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they are no more thought of. Yet for all 

 this, after 71 Joogs more all is Annihilated 

 again. How many Joogs are paft fince the 

 World was lafl: Created they cannot certain* 

 ly tell \ only 'tis obfervable that in an Al- 

 manack of theirs, written in the Sanfcrift 

 Language in 1670, they make the \A^orld 

 then 3892771 years old from its lafl: Cre- 

 ation, 



The Bramines of Perfia tell certain long 

 Stories of a great Gyant that was led into 

 a moft delicate Garden, which upon cer- 

 tain conditions fhould be his own for ever. 

 But one evening in a cool fliade, one of the 

 Wicked Dewta's^ or Spirits, came to him, 

 ' and tempted him with vaft: fums of Gold^ 

 and all themofl: precious Jewels that can be 

 imagined; but he courageoufly withflrood 

 that temptation, as not knowing what value 

 or ufe they were of: But at length this 

 wicked JDewta brought to him a fair Wo- 

 man, who fo charm'd him, that for her fake 

 he mofl: willingly broke all his Conditions, 

 and thereupon was turned out. 



They tell a great many Stories Abfurd 'and 

 Ridiculous enough, of the firft Ages of this 

 prefent World, which would be too tedious 

 here to take notice of; only I fhall here 

 give you out of one of their own Books 

 what they tell us of a great Flood that for- 

 merly happened- They fay, that aibout 

 21000 Years ago the Sea overwhelm'd and 

 drowned the whole Earth, except one great 

 Hill, far to the Northwards, called Bindd^ 

 and that there fied thither only one Wo- 

 man and feven Men, the names of whom 



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