"The Compleat 



the wonders that you may now 

 see, and not till then believe, 

 unless you think fit. 



You may 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 incredible fish, 

 but you may there see the sala- 

 mander, several sorts of barna- 

 cles, and Solan geese, the bird 

 of Paradise, such sorts of snakes, 

 and such birds'-nests, and of so 

 various forms, and so wonder- 

 fully 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 incredible ; 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. 



JOHN TRADES CANT 



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, hut only he that owes them. 



We all acknowledge both thy power and love 

 To be exact, transcendent, and divine; 



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