Action,
blam'd his Imprudence, and told him no
Good would come of it. And the next Morn-
ing the Spaniard being told by fome Babler
who it was that had play'd him that ſcurvy
Trick, he came to the Capftane where the
other
JAMES MASSEY. 29r
other was helping to weigh the Anchor, and
without fpeaking one Word to him run his
Knife up to the very Hilt in his Breaft. 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 ftone-dead, and the Portugueſe himſelf
after a little ftaggering fell with his Nofe
againſt the Bridge of the Forecaſtle, where
he loft almoſt all his Blood in the Space of
a Quarter of an Hour, and gave up the Ghoſt
in my Arms. Thus we loft two brave Men
at once, to the great Trouble of the Cap-
tain, who thereupon made an Oath that he
would puniſh the firſt of his Men that he
faw in Liquor in fuch a manner as to make
him remember it. This however was no hin-
derance to our failing, fo that we arriv'd
happily at Goa the thirteenth Day of April,
1663.
THIS famous City is fituated in an Iſland
of the fame Name, which is at leaſt fifteen
Miles in compaſs at the Mouth of the River
Mondouï. It has a good Harbour, a very fa-
mous Arfenal, and an incomparable Hofpi-
tál. As I had no Engagement aboard the
Ship, the Captain had the Goodness to
let me fettle on that Ifland, and follow
my Profeffion there without demanding any
thing for my Paffage. Moſt of my Com-
rades alſo went afhore, fome one Way, fome
another.
I WAS
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I WAS directed to an Inn where the
Landlord was extremely civil. I had not been
an Hour at his Houſe, but he was fo com-
plaifant as to offer me Lodging there gratis,
till I could find a Houſe to my Fancy. I
made a hearty Supper, and went to bed be-
times. It was hot Weather, fo that I laid
myſelf down without any Thought near the
Bed-poft, with my left Arm hanging out
of the Bed almoft to the Ground. When
I had been there at leaſt four Hours, and
was in my first Sleep, fomething foft and
Jukewarm which mov'd up and down upon
my Hand, made me draw it up, but I was
too drouſy to think what it might be. Fal-
ling into a Doze foon after, the fame thing
happen'd again and again, 'till being at laſt
thoroughly awak'd, I was furpris'd to fee
fomething walk thro' the Room which
feem'd as big as a Calf. My Blood came in-
to my Face, for I could not imagine what it
was, and tho' I verily believ'd that all the
Tales of Witches and Apparitions were old
Womens 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 Hypothefis.
In the mean time, this frightful Object after
having taken fome Turns about the Room,
thought fit to return directly to me. Upon
this I drew back, crept to one fide as faſt as
it advanc'd to the other, and when I was
almoſt
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293
almoſt out of Bed as I thought, my Horrour
which was very great before, increas'd prodi-
giouſly when I found fomething ftir behind
me. To be plain, I was in a mortal Agony
to ſee myſelf beſet on all Sides. The Palpi-
tation of my Heart was inconceivable, I could
hardly fetch Breath, and was all over in a
Sweat. In fhort, the very Moment that the
one made as if he would throw himſelf up-
on me, I heard a Voice from the other fay-
ing, What's the matter, are not you well?
At theſe Words I gave a dreadful Groan,
which plainly fhew'd the Fright that I was in.
Don't be afraid, reply'd be, and who are you?
Said I, trembling all the while. I am John,
faid he, a Sailor on board the Ship that you
came in. The D----l take you, ſaid I, you
have put a Trick upon me that furely will
coft me my Life. I am half dead already,
and if I han't Relief, 'tis impoffible for me
to recover. How the D----l came you hi-
ther? continu'd I? and who is there in the
Chamber befides you? No Body, faid be, and
if you perceive any thing, it can only be the
Captain's Dog, which follow'd me hither laft
Night. A Dog, ſaid I, what, is it as big as
an Afs? 'Tis the great black Shock-Dog
that you have ſeen a hundred times, faid be,
but Fear is apt to magnify Objects, and to
be fure he appear'd to you bigger than he is.
'Twas that curfed Cur then, faid I, that
came and lick'd my Hand three or four times
Q 3
before
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before I was quite awake. But once more I
pray, how came you into my Room? The
Captain, reply'd be, 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 per-
haps have taken half a Bed with a Stranger
who was juſt arriv'd in the St. Jago, and up-
on his explaining himſelf a little farther, I was
fure it muſt be you; ſo that after having told
him that we both came in the fame Ship, he
permitted me upon my Word and Honour
that you would not take it ill, to come and
bear you Company. All this, my Friend,
would have been perfectly right, reply'd I, if
you had but ſpoke to me when you came in-
to the Room. I would have done fo, ſaid he,
but you flept fo found, that I thought it
would be a Sin to diſturb you. Theſe Cir-
cumftances reviv'd me very much, and I
found my Spirits recover by degrees, but they
had been too much diforder'd for me not to
guard againſt the Confequence; therefore as
foon as 'twas Day, I made my Portugueſe get
out of Bed, and charg'd him to fend for a
Surgeon who breath'd a Vein, and took away
five or fix Ounces of Blood, fo that God be
thank'd my Panic had no Confequence, tho'
certainly I never was in fuch a Terror be-
fore. My Landlord, who fcarce knew me
again,
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295
again, was affected at this Incident, but we
laugh'd at it afterwards, and he diverted every
one that came to his Houſe with the Story.
I LODG'D ten Days after over-againſt
the Dominicans Convent here, which is a
very fine one. Tho' I ftay'd here but a very
little time, I had the Happineſs to perform
feveral Cures, which procur'd me the Ac-
quaintance of many People of Worth. One
of the Dominicans having broke his Leg by
a Fall down Stairs, fent for me, and tho'
the Bone was ſhatter'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 honeft Frier thought
he could never do enough to fhew his Love
and Gratitude, and not only himſelf, but all
of his Order were fond of my Company at
all my leiſure Hours, and I us'd to enter-
tain them with a narrative of my Travels.
Befides they recommended me wherever they
went, fo that my Practice increas'd every
Day, which brought me in a great deal of
Money, and I thought my felf in a fair
Way of acquiring a confiderable Eftate. But
Thanks to my unlucky Star, a freſh Affair
happen'd 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 Religions, Pagans, Jews, Mahome-
tans, but the Catholic is the prevailing Reli-
gion,
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gion, and the only one that is publickly ex-
ercis'd. The Clergy are very rigid, and the
Laity extremely fuperftitious, but you must
not think this proceeds from a Principle of
Devotion, the former being ftupidly igno-
rant, and the latter exceffively debauch'd,
the Women eſpecially having the Character
of inconceivable Laſciviouſneſs. Being a lit-
tle at Eafe, and having an Opportunity to
frequent feveral Companies, 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 Pro-
feffion enrag'd to fee how much Bufinefs I
had, at the fame time that he cou'd hardly
get Bread; having heard me talk after this
manner feveral times, was fuch a Villain as
to go and accufe me of Herefy before the
Inquifition, which is the moft terrible and
the moſt unjuft Tribunal in the World. For
as I was going one Day to the Governor's,
who had fent for me to bleed one of his
Domeſtics, I was fcarce fifty Paces. from
his Houfe, but an Officer came and faid I
muft go with him, and at the fame Inftant
four of his Tipftaves furrounded me, and
feizing me by the Collar carry'd me on the
26th of June 1669 to Prifon, where they
loaded me with Fetters like the vileft of
Criminals.
THERE
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THERE was above twenty of us in a
curfed Dungeon without Light. There was
a deep Hole in the middle of it for the Pri-
foners Neceffities, but fcarce any Body durft
go near it for fear of falling in, which was
the Reaſon that every one dung'd where he
could, and that confequently there was an in-
tolerable Stench.
THE firſt Day that I was detain'd, I
did nothing but figh and groan for the Lofs
of my Liberty, and with the Apprehenſion of
what I was foon to fuffer from the Tyranny
of the moſt implacable Judges in the World.
But being afterwards made fenfible that all
this would anſwer no End, I thought that
the beſt way to difpel part of my Chagrin
would be to ſtart Converſation upon indif-
ferent Matters with the firft Man that came
in my Way. For this end I addreſs'd my-
ſelf to moſt of my Fellow-Priſoners, fome
of whom did not underſtand me, becauſe I
did not ſpeak their Language, and the others
were fo dejected, that they did not care to
anfwer me a Word; only one Man who was
more patient and fociable than the reſt, ſaid
to me in Portugueſe;
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"YOU have but a melancholy Recep-
"tion here, but you muſt not be ſurpriz'd
at it, for 'tis impoffible without a happy
"Temper and a great Courage not to be
difpirited in fo diſagreeable a Place as this,
eſpecially when a Man has been here fome
O 5
"" time.
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"time. For my part, I 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." Thoſe are fine Qualities indeed,
faid I, very few People are capable of fo
much Refolution. Of what Religion are
you, ſaid I? I am, faid he, a Univerſaliſt,
or of the Religion of honeſt Men. I love
God with all my Heart, I fear him, I wor-
fhip him, and I endeavour to do to all Men
without Exception what I wifh they would
do to me. All that's very good, faid I, but
you are undoubtedly of fome Communion.
People feldom attain to your Age, but they
declare for a certain Party or Sect. Not I,
faid he, I make no difference between one
Society or Denomination and another; there
is not one but has its Beauties and its Ble-
miſhes, and I am perfuaded there is none in
which a Man may not either be fav'd or
damn'd. Verily, faid I, what you fay con-
firms me in the Opinion I 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 eve-
ry Man in particular, but with Regard to
every Day of one's Life; what we thought
of Yeſterday in one Light, we look upon
to-day in another, and the Mind as well
as the Body is fubject to a thouſand Alte-
rations.
I AM
JAMES MASSEY. 299
I AM a Chineſe, continued he, and my
Father was a Man in good Circumftances,
who took great Care of my Education, fo
that it was not his Fault if I have not a good
Stock of Learning. One Du Bourg a Miſ-
fionary Jefuit having heard mention of him
as of a generous Man and of a numerous
Family, found Ways and Means to intro-
duce himſelf among us. He was a Man
not only civil, but feemingly of an exem-
plary Piety, fo that we all took an unſpeak-
able Pleaſure in hearing him difcourfe. He
gave each of us a Catechifm, which he de-
fir'd us to read attentively, and explain'd in
a very eaſy familiar Way. After this there
were Conferences at our Houſe two or three
times a Week, in which it must be own'd,
that the Jefuit neglected nothing for our In-
ftruction. As there was little or no Perplexi-
ty in the Subjects which he treated of at
firſt, ſuch as the Fall of Man, his Redemp-
tion by the Son of God, and everlaſting
Happineſs, we took great Pleaſure in his
Lectures; but at laft after two or three
Months were over, this Ecclefiaftic who went
on gradually, and did not care to frighten
us all at once, when he began to explain
the Prophefies, and to diſplay the Myſteries
of the Trinity and the Incarnation, my Fa-
ther's Mind began to be uneafy. He could
not comprehend how Men of Senſe that boaſt
of the glorious Lights of Revelation fhould
not
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not fee that their Worſhip is envelop'd in the
thickest Darkness of Paganifm. Is it not
furprizing, faid he, that People fhould take
Pleafure in being wilfully blind to fuch a
Degree, as to have an Abhorrence of thofe
who fhew them plainly, that their chief
Maxims and the moſt effential Articles of
their Religion are miferable Puerilities, and
Impertinencies which they themselves fay.
were a Stumbling-block to the Jews, and
Fooliſhneſs to the Greeks! Efpecially, faid he,
I tremble when any Man goes to perfuade
me, that a Being fovereignly perfect and im-
material engender'd another corporeal God
equal to him from all Eternity, and that
there is alſo another God, an independent
Spirit proceeding from the Father and the
Son, each of the Three making a diſtinct
Perfon, and being perfect God, and yet all
thofe Three making but one only perfect
God. Certainly this is making a ſtrange Chi-
mera of the moſt ſimple and moſt undivided
Being.
THE Jefuit wifh'd he had not embark'd
fo far. He endeavour'd to remove that Ob-
ftruction by the common Method of Theo-
logues; but not fucceeding, he made uſe of
this Compariſon. Suppoſe, Sir, ſaid he, a
Tree that bears Fruit inceffantly; in ſuch a
Tree I find three Things that have a very
great Refemblance to the Holy Trinity. I
obſerve the Analogy between the Trunk and
the
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the Father, between the Son and the Branches,
and between the Holy Spirit and the Fruit.
The Trunk is as the Father, becauſe both
the Branches and Fruit are produc'd from it;
the Branches are as the Son, in that they
are produc'd from the Trunk as fo many
Arms or Conveyance for diftributing to Man-
kind all that proceeds from the Trunk. And
the Fruit is as the Holy Spirit, confidering
that it comes to us both from the Trunk and
the Branches, as ſo many Affurances or Tef-
timonies of their Goodneſs. I own, that
when Eternity is the Point in Queſtion, the
Refemblance ceafes, becaufe 'tis not poffible
to find a Proportion betwixt Finite and In-
finite, be the former ever fo ancient and ex-
tenfive. 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 Microſcope, 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 appear'd but as one entire
Tree without diftinction of Branches and of
Fruit. But to come from hence to the Thing
I aim at, 'tis evident that whatever Dif-
ference you make between the Trunk,
Branches, and Fruits of a Tree, there is ef
fentially none at all; they are indeed different
Parts, yet all thofe Parts together conftitute
but
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but one Whole. It fignifies nothing to fay
that the Trunk is not the Branches, and that
the Branches are not the Fruit. I affirm that
this Diftinction is not real, that is to fay,
that thoſe Things cannot fubfift independent-
ly one of the other as when they are united.
