ies —— New Atlantis. 
« Queftion s it was not any fuch conceit, but becaufe we remembred he 
«had given a touch ia his former Speech, that this Land hai Laws of Se- 
as crecy, touching Strangers. Zo this he (aid, “You remember it rights and 
“ therefore in that; I fhall fay coyou, Imuftreferve fome particulars which 
«itis not lawful for me toreveal, butthére willbe enoughleftto give you 
“ farisfaGion. 
“ You fhall underftand (that which perhaps you will {carce think cre- 
« dible) thatabout Three thoufand years ago, or fomewhat more, the Na- | 
« vig tion of the VVorld ({pecially forremote Voyages) was greate: then 
“atthis day. Donot think with your felves, that I knownothow much 
« itis increafed with you within thefe threefcore years, 1 Knowit well ; and 
“«yetl fay, greater then then now. ©VVhether it was, that the example of 
«the Ark that faved the remnant of Men from the Univerfal Deluge. gave 
«s men confidence to adventure uponthe VVaters, or whatit was, but iuch 
isthe truth. The Phenicisns, and {pecially the Tyrians, had great Flects ; 
“fo had the Carthagtnians their Colony, which is yet further VVeft: To- 
« ward the Eaft the Shipping of Egypt and of Paleftina was likewife great ; 
* China alfo, andthe Grear Atlante (trat you call America) whichhave now 
| “bat junks and Canoaes, abounded then in tall Ships. ‘this Ifland (as 
« appeareth by faithful Regifters of thofe times) had then Fiftecn hundred 
“< ftrona Ships of great content.Of all this,therc is with you {paring memory 
“ornone. but we havelarge know ledge thereof. 
« Acthat time this Land'was known, and frequented by the Ships and 
© Veffels of all the Nations beforenamed. and (as it cometh to pals) they 
«hid many times Men ef othet Countreys¢thiat weréno Sailers, chac came 
“with them, as Perfians, Chaldeans, Arabéans ~ fo as almoft all Nations of 
« might and famereforted hither, of whomiwe have fome Stirps and little 
© Tribes with us at this day. And for our own Ships, they went fundry 
«Voyages, as well to your Streighrs, which you call the Pillars of Hercu'es, 
“as toorher parts inthe Aslantick, and Meditrerranean Seas; asto Feguin (whici 
& is thefame with Cambalu) and Quinfay upon the Oriental Seu, as far asto 
« the Borders of the Eaft Tartary. 
« Atthe fametime, and an Age after ormore, the Inhabitants of the 
<¢ Great Atlamis did flourifh. For though the Narration and Defcription 
« which is made by agreat Man with you, of the Defcendents of Neptune 
** planted there, and of the magni‘icent Temple, Palace, City, and Hill, 
“andthe manifold ftreams of goodly Navigable Rivers, which (as fo many 
|“ Chains) inyironed the fame Site and Temple, and the feveral degrees of 
“afcent, whereby men did climb up to the fame, as if it had been a Scala 
“ Celi, be all Poetical and Fabulous; yet ‘o muchistrue That the faid 
“ Countrey of _ Atlantis, aswell thatof Pere then called Gys, as chat of 
“€Mexico then named Tyrambel ; were mighty and proud Kingdoms in 
« Arms, Shipping, and Riches; fo mighty, as atone time (or a lealt with- 
‘in the fpace of ten years) they both made two greatexpeditions, they of 
“ Tyrambel through the Atlantick to the Meditarranean Sea, and they of Coya 
“ through the South-fea upon this our Ifland. And for the former of thefe, 
which wasinto Europe, the fame Author amongtt you (as it feemeth) had 
««fome relation from the Egyptian Prieff whom he ciceth, for affuredly fuch 
“athingtherewas. But whether it were the ancient —Athenians that hai 
*«the glory of the repulfe and refift ince of thofe Forces, I canfay nothing ; 
«but certain it is, there never came back either Ship or Man from that Voy- 
*‘age. Neither had the other Voyage of thofe of Coys, upon us, had better 
1 iB ‘ fortune, 
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