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|< down Waters, than any part of the Old World. Butit istrue, that the 
«mained in their Mountains peopled the Countrey again flowly, by little 
| “in-their Mountainous Habitations been ufed (in refpe& of the extream 
| * Bears, and gteat Hairy Goars, that they have in thofe parts; when after | 
New Atlantis. 
“ fortune, if they had normet with enemies of greater clemency, Forthe 
“King of thisIfland (by name «Altabin) awife Man, anda great Warrior; 
“ knowing well bothhisownftrength, andthat of his enemies, handled the 
“matter fo, as he cut off their Land forces from their Ships, and entoiled 
“ both their Navy and their Camp, with a greater power thancheirs, both 
“by Sea and Land, and compelled them to render themfelyes withour | 
<¢ ftriking ftroke; andafter they were at his mercy, contenting himfelf one- | 
‘ely with their Oath, that they fhould no more bear Arms againft him} ‘dif | — 
‘e miffed them all in fafety. But the Divine revenge overtook not long | 
‘e after thofe proud enterprifes ; for within lefs then the fpace of One hun- 
<¢dred years the Great Atlantis was utterly loft anddeftroyed, not by agreat | 
< Earthquake, as your CWanfaith, (for that whole Tract is little fubjeG& to | 
«¢ Farthquakes) but by a particular Deluge or Inundation, thofe Countreys 
«having at this day far greater Rivers, and far higher Mountains to pour | 
« fame Inundation was nor deep, not paft forty foot in moft places from | - 
‘ethe ground; fo that although it deftroyed Man and Beaft generally , | — 
‘yet fome few wilde Inhabitants of the Wood efeaped: Birds alfo were | 
« faved by flying tothe high Trees and Woods. Foras forMen, aithough 
«« they had Buildings inmany places higher then the depth of the VVater ; 
«yet that Inundation, though it were fhallow , had along continuance, | 
«whereby they of the Vale, that werenotdrowned, perifhed for want of | 
“food, andother thingsneceflary. So as marvel you not at thethin Popu. | 
«lation of America, nor atthe Rudenefs and. Ignorance of the People ; for | 
‘you muft account your Inhabitants of Camerica as a young People, | 
« younger a thoufand years at the leaft than the reft.of the VVorld, ‘for | 
“that there was fo much time. between the Univerfal Flood, and their par- 
“ticular Inundation, For the poor remnant of Humane Seed which ree | 
“ and little: And being fimple anda favage people (not like Noah and his } 
«Sons, which was the chicf Family of the Earth) they were not able to 
“leave Letters, Arts, and Civility ro their Pofterity. And having likewife {- 
“‘ Cold of thofe Regions) to cloath themfelves with the skins of Tigers, | — 
‘¢ they came down into the Valley, and found the intolerable Heats which | — 
“are there, and knew no means of lighter Apparel, they were forced to } — 
“‘begin the cuftom of going naked, which continuethat this day; onely | — 
‘¢ they take great pride and delight in the Feathers of Birds : Andthis alfo} — 
« «hey took from thofe their Anceftors of the Mountains, who were in-} 
vited unto it by the infinite flight of Birds that came up to the high} — 
“Grounds ; while the Waters ftood below... So you fee by this main } - 
“‘accident of time, we loft our Traffick with the Americans, with whom, | 
‘of allothers, inregard they lay neareft to us, we had moft. commerce.'| — 
“As forthe other parts of the World, it is. moft manifeft, that in the | — 
“ Ages following (whether it were in refpe&t of VVars, or by a Natural } 
‘‘ cevolution of time) Navigation did every where greatly decay, and { 
“ efpecially far voyages (the rather by theufe of Gallies, and fuch Veffels } - 
‘as could hardly brook the Ocean) were altogether left and omitted.4— 
‘So then, that part of entercourfe which. could be from other Nations } 
“ro fail co us, you fee how it hath long fince ceafed, except it were by | 
“‘fome rare accident, as this of yours. But now of the ceflation of that | 
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