In order to make a compleat Tree fuch as
we have imagin'd, there muft neceffarily be
a Conjunction of a Trunk, Branches, and
Fruit, yet each has its particular Ufe; the
firft, as I faid before, creates or produces,
the ſecond bears, difplays, and gives, and
the third by its Prefence and Operations con-
firms in the Belief we entertain with Regard
to the ſecond and the firft. 'Tis one and the
fame Subſtance variouſly repreſented, one
Agent which operates after divers Manners,
but in the main is only one, and cannot be
confider'd as feveral without a manifeft Con-
tradiction. God is but One in Effence: In
the Oeconomy of Salvation 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 humble Son
who ſatisfies the Juftice of his Father; and
when the Buſineſs is the Application and Dif-
tribution of his Grace, he is confider'd as the
Holy Ghoſt.
AFTER this Manner and no other, faid
my Father, interrupting him, I conceive of the
Meaning of the Word Trinity, but there is
fomething elſe couch'd under it, or you would
not
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not have made fo many Periphrafes; I don't
like any of theſe Ways of acting; formerly
I thought you an honeft Man, but now I
find you a Cheat, and taking him by the
Arm he thruft him out of his Houſe for
good and all; then turning about to us, he
faid, Don't you obferve the Abfurdities in
this Sophifter's Arguments? According to
his Way of talking, this Jefus whom he
preaches up to us 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 contracted by
eating the forbidden Fruit, becauſe Adam who
according to him was created to live eter-
nally, thereby deferv'd Death Temporal and
Eternal, and becaufe Chrift only preferv'd
Adam's Pofterity from the latter of thoſe
Deaths of which we have not any Cer-
tainty, and of which many Nations are
ignorant; whereas he was not able to redeem
us from the Death which we know by Ex-
perience, and which, faid he, was impos'd
upon us as a Puniſhment. And what is yet
more remarkable upon this Head is, that the
Terms of this Redemption are burdenſome,
and much more difficult to put in Practice
than thoſe to which the Jews were fubject
under the old Difpenfation. The Ifraelites,
as the Chriftians themfelves fay, were only
bound to do good Works; the Law requir'd
nothing of 'em but Sprinklings and fuch
other
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other Ceremonies; but under the New Co-
venant Faith is added to good Works, and
a Faith ſtrong enough to believe all the My-
fteries of Religion without doubting, not-
withſtanding they are repugnant to Reaſon
and good Senſe. As for my own Part, Chil-
dren, faid he, I renounce fuch wild Opi-
nions, and will poſitively hear no more of
them.
I WAS then twenty two Years of Age,
and confequently at Years of Difcretion. Í
was fo infatuated with the Sanctity of my
Director, that notwithſtanding what I had
heard my Father fay, I thought myſelf bound
in Conſcience to embrace all fair Occafions
of benefiting by his wholefome Inftructions.
There were feveral Places where he had made
Profelytes, and which he frequented every
Day. I took all Opportunities to make one
at his Affemblies, at which he ſeem'd over-
joy'd, and I thought I reap'd confiderable
Advantage from his Lectures. Tho' I acted
with the utmoſt Precaution, I could not pre-
vent my Proceedings from coming to my Fa-
ther's Ear, who reproach'd me very ſeverely,
and forbad me on Pain of his Diſpleaſure to
frequent the Haunts of a Perſon who accord-
ing to him had nothing in View but his Plea-
fures, Vain-Glory, and the Ruin of our
Family in procefs of Time. My Father's
Temper was fuch that he could not bear
his Children to make Replies, fo that I was
JAMES MASSEY. 305
forc'd to obey, or run the Rifque, of being
chaftis'd.
AFTER this, I did not ſee the Monk
above three or four times in fix Months, which
was ſuch an infupportable Mortification to
me, that one Day having acquainted me of
a Voyage he intended to make to Goa, I
inform'd myſelf which Way he was to go,
and without faying a Word to any Soul, I
fet out two Days before him, and went fif-
teen Leagues from Home to ſtay for him.
The good Man was tranfported to fee me,
but when I told him what was the Motive
of my meeting him, he had like to have dif-
carded me for fear of the Confequences, fo
that I was oblig'd to give him my Oath that
I would, wherever we came, declare what
indeed was no more than the Truth, that
he had no hand in this Excurfion of mine,
and that I would always endeavour at the
Hazard of my Life to clear him from any
fuch Accufation.
WHEN we came hither, I intreated him
to find me out fome Perfon with whom I
might live in the nature of a Domeftic. It
was not long before Father Du Bourg procur'd
what I wanted, for he plac'd me with one.
Pelciano a Portuguese Phyfician whom he
knew intimately. This honeft Man who had
a great deal of Regard for me, took ſo much
Pains to teach me his Language, that not-
withſtanding my ordinary Avocations, I was
able
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able to ſpeak it in a very fhort Time. He
likewife took a fingular Pleaſure in inftruct-
ing me in his Religion, but tho' he was not
fo prevaricating as the Jefuit, I was fhock'd
at a great many Things, which I thought
either ridiculous, or manifefty contradictory.
I was alfo at fome Trouble to reconcile your
Chronology, which limits the Creation of the
World to the Term of about fix Thouſand
Years, with ours and that of the Indians,
who extend it with a great deal of Proba-
bility to a Diſtance almoſt infinite. Befides,
I was extremely perplex'd which of the Sects
to make choice of, when I heard that the
Chriftians as well as others, are divided in-
to a Number of Societies which differ fo
much in their Opinions as to cauſe an irre-
concileable Hatred between them, fo far as
to damn one another; and that even in every
one of theſe Societies there's I know not
how many different Sorts of Opinions. My
Mafter to whom I propos'd my Scruples,
and who made ufe of all his Rhetoric to
folve them, expected I fhould prefer the Ro-
miſh Religion to all others, probably becauſe
twas that which he profefs'd himſelf. But
being fhock'd at the ridiculous Superftitions
which I found thofe of that Communion were
guilty of, I earnefty begg'd him to tell me
feriouſly what he thought it adviſeable for
me to do.
WELL
JAMES MASSEY. 307
→
WELL my Lad, faid he, remain as you
are, or elſe turn to that Side where you think
to find moft Advantage. I will not make
ufe of the Authority of Polybius, a very fa-
mous Hiftorian about two Hundred Years
before Chrift, who pretended, as he fays in
his fixth Chapter, That the Gods, as well
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166
"as Puniſhments and Rewards after this
"Life, are only the chimerical Productions
"of the Ancients, which would be very
"infignificant if a Republic was to be form'd
"to
to conſiſt only of good Men; but becauſe
"there is no State where the People are not
irregular and wicked, 'tis abfolutely necef-
fary for keeping them in Awe, to make
ufe of the Panic Terrors of another World,
to admit, believe and intirely to conform
to them, on Pain of paffing for Madmen
"and Fools." As this great Man was a
Pagan, 'tis not fair to quote him among us
upon a Fact of fuch Confequence. So that
it fhall fuffice to tell you, that 'tis a Maxim
with Great Men as well as the Learned to
accommodate themfelves to Times and Sea-
fons. 'Tis indifferent in what Church, or
with what People we worship God, pro-
vided we ſerve him with Refpect and Vene-
ration. He is the only common Father of
all Mankind, and is willing to grant them
all Salvation. 'Tis neither the Denomina-
tion of Catholic, Calvinist, Lutheran nor Ans-
baptift, by which People are fav'd, but by
Faith
308 The Travels and Adventures of
Faith and good Works. The Man that leads
a good Life is acceptable to God, wherever
he dwells, and Providence which trieth the
Heart and the Reins, can eaſily diſtinguiſh a
Believer from an hundred Thouſand wicked
and ungodly Perfons. Moſt of the Articles
which fet Men at Variance in Religion are
not fo effential as is pretended by the Clergy;
'tis often a Matter of Indifference whether
they are accepted or rejected; 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.
Worſhip is not attach'd to any particular
Place, nor is Adoration paid any longer on
the Mountain or in Jerufalem. God no lon-
ger requires the Blood of Heifers for his
Satisfaction, nor the Distortions of the Body.
My Son, fays be, give me thy Heart. This,
I ſaid, appears to me very rational, I moſt
humbly thank you for your Advice; and
according to thefe Principles I fhall be con-
tent with keeping up the Title of a Chrifti-
an, without attaching myſelf abfolutely to
any one Sect. Ever fince that Time, conti-
nued the Chineſe, while I travell❜d with Monf.
Pelciano, I attended at all the Divine Services
without any Scruple, and without giving Of
fence to any Perfon whatſoever.
BUT
JAMES MASSEY. 309
BUT, I reply'd, how came you to
be committed here? Indeed I know no-
thing of the Caufe, faid he, unleſs it be for
having perhaps ſpoke a little too freely of
the Myſtery of the Incarnation; for I re-
member, I talk'd of that Matter publickly
three or four Days before my Impriſonment.
Mean time 'tis an Article that I fhall never
be filent about; for tho' I call my felf a
Chriſtian, and am really fo, I am far from
defigning it to the Prejudice of the Author
of all things. Jefus Chrift himſelf, if he
were here, wou'd clear me.
How great a
Man foever this Divine Prophet was, 'tis fuf-
ficient to believe him the Son of God, by
way of Eminence, and 'tis affronting him,
to think him capable of attributing that Title
to himſelf by Nature. It may alſo be af-
firm'd that he is truly our Mediator, becauſe
he has pointed out the way of Salvation to
us, and the Means of keeping in that way.
His Morals were undeniably pure, his Life
holy, and his Doctrines divine, and he con-
firm'd the Truth of them by his Death; but
that he is God Almighty, and Everlaſting,
the fame Effence as the Father, and yet per-
fonally diſtinct from him, and engender'd
from all Eternity, conceiv'd immediately of
the Holy Ghoft, or of God himſelf, and
born of an immaculate Virgin, is what he
has not pretended to, tho' others, with the
greateſt Injustice in the World, put thofe
Words
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Words into his Mouth. 'Tis very true, as
I have heard my Mafter fay an hundred
times, that the Scripture introduces God fay-
ing to him, Thou art my Son, but then it adds
immediately after, This Day have I begotten
thee. And as to the Word Virgin, 'tis cer-
tain, that in the original Language it alfo
fignifies a young Woman. Befides there are
many Expofitors who fay, that the appropri
ating thofe Paffages to Jefus Chrift is doing
Violence to the Text.
FINALLY, I muſt tell you, that the
very Miracles, which are afcrib'd to this
Great Perfon, are not to be underſtood li-
terally, but in an improper and figurative
Senfe, as all the Parables of the Goſpel are
underſtood in. Thus, for Example, the Sto
x
of the Temptation, which appears to be
ry
ridiculous and impoffible, if taken literally,
means nothing but that the Kings and Prin-
ces of the Earth, who are as high as the
Mountains above other Mortals, the Clergy,
thoſe Directors of Confciences, who preach
in the Temples and facrifice 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 di-
vert them from their Duty, and to hinder
them from paying, their Homage to the
Monarch of Heaven and Earth. The Per-
fons poffefs'd with Devils mean repenting
Sinners, and the Swine, into which the Devils
that
JAMES MASSEY. 31+
that poffefs'd them were fent, fignify Wretches
abandon'd to all manner of Uncleannefs, and
plung'd over Head and Ears in Wickedneſs.
The Faith of a Believer appears from the
Example of Peter, when he walk'd upon
the Waters, and his Unbelief from his fink-
ing; his Virtue from his reſolving to follow
his Maſter in the moſt evident Dangers; and
his Infirmity from his denying him the
very
Inftant that a filly Woman accus'd him of be-
ing one of his Company when he fell into the
hands of his Enemies. In a word, all the
extraordinary Events, as the Cure of Crip-
ples, Blindneſs, Palfies, and fuch other Ail-
ments, as well as the Refurrection of the
Dead, mention'd in the Hiſtory of the Life
of Chriſt, are to be underſtood in a ſpiritual
Senfe; for then there is no Difficulty in ex-
plaining the Scripture, and they to whom
it appears ridiculous or myfterious, will find
it intelligible and eafy; and fo is the Old
Teftament, when we confider it only as a
Compound' of Emblems, Allegories, Meta-
phors, Hyperboles, Types and Comparifons
invented for the Comfort and Inftruction of
the Children of God.
WHAT you have now told me, faid I,
would furnish us Matter for a long Conver-
fation, but I believe it would be to no Pur-
pofe. All that I can tell you is that the Jefuit
Du Bourg is a very politick Gentleman, your
Mafter a Portuguese few, and for your own
part
312 The Travels and Adventures of
part, I look upon you as a Volunteer, or a
Free Perfon, and not as a lifted Soldier. As
long as a Man is not engag'd to any parti-
cular Captain, he may go and ferve where
he pleaſes without any Body's calling him to
account; but from the Moment that he is
inlifted, he cannot leave his Company with-
out the Permiffion of his Leader, and if he
deferts he is a Criminal, and is puniſh'd ac-
cording to the Laws. You fay you are a
Chriſtian, tho' you are very far fhort of it
'till you have abjur'd Paganiſm, and em-
brac'd the Sect that you like beft among the
Chriſtians. You are not properly ſpeaking
ſubject to any Cenfure, and I perfuade_my-
felf that if they who detain you here knew
you, you would not ftay here long. When
all's faid and done you are not under their
Jurifdiction, and in this City there's entire
Freedom for People of all Nations. Repre-
fent this to your Judge the next time that
you appear before him, not forgetting to fay
that you are a Chinefe; and if you don't
make mention of Chriſtianity, I queftion not
but you will do very well, and that you will
get off for a Correction which you have very
well deferv'd.
