38 LETTER II. 



Of mightiejl Empire y from the dejtind Walk 

 Of Camhalu^ Seat of Cathaian Cam ; 

 And Samarch and by Oxus^ T'emirs T^hrone ; 

 T'o Pequin of Sinean Kings : and thence 

 jTJ? Agra^ and Lahor^ of great Mogul-, 

 Down to the golden Cherfonefe : or where 

 T'he Perfan in Ecbatanfate 3 or f nee 

 In Hifpahan : or where the Ru/Jian-Kfar 

 In Mofcow^ or the Sultan in Biza?2ce^ 

 T^urcheftan born : nor could his eye not ken 

 T'h' Empire of Negus ^ to his iitmofi Fort 

 ErcocOy and the lefs maritim Kings ; 

 Monbaza and ^iloa^ and Melind^ 

 And Sofala (thought Ophir) to the Realm 

 Of Congo ^ and Angola ^ farthejl South : 

 Or thence from Niger Flood to Atlas Mount ^ 

 T'he Kingdoms of Almanzor^ Fez, a?id Sus^ 

 Morocco and Algiers , and l!remifen ^ 

 Or Europe thence , and where Rome was tofway 

 Tthe World : in Spirit perhaps he alfofaw 

 Rich Mexico, the Seat ofMontezume, 

 And Cufco in Feru, the richer Seat 

 Of Atabalipa\ and yet unfpoiV d 

 Guiajta, whofe great City Geryon's Sons 

 Call Er Dorado. 

 I do not fuppofe there was any Sea Profped; from 

 that lofty Hill of Eden whereon Adam had a vifio- 

 nary view, Gfc. fo that I fpeak in relation to height 

 and diflance only : Though upon recoUedion, 

 I think he might, 



