n Ex Pofi dton upon the Bach o f o s. 73 2 Chap. 4 i uotei fgua- Secondly, It is reported, that iome Whales, or Whales in m,o tot clypei fome parts of the world, have huge fcales. There was fete calk guibusadver- up upon the fea-fbort (faith one) a ronffrouu ftfh, offifty cubits long, fu±omnem vim which had fcales all over of a cubit thick. Thefe were flrong tegitu, roles indeed : and though we have not known or heard of any Arianus me- a morateaNe- fuch in there parts of the world , yet who can fay knowingly archo vifun, there are none fuch in any part of the world, as literally anfwer tetum inlittus the d.efcription of Leviathans lcales. I grant,. that the three ex> oJetlumcubi- ceptions, which Becharrue takes a ainfi the tettimoa of Near :ovum cinqua° dl'uoare very confderable. Firfgt That he (lands alone and gintn cortoI Y , , fguatnofo tam is but a Tingle wirnefs. Secondly. That he Both not fayhe law crq/fo, utcubi- fuch a whale, but only heard it of certainMariners, who Paid they turn guaret., raw fuch a one which fort of men are not always to be credited. And,he adds,. Thirdly, That though Nearchus fhould have faid, that himfelf had fen fuch a Whale, yet little credit were to be given him, he being an Author of no good credit. Thefe con- federations, I confers, may fomewhat weaken the teftimony of Nearchus;yet I fee no reafon, why they fhould utterly infringe and difable ir. For, fir(}, one man may (peak truth in it felf, as well as two or three, though the teftimony of one be not fo au- thentick to others, as the tefiiinony of two or three. Secondly, Though forne Marinersover-reach in their repo ts,yet it doth not, follow that they did fo from whom that report came. Nnd,Third- ly, Though Nearcbus be jufily chargedwith failing,:and falrenefs in fome things, yet none can fay, his whole book is nothing elfe: but a bundle of lies. And if there be any truths in his writings, as, I fuppofe, no man will deny, but there are many ; then why, this report of a, Whale,or mighty fifh, of that kind, with great leales, may not be reckoned among the truths contained in his writings, rather than among the lies, let the Reader judge. Now though it be que(tioned, what animal this Leviathan is; yet 'cis out of question, that he bath leales upon him-, or that which amounts to leales; For (faith the Lord) -His foals are . his pride, neva xran Some render the words thus; The majeflyof his fcales is like nation. ,bang fhields. He is like a Curaffier or an Horfe mail, armed rn fuper. Cap-a-Pe , or all over. But I (hall abide in our own readings jia,mognf- His fcales are his pride, or his bight; his fpirit is heightned by centia,verbum thern, ferace.
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