IF ever I get out of their Clutches, re-
ply'd be, I affure you I'll never get in again :
I have, Thanks to God, wherewithal to live
at Home, and can do very well after the
manner I propoſe to myſelf, and even tho'
our
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our Domeſtic Affairs fhould not find me
Employment, as long as my Father is living,
I can spend my time in making Teleſcopes
and Microſcopes.
HOW Microſcopes, faid I, where did
you learn the Ufe of thofe things? At Mon-
fieur Pelciano's, reply'd he, who is as well-
skill'd in them as any Man in all the Indies.
Father Du Bourg meddles with them too,
and even pretends to excel in them, but after
all what he does that way is worth nothing.
The Microſcopes which I make magnify Ob-
jects 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 diſtinguiſh Bodies which are imper-
ceptible to the naked Eye. What I have ad-
mired a hundred times is that, by the help of
this little Inftrument, we find that our Bo-
dies are cover'd with Scales one upon ano-
ther like the Back of a Carp. And my Maf-
ter 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 like-
wife that our thick Air is compos'd of Par-
ticles much more grofs in proportion to the
fubtle Matter, than thofe of Water can be.
This Thought is founded upon Experiments
which I have ſeen him make ſeveral times,
and which perhaps you will not be forry to
know.
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HE
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HE took two Bottles, one full of Water
in which he put fome fmall Fiſh; the other
of thick Air in which he put Birds, Mice,
Rats, Squirrels, and other fuch Animals,
after which he pump'd the Air out of the
one, and the Water out of the other.
Then making an Obſervation with certain
Glaffes of a Figure in a manner Hyperbo-
lical, it appear'd there was not fo much dif-
ference between the Particles of the Water
which went out of the one, and the Particles
of the Air that remain'd, as there was be-
tween the Particles of Air and the Parcels
of pure Matter in the other; to which may
be added that Fifh live longer in the one
than thofe little Animals in the other. But
Glaffes of this Sort are of difficult Conftruc-
tion, at leaſt I have not been able hitherto
to make them to due Perfection. To this I
have heard it objected that if you take three
different Veffels feal'd hermetically and fill'd,
the first with Water, the fecond with Air,
and the third with fubtile Matter, and put a
Hive Sparrow in each; it was always obſerv'd
that the Fleſh of this Animal was corrupted
in a few Days in the firft Veffel, whereas in
the others it did not fuffer the leaft Alte-
ration in feveral Years. From hence it ſeems
to follow that the Particles of Water muſt be
more grofs and more efficacious than thoſe of
Air, becauſe otherwiſe this would proceed by
degrees; that is to fay, that if the Water cor-
rupts
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rupts Fleſh in eight Days, the Air muft do it.
in fixteen, and the fubtile Matter in twenty
four, fuppofing an Equality in their Diffe-
rences, whereas 'tis found that Water alone
is capable of this Operation. But 'tis pro-
bable that the Greatnefs of the Parts has not
fo much Share in this Diffolution as the Fi-
gure and Agitation in the Agent on the one
hand, and the Difpofal of thoſe fame Parts
in the Patient on the other, becauſe there
are Bodies, fuch as Oak-timber, which
keep much longer in Water than the Air;
whereas on the contrary Fire deſtroys Afh-
wood in a Day, when Water cou'd not do
it in an Age.
'TIS a curious Subject, reply'd I, but do
you know what your Doctor thinks about the
Production of Animals? He thinks, faid be,
that Generation is the only way by which
they are produc'd, whatever Argument may
be invented to favour a contrary Opinion.
For as to the Inftance of Fruits with Worms
in them, whereof there's no Appearance
without which way they got within, this is
attended with no Difficulty. To explain this
matter it muſt be obſerv'd, that Flies and
fuch Infects commonly creep into the Chinks
of Trees and Plants, not only to ſhelter
themſelves from the Injuries of the Air, but
to get Nouriſhment from the Sap; fo that
if the Eggs of fuch Vermin happen to be in
the Place where Fruit is to be form'd, that
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which is neareſt being encompass'd with the
first Drop of the Moiſture that iffues out of
it for its Formation, lies inclos'd in it, and
lives in it till the Fruit is ripe, or as long as
there remains any thing for it to fubfift on;
and when fuch Provifion is fpent, it pene-
trates thro' the Obftacle that ftops it, and
makes its way out: To confirm this Opinion
by undeniable Proof, only look_upon_the
Gall-nut, and if you examine its Production
carefully, you will find ſomething in it that is
furpriſing.
THE Gall-nut is an Excrement, or, if
you pleaſe, ſaid 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 ſhould be ſcorch'd by the Heat
of the Sun: As foon as theſe little Animals
are hatch'd, they break thro' the Covering
which gives them Shade, and pierce thro'
the Veins of it, in order to be nouriſh'd by
the Juice that comes out of it in a great
Quantity. If it then happens that one of theſe
Infects be environ'd with a Drop that has
any due Confiſtency, it ftays there while fuch
Drop congeals, grows and becomes a Fruit
at laft, of the Bignefs of a Pigeon's Egg,
more or leſs, and it does not go out of it
'till 'tis become a Fly, or 'till the Fruit which
it has in a manner produc'd, be too dry to give it
Nou-
JAMES MASSEY. 317
Nouriſhment. He confirm'd this Hypothefis
by other Arguments which I don't remember.
THREE Weeks after my Impriſonment
I was carry'd to the Holy Office: The Judge
having ask'd me the Place of my Birth, my
Age and my Religion (to which I anfwer'd
very readily) conjur'd me to declare with my
own Mouth the Reaſon of my being detain'd,
becauſe there was no better Method for my
ſpeedy Deliverance out of Trouble, expecting,
no doubt, that I fhould act with regard to
that Tribunal, as I wou'd before God, that
is to fay, make Confeffion of my Faults, in
order to obtain Mercy. I protefted to him,
that I had not done or faid any thing which I
cou'd reproach my felf with, or which any body
cou'd lawfully lay to my charge; that God
was Witneſs of my Innocence, and that it
muſt be fome ill-minded Perfon, who per
haps envy'd my Succefs in my Buſineſs, that
had done me the Miſchief to accuſe me of
fome Crime that I had never committed. In
fine, I gave him to underſtand, that I had
great Dependence upon his Goodneſs, and
that if he did but inquire into my Life he
wou'd foon be convinc'd of the Truth of
what I told him.
THE fame thing happen'd to me a fort-
night after, and fo on till I had been ex-
amined ſeven times; after which the Inqui-
fitor told me, that fince I did not care to
make a true Confeffion of the Crimes I had
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mitted, as a means of recovering my Liberty,
they ſhould proceed to declare againſt me.
At the fame time the Secretary read the De-
pofitions, which fet forth that I had spoke
contemptibly of the Images of Saints, Cruci-
fixes, Purgatory, and the Infallibility of the
Holy Office. What fay you to that? faid the
Judge. I own, faid I, that when I beheld the
Irregularity of moſt of the Inhabitants of this
City, I could not help declaring in feveral
Places, that I was furpris'd to fee, that Peo-
ple, who fcrupled to pafs before a Crucifix
often made of vile Stuff, without paying a
profound Reverence to it, or were afraid to
neglect one Day without falling down twenty
times before Images of Paper, made no Scru-
ple to wallow in the Ordure of the moft in-
famous Vices that can be committed in a So-
ciety of reaſonable Creatures. 'Tis alſo true,
that I ſpoke of Purgatory, as a Place which
I thought very unneceffary, becauſe 'tis fuf-
ficient for a Chriftian to believe that his Sa-
viour's Blood cleanfeth him from all his Sins.
And as to Infallibility, faid I, I don't think
it can be lawfully afcrib'd to any but God,
all Men being Sinners, according to ſeveral
plain Paffages of the holy Scripture. I own,
faid I, that I talk'd after this manner, but
God knows that 'twas only with a View to
glorify his Name, and from the Abhorrence
I had to fee fo much Licentiouſneſs in a Place
where Piety and Devotion are pretended to
reign
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319
reign in a very eminent Degree, and not with
any Deſign to offend Religion or the holy
Office. You took too great a Liberty, Friend,
reply'd the Inquifitor; if you had however
confefs'd all this at firft, it wou'd not have
been the worſe for you, tho' your Guilt wou'd
have been the fame. Mean time the Secretary,
who wrote down my Confeffion in the Na-
ture of a formal Depofition, order'd me to
fign it, whereupon a Procefs was commenc'd
againſt me; I was condemn'd to the Galleys
for Life, and all my Goods confiſcated.
WE were about an hundred and fifty poor
Wretches, who, on the 8th of January, 1670,
were turn'd out of this terrible Place, fome
to be banish'd, of whom our Chinefe was one,
fome to be whipp'd, and three, who had
been accus'd of Magic, were burnt alive, par-
ticularly a poor old Man of fourfcore and
three, whom two different Orders of Monks
had depriv'd of a very confiderable Inheri-
tance, by forcing his Brother, who was a
rich Man, to make a Will, by which
they got Poffeffion of all that he left be-
hind him at his Death, on pretence of deli-
vering his Soul forthwith out of Purgatory.
This unjuſt Proceeding fo exaſperated the old
Man, that he cou'd not help fretting at it,
and raving againſt thofe Perfons whom he
took to be the Authors of this Injuftice,
whereupon they loaded him with Crimes
that deferv❜d Burning, and did not ceaſe
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to proſecute him till they faw him con-
fum❜d to Aſhes.
CHAP.
XV.
Of the Author's Departure for Lisbon: How
be was
taken and carry'd into Slavery,
and what happened to him while he was a
Slave.
WAS carry'd aboard a Ship, the
Captain of which had Orders to de-
liver me over to the Inquifitor 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 Houſes of Correction, where the
Priſoners were put to hard Labour, becauſe
the Portugueſe have no Galleys at Sea. This
comforted me a little in my Misfortune. I
thought it a great Happineſs to be deliver'd
from the Oar, and the Cruelties exercis'd by
the Tyrants of the Committees upon the
Slaves chain'd on board their Veffels. We
had a tolerable Voyage, and the fineſt Wea-
ther all the way that we could reafonably ex-
pect. The moſt remarkable thing that happen'd
to us was, that on the 23d of March a Water-
fpout had like to have carry'd off our Main-
topmaft. The Crew thought themſelves loft,
and in a Moment the moſt impious Expreffions
were
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were chang'd into thoſe of Devotion, which
continu'd till the Hurricane left us. At length,
after having paſs'd the Canaries 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 us
ftoutly. Tho' we had made a good Voyage,
yet there were feveral fick People on board
of us; we fought however near two Hours,
during which we had twelve Men kill'd and
ſeventeen wounded. I beg pardon of God,
but I must own I was glad that we were
fallen into the hands of Pirates, becauſe I
thereby hoped to recover my Liberty; (but
but it did not turn out as I expected. The
Captain redeem'd his Ship for a Sum of
Money, and the Pirates only took thirty of
the ftouteft and clevereft Men, befides my-
felf, whom they carry'd to Serfelli, a lit-
tle Town upon the Mediterranean, twenty
Leagues from Algier, and four from the Ri-
ver Miromus. There we landed on the
18th of July, and were fold to the higheft
Bidder.
MY Maſter was a Ship-carpenter, a Man
of Subſtance, who had at leaſt thirty Boys in
his Service. At first I was only employ'd in
the coarſe Work; to fetch and carry, and to
ſerve the Workmen with what they wanted,
was my proper Occupation. Afterwards Í I
help'd to careen the Ships, to refit them, and
to calk them. There was a vaſt difference
betwixt
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betwixt my Condition of Life now, and that
I was in at Goa before I was detain'd there:
yet when I remember what I had fuffer'd in
the Inquifition, and what was preparing for
me at Lisbon, I thought myſelf extremely
happy. In short, I had a Mafter that was
perfectly honeft, who feeing that I did my
beft, did not let me want for Neceffaries. The
Lodging was good, the Provifions better,
and he never gave me an angry Word. This
made me an hundred times call to mind the
Idea that us'd to be given of the Barbarians
and Turks among us Children. They were
repreſented to us as Devils; but I muft fay it
to their Commendation, that I found as much
Charity, Humanity, and Honeſty among
them as among the Europeans; nay more,
if I may preſume to fay fo, infomuch that
I ſhould not have been forry if it had been
my Hap to have ended my Days among
them; but Providence was pleas'd to difpofe
of me otherwife; and the Methods it made
ufe of to bring me out of that Country are
pretty remarkable.
AS there is nothing perfect in this World,
Schilt, the Head Footman, who was a Rene-
gado and a Native of Vienna, hated me as
much as my Patron lov'd me. There was no
ill Office which the Traitor did not do me
when he had an Opportunity to falve Ap-
pearances; fo that my Mafter, who plainly
faw where the Fault lay, but could not pof
fibly
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fibly do without him, was forc'd againſt the
grain to part with me: I was fold to a
wealthy Nobleman, who liv'd in the Coun-
try about three Leagues off from the Place
where I was.
THIS Nobleman had a Son of twenty
ſeven 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
ſometimes, and would have been likely to
have torn thofe in pieces who came in his
reach, or to have kill'd himſelf if he had
not been prevented. An Amour was the
Cauſe of this Frenzy. He had courted a
Girl, who wou'd not have him, upon which
he mop'd at firft, and at laft his Head turn'd.
