Book IT: land of BARBADOS, 
fixed his facred Tripos ; Here the Fate of Kingdoms, and of Empires, had 
been fondly confulted, and no lefs artfully determined: Here the Greedy 
and Ambitious, deluded by ambiguous Promifes of Succefs, would have 
grafped fantaftic Crowns and Sceptres at the Expence of real Treafures, 
Anxiety of Mind, and even of human Blood : And from hence perhaps the 
crafty Statefman would have derived divine Authority to human Laws 
and Inftitutions: In fine, Cum, and neglected Delphi, had never been 
immortalized in Verfe or Profe. 
As Fraud and Impofture can never bear the Teftimony and Face of Day, 
the Heathen Priefts made Choice of fuch gloomy and difmal Recefies 
for the Execution of their diabolical Collufions, as might naturally affect 
the Imagination with an enthufiaftic Horror and Amazement ; and, at 
the fame time, conceal from Obfervation thofe Inftruments of Delufion, 
wherewith they were to impofe on the Weaknefs of their infatuated Que- 
rifts : And what Place could more effectually promote the Defign of 
thefe Sorcerers, than fuch a dreadful Den of Darknefs, as I have been 
now defcribing ? Where, in the Words of /; irgil, 
Horror ubig;, animos, finul ipfa filentia terrent. 
All things were full of Horror and Affright, 
And dreadful ev’n the Silence of the Night. 
The End of the Seconp Boox. 
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