S\Tew Atlantis. 



They adow no Poligamie. They have ordained that none do interna- j 

 ry or contrail , untill a Month be pa§l from their firfl interview . Ma- 1 

 riage without con fin t of Barents they do not make Void } but they mulEt 

 it in the Inheritors ■ For the Children of fuch Manages , ate not admit- 

 ted to inherit , above 4 third Tart of their Parents Inheritance : 1 have 

 read in a Book of one of your Men, of a Feigned Common- wealth, 

 ' where the Maried couple are permitted , before they Contrail, to fee one 

 j another Naked, This they diflihe : for they think it a fcorn y togive a 

 %ejufa\ after fo famlar Knowledge : (But becaufe of many hidden De 

 feHs in Men and Womens $>)dies , they haVe a more CtVilway: for 

 they haVt near eVeryTown^ a Couple of ?oo\s j ( which they call Adam 

 and Eves Pools ) where it is permitted to one of the Friends of the Man t 

 and another of the Friends of the Woman, $9 fee them feVet ally bath 

 Naked. 



And as we were thus in Conference , there came one that 

 Teemed to be a MefTenger j in a rich Huke, that fpake with the 

 Jfw •' whereupon he turned to me and faid; Ton will pardon me y 

 for lam commanded ale ay in haft* The next Morning he came to me 

 again , joyful! . as itfeemed, and laid; There is word come to tin 

 \ Governor of the City y that one of the Fathers of Salomons Houfe, 

 wiH be hers this day SeVennight • We have fen none of them 

 \this Do^en Tears: His Comming is in State; But the caufe of 

 wis- Comming is fecret. I will provide you , and your Fellows of a 

 •good ftandmg to fee his Entry. I thanked him and told him j / %fc 

 I moft glad cf the Ne»s. The day being come he made his En- 

 try. He was a Maw of middle Stature, and age^omely of perfon/ 

 and had an Afpect as if he pitied Men. He was cioathed in a i 

 Robe of fine black Cloath, with wide Sleeves^and a Cape. His 

 under Garment was of excellent whice Linnen down to the 1 

 Foot , girt with a Girdle of the fame ; And a Sindon or Tip- 1 

 ! pec of the fame about his Neck. He had Gloves, that were cu 

 ;rious,and fee with Stone ; And Shoes of Peach coloured 

 j Velvet. His Neck was bare to the Shoulders. His Hat ; 

 j was like a Helmet, or Spanifh Montera . and his Locks cur-' 

 'led below it decently They were of Colour brown. His 

 Beard was cut round, and of tnefame colour with his Hair, 

 Tomcwbat ligher. He was carried in a rich Chariot, with- 

 out wheeles , Litter- wife, With two Horfes at either end, rich- 1 

 iy trapped in blew Velvet Embroydered; and two Footmen! 

 on each fide in the like attire. The Chariot was all of Ce- 

 dar, gilt and adorned with Chriftal; lave that the Fore-end had j 



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