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Hal. 104. Pialm,wherein,for height of Poetry 

 and Wonders, the Prophet David 

 feems even to exceed himfelf; how 

 doth he there exprefs himfelfe in 

 choice Metaphors, even to the a- 

 mazement of a contemplative Rea- 

 der, concerning the Sea, the Rivers, 

 and the Fifh therein contained. And 

 the great Naturallift Pliny fayes, 

 " [That Natures great and wonder- 

 "ful power is more demonftrated in 

 " the Sea, then on the Land. ] And 

 this may appear by the numerous 

 and various Creatures, inhabiting 

 both in and about that Element : as 

 to the Readers of Gefner, Randeliti- 

 us, Pliny, Arijlotle, and others is 

 demonftrated: But I will fweeten 

 this difcourfe alfo out of a contem- 



Dubartas plation in Divine Dubartas, who 



in the fifth 



day. layee, 



God quickened in the Sea and in the Rivers, 

 So many fifhe> of fo many features, 



in tbewatersivemayfee all Creatures; 



Even 



