tk-mlk^^ ^©^tbat fome Ctiripm in that lOand had 
abeady^rftl^ to ibme Religious men io C^/^^^defiri^ them 
t(3 (pare no paips^procuTingit: To ptomote whieh^a flirtim 
of pwy had been a while ago fent thither for a reward to the 
frafeflaiois. Further^ thatthofe Vti^onsmChinahzA^xomi- 
feitdifBptoy all their iotereft there of doing the ihing^ 
that, ;^hi^h cxeeediipgly tends to the relief of maos health 
aridihe Gopifort of their Life. 
The ConteiKptibkners of the Modern way of MuOcky 
which tQ him is fuch, that he faithjthere is hardly fo much as 
the ftadow of the Pfiftine Majefty of it remainiog ^ wonde- 
riog that tbofej who in this and the former age have written 
of Mufickj have \vritten nothing of the Rythmcy or havedone 
it fo, that they feem to have been altogether ignorant of what 
it is I xegardiDg nothing but to pleafe the Ear : Whereas, to 
afFeil: the iBi^ 'tit neceffary the found fliould fignifie what 
may be underftood by the mind, without which there can be 
raifed notrue pleafure, nor any (Irong affeflion. la a words 
he affirms, that if without partiality we coojpare the AncieDt 
Mufick with the Modern, and confider the EfFcdis of both, we 
niufteither acknowledge the ignorance of the Modern Mufi- 
tiansj or evince to be falfe what the Ancients have delivered 
of the power and efficacy of their Mufick. 
10. The Excellency of the Chinefe Mufick, though that peo- 
ple doe complain of the lols of their antient way of Singing, 
which if they doe Jufily, our Author fcru pies not to gffirm, 
that their Mufick muft ^vebeen divine, feeing the remain- 
ders of it are fo excellent, that they may cafily filence all the 
Mufick of Europe. 
11. The rare contrivkice for retidring even and ftroog- 
foundsj of the Old Roman liydraHlk\ Organ^ defcribed by 
Hero and Viiruvius^ and explained by our Author, and by 
him declared to excel our Organs, yielding an unequal and 
weak blafi:. 
1 2. The Art of the Ancients of making fuch tihmot Prpes 
of Gd many different forms and figures, as there are kinds of af- 
fections) concerning which he affirms, that there is none to be 
found this day, that do fo muchasknow^ bow to make iuch 
Pipes 
