Atlantis. 
merly cbofen, to bee bn Houfc with him V Who bed- 
rcth it before his Father, as an Enfignc of Honour, vvheri 
bee goethOrrpubtike cuer after; And is thereupon called 
the Some of the Vine. After this Ceremony ended, the 
Father or Tirfan retircth, And after fpmc time commtth 
| forth againc to Dinner, where hee ficccch; alone vnder the 
State, as before ; And none of his Defendants fit with 
him , of what Degree or Dignitie fooler, except hee hap 
to bee of Salomons Houfe. Hee is ferued Onely by hisowne 
Children, fuch as are Male j who performe vneo him all 
feruicc of the Table vpon the knee ; And the Women 
onely ftand about him, leaning again ft the wall. The 
rloome belowc the Halfe-pacc, hach fables on the fides 
'or the Guefts that are bidden; Who arc ferued with 
>rcat and comely order; And towards the end of Din¬ 
ner (which in the greateft Feafts with them, Jafteth neuer 
abouc an Houre and a halfej there is an Hymne fung, va 
ried according to the Inucntion of him that compofethir; 
(for they hauc excellent Pocfic,) But the Subied of it f 
(alwayes ) the prayfes of Adam , and ISloah^ and Abraham ; 
i Whereof the former two Peopled the World, and the la ft 
I was the Father of the Faithfull : Concluding euer with a 
j fhankfgiuing for the Natiuitie of our Sauiour, in whofe 
Birth, the Births of all are onely Bleflcd. Dinner being 
done, the Tirfan retircth againe ; And hauing wichdrawne 
himfclfe alone into a place ; where he maketb fomc pri- 
u,ire Prayers, hec commeth forth the third time, to giiie 
r ,hc Bl effing; with all his Defendants, who , ftand about 
; him as at the firft. Then hee calleth them forth by one 
and by one, byname, as hee pleafech, though feldome the 
Order of Age bee inuerted. The perfon that is called, 
. (the Table being before rerhoued), kneelcrh ddwnc be- 
fore the Chaire , and the Father layeth his Hand, vpoii 
i bis Head, or her Head, and giueth the Blefsing in chefc 
; words ; Sonne of Benfalem, {or Daughter of Benfalem ,) thy 
Father, fiith it ; The Man by yohom thou baft Breath and Life 
(bsaketb the word ; The Blef ing of the Euerlafling Father , 
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