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“gether, it wiliquench bucit you give it any vent, i willrage,, As fo 
“Mafculine Love, they have no touch of it, and yet there are not fo furch: 
“ful andinviolate. Friendships in the World again as are there ; andro |: 
“(peak generally (as I faid before) 1 have not read of any fuch Chaitity in 
| “any Peopleas theirs. And sheirufaal faying #4, That whofoever is unchate, 
“cannot reverencehimfelf. ud they fay, That the reverence of aMans (elf 
| *ic,nextReligion, thechiefeft Bridle of all Vices. And when he, had, faid 
this, the good fevy paufed alittle. Whercupon, I far more willing to bear 
{him fpeak on, thanto fpeak my felf; yet thinking it decent, that upon his 
paufe of Speech I fhould not be altogether filent, faid onely this,“ That 1 
4 would fay to him, as the Widow of Sarepra faid to Elia, Thathe was 
‘4 cometobring to mcmory ourfins ; and that 1 confe/s therighteoufnefs of 
4) Benfalem, was greater than therighteoufnefs of Europe. . Ae vvbich Speech, he 
boyyed his Head, and vvent on in this manner, ‘«,They have alfo many wife. and | 
|| “ excellent Laws touching, Mariage; they allow no Polygamy; they have 
‘¥ “ ordained, thatnone do intermarry or contract until a moneth be:patt from 
‘| “their firft interview. Marriage without confent of Parents, rhey do not 
4° m ke void, but they mulét it inthe Inheritors; for the Children of {ach 
{<< Marnages are not admicced co inherit above a third part of their, Parents 
“Inheritance. I have read ina Book of one of your Men, of a Feigned 
-}* Commonwealth, where the married couple are permitted before they 
j “ contraé&t tofee one another naked. This they diflike, for they think it a 
| « {corn to give arefufal’after fo familiar knowledges but becaule of many 
“| © nidden defeés in Men and Womens Bodies, they havea more civil way ; | 
or they have near every Town, a couple of Pools ( which they call 
| % «-4dam.and Eves Pools) where it is permitted to one of the Friends of the 
|< Man, and another of the Friends of the Woman, to fee them feverally | - 
4 < bath naked... fy RA aah ie a ai eee Ri 
|. Andaswe were thus in‘Gonference, there came one that f-emed robe 
ja Mcflenger., in a rich Huke, that fpake with the Fey» ; whereupon he 
i turned to me, and faid, Tow vvill pardon me, for I am commanded avvay in hafte. 
| The next morning he came.to me again; joyfu', as it, feemed, and faid, 
_| < There is word come tothe Governor of the City, that one of the Fathers 
\“ofs olomons Houle will be here this day feven-night 3 we have feen none of 
«chem this. dozen years. His coming isin (tate, but the caule of his coming 
«“isfecre’. I will provide yow,and your Fellows of a good ftanding to fee 
“hisentry. .Lthankedhim, andtold him, J was moftgtad of the neyys. The 
| day beng come, he made his entry. He was a Manof middle ftature and 
agc, comely of perfon , and had an a(peé as if he pitied men: He was 
cloathed in a1obe of fine black Cloth, with wide Sleeves, and a Cape ; 
his under Garment was of excellent white Linnen down to the Foor, 
girt with a Girdle of the fame,, and a Sindon or Tippet of the fame about 
his Neck; he had Gloves that were curious, and fet with Stone, and Shooes 
of Peach-ccloured Velvet ; his Neck was bare to the Shoulders; his Hat 
was like a Helmet or Spanifh Momera, and his Locks curled below it de- 
ently, they were of colour brown ; his Beard was cut round, and of the 
fame colour with his Hair, fomewhat lighter. He was carried in a rich 
Gbariot without Wheels, Litter-wife, with two Horfes at either end, 
tichly trapped in blew Velvet embroidered, and two Footmen on each 
ide in the like atrire. The Chariot was all of Cedar, gilt and adorned 
with Crvftal, fave that the fore-end had Pannels of Saphiresfer in borders 
{of Gold, ard the hinder-end the like of Emeralds of the Pers colour. | * 
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