CHAP. I. THE COMPLETE AN&LER. 109 



lief of some of the other wonders I mentioned, I "will 

 tell you some of the wonders that you may now see, 

 and not till then believe, unless you think fit. 



You may there see the Hog-fish, the Dog-fish, the 

 Dolphin, the Coney-fish, the Parrot-fish, the Shark, 

 the Poison-fish, Sword-fish, and not only other incredi- 

 blc fish; but you may there see the Salamander, several 

 sorts of Barnacles, of Solan Geese, the Bird of Para- 

 dise; such sorts of Snakes, and such BirdVnests, and 

 of so various forms, and so wonderfully made, as may 

 beget wonder and amusement in any beholder ; and so 

 many hundred of other rarities in that collection, as 

 will make the other wonders I spake of, the less incre- 

 dible ; for, you may note, that the waters are Nature's 

 store-house, in which she locks up her wonders. 



But, Sir, lest this discourse may seem tedious. I shall 

 give it a sweet conclusion out of that holy poet, Mr. 

 George Herbert, his divine Contemplation on God's 

 Providence; 



Lord ! who hath praise enough, nay, who hath any ? 

 None can express thy works, but he that knows them ; 

 And none can know thy works, they are so many, 

 And so complete, but only he that owes * them. 



We, all, acknowledge both thy power and love 



To be exact, transcendant, and divine 



Who dost so strangely and so sweetly move, 



Whilst all things have their end yet none, but thine. 



Wherefore, most sacred Spirit ! I here present, 

 For me and all my fellows, praise to thee ; 

 And just it is, that I should pay the rent, 

 Because the benefit accrues to me. 



And as concerning fish : In that psalm, Psal. 104. 

 wherein for height of poetry and wonders, the prophet 

 David seems even to exceed himself; how doth he there 

 express himself in choice metaphors even to the amaze- 

 ment of a contemplative reader concerning the sea, the 



* Used as an equivalent to o<wns t a sense now obsolete. 



