^t/ft lari its. 
Intolerable Heats which are there, and knew no memes of lighter 
Apparell : They were forced to begin the Cuftome of Going Naked, 
wbish continueth at this Day. Ontly they take great pride and de¬ 
light , in the Feathers of Birds ; And this dlfo they tookefrom thofi 
their Aunceflors of the Motmtaines, who were inuitednjnto itL ,, 
by the infinite Flights of Birds , that came 'vp to the high Grounds , 
while the Waters flood below. Soy ou fee, by this maine Accident of 
Time, wet loft our Traffickewith tfc Americans, with whom, of 
all others, in regard they lay near eft to <-vs, we had mofl Commerce. 
As for the other Parts of the World, it is mofl manifefl , that in 
the Ages following, (whether it were inrefpeii of Wanes, or by a 
natural1 Revolution of Time,) Navigation did every where greatly 
decay ; AndfpeciaUyfarre Voyages,(the rather by the <v(e ofGaliies, 
and jucb Veffels as could hardly brooke the Ocean,) w ere altogether 
left and omitted. So then, thatpart of Enter courfe, which could bee 
from other Nations, toSayle to <vs, you fee how it hath long fince 
ceafed ;Except it were by florae rare Accident, as this of yours. But 
now ofthe Cejfation of th#t other Part of Enter courfe,which mougbt I 
be by our Say ling to otherNations, l muflyeeldyoufome other Caufe. \ 
For I cannot fay, (if 1 /hallfay truly,) but our Shipping , for Num¬ 
ber, Strength, Marriners, Pylots, and all things that appertaine to 
Navigation, isos great as ever ; And therefore why wefhould fit at 
home,I (had now give you an account by itfelfe^And it will draw nee - 
rer, to give you fatisfaSlion, to yourprincipall fftfeftioti. 
There raigned in this Ifland, about 1900. yeares agoe, a 
1 King , whofe memory o f all others wee mofl adore ■, Not Su 
perflitioufly, but as a Divine Inftrument, though a Mortall Man; 
His Name was Solamona : And wee efleemehim as the Law-gi- 
uer of our Nation. This King had a large Heart, inferuta- 
ble for good * And was wholly bent to make his Kingdom 
and People Happy. He therefore taking into Confideration, 
how fuff icient and jubflantiue this Land was, to maintains it felfe 
without any aid ( at all ) of the Forraimr Being 5600. 
Miles in circuit, and of rare Fertility of Soy le, in the greateft 
Part thereof, And finding alfo the Shipping of this Qountrey 
mought bee plentifully fet on worke, both by Fifhing, and by 
Tranfportations from Wort to Wort, and likewife by Sayling 
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