pliftment of their ddfignes, whereby 

 the ancient Heroes have already out-laft- 

 ed their Monuments, and Mechanicall 

 prefcrvations. But in this latter Scene 

 of time we cannot expedt fuch Mum 

 mies unto our memories, when ambiti- ^msry 

 on may fear the Prophecy ofElias e , and laft butfix 

 Chalet the fifth can never hope to live ******* 

 within two Mctbttfelas ofHcffer f , ^Heflors 



And therefore reftlefie inquietude for famclaft- 

 the diuturnity of our memories unto pre- 

 fen t confidera tions,feems a vanity almoft 

 out of date, and fuperanuated peece of 

 folly* We cannot hope to live fo long 

 in our nimes, as fome have done in their extant, 

 perfons, one face ofjaxw holds no pro 

 portion unto the other. 'Tis too late 

 to be ambitious. The great mutations of 

 the world are afted, or time may be too 

 horl for our defignes. To extend our 

 memories by Monuments, whofe death 

 we dayly pray for, and whole duration 

 we cannot hope, without injury to our 

 expectations^ in the advent of the laft 

 |day 5 were a contradiction to our be- 

 liefs. We whofe generations are or 

 dained in this letting part of time, are 



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