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of his a«ye : yet dlily experience and obfervation at:* 
quaint us with thofe, that vaftly exceed thefe Limits in 
ioth thefe refpefts : and as we have certain Hiftory 
that informs that the youngeft of thefe, M Thomas Par 
. ^ : md {li] Henry Jenkins hoth of 
WW /^^.^^^^««^<,^ England, and <the [>1 old Coun- 
andhisOzs at the cm tf Dr. ,P r r j livyr -n / t n 
B ittv r4^#, de ortu & na- tcfs of Dejmond and Mrs bckle{ton 
rura fanguinis, w^^re V//>"^ f^il both of Ireland^ fully com- 
pleated double that ufual term 
[b] See his age made -euf u Qf ]ife . fo we have florcafon to 
thlc^^lS^^atrsfm queftion the accounts given us 
Ur. V - of otherSj that have been found 
:^n/s^^^^^^ ftaturc double the common 
"^o^tmturJmii^^^ ftandard of man. Nay," both 
seB. 755» "^^'^^ hefaysjhe xh^^Q ptoperties , longevity and 
"MK^tkiefton //. high ftature, do fo naturally re- 
<ucd M Phiiipscown ./« the fult cach from their propeT caiifes, 
^^J^;.^:^':^^. tliat they .are: often obfcrved to 
jojhewas i^iparseid. bccome hereditary and run in 
whole Families ^ whence the Greeks had their 
jxctJce^jS/o/, and the Romans th^ixCelfiy arid m 'V define 
of old they had /heiri ^^im , or- Sons of the 
Giants. ^ ihwm^ 2' 
From thefe general reparks I think it at leaft appears 
that Humane Gigantick Bodies are no way inconfiftent, 
but rather ^afily reconcilable witli the courfe of Na- 
ture,: And if we defcend ftill to a more particular in- 
quiry into fome clear teftimonies amd warrantable ac- 
counts given us by feveral Authors of unqueftio- 
nable credit and veracity, they will fufEciently evince 
that ther^ have been men in the World, and likely 
ftill a|e, of fo large a bulk, and fo high a ftature of bo- 
dy, as properly to deferve the name of Giants. 
The firft 1 fhall mention was one I faw and mea- 
fured my felf at Dublin^ in the year 1682. his name 
Edmond Malone^ born in Ireland ^Lt PortleJier^ a Town 
in 