There was a Neceffity for fome body to be
near the poor Wretch Day and Night, and
they were willing to have a Man of a pro-
per Age, Wiſdom, and Strength to watch
over his Actions. I had fufficiently of the
firft, and was not entirely deftitute of the
others And I can fay, that I manag'd it fo
as was very pleafing to my Superiors. He
had not been fix Weeks under my Care, but
I 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 faſt bound, and to let
nothing come in his way that he cou'd do
any Damage to.
THIS
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THIS Houſe or rather this ſtately Pa-
lace, was a Place of Refort for all the Gen-
tlemen thereabouts, and Foreigners were there
eternally. One Day a Bafhaw arriv'd there,
who was receiv'd with very particular To-
kens of Efteem and Refpect. They lodg'd
him in a very magnificent Room, which
look'd into the inner Court; but towards
Midnight the Gentleman was awak'd by a
prodigious Rattle in his Chamber, which, for
all he was a Bafhaw, frighted him, fo that
he lifted up his Head, look'd firft one way,
then another, and at laft fpy'd at one End
of the Hall a Creature lying upon a piece
of Turky-wrought Tapiftry, which he could
not tell what to make of. He was upon the
point of riſing out of his Bed, and going near
to examine it, or of calling out to fome body
elſe to come to it, but while he was hefi-
tating which to do, the Object on which he
had fix'd his Eyes rofe up on a fudden, ad-
vanc'd towards his Tent, dragging a huge
Chain after him, and in very tatter'd Clothes,
with a Beard that cover'd half of his Face, and
bare-headed, fo that he look'd more like a
Devil than a Man. At this Spectacle he was
ftruck all of a Heap: But this was not all;
for the Spectre not only walk'd twenty times
round the Room, but came to the Bafhaw's
Bed-fide, and lay down by him for half an
hour, without doing or faying any thing,
and then getting up again, march'd out, pul-
ling
JAMES MASSEY. 325
ling the Door after him very hard. When
the Morning came, my Patron was furpris'd
that he had not feen his Gueft; for Break-
faſt had been ready a long time, and they had
promis'd one another to walk out in the Morn-
ing to get them a Stomach. At laft, about
eleven o'clock he fent a Domeftic, and bid
him ſteal in ſoftly, to fee if he was afleep.
The Man opening the Door, and creeping
into the Room, advanc'd gradually to the
Bed-fide, and faw the poor Bafhaw ftaring
with his Eyes wide open, but pale as Death,
with all the other Symptoms of a Man that
had ſcarce any Life left within him. The
Servant return'd as foftly as he enter'd, made
but one Leap to his Mafter, and told him
what he had feen. Upon this the whole.
Houſe was in an Alarm; they all ran to fee
him; they spoke to him, ask'd him what
was the matter, but he spoke not a Word,
ſo that every body believ'd he was at the
point of Death. Mean time fome body hav-
ing thought fit to put a Drop of Spirit of
Wine into the Palms of his Hands, and to
rub the fame on his Temples, and under his
Noftrils, they began to obferve that he came
to himſelf. A little after they forc'd him to
take a little Brandy into his Mouth, which
did him a great deal of good; he recover'd
his Spirits by degrees, and giving a deep
Groan, O Heavens ! faid he, what a terri-
ble Night have I had! I am not much
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oblig'd to you, Sir, ſaid he, ſpeaking to my
Mafter, for putting me in a Place where
Witches have their nocturnal Meeting. What
means all this, reply'd my Mafter? Have
you had any troublefome Dreams? we drank
a little hard laſt Night, which perhaps you
are not us❜d to, fo that this may have dif
turb'd your Brain, and ſtarted diſagreeable
Objects to your Fancy: But come, get up,
it will fignify nothing, only be of Courage,
a good Dinner will fet all to rights. You
muſt not, reply'd he, lay the Blame either
on the Wine or on my Brain; 'twas no Ima-
gination nor Dream, I affure you I was in
my right Senfes when the Devil appear'd to
me. He ſtay'd about two Hours in my Room,
and actually lay fome time upon my Bed.
But, Sir, faid any Mafter, who began to fmell
a Rat, what Shape did the Devil affume?
He appear❜d in the Shape of a Man, reply'd
the Bafhaw, and notwithſtanding the little
Light that glimmer'd in at the Windows, I
obferv'd that he was all over ragged, that
he had a forrowful Countenance, thin Jaws,
&c. Don't fay a Word more, faid my Patron,
interrupting him, I am troubled at this Ac-
cident. I am forry to fay it, but I must tell
you, that the Man you faw is my Son; and
having given orders that he ſhould be brought,
the Bafhaw was in amaze the very Moment
he faw him. I can't deny, faid he, but that's
the very Man I faw laft Night, who put my
Brains
JAMES MASSEY. 327
Brains fo much upon the rack. He talk'd in
fuch a manner as made the Fool almoft burſt
with Laughter, and gave him an Opportu-
nity to tell him with his own Mouth the
Prank that he had play'd. This anger'd the
Baſhaw, fo that he ask'd if no body was ap-
pointed to look after him, and fome body
anſwering in the Affirmative, he defir'd to
ſee him. Immediately I was fent for, and
when I came before him, Is it you, faid he,
you Dog, that is fet over this young Gentleman
to take care of him? Yes, Sir, faid I. And
what's the Reaſon then that you let him
looſe laſt Night? reply'd be. He was not ty'd,
faid I. He had been well for fome Days paſt,
fo that I have not kept fo ftrict a Watch
upon him as ufual, but have ventur❜d to take
my Reft by him. During this he made an
Excurfion, and came to alarm you as I am
told, at which I am really concern'd to the
laft degree, and I ask your Pardon, pro-
mifing you it fhall be fo no more. No
more. you curſed Dog, reply'd he, I believe
it won't, at leaſt with refpect to me, for I
ſhall never recover it. I have a great Reſpect
for thoſe that you belong to; but 'tis well
for you that I am not able to rife; for per-
haps I ſhould have been very outragious, and
you might have run the rifque to have had
your Head broke. Get out of my fight,
you Wretch, and pray to God, that I may
not happen to meet you. Then addreffing his
Speech
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Speech to my Mafter, if you would oblige
me, Sir, ſaid he, you will difmifs this Scoun-
drel upon the Spot, that I mayn't hear his
Name mention'd any more. I had not been
many Months in this Caſtle, during which
the other Domeftics did not owe me any
Grudges, and my Mafter had a very great
Reſpect for me, becauſe of the Care I took
of his Son, who really gave me a great deal
of Trouble. Yet for all this the good Man
was oblig❜d in Complaifance to turn me a-
way.
I WAS carry'd into the City to be fold
to the first Bidder; there I learnt that the
head Footman I mention'd ere now was dead,
fo that I ſent to ask my old Mafter, or Pa-
tron, whether he would pleaſe to admit me
into his Service. He was overjoy'd to have
me again, and I as glad to live again with.
a Perſon who had all the Regard imagina-
ble for me while I dwelt with him. About
three Weeks after, Monfieur the Bafhaw,
accompany'd with a fine Retinue, came to
fee our Yard. I knew him when he was an
hundred Paces off. His Threats had made
fuch an Impreffion on my Mind, that I ram
away with all the fpeed I cou'd. He did not
know it was I, becauſe the next Day, after
the Viſion, when he, was recover'd of the
Fright and his Paffion entirely over, he ask’d
what was become of me; and when he was
told that I was gone, he feem'd to be forry
at
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at it, order'd me to be fent for immediately,
becauſe he defir'd to fpeak with me, with
an Affurance upon his Word and Honour
that he wou'd not hurt a Hair of my Head.
Notwithſtanding this, I trembled when I
went to him, which he obferv'd and burſt
out into Laughter, which he did no doubt
to hearten me. He ask'd me feveral indiffe-
rent Queſtions, to which I anfwer'd with all
the Submiffion poffible. At length he ask'd
me, whether, in cafe my prefent Mafter was
willing to part with me, I fhou'd not be very
glad to return and live with the Gentleman
whofe Service I had fo lately quitted upon
his Account? Having made him fenfible that
I cou'd not act as I pleas'd in that Affair,
I cou'd make him no Anfwer but that I
was perfectly well where I was. Keep then
in that Mind, faid he, 'tis to be fure as
agreeable to be in the Company of People
of Senfe, as to be eternally taking care of
a Lunatic; and having given me Money
to drink his Health, he fent me about my
Bufinefs.
صد
THIS little Adventure was not the only
one that happen'd to me during my Slavery,
but the others were of fuch mall Moment
that I pass them over in Silence. As to the
Difputes to which I was often fubject, fo
far as to be oblig'd fometimes to proceed to
Blows, the Detail of them wou'd take up
too much of the Reader's Time and Patience.
The
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The Turks are generally ignorant, and I
cou'd hear nothing from 'em but cold Ral-
leries againſt our crucify'd Jefus, which I
bore with Patience; becauſe on the one hand,
they don't believe in Chriſt; and on the other,
they were upon their own Ground, and I had
no Protection to hope for from any Body.
But I had much ado to contain my felf, when
I was attack'd by Chriftian Renegadoes.
AMONG others there was a Gafcon Dif-
putant, who was really the boldeſt Atheiſt
or Deift that I ever faw. He was perfectly
good-natur'd; but when he was in a rally-
ing Mood, he turn'd every thing into Ridi-
cule, and confounded our greateſt Myſteries
with the Whimfies of the Jewish Talmud
and the Legends of the Romish Church. My
Father, faid he, was affaffinated one Day as
he was going in Pilgrimage to our Lady of
Loretto: A fine Reward this for fo good a
Catholic as he was! My Mother who pro-
feffed the Romish Religion was dragoon'd
and murder'd for her obftinate Difobedience
to the Orders of the Court. And I my felf
in my Voyage from France to Holland, was
taken by Pirates, ſo that in avoiding Perſe-
cution I fell into Slavery.
A-S I found him a young Man not only
of great Wit and Learning, but alſo of a
vaft deal of Good-nature, (for all that knew
him there mightily extoll'd his beneficent
and friendly Temper) I very much pity'd
him,
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him, and endeavour'd feveral times to re-
claim him from his dangerous Sentiments
with refpect to Religion. We had frequent
Converfations upon that Head, and I had
great Hopes that in time I might be able
to ſet him in the right Road of Truth; but
an unhappy Accident fhorten'd his Days be-
fore Heaven permitted me to perfect this
charitable Work. It wou'd be too tedious.
to mention all the Difputes we had together,
ſo that I fhall but juft glance over fome of
the chief Points,
WHEN I reproach'd him with chang-
ing his Religion and profeffing the Maho-
metan, which by the way he did not believe.
a tittle of, he made me anſwer that after a
due Examination of the feveral Religions
that had come to his Knowledge, 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 leaft externally to the
prevailing Religion of the Country where he
dwells, juft as People accustom themfelves
to the Habits and Manners of a Country for
fear of being thought ridiculous by appear
ing fingular. And becauſe I am like to gain
more Confidence and Efteem among the
People of this Country by conforming to
their way of Worſhip, I ſhou'd be a great
Simpleton, faid he, if I depriv'd my felf of
that Advantage by a filly Attachment to ano-
ther,
332 The Travels and Adventures of
ther, which is a hundred times more imper-
tinent and abfurd. I anfwer'd him, that I
was extremely furpriz'd to hear a Man talk
at that rate who had been educated in the
Chriſtian Religion, and by his Profeffion
ought to know it the better for having
throughly ftudy'd it. 'Tis for that very rea-
fon, reply'd he, my Friend, that I fpeak
thus of it, becaufe I have well examin'd it
and have diſcover'd its Folly and Ridicule.
But tho' you are fo old, 'tis probable you
have not yet fhaken off the Yoke of the
Prejudices of Education, and that you im-
plicitly adhere to what you learnt from your
Nurſe or your Chaplain without farther In-
quiry. I told him, that I had travell❜d and
feen more of the World than he thought,
and that I had heard the Arguments of Peo-
ple of various Sentiments in the Article of
Religion, but that I had never met with any
Syftem which was fo worthy of God, fo
agreeable to Man, and which had fo many
Marks of Truth as the Chriftian Religion.
That my Profeffion had not permitted me in
my Youth to ſtudy religious Controverfies fo
throughly as he had, but that nevertheleſs,
I wou'd undertake to defend againſt all his
Attacks the principal Truths of the Chriſtian
Religion; as the Existence of a God; the
Creation of the World; the Immortality of
the Soul; the Fall of Man; the Redemp-
tion of Mankind by Jefus Chrift; the Truth
and
JAMES MASSEY. 333
and Divinity of the facred Scriptures, on
which all the reft is founded; and the Ne-
ceffity
HOLD, faid he, there's enough, and if
you can defend thofe Articles, I'll agree to
any that you ſhall pleafe to add. We will
begin at the laſt, if you pleaſe, and fo go
back to the firſt. You know very well, ſaid
he, that Chriftians are not all of one Opini-
on with regard to the Inſpiration of the Holy
Scriptures. Some think the whole infpir'd
even to the leaft Word; others reject this
Opinion, and only maintain in the general,
that with regard to the Matter, the Holy.
Spirit fo far guided the Writers of thoſe fa-
cred Books, that they could not commit any
Error in the Facts which they relate, nor in
the Doctrine which they teach. Pray tell me
which of theſe two Opinions you pretend
to embrace?
