fj\£ep Atlantis* 
vilmeTO vs againc, and after Salutations, fa id familiarly; That 
hewas come to <uifit/vs, And called fora Chairc, and fat him 
dovvncj And wee being Tome i o. of vs (the reft were of the 
meaner forr$ or elfe gone abroad ;) fat dpwne with him, And 
When wee were fetr, he began thus. Wee ofthis I[land ofSenfa 
km ( for fo they call ic in their Language) baue thir, That by 
meanes of our folitary Situation >and of the Lawes of Secrecy, which 
wee baud for our Trauellers and our rare Admifiion of Strangers ; 
wee know well mo ft -part of the Habitable World, and are our jdues 
'vnknowne Therefore becattfe hee that knoweth leaf, is fitteflto 
mke §)u eft iomit is more Reafon,for the Entertainment of the time, 
thatyeeaske me fmeftions, than that I askeyou. Wee anfwercd; 
That wee humbly thanked him, that he would giue <vs leaue fo to 
doe: And that we concerned by the tafte wee had already, that there 
was no worldly thing on Earth , more worthy to be knowne , than the 
State of that happy Land . But aboue all ( wee faid) fince that we 
were mett from the feuerall Ends of the world 3 and hoped affuredly , 
that weefhould meet one day in the Kingdome of Heauen (for 
that wee were both Parts Chriftians) we dsfired to know (in re • 
fpeCi that Land was fo remote , and fo diuided by waft and yn~ 
knowne Seas,from the Landyvberour S a v i o vr walked on Earth) 
who was the Apoftle of that Nation , and bow it was conuertedto 
the faith? It appeared in his face, that he rooke great Content¬ 
ment in this our Queftion : Hee faid,Te knit my Heart to you, 
by asking this Queftion in thefirft place -, For itfheweth thatyou 
Firft ieeke the Kingdome of Heauen; I fhaUgladly,and briefly, 
fatisfie your demand. 
About twenty Teares after the Afcention of our S a v t O v R ft came 
to paffe,that there was jeene by the people of Ren fu fa fa City Tpon 
the Baft erne Coaft of our I ft and,) within Night, (the Night was 
Cloudy and Calme,)cts it might be fome mile into the Sea,a great PiL 
lnr of Light, Not /harp,but in forme ofa Columne, or Cylinder,r/V 
fingfrom the Sea, agreat way yp towards Heauen ; and on thetopp 
of it was feerie a large Croffe of Light, more bright and refplendent 
than the Body of the Pillar . Vpoh which foft range a $peftack f the 
People of the Cuty gathered a pace together Dpon the Sands fo won¬ 
der s And \o after put themfelttes into a number of [mail Boats togoe 
b 3 nearer 
