nefs ever after. But now peradYeature (bme 
will fay, what doth this man mean to bring 
OtiPls to Athens} verily Sirs! prefume tofay^ 
had I brought over of the htt le white Of^h 
they would have been acceptable, they are 
good nnoufers, and pretty Birds to look 
upon : the Athenians , no queftion arc bet- 
ter imployed than to take notice of ray 
OppIs^ poor ragged Birds they areand want 
,thofe gliftaing golden feathers that Drat- 
toH^s Ovfl \$ \AQintA with, yet they are 
fomewhat of that nature *, if an Athenian 
chance in this feafon of divcrtifcrnerit to 
caft an eye upon them I (hall be glad, but 
more glad if he vouchCafe to prune and 
coutik their feathers, which I confcfs arc 
difcompofed for wanrof Art > plain Birds 
they are, and fit for none but plain men to 
manage.* Sirs do not miftake me, there^'s 
no msn living honours an Athenian more 
than I do^ efpecially where I perceive great 
3^bilities concomiting with goodnefs of na- 
ture* A good nature ( faith Mr. Perkins ) 
is the Character of God, and God is the 
father of learning, knowledge, and every 
good gift, and hath condeicendcd to be- 
come a School'Cnaikr to us pobr mbif bis, 
furniftiing oi us with Philofophy^ Hiftorie, 
Divinity by , his holy Scriptures, which if 
we diligcnily karn andpra(^ife, we (hall in 
H time 