I AM not for the firft, faid I, and I think
a Man must be quite void of Senfe to main-
tain it, if he has read the holy Books with
ever fo little Attention. But as to the latter,
it is fupported by convincing Arguments.
Not to infift upon the great Antiquity of the
firſt 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 contain'd in thofe Scriptures, the
Miracles
334 The Travels and Adventures of
Miracles which God wrought to confirm the
Revelation, and the Predictions of the holy
Prophets of which we have feen a great part
accompliſh'd, and wait for the fulfilling of
the Reſt, are Things which furpaſs all that
Man can do, and which none but God can
be the Author of
YOU are in the right, faid he, not to
infift upon the Antiquity of your facred
Books, becauſe it wou'd not be of any Ad-
vantage to you. For a Romance, or an
Impoſture, may be as ancient and more an-
cient than a true Hiftory, this is nothing to
the purpoſe. Nevertheleſs, I am very fr
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 before the time of Efdras, that is to
fay, above a thoufand Years after Mofes, who
according to you wrote the firſt Books. And
if we attentively read the Books afcrib'd to
Mofes, we fhall find a great many Paffages
which fhew that they were written long after
his Time. He quoted feveral which I pafs
over in Silence to avoid being tedious. Then
as to your Argument, faid he, which is
founded upon the miraculous Things contain'd
in the Scriptures, I draw a Conclufion from
it quite contrary to yours. For the more a
Book contains of what is marvellous and ex-
traordinary, the more 'tis liable to Sufpi-
cion. This is the Suppofition you your felf
wou'd
JAMES MASSEY. 335
wou'd form of any other Book, and if you
don't think fo of this, 'tis only the Effect
of your Prepoffeffion which is very palbable,
becauſe it inclines you to admit fuch Evi-
dence to prove the Truth of a Book as wou'd,
if you were not prejudic'd in your Judg-
ment, ferve for the effectual Deſtruction of
its Credit. As to the Miracles you talk of,
they are only written in that Book of which
you would have them brought as Proofs, and
therefore, as I have already faid, they muſt
tend rather to explode it. Every indifferent
unprejudic'd Perfon receives a Relation or
Hiſtory of paft Tranfactions only according
to the Degrees of Probability with which
it is attended, and judges it to be falfe or
romantick by the marvellous or extraordinary
Facts which it contains; for Nature was al-
ways the fame at all times, and Truth was
ever plain and natural. As to the Prophe-
fies you mention'd, all the Accompliſhments
which are related in the fame Book with the
Predictions, prove nothing but that they are
part of the fame Romance, and were forg'd
at the fame time; and as for thoſe which
are pretended to have happen'd fince, the
Events have fo little Connection with the
Predictions of which they are conftrued to
be the Accompliſhment, that nothing but
the Force of Prejudice can difcover their
Conformity. He quoted a great number
of Inftances to me to fupport what he
had
336 The Travels and Adventures of
had faid, but I chooſe not to mention them
here.
MOREOVER, faid he, if you were
well acquainted with the Hiftory of the Ca-
non of thofe facred Writings, not only of
the Old Teftament which you derive from
the Jews, an ignorant fuperftitious People
as ever liv'd, who were not agreed neither
as to the Truth and Authority of every part
of it, but alſo of the New Teftament as it
is now admitted among the generality of
Chriſtians, you wou'd find fo much Igno-
rance, Superftition, Uncertainty and Per-
plexity in it, that you your felf wou'd be
afham'd of it. Thereupon he enter'd into the
Hiſtory of the Canon, and of the Manner
how, and Time when it was form'd, and
he talk'd to me of the Factions and Diſputes
among the Members of the Council of La-
odicea and fome others, with regard to the
feveral Gofpels, Acts, Epiftles, &c. which
the ſeverall Churches or Societies of Chriftians
had receiv'd for true exclufive of others; of
the Difficulties and Perplexities on that Head,
and how fome rejected what others receiv'd
together with the Reafons urg'd on both fides,
infomuch that I was aftoniſh'd to find what
a Treaſure of curious Things he had ftor'd
up in his Memory.
I URG'D another Argument to him
which I had heard alledg'd by People of the
Reformed Religion, to prove that the holy
Scrip-
JAMES MASSEY. 337
Scriptures were infpir'd by God, viz. That
thoſe to whom God diftributed his Grace
were ſo operated upon by it, that when they
read the Scriptures, they cou'd not doubt
but they were infpir'd by the Holy Ghoſt:
But as I had a mind to deal frankly with
him, I confefs'd to him that I did not think
there was much Weight in that Argument,
becauſe it goes for nothing with thoſe who
do not feel this Effect from the reading of
the facred Scriptures. You are in the right,
he reply'd, to reject a Proof fetch'd from a
pretended internal Conviction, for 'tis no
more than a Confequence of the Prejudices
imbib'd before on this Head, and only proves
the Enthuſiaſm of fuch as pretend to feel it.
And moreover, if this Argument was good,
it wou'd as well prove the Alcoran to be
divinely inspir'd, for I can affure you, by
what I fee every Day amongſt good and zea-
lous Mahometans, and you may have ob-
ferv'd it your felf, that there is as much,
and perhaps more of that internal Conviction
amongſt them, than among the devouteſt
and moſt zealous Chriftians. And daily Ex-
perience plainly fhews us that internal Per-
fuafion is capable of carrying People, who
ſuffer themſelves to be drawn away by their
Imagination, to the greateſt Extravagancies.
BUT continued he, what Notion can you
have of God, who according to you is the
Sovereign Lord of the whole Univerſe, and
can
338 The Travels and Adventures of
་
can diſpoſe of all its Parts as he pleaſeth; if
you believe that in order to explain his Will
to Mankind, he was under a Neceffity of im-
ploying obfcure, ignorant or enthuſiaſtical
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 the right
method to make all Mankind ſenſible of fo
neceffary a Thing as the Will of God? Has
not he who created and difpos'd of every
thing according to his good Pleaſure, and
without any Poffibility of being hinder'd in
it, has he not put all Things in the Condi-
tion he at first defign'd them? And is not
that his Will which we call the Order, Courſe,
or Voice of Nature? To fuppofe any other
particular Will in that infinitely perfect Be-
ing, is to fuppofe Alteration and Imperfecti-
on which is contrary to his Nature. And
to imagine that he communicates to fome
Perfons, and conceals from many others the
Rules to which he wou'd have all Men con-
form, is to fuppofe him guilty of an un-
juft 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
Impoſture founded upon the Weaknefs of
Mankind in general, and invented by fuch
as feek to impoſe upon them from certain
Views and Deſigns.
I
JAMES MASSEY. 339
I MADE him anfwer, that if Man had
continued in that State of Perfection wherein
the Creator at firſt plac'd him, he would not
perhaps have needed a Revelation to ferve as
a Rule to his Actions, but fince he loſt that
Happineſs by his Fault, he is fo corrupted
and fo prone to Wickedneſs, that he not
only requires Revelation, but the ſpecial 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 Confequences, fuch as the Corruption of
his Nature, Original Sin, the Redemption
of Mankind, &c. This, if you pleaſe, ſhall
be the Subject of our Converſation for the
remainder of this Evening. Your Divines,
ſaid he, are much in the right to call thoſe
Myſteries the ftumbling Block of humane
Reaſon, for furely they are incomprehenfible
by Reaſon and good Senfe. But before I
enter into the particular Examination of theſe
Articles, give me Leave to entertain you
with a Fable which I had from an Arabian
Philofopher, who had been a great Travel-
ler, and ſaid he made it to give his Friends
an Idea of the Mythology of a certain Na-
tion that he had ſeen.
The Fable of the BEES.
THERE was formerly, faid he, a great
and potent King, Sovereign of one of the
Iflands in the Ocean, whofe Power was fuch,
that
340
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that no other King equall'd it, and all his
Subjects were fo fubmiffive to him that they
did whatever he requir'd, and his Will was
fo far the Rule of all their Actions that they
could not do otherwife. His Goodnefs was
as great as his Power, and his Wiſdom as
great as both. In a word, he poffefs'd all
Perfections in the higheſt Degree. This King
found the faid Iſland defert, but he planted
it, fill'd it with Inhabitants and Animals of
all forts, and caus'd it to be cultivated, fo
that it produc'd all Neceffaries not only for
the Suftenance, but for the Convenience and
Pleaſure of all the Inhabitants.
THE King's Palace was the greateſt and
moft magnificent that can be imagin'd, and
fituate in the middle of the fineſt Gardens
that were ever feen. This Monarch who per-
fectly underſtood every thing, form'd a Plan
to himſelf of the fineft Production of which
Nature was capable, and then gave orders it
fhou'd be executed, which was done upon the
Spot; for fuch was the Extent of his Power,
that all Things both animate and inanimate
conform'd exactly to his Will and immedi-
ately fubmitted to his Law. There were alfo
Parks, Meadows, and Woods all admirably
fine, and full of all forts of Animals, Birds,
and Infects that cou'd be defir'd either for
Uſe or Pleaſure. I fhou'd have a great
many ftrange things to tell you, were I to
enter into the Detail of every thing relating
to
JAMES MASSEY. 341
to all thoſe Animals, &c. For this Reaſon
I fhall only tell you what I heard moſt_re-
markable concerning one fingle Species of In-
fects, viz. The Bees.
IN this ifland there was a multitude of
Bees, and as the King's care was extended
to every thing, he fo order'd it that there
were abundance of Flowers every where to
nouriſh them. But in a Nook of one of the
King's Flower-Gardens there was a particular
fort of Flower, which he forbad the Bees to
touch: Not that thoſe Flowers were hurtful
to the Bees, or that the Monarch valu'd them
more than any of the other Flowers, but,
as I was told, becauſe he had a mind to try
their Obedience. It happen'd not long after,
that ſome of the Bees forgetting the Order,
or not much regarding it, went and fuck'd
thofe Flowers. The King immediately per-
ceiv'd it, and was fo incens'd at it, that he re-
folv'd to drive all the Bees out of the Iſland,
and even ſwore, fo great was his Wrath,
that he would not fpare one Bee. But fome
time after, 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 thoſe poor Bees engag'd the Mo-
narch, who was Goodneſs and Mercy it ſelf,
to find out fome Expedient to bring them
off.
THE King had an only Son whom he
lov'd infinitely more than all things in the
Q3
World,
342 The Travels and Adventures of
World, and it was his Pleaſure that this Son
fhould be the Mediator to make Peace be-
tween him and the Bees. But to the end that
this Peace might be made in a manner con-
fiftent with the King's Dignity, and without
wounding his Honour and his Juftice, which
were concern'd to maintain the Oath that he
had fworn, there was a Neceffity for this
well-beloved Son to bear all the Pains due
to the Bees, and that for this purpoſe he
fhou'd become a Bee himſelf. When this Me-
tamorphofis was made, the Son went in the
Form of a Bee to one of the worft Hives
in the whole Ifland, where he found it Labour
in vain to adviſe the other Bees to be more
circumſpect and more obfervant of the King's
Orders, for they laugh'd him to Scorn, abus'd
him, and at laft ftung him to Death. And
what was worſe than all, at the fame time he
muſt bear the whole Weight of his Father's
Wrath and Indignation, who was refolv'd
to revenge the Fault of the Bees upon him.
As foon as this Son was dead, he return'd to
his Father, and fell to interceding for the
poor Bees, whoſe Debt he had paid, and for
whoſe Crime he had ſuffer'd; which Medi-
ation he ſtill continues with fo much Succefs,
that the King has taken Compaſſion of ſeve-
ral of thoſe Bees and forgiven them their
Faults, provided they adhere ſtrictly to his
Son as many intire Bee-hives have already
done. It does not appear that theſe Bees fo
favour'd
JAMES MASSEY.
343
favour'd make more Honey, or are more at
Eafe than the others, but the Reafon of it is
(as they are taught by certain Hornets who
have introduc'd themſelves in great numbers
into all thoſe Hives) that they will be more
fenfible of the Benefit that refults to them
from it after they are dead.
'TIS thefe Hornets that teach the Bees,
which are inclin'd to hearken to them, all
this Story, together with a multitude of
Circumftances that are not fo much as touch'd
here. And in the feveral Hives, both the
Story and Circumſtances are ſo varied that
ſome receive it one way, and others another,
and fome believe nothing at all of the matter.
Theſe latter are threaten'd by the Hornets
with very fevere Puniſhment after Death,
whereas the Bees which follow their Advice
will be fure then to receive great Rewards.
