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Ufe of divert Sorts of Weapons, and Choice of 

 fuch at all Turns as are mofl proper and conve- 

 nient; whereby we are enabled to fubdue and 

 rule over all other Creatures, and ufe for our 

 own Behoof thofe Qualities wherein they excel, 

 as the Strength of the Ox, the Valour and Swift- 

 nefs of the Horfe, the Sagacity and Vigilancy of 

 the Dog, and fo make them as it were our own. 

 Had we wanted this Member in our Bodies we 

 muft have liv'd the Life of Brutes, without Houfe 

 or Shelter, but what the Woods and Rocks would 

 have afforded, without Cloaths or Covering, with- 

 out Corn, or Wine, or Oil, or any other Drink 

 but Water ; without the Warmth and Comfort, 

 or other Ufes of Fire, and fo without any artifi- 

 cial bak'd, boird, or roaft Meats; but muft have 

 fcrambled with the wild Beafts for Crabs, and 

 Nuts, and Acorns, and fuch other things as the 

 Earth puts forth of her own accord ; we had laid 

 open and exposed to Injuries, and had been un- 

 able to refift or defend ourfelves againft almoft 

 the weakeft Creature. 



The remaining Parts I fhall but briefly run 

 over. 



That tht Back-Bone (hould be divided into fo 

 many Vertebres for commodious bending, and 

 not be one entire rigid Bone, which being of that 

 Length would have been often in danger of fnap- 

 ping in funder ; that it fhould be made tapering, 

 in form of a Pillar, the lower Vertebres being the 

 broadeft and largeft, and the fuperior in order 

 lefler and leffer, for the greater Fkmnefs and Sta- 

 bility 



