Mantis. 



"which did appear to us dally , and prevent us ftitb Comforts , "fre 

 thought not of } much lefs expetled* 



The next day about ten of the Clock, the Governour came 

 to us again, and after Salutations, faid familiarly j 'That kw 

 come to vifit us • And called for a Chair , and fate him down : 

 And we being fome ten of us ( the reft were of the meaner fort, 

 or elfe gone abroad, ) fate down with him : And when we 

 were fet , he began thus. We of this Iflandof 'Btnfalem (Tor lb they 

 call it in their Language) have this That by means of our folitary 

 Situation , and of the Laws of Secrecy 3 which fte have for our Tra- 

 vellers , and our rare Jdmifshi of Strangers- wekno^> loeU moB part 

 of the Hibitable World , and are our fives unknown. Therefore be- 

 caufe he that knoweth leafljsfittesl to askQuefiions , it is more reafin } 

 for the Entertainment of the time, that ye ash me Queftions } than that 

 I a'Ayou. VVeanfwered, That Tfce humbly thanked him , that he 

 would give us leave fo to do : And that we conceived by the tafle we had 

 a 'ready j that there was no worldly thing on Earth 2 more worthy to be 

 knoTVn , than the State of that happy Land. But aboVe all ( we (aid ) 

 fince that tve were m ( t from the feVeral Ends of the world , and ho- 

 ted affurediy , that wefl)ould meet one day in the Kingdom of Hea- 

 ven {for that %e Twt both farts Chriftians ) Tto? At fired to know 

 (in refpetl that Land was jo remote* and Jo divided by waft and un- 

 known Seas from th Land where our S A VIO U ^ walked on 

 Earth) Wpo w as the ApofHe of that Nat ion , and how it was conver- 

 ted to the Faith ? It appeared in his face , that he took great Con- 

 tentment in this our Queftion : He faid, Te knit my heart toyou, 

 by asking this Que (I ion in the firfl place : For it Jbeweth, that you Firft 

 leek the Kingdom of Heaven : And 1 JkaD gladly , and briefly Jatif- 

 fie your demand* 



J bout twenty Tears after the Afcenfion of our S A VIOU^ 

 it came to pafs a that there "ibas feen BytbeTeopkofKetiiuh, (aCi- 

 \ty upon the EaflernCoaftofourlflxnd } (within night,) the Night Was 

 'Cloudy and Calm , ) as it might be fome mile in the Sea f a great Til 

 lar of Light ; Not fJ)irp> but inform of a Column, or Cylinder, rl 

 fing jrom the Sea, a great way up towards Heaven-' and on the top 

 of it was feen a large Croffe of Light , more bright and refplendent 

 than the Boty of the fillar. Upon which fo flrange a Spctlacle , the 

 (people of the City gathered apace together upon the Sands , to won> 

 dcr-j And fo after put themjelves into a number of fmall Boats to go 

 nearer to this Marvellous fight. But when the Boats were comeToith- 

 in (about) fixty yards of the Pillar , they found themj elves all bound , 



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