When they are told, that 'tis plain that all
Bees when they die, fall to the Ground and rot
away either in Duft or Dirt, they gravely
anſwer that 'tis only their Bodies that perish,
but that their buzzing Part which is fome-
what different from their Bodies, is to enjoy
the Rewards or fuffer the Puniſhments with.
which they have threaten'd 'em. For they
make them believe that when a Bee which
has follow'd the Advice of the Hornets, and
given them the greateſt part of his Honey,
comes to die, his Buzz goes directly to the
King's Palace and contributes to fill his great
Hall
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344
The Travels and Adventures of
Hall of Audience with Muſick, with which
they fay that Monarch is very much de-
lighted. Whereas the buzzing Part of a Bee
that acts after another manner, goes after its
Death to a great Cave under Ground, where
'tis benumm'd with the Cold, and makes a
very difagreeable Noife by reafon of the in-
finite Torture it there fuffers. There's a pro-
digious number of other fuch Chimeras, with
which theſe Hornets are continually filling
the Heads of the poor Bees; for as they are
excus'd from working and live upon the La-
bour of the Bees, all they have to do is to
invent fomething to terrify the Bees and
keep them in a State of Dependence, in
which they have fucceeded fo well, that we
fee abundance of theſe poor Infects fo full of
Apprehenfion of what may happen to their
buzzing Part after Death, that they cannot
with Pleaſure eat the Honey they have made,
nor do any thing as they fhou'd for the Sup-
port of their Lives. And when there happen
to be any Bees which in Contempt of fuch
Chimeras apply to their Work and turn a
deaf Ear to the Hornets, they incenfe the
other Bees againſt them, and generally kill
them, or at leaſt turn them out of their Hives
as dangerous and feditious Creatures. It often
happens that when the Hornets are at Vari-
ance with one another, all the Bees of a
Hive take part with one Side or other, and
being animated by the Hornets they fall upon
one
JAMES MASSEY. 3451
one another with fo much Fury, that we ge-
nerally find half of the Bees of a Hive kill'd,
becauſe they had not the fame Conception of
the Chimeras of the Hornets as the others
had. Sometimes too thofe Hornets engage
whole Bee-hives to make War againſt other
Bee-hives, fo that frequently we fee feveral
thouſands kill'd on both fides, only for fup-
porting the Chimeras of the Hornets of their
own Sect against thoſe of others. The Bees
alſo expoſe themſelves generally very chear-
fully to this Slaughter, upon the Affurance
given them by the Hornets of one Party as
well as another, that they thereby do very
great Service to the King who will take it
well at their hands, and admit their buzzing.
Part into his great Hall preferably to thoſe
of many others. For they pretend to know
the Orders and Will of the King much bet-
ter than the other Bees, becaufe certain Hor-
nets, fay they, who liv'd feveral Ages before
them, heard 'em from the King's own Lips,
and tranſmitted 'em down to them, partly
impreſs'd upon Wax, and partly by the Re-
ports of their Predeceffors. 'Tis upon this
Foundation that the Hornets ufurp fo much
Authority over the Bees throughout the whole
Inland (for there are Hornets which have in-
finuated themſelves into almoſt all the Hives)
and extend their Tyranny fo far as to render
thoſe poor Infects perfectly miferable. They
forbid them on certain Days to fuck the
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Flowers
346 The Travels and Adventures of
Flowers which they are permitted to do on
others, and likewife prohibit their making
Wax and Honey on certain other Days, be-
cauſe, they ſay, 'tis the King's Will and
Pleaſure.
AFTER he had finifh'd his imperti-
nent and ridiculous Fable, which was much
longer than I have related it, I told him,
that I faw the End of it very plainly, but
that I wou'd ſpeak to him of it another time;
for it was then too late, and it was high
time to part and go to bed. I thought very
much on my Pillow that Night what I
fhou'd do to reclaim this Man from his
Errors, and I form'd a Plan in my Head
which I hop'd wou'd have taken, viz. to be-
gin at our firſt Converſation, by eſtabliſhing
the Exiſtence of a God the Author and Crea-
tor of all things, and then from this great
Truth to deduce the other principal Truths
of Religion. But as I have already faid, God
in his wife Providence was not pleas'd that`
my Project ſhou'd be put in Execution; for
fome time after, this poor Man and another
carrying along a great Beam upon their Shoul-
ders, he fell down by which his Head was
fo bruis'd that he died before he had time
for Repentance, which I look'd upon as a
juſt Puniſhment from Heaven, becauſe he
had made fuch an ill Ufe of his Wit and
Learning. I took care alfo to make the fame
Obfervation to other fuch Libertines, but they
only laugh'd at me.
I
JAMES MASSEY. 347
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 difco-
ver'd a Hole towards the Middle, two Foot
from the Keel, which wou'd take up a confi-
derable piece of Board to ſtop it, but I was
oblig❜d in order to make my Work good
and lafting, to go down into the Ship's
Hold, where as I was removing the great
Flints and Gravel, which ferve to ballaft the
Ship, I diſcover'd a Bundle bigger than my
two Fifts, roll'd long ways, and ty'd round
with Packthread. I thruft it immediately into
my Breeches, for fear it fhou'd be perceiv'd
that I had found fomething. After I had din'd,
I ſtepp'd afide to examine my Prize. The
out-fide Wrapper was a Callicoe Handker-
chief, in which there was a Boot-Hofe of Silk,
and in that Boot-Hoſe, a blue Sock, in which
there was a Purfe with 385 good Guineas. My
firſt Care was to conceal my Treaſure in a
fure Place, where no body wou'd go and
look for it, and notwithſtanding my Heart
was full of Joy, I took great care not to make
the leaſt Diſcovery that I was a Peny richer
than before.
ABOUT fix Months after th the:
English Conful at Algier, having Bufinefs at
our Town, and coming with two other
young Gentlemen to fee if we had any Ships
upon the Stocks, one of my Comrades hap-
pen'd juſt at that time to call out to me to
lend:
348 The Travels and Adventures of
lend him a helping hand to remove a Maft
he was then at work upon, when Mr. Elliot,
who heard me call'd by the Name of Maſſey,
came up to me and ask'd me What Country-
man I was? I told him. There's a good
Friend of mine, faid he, a Silkman at Lon-
don who is your Countryman, and his Name
is John Maffey. 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 fince, nor they pro-
bably from me, 'tis impoffible I can be cer-
tain whether that's the Man. What now
you fay, reply'd the Conful, makes me be-
lieve you are Brothers, for my Friend can't
be less than 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
forc'd to tell him in a few Words, by what
Misfortune I became a Slave in Africa, and
he made an Offer to write to my Brother, to
defire him to find out fome Expedient to
procure my Deliverance in my old Age. I
then declar'd to him in Confidence that I
had oney. If fo, faid he, I'll find Ways
and Means to fet you at Liberty, but you
muſt not make any fhew of your Subftance;
Leave every thing to my Management, and
don't you meddle or make. Farewel. I kifs'd
his Hand, and recommended my felf to his
Favour.
ABOUT
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ABOUT a Month after, my Mafter, to
my very great Surpriſe, call'd me to him,
and taking me by the Hand, ſaid, I am over-
joy'd, Friend, that you are going to return
to your own Country. Mr. Elliot has bar-
gain'd with me for your Ranfom. Go to Al-
gier and meet him. I wiſh you a good Voy-
age. At thefe Words I embrac'd him, and
thank'd him for his Civilities, and the Re-
gard he had always fhewn to me from the
very firft Day of my Arrival. We both ſhed
Tears at parting as if we had been Brothers.
From thence I went to take leave of my
Comrades, and then fet out for Algier, where
the Conful receiv'd me with extraordinary
Courtefy. I told him down thirty five
Guineas, which he ſaid he was to pay for
my Liberty, but had it not been for his Cre-
dit and my Age, fuch a trifling Sum wou'd
not have ſet me free.
CHA P. XVI.
Continuation of the Adventures of Peter Heudde
who is mention'd in the Second Chapter; and
the Author's Arrival at London.
I
STAY'D above a Month at Algier
before I embark'd for London, during
which it happen'd that a Turkish Pi-
rate brought a French Galley into Algier.
Mr.
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Mr. Elliot immediately obtain'd a Lift of her
Crew in order to fee whether there was not
the Name of fome Perſon that he knew, or
of fome Countryman of his in the Number
of her Slaves. He caus'd it to be read in my
Prefence, and feem'd aftonifh'd to find the
Name of a Man there whom he was very
intimate with at London. I was as much fur-
pris'd at the Name of Peter Heudde, which
he obferv'd, and ask'd me the Reafon. To
fatisfy his Curiofity, I 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 inquir'd
for our Men. His Friend had been wounded
in Battle, and expir'd not above a Quarter
of an Hour before we came: The other
came in an Inftant. Is your Name Peter
Heudde? faid I, Yes, faid he; Did I never
fee you at Lisbon ? continu'd I; That might
be, faid he, but it muſt have been a great
while ago then. That's true, faid I, for it
was, if I am not miſtaken, ſo long ago as
1643 or 1644. There was one Van Dyke at
that time, a Factor, did you know him?
You turn pale, but you are in no Danger
here; tho' indeed it must be confefs'd that
you play'd him a fcurvy Trick. I cannot
deny it, faid the Galley-Slave, I was the
Man that robb'd him of the Sum of three
hundred Ducats; for which enormous Sin
and others that I have committed, I beg
God
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God to forgive me. I have fmarted fuffici-
ently for it in this World, but I hope he
will be merciful to me in the next. That's
ſpeaking like a Chriftian, faid I, and 'tis a
Happineſs for you that Providence does you
the Favour to put you upon Repentance of
your Crimes. But pray tell me, why and
when you were condemn'd to the Galleys?
The Remembrance of it, Sir, ſaid he, makes
me tremble, and I wish you would excuſe
me from fo unpleaſant a Narrative which
can only tend to renew my Sorrow. We
commended him for the good Difpofition
of his Mind, and then I infifted upon my
Demand, in which I was feconded by the
Conful. Well then, Gentlemen, faid he, I
will fatisfy you, as well to give you Proofs
of my Obedience, as to acknowledge the
juſt Puniſhment of my Crimes.
AFTER I had robb'd Mr. Van Dyke,
I embark'd for Nantes, where by the Name
of Vander Stel, and pretending to be Nephew
to a famous Wine-Merchant at Rotterdam,
I foon contracted an Acquaintance with all
the Dutch Merchants there. The Careffes
which I receiv'd from thofe honeſt People
are inexpreffible; for there was ſcarce a Day
but I was invited to magnificent Entertain-
ments at one
at one or other of their Houſes.
During this an Intendant arriv'd from Lan-
guedoc who was well known to feveral of
thoſe Gentlemen whofe Houfes I frequented.
This
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This gave me an Opportunity to ſcrape an
Acquaintance with him. He was glad to fee
me, and as he delighted in Gaming he was
rejoic❜d to find me in the fame Difpofition.
Sometimes we play'd a Game at Chefs, and
we ſpent many Afternoons at Picquet, but
never fo as to win much of either. At
length as I went one Day to fee him, I had
the Happineſs to find him alone in his Room
uneafy for want of fome Company to paſs
the time with. He call'd for the Cards and
we play'd at Ombre. He was a Dab at that
Game, but I was too cunning for him.
Whatever was his Defign, 'tis certain that
he encourag'd me to drink more than ufual,
at which I was not a little pleas'd becauſe
I imagin'd that when he had drank his Skin
full of Wine, it would prevent him from
diſcovering my foul Play. In fhort, I won
fifty Piſtoles of him in lefs than four Hours
time, at which he feem'd aſtoniſh'd, and
defir'd I would give him Revenge at Lanf-
quenet; which was the very thing I wanted.
However I pretended not to underſtand that
Game very well, and told him, that unleſs
Fortune favour'd me as fhe had done before,
it was impoffible but I fhould lofe my
Money and my Breeches too. Now my Ad-
verſary began to lofe Patience. We play'd
high, and tho' I let him win now and then
in order to keep him in Temper, yet about
Midnight when we left off, I had won above
three
JAMES MASSEY. 353
three thouſand Crowns of him, which he told
me down two Days after in ready Cafh.
This Luck made me wonderful rich. I few'd
five hundred Ducats in a Piece of Shammy
Leather of which I made a Belt and wore it
under my Shirt, and then I fet out for
Avignon, the Intendant going out of the
Town at the fame time another Way. Upon
the Road 1 hir'd a Footman, and refum'd
my old Name of Heudde.
MY expenfive way of living at this new
Stage made every body believe that I was a
Perfon of the firft Rank. I made no Scruple
to introduce myſelf into the beſt of Compa-
nies, and they took a Pride in mine. After
I had been there about a Fortnight or three
Weeks, I happen'd to meet a Wench in the
Street of about twenty Years of Age the
fineſt Beauty I had ever ſeen in all my Life.
I let her paſs me, and when ſhe was fifty
Paces behind me I turn'd back and follow'd
her at a diſtance 'till ſhe went into a Houſe.
Upon this I order'd my Footman to inquire
privately if ſhe dwelt there, and what her Pa-
rents were. He brought me an Account of
every Particular, and told me that her Fa-
ther was a Jew Merchant who dealt largely
in Jewels. I went next Day to his Houfe
on pretence that I wanted a ſmall Diamond
of twenty five or thirty Piftoles, and in or-
der to fettle a clofer Correfpondence with
him, I told him my Name and Country.
To
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To this I added that I knew feveral Jews
at Amsterdam, and mention'd ſome to him
whom he knew. In fine, I left no Stone
unturn'd to induce him to give me admit-
tance to his Houfe, without fpeaking a
word to him either of Wife or Daughter.
This firft Vifit fucceeded fo well that I at-
tempted to make a ſecond. I actually bought
a Ring by which the Ufurer could not get
lefs than one third, but that was no great
matter. The Hopes of more confiderable
Gain tempted him to invite me often to his
Houſe. I did not fail to improve his Civi-
lity, and made Preparation to treat him now
and then at my Quarters.
EVERY thing went fwimmingly, but
I did not fee that it advanc'd my Defign, fo
that I concluded I muſt take another Courſe.
As I was mufing what to do, it luckily hap-
pen'd that at our very first Interview he was
accompany'd with another few. I drew
them by degrees to talk of the Difference
of Religions, which engag'd us in a Dif
pute. I pretended that 'till then I did not
know the Force of their Arguments, and the
Weakneſs of ours, with regard to the Meffiah.
