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ture of all thofe marvellous Organs of Speech 

 lyeith fo much Exadnefs, that the very three fmall 

 Mufcles which do take their Rife from the Apo- 

 ihefis Styhides are not wanting, altho' this Apo^ 

 tbejts be extremely fmall -, this Particularity doth 

 likewife fhew that there is no reafon to think that 

 Agents do perform fuch and fuch Adtions becaufe 

 they are found w^ith Organs proper thereunto; 

 for according to thefe Philofophers Apes {hould 

 fpeak, feeing that they have all the Inftruments 

 neceffary for Speech 5 all this is confirmed and 

 approv'd by the learned and accurate Dr. T'yfon in 

 his Anatomy of the Orang-Outrang or Pigmy y he 

 finding in the Animal he defcrib'd (which was of 

 the Ape-Kind) the whole Strufture of the Larynx 

 and Os Hyoides exadly as it is in Man ; and the 

 Refledion which the Pariftans make upon their 

 Obfervation of thefe and the neighbouring Parts, 

 he thinks very juft and valuable ; and adds farther, 

 that this is not the only Inftance which may ju- 

 ftify fuch an Inference, tho' he thinks it fo ftrong 

 an one as the Atheijis can never anfwer. 



It is farther confiderable , and adds to ' the 

 Weight of this Inftance, that tho' Birds have been 

 taught to imitate human Voice, and to pronounce 

 Words, yea, Sentences; yet Quadrupeds never, 

 tho* they have Organs far more fit for that pur- 

 pofe, and fome of them, viz. Dogs and HorfeSy 

 converfe almoft perpetually with Men; and o- 

 thers, as Apes, are given naturally to imitate Mens 

 AtUonpj as if Providence had defign'd purpofely 



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