646 ~o Vadir? --- of ours lhould(as toomany do) paife rhe AIpes,what pemncescan his wild journey A obferve, in compari(onofthe Ilin"a'! of Fr. SchotttH an~ CapMgnan"'? Or he that would difcourfeofthe Royalties ofrhe FrenchLillies, how can he be fo furniihed by flying report, ., by_the elaborate ¥atherings of CajfonetH, or of DtgrajfoliiH? What ihould I be infimte? Thts age !Sfo full of hght, that there is noone country ofthe habitableworld, w.hofe beames are not croffed and interchanged withother· ) Knowledge ofall affaires, is like mufick in the llreets, whereof thole may partake' which pay nothing. We doe not lie more open to one common finne, thaJt to th~ eyesand pens ofour neighbours; Even Chit~ a it felfe, and ]apOMi•, and thole other remorelt !Oesand Continents(which have taken the !lrittelt order for clofenetre) have received fuch difcovcries, as would rather fatisfie aReader, than provokehim ro amend them. Agood booke is •t once the bell companion, and guide,and way B and end ofour journey. Neceffity drove our fore-fathers onr ofdoores, which eut: in thole mii!y rimes had feene nolight :wemay with more eafe, and no !effe profit fir ilill, and inhedt, and enjoy the laboursofthem, and our elder brethren wh~ have purchafed our knowledge with much hazard, time, toyle, expence, ond have beene liberall oftheir blood, ( fome ofthem) to leave us rich. SECT. XII. AS for rharverball~ifcourfe, wherein I feefomeplace the ~elicity of their Travell(rhmkmgJttheonelygracerorellwonders to a nng ofadmiring c ignorant•) it is eafie to anfwer; that Table-ralke is the lea{( care ofawife man, who like adeepe ilreamcdefires rather to run filenr; and ashimfelfe is feldome rranfporrcdwithwonder, fo doth he not affeCt it inothers; reducing all to ufe,ratherrhan admiration, and more defiring to benefit, than ai!onilh the hearer. withal!, that rhe fame mcaneswhicb enable us ro know, i:!oe at once furnilb us with matter of difcourfe, and for the forme ofourexpreffion, ifit proceed nor from r6at naturall dexterity which we carry with us, in vaine fhall we hope to bringit home; the change oflanguageis ratheran hinderance to our former readineffe: and iffome hav,e fetchr new nofes, and lips, and cares from Italj( by the he!pe of T4glimti#1, and hisSchollers ) never any brought anew tongue from thence. Toconclude, ifa man wouldgivehimfelre leave robe rhus vaineandfree, likea Mill without a fclufe, D let him but travell through the worldof books, and he lball eafilybe able to out· ralke rhat tongue, whofe feet havewalkt thefunhe{(: what bathany eye feene, or imaginotiondevifed, w~ich the pen bath not dared towrite? Out ofour books we can tell the ltories ofthe Mon•c<ili, who lying upon their backs, lbclter tbemfelves from rhe Sunnewith thelbadowoftheirone onelyfoot. Wee can reil of thofe chcape.dietedmen, rhat!iveabout rhe headofG•nge~, withourmeate, without month!, feeding onely upon aireat their noilhrils: Or thofe head!effe Eai!erne peo· pie, that have their eyes in their brei!s (a mif.conceit arifing from their tillbion of attire, which! have fomerimesfeene:) Or of thofe Coromand.e, ofwhom Pli"} fpeakes,rbar cover their wholebody with their earcs: Or oftheperfecutors ofSaint ThomM ofCa#terbm'J, whofe poi!erity (ifwe l:ieleeve the confidentwriringsofDt· E gf8jfoliMJ) are bornewith long and hairy tailes, fouping after them· which (I imagine) gaveoccafion to that proverbiall jell,wherewith our mirth utes to upbraid the Kcntinl :Orof Amautu, or Pigflrtet, orSatyres, or the S41JJ4rcaudean1Amit,whr~h growing out ofrhe earth by tht navell, grazeth fo farre as that narurall tether Will reach:Orofthe Bird Rllc,or ten thoufaud fuch miracles,whether ofnamre,or event. Little need we ro ilirreour feetrolcame to tell either loud lies, or large truths. We have heard •bird ina cage fing morechangeofnotes, than others have done in rhe wilde liberty of thewood. And as for the prefenroccurrencesofthe time, the ~or!d about us is fo full of Prdfe,, that itmay, and is growne fo good a fellow, thlit 1twrll impart;what it knows ro all tlle neighbours: whole relations, if fomerimes th;Y fwarve from truth, wemay well confider, \That variety ofreport everyacCJdenrWIII yeeld;
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