LETTER III. 8^2 



nioft if not all Chriftian Princes, except our own 

 moil gracious Sovereign. 



And farther ; I think that our blind Poet M7- 

 ton has admirably well drawn their Charader in 

 the following Lines. See Book 1 1. verfe 689. 



In thofe days Might only Jl^all be admird. 

 And Valour and Heroic Virtue call'd ; 

 2l? overcome i7i battle and fuhdiie 

 Nations^ and bring home Jpoil with infinite 

 Manjlaiighter^ fhall be held the highefi pitch 

 Of humane glory ^ aftdfor Glory done 

 Of triumph^ to be fill' d great ConqueronrSy 

 Patrons of Mankind^ Gods^ and Sons of Gods -^ 

 Defiroyers rightlier caWd^ a?id Plagues of Men ^ 



This is a fair Comment upon the 4^^ Verfe of the" 

 6^^ Chapter of Genefis^ viz. Inhere were Giants 

 in the Earth in thofe days 5 and alfo after that^ 

 when the Sons of God came in unto the Daugh-^ 

 ters of Men^ a?2d they bare Children to the?n > 

 the fame became Mighfy Men^ which were of 

 old^ Men of Re?20wn, And indeed they are pro- 

 perly enough applied to thefe ordinary Colony- 

 fetlers, as well as to more exalted Tyrants. Nay, 

 I am fully perfuaded, That Cctfar Borgia^ or Oli- 

 'varetto de Per mo ^ would have been proper Princes 

 over them ; efpecially, if they had been blefled 

 with Machiavel and Hobbs^ to ferve as Secretaries 

 of State, and Prime Minifters under them. Ccefar 



F 2 Borgia 



