fffew ?At lands. 
Wtinier > Knowing weft both hu ownsfirength, and that of bif Ene¬ 
mies ; bandied tbe matter fa, cu hee cut off their Land- Forces, from 
their Ships■, and entoyled both their Nauy, and their Campe, yah ha 
greater Power than theirs,both by $ eaFf Land:Jnd compelled them j 
to render themfelues without flrikingfiroke: And after they were at j 
his Mercy contenting himfelfe only with their Oath,that theyfhould \ 
no more be are Armesagainfl him, dijmiffedthem atl infafiiy. But 
the DiumcRcucnge ouertookenot long after thojeproud Enter- 
; prifes. For within leff ? than the(pace of one Hundred Tcares, tbe 
1 Great Ac (aims was utterly loft and deflroyed : Not by a greats 
j Earthquake,as your Man faith ; ( For that whole Jra6h is little jub- 
(left to Eartth quakes ■,) But by aparticular Deluge or Inundation \ 
] T hofe Countries bauing,at this Day Jarre greater Riuers, mdfarre 
J higher Mountaines to powre downe waters, than any part ofthe Old 
World. But it is true, that the fame Inundation was not deepe 3 Not 
< paflfortyfoot ,in mofi places from tbe Ground , So that although it 
! deflroyed Mm and Beaft generally, yet fame few wild Inhabitants 
j of the Wood efcaped. Birds alfowerefaued by flying to the high Trees 
ly Woods. For as for Men,although they had Buildings in many pla¬ 
ces,higher than the Depth of the Watery Jet that Inundation, though 
it were /hallow, had a long Continuance 3 whereby they of the Vale, 
that were not drowned, peri/hedfor.want ofF00d, and other things 
neceffary.So as maruaileyott not at the thin Population of A. ra erica, 
nor at the Rudeneffe and Ignorance of the People ; Foryou mufl ac¬ 
count your Inhabitants of America as ayoung People j Toungera 
tboujandyearsM tbe leaf,than the reft of the World: For that there 
was fo much time,betweene the Vniuerfall F loud,and their Parti¬ 
cular Inunclarion. For the poore Remnant of Humane Seed,which 
remained in their Mountaines .Peopled tbe Qountry againe /lowly,by 
little and little j And being fimpie and fauage People, (Ndt Tike 
Noah and his Sonnes, which was the chiefs Faintly of the Earth) 
they were notable to leaUe Letters, Arts, and Ciuility, to their j 
Poflerity ;• And hauing hkewife in their Montanous Habita* j 
tions beenc njfed , (in refpetl of the extreme Cold of tbofe 
Regions, ) to cloatb themfelues with the Skinnes of Tygers, 
Beares , and great Flaky Goats, that they baye in tbofe Parts-, 
I When after they came downe into the Valley, and found the 
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