Wktm. of the Earth. 



Now though it were really fb, that 

 there were Ibme fuch Eye-fores in our 

 Earth as are here fuggefted : and thac 

 we could not prefently find out all the 

 Gayeities and Ennbelifhaients that we 

 might feek for in it, the matter would 

 not be great : and we might very well 

 be contented to take it as we find it. 

 But after all the thing is in truth quite 

 other wife, and there are none of all 

 thefe wanting; nor any fuch Deformi^ 

 ties 2LS are here imagined ; bur, on the 

 contrary, fo very many real Graces 

 and Beauties, that 'tis no eafie thing 

 to overlook them all. Even this very 

 variety of Sea and Land, of Hill and 

 Dale, which is here reputed fo inele- 

 gant and unbecoming, is indeed ex^ 

 treamly charming and agreeable. Nor 

 do I offer this as any private Fancy of 

 my own, but as the common Senfe of 

 Mankind, who are the true and pro- 

 per Judges in the Cafe, both the An- 

 cients and Moderns, giving their Suf^ 

 frages unanimoufly herein ^ and'^ even 

 the Heathens themfelves, have efteem- 

 ^ this variety not only ornamental to 

 the Earth, but a Proof of the Wifcioni 

 of the Creator of it, and alledged it as 

 fuch ; whereof more in due place. 



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