A Cenfo.re o[Tr~ve/1. A Forraine Noblesare frudious, in comparifoo ofours;(in which regard I am nor albamed ro recant rhat which my on-experience bath (out ofhearfay)written in praife ofthe French education, and rhofe few that have frolne the turning over of books, hide their !kill, lcfr they !bould be made ro blufh at rheir venue. Whor brave Trophees and rich Monuments bath rhe_pen ofour gracious Soveraign~ raifed of himfclfe unto all polterities? When ignorance and malice have!hot rhelf bolt,the glory of his great wifdome and knowledge !hall more fill the mout~s, and _affell: the hearts of all !itcceeding ages, tha{l ufhiS grearnelfe. _Paul rhe.Ftft, and hiS greare!t Chapl>ines, Bella,.mine and PerrM, have felt the wetght of bts hand ;whereas the great King that friles himfelfc Catholike, when he comes to paOe his cenforious Edill:upon Cardinal! BJro11itH (who in rhedevenrh Tomeof his Hifrory feemed Edi{l• d<1 Rry B too bufie in fa!tening the Title of the Kingdome of Sicily upon tbe Pope) pro- ~;;.;,;:;:,•,;; feffcrh to ground his intelligenceof his wrong onely upon others eyes; as ifa booke T,lf. .d• ""'-' (though of a Cardinal!) were roo meane an objell: for the view ofMajefry. And as Mm""hi• d, all fubordin1regrearoe!fe flowesfrom the head, fodoe commonly alfo the difpofi- J::~if;~"/:': tions: Neither have rhc DoCrorsofrhe Romifh Church (uponwhom the implicite ... '"'dm•l "' f•irh _of rhe ~ayry is fufpcnd~d ~ found it any_ ill pol.icy, ro cherifh this diflike ':'f ~;',Z'/:/;~: booktfbneffem rhe great: for whtles rhecandletS out,lt IS fafefor them roplay thetr ""'" £«l.ji<- tricks in rbe darke; and ifthe Ajfjridlll be ~nee blinded, how ~a lily may they be f/iw. led into rhemidfr ofany Somario? Ifthe hght ofkno,oledgemtghtfredy fhinero the world , Popery would foone be afhamed of it felfe, ancl vanifh omong!t rhe worksofdarkneffe: Nowhowwellthefe examples, and this converfarioo, !ball c whet the appetite umo good frudies, it cannot be hard to judge. SECT. XI. BUt perhaps it is not the learningofrheSchoole, but ofthe State, whereinour Travellerhopes for aperfell:ion: The fire and forme of Cities, the fafhion of government, the mannersofpeople, the raifing211d rate of forraine revenues, rhe deportment ofCourts, themanaging both ofwar and peace, is that wherein his owne eye !hall behis befr intelligencer ; the knowledge whereof !ha!! well requite his labour, whether fordifcourfeor fornfe. What ifl fay, ( thatfave the foothing D up ofour fancy in all this) rhefe leffonsmay be as well taken our at home? I have knownefome that have travelledno further than their owne dofer, which could both reach and carrell: the grearefrTraveller, after all hisredious and cofrly pererra· tion> :what doe we bur lofe the benefit of fo many journalls, maps, hifroricall defcriptions, relations, ifwe cannotwith rhefe helps,travell by ourowne lire-fide? He that rravells into forraine Countries, t3lks perhapswith a Peafanr,or aPilgrim,or aCitizen, or aCourrier, and nmfr needs rake fuch information as partial! rumour, orweakeconjell:urecan give him;bur he that travells into learned and credible Author!, talkswith them who have fpem themfelves in bolting out the truthofall paffages; and who having made their labours publike, would have beene like to heareofit, ifthey had mif-reporred. The ordinary rravellerpropoundsfome prime E Cities to himfe!fe, and thither he walkes right forward 1ifhe meet withought that ismemorable in rheway, he rakes it np; but how many rhoufand matters of note fall befide him on either hand , of the knowledge whereof bee is not guilty: Whereas fome grave and painefull Amhor bath collell:ed into one view, wharfoever his Coumrey affords worthy ofmarke; having meafuredmany a foule frep for that, which we may feedry-fhod; and worne out many yeares in the fearch ofrhar, which one houre !ball make no !effe ours, than it was his owne. To whichmulr be added, that our nnperfe/1: acquaintance may not hopo to finde fo perfell: ioformation on the fudden as a natural! inhabitant may get , by the difquifition of his whole life. Let an Italian or French paffenger walke rhorow this our Iland, what can his Table-bookes carry home, in corr.parifon ofthe le1rned Briraine of our Camden, or the accurateTables of Spetd I Or ifone ·------------------------------------------------~--------
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