The Hopes of making a Profelyte, induc'd
them to defire that we might meet as often
as poffible in order to have an Opportunity
to treat that matter thoroughly. Thereupon
I defir'd that I might be prefent at their pub-
lic Worſhip. They open'd the Dooos of
their
JAMES MASSEY. 355
their Synagogue to me with Joy, I caus'd
myſelf to be inftructed 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 Jew. As ſoon as this
was done, I was folemnly initiated into all
their Myſteries, I ran thro' all their Cere-
monies, and the Fair Sex who thought me
a Saint, carefs'd and honour'd me as well
as the Men. As for my part there was no
Complaifance which I did not put in Prac-
tice to them, eſpecially I carry'd it with ſuch
a Reſpect to the fair Jewels as was not dif
agreeable to her. Befides, I often made her
fmall Prefents which the receiv'd with Plea-
fure, and which her Mother did not diflike,
but the Father who was covetous, tho' he
had a vaft Fortune to give with this only
Daughter, frown'd at this little Intercourſe of
Civilities.
MEAN time, I cut a grand Figure but
yet without running into Extravagance: He
was furpriz'd at my way of Living, mad to
know what Bottom I had to fupport it, and
made Inquiry every where but could not hear
the leaft Tidings. When I faw that, I fent
my Footman to a Friend of mine a Jew
Goldſmith to buy a couple of Crucibles, and
not to ſpeak a Word of it to any Body. The
Jeweller it ſeems frequented that Houſe, fo
that three Days after, my Footman was per-
fectly furpriz'd, when going to my Friend
the
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the Goldſmith's Houfe, to know if he was
at leiſure to receive me, the Jeweller took
him apart into a Room, treated him with a
Glafs of his beſt Wine, and talking about
Crucibles, ask'd him flily what I meant to do
with mine. My Boy, whom I had tutor'd
beforehand, pretended at firſt to be ignorant
of the matter in order to make him think
there was fome Myſtery in it: At laft after
a great many Queftions on one hand, and
fwearing on the other that his Mafter 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
uſe of it to increafe Gold, and that I was
one of the beſt Chymifts in Europe. This
which he thought an ingenuous Confeffion,
and not improbable, had its defir'd Effect.
Mafcado, which was the Jeweller's Name,
was overjoy'd he had difcover'd this, but
he did not know which way to prevail on
me to truft him with the Secret. First of all
he fifted me concerning the nature of my
Effects, whether they confifted in Money,
Houſes or Land, which way I was fupply'd
with Caſh from my own Country, and then
offer'd to remit me fome for a fmall Charge.
He ask'd if I intended to travel always,
whether it would not be more for my Ad-
vantage to fettle in fome Place or other, and
the like. I anfwer'd all this in a looſe man-
ner, which could not be very fatisfactory to
him.
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him. And when he faw that he could get
nothing out of the Maſter, he addrefs'd him-
felf a ſecond time to the Domeftic, and by
the Virtue of Promifes and a fmall Prefent,
he made him promiſe that the firſt time I went
about the Grand Work he would not fail to
give him Notice.
TEN Days after this, I put my Cruci-
bles on the Fire, and tho' I was ftripp'd as
it were to my Shirt, I was in fuch a Heat
with blowing and ſtirring, that no Vermilion
was redder than my Face. Mean time my
Servant ran to Mafcado's Houſe to inform
him what was doing, on pretence that I had
fent him out to buy fome Drams of Aqua Re-
galis, fo that the one was ſcarce return'd but
the other came to ask if I was at Home.
The Maid who then happen'd to be at the
Gate, came and knock'd at my Door telling
my Man that fome Body wanted to ſpeak
with me, and that ſhe had told him I was
in my Chamber. I pretended to be angry with
her for it, and fent out the Footman to tell
him that I was not to be fpoke with. The
Few made a Piſh at that, and entring blunt-
ly into my Room, I beg your Pardon, Sir,
Said he, you have been fo retir'd fince your
Converfion that I thought you was 'engag'd
in fome Act of Devotion, and for fear that
too much of it might throw you into a Fit
of Melancholy and give you the Vapours,
which it feems you were lately afflicted with,
I
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I took the Liberty of bolting in without be-
ing introduc'd on purpoſe to chat with you
for an Hour, and to invite you to ſpend the
Evening at my Houfe. But what are you
doing here? continued be. Are you turn'd
Chymift? What have you there in thoſe
Crucibles? Upon my Faith, I believe you
are in queft of the Philofopher's Stone. Let
us call another Cauſe, ſaid I, feeming to be
very much confounded: We muſt be doing
fomething or other while we live in this
World; and other Things I faid, of which 'tis
needleſs to give you our Dialogue. But after
many Circumlocutions, and upon Condition
he would not ſpeak of it, the Conclufion was
that I had the Art of multiplying Gold. To
be plain with you, faid be, I was furpriz'd
to fee how expenſive you liv'd without any
vifible Way to maintain it, or fpeaking to
any Body to help you to Money. But is your
Art certain, and does it never fail? The next
Time that I go to work, faid I, you ſhall
fee an Experiment of it.
SOME Days after this I appointed a
Time, and bade him bring me ten Ducats.
He caft thoſe ten Pieces of Gold into one of
my Crucibles, and I threw my Powder of
Multiplication into the other. Then I mix'd
the whole, and ſtirr'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-
mediately
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mediately melted, fo that the Gold-Duft ran
out, and augmented the Mais of Metal which
he himſelf had thrown in. The Time fix'd
for the Operation being expir'd, I put into
his Hands the little Ingot that reſulted from
the Mixture which he carry'd immediately
to his Friend the Goldſmith, who told him
that it was the beſt Gold that ever came out
of a Furnace. He was charm'd with the
Secret, and would have perfuaded me to
work at it every Day. I told him that I had
already Money enough by me for my preſent
Occafions, that it was time enough for me
to work when I wanted more, and that as
long as I had no Houſe nor Family, I fhould
not be folicitous for amaffing 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 by the Operation
unless he has a great Laboratory, and all
the Tools fit for a Work of fuch Impor-
tance. You long Gentlemen, no doubt, to
hear all theſe Particulars, but to cut the
matter fhort by omitting many others, which
perhaps would not be difagreeable at another
Time, they did not put me under the Necef-
fity of ſtarting the Affair of the Marriage,
for there were certain Matchmakers that pro-
pos'd it to me themfelves. I was willing
that every thing ſhould be done in form, and
being fure of my Point, I demanded the fair
Jew of her Parents who granted her to me
with
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with Marks of entire Satisfaction, and took
me immediately into their Houſe.
WE had not been marry'd long before
my Father-in-law began to talk to me of
the main Chance. You have a Talent, Son,
faid he, which ought not to be bury'd, let us
be doing while we have the Means, and get
Eſtates for ourſelves and our Pofterity. I
immediately gave into his Sentiment, and we
refolv'd to erect a Laboratory at his Country-
Houſe fix Miles out of Town, that we might
work without being difturb'd or obferv'd.
But my Multiplication Powder was all ſpent,
more muſt be prepar'd, and becauſe 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 ſhould ſerve
for a Million of Ducats. Thereupon I gave
him a Lift of the Drugs of which the Com-
pofition was to confift, of which the greateſt
Ingredient was Mercury. Then I made him
believe that I muſt have Bay-Salt, Mineral-
Salt, Antimony, the Seed of Pearls, Coral,
the Aſhes of a Heifer, Hartshorn, and the
Horn of an Unicorn, the Eyes of a Lobſter,
Elephant's Tooth, Dragon's Blood, Eagle's
Claws, Birds of Paradife, the Beaks of Ame-
rican Parrots, the Heads of Vipers, the Bones
of a Camel, the Tail of a Crocodile, the
Head of a Porpoife, the Rib of a Whale,
all the Metals, and moſt of the Minerals; I
told him likewife that a certain determin'd
Quantity
JAMES MASSEY. 361
Quantity of each of thefe must 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 fteep'd in the Water
of the Rhine the ſpace 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 requi-
fite for calcinating the whole Mafs, and re-
ducing it by a flow Fire to this pretended
Powder of Projection.
ALL this did not daunt the Good Man.'
His Hopes of great Gain made him think
that eafy, which another would have thought
impracticable. The Bufinefs was where to
get the Ingredients I defir'd. Some of them
were to be had at Avignon and Parts adja-
cent, and the reft muſt be fetch'd from Hol-
land, where in fhort there is fomething of
every Thing in the World. I afterwards
gave him to underftand, that Gold after it
had once pafs'd thro' my Hands could not
be multiply'd any more, and that therefore
he muft get a great Sum of Money together
either by borrowing it upon Intereft, or of
fome Friends who would be very glad to be
let into a Share of the Profits. The Gold-
fmith being the firft Man to whom he im-
parted the Secret, defired him to take five
Hundred Louidors of him on what Terms
he pleas'd. Several others did the fame,
but all under the Rofe, and upon Oath not
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to
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reveal it to any Body whatſoever, not even
to their Wives, fo that not one Man knew
any thing of what was tranſacted with a-
nother. As faft as the Gold came in, it
was carry'd to the Country-Houſe where I
was often employ'd in putting Things in
order.
AT laft when I faw every Thing was
ready, I ſaid to my Father-in-law and my
Wife, that I would now go and put the laſt
Hand to the Work; but that as it requir'd
a great deal of Application, and as I fhould
want at leaſt three Days for it, I defir'd 'em
not to come and interrupt me in the mean
while; and then feizing a Cabinet in which
there were Jewels to the Value of at leaſt
fixty Thouſand Livres, I went to the Farm,
and rifing 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 Arles,
if my Wife happen'd to come three or four
Days hence as the promis'd fhe would, I
begg'd him to affure her from me that I
would make as much Difpatch as I could,
and mounting my Horfe I bade him Fare-
wel. As foon as I was out of the Country-
man's Ken, I turn'd off another Way and
rode to Lions.
WHEN I arriv'd at that famous Town,
the Marquifs de Villeneuve happen❜d to come
and fup at the Inn where I lodg'd, and
wanted
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wanted to be acquainted with me. I told
him that I was a Dutchman of the Family
of Waffenaar, and a Cornet in the Service
of their High-Mightineffes, but that having
had the Misfortune to fight a Duel with,
and kill an Enfign of the Prince of Orange's
Regiment of Guards, who was of a very
good Family, I had been oblig'd to fly my
Country for fear of the Confequences, but
that to my Comfort I did not come away
empty-handed, nor without good Bills of
Credit, upon which the Gentleman was ex-
tremely civil to me. I know your Family,
Sir, faid he, 'tis confiderable in the Nether-
lands, and to fhew you that I have an Eſteem
for it, if you will be at the Expence of
raiſing a Company in a Regiment of Horſe,
which I am going to form, it fhall be your
own Fault if you be not the Captain; I am
going to Court, whither we will travel to-
gether, and I'll engage to make you accep-
table to the King. I take you at your
Word Mr. Marquifs, faid I, and pulling a
Diamond of five Hundred Crowns off of
my little Finger, which I had taken out of
the Cabinet I ran away with, and at which
the Colonel blink'd feveral Times, there,
faid I, is a Frefent for you to bind the
Bargain. Next Day I befpoke a Sute of
Clothes lac'd to the Value of a hundred
Piſtoles, fold my Horſe, got a Valet de
Chambre, and having furnish'd my felf with
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all Neceffaries we took the Stage-Coach
for Paris.
WE had not been there long, but my
Patron procur'd me a Commiffion, and prefs'd
me earneſtly to lofe no time in raiſing my
Company. M. de St. John, who was my
Lieutenant, advis'd me to go with him to-
ward Joinville in Champaigne, where he had
great Acquaintance, and we might be fure
of finding Men and Horfes at a reaſonable
Rate. We had been there actually ſcarce fix
Weeks when our Levies were almoft full.
But befides the exceffive Charge I was at in
every reſpect, it was my Misfortune to be
known by that Rafcal, my Footman, of
Avignon, whom I had not paid as I ought
for his Trouble, and who being of this
Country happen'd to fee me. The Knave,
as well from a Principle of Revenge, as in
Hopes of a handfom Reward from my Wife,
immediately ſent Advice of it to Mafcado.
This cunning Jew was fo expeditious, and
made fuch a powerful Intereft, that I was not
only apprehended and clapp'd in Prifon foon
after, but being accufed and convicted of
the moſt confummate Roguery, I was ftripp'd
of all I had, and condemn'd for my Life to
the Galleys.
HERE, Gentlemen, continu'd Peter
Heudde, was the Period of my infamous.
courſe of Life, by which you perceive that
I have been a long time in Slavery. The
Pleaſures
7
JAMES MASSEY. 365
Pleaſures I have tafted are not equal to the
Pains which I have endur'd on their Ac-
count. But the Governor of all Things
wou'd have it fo; and I bear his Chaftife-
ments with Patience, 'till he is fo gracious
as to put an End to them. We lamented
his unhappy Fate, and Mr. Elliot giving
him a Crown, affur'd him that he would
endeavour to do him Service. We wou'd
fain have known where this unfortunate
Perſon was born and his Extraction, but
he wou'd not tell us, fo that we retir'd in
Admiration of the wife Dealings of the
Almighty with his Creatures both good and
bad.
