OF CURIOSITY. i6 9 
* whole day was fpent in gallantry, till fome of 
4 the neighbouring inhabitants, growing envi- 
4 ous at their mirth, rufhed in with drawn 
4 fwords. The elder part of the company tryed 
4 to appeafe the younger, promifmg the very 
4 next day they would bring the rioters to 
4 juftice. This they performed, and the third 
4 day the caufe was heard, and what with accu- 
4 fations, pleadings, exceptions, and the judg- 
4 ment itfelf the whole day was taken up, on 
4 which the term fet by Jupiter expired. On 
4 their return to Greece all the countrey flocked 
4 in upon them to hear the wonders of the moon 
4 defcribed, but all they could tell was j for 
4 that was all they knew*, that the ground was 
4 covered with green, intermixed with flowers, 
4 and that the birds fung amongft the branches 
4 of the trees ; but what kinds of flowers they 
4 faw, or what kinds of birds they heard, they 
4 were totally ignorant. Upon which they were 
4 treated every where with contempt.’ If we ap- 
ply this fable to men of the prefent age, we 
fhall perceive a very juft ftmilitude. By thefe 
three days the fable denotes the three ages 
of man. Firfc youths in which we are too 
feeble in every refpedt to look into the works 
pf the Creator. Ail that feafon is given up to 
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