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Father hath told us above^ ) hut t^e Curious Monjeur Btrnict 
being lately returned from the Mogolfaos 5 gives us good ajju-^ 
rame^ that neither they^ nor their Brachmans ^ are now worthy 
to teach the Europeans ^ but the Wifefi amongft them do rejoyce 
in the philofophical Light ^ which now jhines inthe Weft, andin 
our North* And if^ho kpor&s^ how foon or how potently our won-^ 
derfuH progrefi of Arts ^ and the Lujire of our Philofophy may 
awaken them, to embrace the more glorious do3rine of the Gof^ 
ifeL We hope, this Ingenious Travel/our will make hafi to givt 
us a PhilofophiGal accompt of his Travels , with no lefs accu^ 
\ratemfs^ than he hath given us the Political Myfleries of the 
Mogolians ^ and the Sotti^nefs of the Chrifiian Ahyjfms or iE* 
ithiopians* 
I XVhen the Emulation was hottefl on both fides the wh& 
\jhould excell in the flowry Arts of Oratory and Poetry ^ though 
iSanazary then on one fide of the AlpeS j and far greater 
men, great Foets on the other fide in France 5 yet both the Scz^^ 
(ligers, Julius and Jofephusy them felves Italians and French, gave r 
\the lamel Buchanan a Scot. And thus the Weji or'^ortk" 
\wind^ bringing the fweet flowers of Philology^ and the richefi 
I fruit of Phtlofophyy will he more wellcome to the Intelligent^ than 
the fetid and contagious blafls from the EaJ;^ \ And the Wifs: 
and the Vertuaus ought n^t^it^r^gard the Cenfurss mid r^prv aches 
of the ignorant or malignant Multitndeh They retain an in^ 
ternal fatisfaUion within themfelves 5 and found Thilofephers are 
mutually each to other fufficient Theaters. 1 Jhall no longer de^ 
tain the Curious and Ingenious Reader from the bufinefs ws hav^ ^ 
in hand^ ' ^ 