I CAR'D fo little for Algier while I
ftay'd there, and had fo little Curiofity to
traverſe the Town, that I was furpriz'd when
I was out at Sea to diſcover Beauties there
which I cou'd not have thought of. This
charming City is fituate in form of an Am-
phitheatre upon the Declivity of a high
Mountain, fo that you may fee it all at one
View, tho' 'tis large and contains above an
hundred Thoufand Inhabitants. But there was
no returning to view it, nor indeed did I
much care for it. The Weather was agreea
ble, and we had ſo happy a Voyage that I
did not feel the leaft Inconveniency. At
length I arriv'd at London, that famous mag-
nificent City (whofe Luftre eclipfes every
thing that I had ſeen) the 4th of May 1694,
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in my feventy third Year, but ſtrong and
vigorous for one of my Age.
THE first thing I thought of was a new
Sute of Clothes, becauſe I was not willing
to let my Friends fee me in the Garb I had
on then. My Landlord talk'd French, and
I defir'd him to fend for a Tailor who like-
wife underſtood that Language. The Tailor
came and carry'd me to a Refugee Merchant's
Shop, where, while we were viewing the
Stuffs, there came in a Man, who, as foon
as he had ſeen me, and heard that I had been
a Slave in Barbary, was taken with a Bleed-
ing at the Nofe, which could not be ftaunch'd
'till he had loft above twenty Ounces of Blood.
Every one try'd the Remedies he knew, but
when I faw that all was to no purpoſe, and
that they actually talk'd of fending for a Sur-
geon to open a Vein, I took his little Fin-
ger on that Side as the Noftri was that
bleeded, and ty'd it very hard with a Needle-
full of Thread between the Nail and the
first Joint. This Remedy which never fail'd,
tho' few Perfons know how to uſe it, had its
Effect, and was admir'd by the Company.
The Merchant who knew the Man, call'd
for a Glaſs of Brandy, and taking it out
of his Maid's Hands, faid, Here, Mr. Maf-
fey, 'tis neceffary that you take ſome of theſe
Spirits towards fupplying what you have
now loft.
THO
JAMES MASSEY.
367
THO' he was young when I went from
Home, yet I prefently knew him by fome
Features that I remember'd, befides his be-
ing very much pitted with the Small-Pox.
Is your Name Maffey? faid I, Yes, faid he,
at your Service. Did you know, reply'd
I, Mr. Elliot the Conful at Algier? Inti-
mately, faid he. Very well, I reply'd, there's
a Letter which he order'd me to give you.
He took it, 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 againſt which he lean'd, and
fell about my Neck without fpeaking 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 believe we ſhould have died
withoy in one another's Arms if Care had
not en taken to feparate us. You are juft
come from Slavery, dear Brother, faid he,
with Tears in his Eyes, and no 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 ſhould
govern in your Turn. I, my Wife and Chil-
dren will now be your Slaves. I would
have you be Mafter at my Houfe, and I will
be the firſt to obey. I was going to thank
R 4
him
368 The Travels and Adventures of
him for his Civilities, and to give him to
underſtand 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 oblig'd to put up with my In-
firmities. But he immediately interrupted
me, and having order'd the Tailor to finifh
my Clothes with all Speed, he carry'd me to
his Houſe.
YET, whatever I have faid of my Bro-
ther is nothing in fhort to what his Family
did. I thought my Sifter 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 Lodging,
and a domeſtic Servant always to attend
me.
LE GRAND one of my Fellow-Tra-
vellers having heard of my Arrival, did me
the Favour to come and fee me. He told me
how, after having left Goa, he went to the
Ifle of Java, where he had the Happineſs to
be introduc'd into the Family of M. de St.
Martin, and by him to M. Van Reden Go-
vernor of Batavia, and that by M. Martin's
Means he had an Opportunity to improve
in the Mathematical Lectures I had given
him, by acting in the Poft of Engineer,
which had enabled him to live genteelly the
reft of his Days. He told me alfo that La
Foret died in thoſe Parts in very good Cir-
cumftances,
JAMES MASSEY.
369
cumſtances, but he knew not what was be-
come of the others.
TO do Juſtice to this Gentleman, I frank-
ly own, that the frequent Converfation I en-
joy'd with him contributed not a little to-
wards refreſhing my Memory with a great
many Circumſtances which I had almoſt ut-
terly forgot, and that tho' this Narrative
wants very much of being fo perfect as it
would have been, if I had preferv'd my
Journals, or had the Conveniency every
where of putting down what occurr'd, yet
without him it would not have been near fo
compleat as it is.
IF I have omitted fome Things, I have
on the other hand advanc'd nothing but what
I was either a Witneſs of or came to me
from the firſt hand. And I would have pub-
lifh'd this Account of my Travels fome
Years ago, had not fubftantial Reaſons pre-
vented me, and eſpecially theſe two. Firſt,
My Brother being concern'd in the great
Farms of France, had fuch ill Succefs in
them that he was forc'd to leave all, and
come and fettle in England, where he lives
as private as poffible, for fear the Court
fhould hear of him, and give him Trouble.
The other Reaſon is of no lefs Weight, and
affects myſelf in particular. I was afraid left
my Book would excite the Ambition of fome
infatiable Monarch to conquer the King-
dom I deſcribe, and that he would compel
R 5
me
370 The Travels and Adventures, &c.
me to ferve as a Guide to thoſe who ſhould
be employ'd in fo difficult an Expedition.
But alas! I am weary of travelling, and too
old to bear the Fatigues which I have en-
dur'd heretofore. My Nephews are intrufted
with the Care of this Manufcript, after my
Brother and I are dead, fo that when it comes
out in print the World may be affur'd that
we are not in Being.
INDEX.
INDE X.
A'
A.
LGIER, its Deſcription, Page 365.
Anatomy of the Human Body, 25, &c.
Animals, their Production, 315.
Ark of Noah, its Dimenfions, 282.
B.
Bafhaw, at Algier, how he was frightned in his Bed by
a Mad-man, 324, 325, &c.
The Trouble our Author came into for it, who was
his Keeper, 327, 328, &c.
Bawd and a young Whore at Paris, their Defign upon
a Counſellor of the Parliament, 167 to 171.
Beaſts, whether they have Reaſon, 29.
Bees, Fable of, 339.
Beginning, in the Book of Genefis, the Word accounted
for, 30.
Bible, the Author's profane Account of it, 17,
How his Mind was alter'd, 32.
Biffextile Year, why call'd fo, 63.
&c.
Blafphemy againſt God reckon'd the moft enormous
Crime, 109.
Bleeding, an infallible Remedy to ſtaunch it, 366.
Bodies, human; how liable to change, 51.
Brafil Women, how their Husbands lie in for 'em, 19.
Buftrol, the King of this ftrange Country; his Character,
Drefs, Children and Wives, Palace, Revenues, Coin,
&c. 147 to 153, 157.
Ridiculous Account of the Origin of his Anceſtors,
and the Methods taken to enforce the Belief of it,
156, 173, 174.
His way of travelling, 194.
His Marriage to a Woman that was to have been the
Wife of a Carpenter, 195.
His other Marriages, 196.
C.
Calendar, its Origin and Correction, 62, 63.
Cantons, a particular Deſcription of them, 95,96.
Chrift,
INDE X.
Chrift, what Notion they have of him in thofe Parts,
109, 110.
How his Miracles are to be underſtood, 319.
Chriſtian Religion, ſome Account of it, 163, &c.
Chronologies of the World, various, 126, &c.
Clock-making, the Author and his Comrade's Genius
for it, 105.
How they were employ'd in it by the King of the
Country, 146, 158.
The Honours paid them for their Ingenuity, 185.
Cock-fighting, and Eagle-catching two yearly Ceremo-
nies, 90, 91.
Creation, grofs Accounts of it, 122, 123, 141.
Crimes how puniſh'd in this unknown Country, 108.
Why they put no Criminals to Death, 106, 107.
Cubit in the Scripture, what it was, 283.
D.
Days and Hours how meafur'd in this ftrange Country
before the Invention of Clocks, 105, &c.
Days thought to be all alike, 114.
Deluge, whether Univerfal or only Partial, 280 to
284.
Descartes's Works, Reflexions on them, 7, 8.
E.
Eagle baiting, a yearly Ceremony, 91.
Earth, its Motions defcrib'd, 61, 62, 158.
Earth, its Motion further illuftrated, 187 to 190.
Earthquake and a Tempeſt defcrib'd, 272.
Eclipfes defin'd, 66, 67.
Empress, which of the King's Wives has that Name, 177.
Her Delivery of a Son, and the Ceremonies on that
Occafion, 177, 178, &c.
F.
Father's remarkable Quarrel with his Son, and the Deci-
fion of it, 181 to 185.
Funerals, an Account of them, 192, 193.
G.
Galileo, his Sufferings from the Court of Inquifition, 8.
Gall-nut, a Deſcription of that Fruit, 316.
Glaſs, the Want of it how ſupply'd, 149.
Gea
INDE
X.
Goa City, its Deſcription and Inhabitants, 291, 295.
How our Author was frighten'd in his Bed at one of
the Inns, 292, &c.
His Practice there in Surgery, 295.
His Impriſonment in the Inquifition, 296.
His Difcourfe with a Chineſe Priſoner about Religion,
297, &c.
His Defence before the Inquifition, and Condemnation.
to the Galleys for Life, 317, 318.
How he was taken by a Pirate, and carry'd to Algier,
3.21.
His Redemption from Slavery, 349.
Goats large and ftrong us'd for Draught, 94.
Story of an unruly one, 102.
GOD, by what Name he is call'd in this unknown
Country, 107.
Their Opinion of the Divine Being, 113, 136, 137.
H.
Hair, long, a Differtation upon it, and why our Author
confented to have his cut off, 33 to 35.
Heat and Cold, what they confit in, 68, 70.
Heaven, a crude Notion of it, 131.
Heudde, Peter, how he bit Vandyke a Dutch Factor at
Lisbon, 37, &c. 350.
How he was afterwards taken by the Pirates, 329.
How he pretended to make Gold, 356 to 359.
His own Narrative of his Rogueries, 349 to 364.
I.
Immortality of the Soul ridicul'd, 134, &c.
Incarnation of Chrift, that Mystery freely treated of
309, 310.
L.
Language of the unknown Country, 86 to 89.
Light, its Creation defin'd, 30, 123.
Lisbon, City defcrib'd, 16.
M:
Marriages, at what Age they are allow'd in this unknown
Country, and to whom prohibited, 176, 193.
Maffey, John, a Mercer at London, our Author's Brother
and their Careffes at Meeting there, 367.
Maffey, David, Captain of a Ship, his Misfortune, 2.
Matter,
INDE
X.
Matter, its Operation on our Organs, 69.
Microſcopes, the Ufe of 'em, 313, 314.
Mines of Iron and Coal deſcrib'd, 98, 99.
Miracles of our Saviour how to be underſtood, 310, 311.
N
Negro, Story of one who hang'd himſelf for fear of bang-
ing, 23.
The Diffection of his Body, 23, 24,
Why Negroes are black, 24.
Nefts of ftrange Birds defcrib'd, 51, 5z.
News, the Method of fpreading it through this unknown
Country, 179.
Oak- Apples defcrib'd, 316.
O.
P.
Paris, the Author's Account of it, 4.
Paſcal, M. an Account of his Conic Sections, 5.
Perception, what is the fole Cauſe of it, 28.
Philofophy, natural, a curious Diſcourſe on it, 273 to
279.
Pillar of Fire that conducted the Ifraelites, what it was,
121.
Pole, a ftrange Animal of that Name defcrib'd, 151.
Polybius, a Quotation from him with reſpect to the Gods,
and to Rewards and Puniſhments, 307.
Polygamy, to whom allow'd, 148.
Prayer reckoned needlefs, 114, 116.
The Neceffity of it, 116, 119.
Princes why they don't love Alterations in Worſhip, 111:
Purgatory, an Account of it, 163.
R.
Religious Differences not fo effential as pretended, 307,
308.
Reſurrection, the Pagan Notion of it, 123, 124, &c.
130, 131.
Revelation Divine vindicated, 119, 120, &c.
Revelation Divine defended by our Author againſt a
Chriftian Renegadoe, 330 to 333-
S.
Savages, our Author and his Comrades encounter with
them, 262 to 267.
Scriptures,
INDE X.
Scriptures, Holy, whether they were all infpir'd, 33 for
335.
Their Antiquity and Authenticity, 334 to 337.
Serpent, a hideous one like to have devour'd our Author,
&c. 58.
Small-Pox, its Fatality, 196.
Spaniard's fcuffle with a Portuguese. in which they mur-
der'd each other, 290, 291.
Sun, how worthy he is thought of Adoration, 60, 61.
Computation of his Dimenfions, 65, 66, 187.
Sun-Dialling, an Account of that Art, 197.
T.
Temperance, the good Effects of it, 36, 37-
Thought defin'd, 28.
Time internal and external, how defin'd and meaſur'd,
30, 31.
Tortoifes, the Excellency of their Fat, 45.
Touch, the Effects of it, 28.
Trinity, a Difcourfe on that Subject betwixt a Chineſe
Pagan and a French Jefuit, 299, 300.
Compared to a Fruit-Tree, 301, 302.
The Infidelity of the Chineſe, 303.
V.
Virgin, what it means in the Original, 310.
W.
Wandering Jew, an Account of him, 9, &c.
Wars, juft, vindicated, 161.
Watch, a Preſent of one made to the King by our Au
thor's Comrade, 199.
How it involv'd him in a very dangerous Intrigue with.
one of the King's Wives, 199 to 232.
Woolpack at Sea deſcrib'd, 42, &c.
Y.
Year, the Variety of its Computations, 62, 63.
The Difference betwixt the Gregorian and Julian, 63,
64.
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