3\£e& Atlantis. 



fcription which is made by a great Man with you> that the Dependents 

 of I^eptune f [anted there ■ and of the Magnificent Temple , Pa- 

 lace , City j and Hill * and the manifold flreams of goolly Navi- 

 gable drivers } "tohicb ( as ft) many Chains) inYtroned the fame Site t 

 and Temple 5 A nd the JeVsrai Degrees of Jfcent , whereby Men did 

 climbe up to the fame, as if it had bein aScala Cceli ; be all foeti- 

 call and Fabulous : Tt t fo much is true y that the faid Country of At- 

 lantis • A (well that of Peru den called Coya , as that of Mexico, 

 then named Tyrambel , Tbere mighty and proud I\ingdomes f in 

 Arms , Shipping, and Riches . So mighty , as at onetime s (or atleaft 

 Tbitbin the Jpace of ten yea* s , ) they both made two great Expeditions^ 

 They of Tyrambel through the Atlanticjue to the Mediterrane 

 Sea } and they of Coya j through the South Sea upon this our Ifland : 

 And for the former of ' thefe , Tbhich leas into Europe 3 the fame Au- 

 thor amongH you ( as as it feemeth) had fome relation from the ^Egyp- 

 tian Prieft, ithom he citeth. For ajfuredly , fuch a thing there 

 was. 'But whether it faere the Ant tent Athenians 3 that had the 

 glory of the %epulfe^ and ^e finance ofthofe Forces I can fay nothing : 

 'But certain it is } there ne1>er came back* either Ship , or Man from that 

 Voyage. Neither had that other+Voyage of thofe of Coya upon us, had 

 better fortune , // they had not met with enemies of greater clemency. 

 For the King of this Ifland 9 ( ly name Altabin ) a wife Man , and a 

 great Wartier ; Knowing well loth his tftonslrength , and that of his 

 Enemies • handled the matter fo i as he cut off their Land-Forces^ from 

 their Ships \ and entoyled both their NaVy , and their Camp , Tbtth 

 a greater power than theirs , both by Sea and Land ■ A nd compelled 

 them to render themfelVes without jinking flroke : And after they 

 were at his Mercy , Contenting himfelf only with their Odth , that 

 they jhenid no more hear, A rms againji him , difmijfed them all in fafe- 

 ty. But the Divine revenge overtook nst long after thofe proud 

 Enteiprijes For within lejfe than the fpace of one Hundred Tears , 

 the Great Atlantis was utterly Ujl and deftroyed j Not hy a great Earth- 

 quake , as your Man faith • ( For that whole Tratl is little fuh- 

 jtB to Ear th- quakes ,) 'But by a particular Deluge , or Inundatl 

 on ; 7 haft Countries having , at this Day , farre greater fivers } 

 -and farre higher Mountains ? to pour doTI?n Waters i than any part 

 of the Old World. But it is true } that the fame Inundation was not 

 deep; Kot pafl forty foot, in mo ft places y from the Ground; So 

 that although it deftroyed Man and Beaft generally , yet fome feH> 

 wild Inhabitants of the Wood efcaped. Birds alfo were faVedby fly- 

 ing to the High Trees and Woods. FerasforMen, although they had 



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