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ftrument for all Arts whatfoevcr, no Improve- 

 ment to be made of any experimental Knowledge 

 without it. Hence (as Arijiotle faith well) they 

 do amifs that complain that Man is worfe dealt 

 with by Nature than any other Creatures; where- 

 as they have fome Hair, fome Shells, fome Wool, 

 fome Feathers, fome Scales, to defend themfelves 

 from the Injuries of the Weather, Man alone is 

 bo;*n naked and without all Covering ; whereas 

 they have natural Weapons to defend themfelves 

 and offend their Enemies, fome Horns, fome 

 Hoofs, fome Teeth, fome Talons, fome Claws, 

 fome Spurs and Beaks ; Man hath none of all 

 thefe, but is weak and feeble, and unarm'd fent 

 into the World : why, a Hand, with Reafon to 

 ufe it, fupplies the Ufes of all thefe, that's both 

 a Horn and a Hoof, a Talon and a Tulk, &c. 

 becaufe it enables us to ufe Weapons of thefe and 

 other fafhions, as Swords, and Spears, and Guns; 

 befides, this Advantage a Man hath of them, that 

 whereas they cannot at pleafure change their 

 Coverings, or lay afide their Weapons, or make 

 ufe of others as Occafion ferves, but muft abide 

 Winter and Summer, Night and Day with the 

 fame Cloathing on their Backs, and fleep with 

 their Weapons upon them -, a Man can alter his 

 Cloathing according to the Exigency of the 

 Weather, go warm in Winter and cool in Sum- 

 mer, cover up himfelf hot in the Night, and. lay 

 afide his Cloaths in the Day, and put on or off 

 more or fewer, according as his Work and Ex- 

 ercife is; and can, as Occafion requires, make 



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