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THE 
 
 PA R L Y 
 
 OF 
 
 ,B E A S T S; 
 
 OR, 
 
 MORPHANDRA 
 
 Queen of the 
 
 INCH ANT ET> HAND: 
 
 Wherein Menwere found, who being tranf 
 
 mated to Beaftt, though proffer' d to be dif-inchanted , 
 
 and to becom Men again ; yet 3 in regard of the 
 
 crying fins , and rebellions humors of the 
 
 Times, they prefer the Life of a Brute Animal 
 before That of a Rational Crcture: 
 
 Which Fancy confifts of various Philoibphicaii Di£. 
 
 courfes, both Moratl, Metaphyficall, Hiftoricall, and Naturally 
 
 touching the Dedinings ofche World , and fate 
 
 Depravation of Human Nature; 
 
 With Reflexes upon the prefent State of moft 
 
 Countries in Chriftendom. 
 
 Divided ifit/a X I SeBioas. 
 
 By JamHowell Efq; 
 
 Senefcoj non Segnefco. 
 
 London , Printed by W. Wilfon for William Palmer , 
 the Palm-Tree in Fleet-fir eet near St. D»^«'s Churchy 166*. 
 
A KEY 
 
 Ti f##r moreeaftly into the Senfeof 
 
 MORPHANDRA , 
 
 O R, 
 Tfe Parly of Beafts 
 
 THe Otter reprefcnts a Dutch Sfypper,ot Ma- 
 riner. 
 
 The A fr reprefcnts a French peafan. 
 
 The^ereprtli-nts an hnglifb Freachman- 
 
 The Mule repreftnts a Spamff? DoStor ofFbyfick. 
 
 The Fox represents a Genoa or an Italian Mer- 
 chant . 
 
 The Boar reprefents a German Count. 
 
 The #Vf reprefents a SweUijb Captain, or Free- 
 bottcr. 
 
 The Gotf/ reprefents the Old Britain, or Inhabi- 
 tant cf Wdle^, 
 
 The SWWGw/tf reprefefits a Scotchman. 
 
 The HzW reprefents a Venetian Courtifan. 
 
 The Hive of Bees reprefents a Monastery of Nuns. 
 
 An 
 
An Etymologicall Derivation of fbm 
 Words and Anagrams in the Parly 
 of Beafts, according to the 
 Alphabet. 
 
 A the common Feep'e- 
 
 Etonia, the Eagles Cerano, the Anagram of 
 ~\_ Countrey , repre- \ Nocera , an ancient 
 fents High Germany, t own m Italyv 
 of a-ik aquila. 
 Alpiuna nprejents Sa- D 
 
 vov, being a Countrey j Diogenes, p. 56 
 
 indented among the Sir Kenelon DigHy, 1 48 
 Alps. j Dr. Harvey, 141 
 
 Artonia. the Countrey of 
 
 Bread and Wine, repre- 
 fents France, of $.%t(& 
 panis & fin© 3 vinum. 
 
 Gheriona, the Countrey 
 of Wool , repre fents 
 England, of >h terra 
 Sc %m Jana. 
 Carbon cia , the Coale- 
 
 Countrey, reprefents H 
 
 Scotland. j Hydrauiia, the Cmntrey 
 
 Cuprinia, the Copper J of Waters , rtprefents 
 
 Countrey, reprefents*. Holland,jp/7& the Con- 
 
 Swethland. federate Froinnces, of 
 
 TfceCiiKjiovI Portugal, "j^e. Aqua, and haos 
 
 Cardinal Mazarine,p.2i] populus, 
 
 The Copptces reprefents Hebrinia, Irchnd^being 
 
 Hiber. 
 
Hibernia, ana gramma- 
 
 tvzld. 
 The City of Hereford, 
 p. 122 
 The Hollanders are 
 
 meant ^ P. 7 2 
 
 Laronij the D. of Lor- 
 
 rain. 
 London Prentices^^. 
 
 M 
 Marcopolis, the City of 
 S. Mark , nprefents 
 Venice of™Ki S civkas 
 
 Morphandra, a Queen 
 that can tranfmute 
 Men into Beafis , of 
 uo^cpcti formo & &v$$x 
 horoinem. 
 
 H; 
 
 Nopolia, Polonia, ana- 
 grammat&'d. 
 
 O 
 
 Orofia, a Mountainous 
 Countrey , r.prefents 
 WaJeSjOjf %©-. Mons. 
 
 Oxford ^Cambridge, 
 p. 38 
 P 
 
 Pererius , a wandring 
 Prince of pererrando. 
 
 Polyhaima , the City of 
 Bloud^reprefents Lon- 
 don, ofriKis ci vitas & 
 S^«. fanguis. 
 
 The Phrygian King, My- 
 das. 
 
 The Phrygian F abler >&- 
 iop. 
 
 The late R.of Engl p. 3 5 
 
 Tlxpre/ent K. Ch.p.39 
 
 a. 
 
 The Queen of Sweden, 
 
 p.114 
 
 Queen Elizabeth, p. 5 7 
 
 R 
 
 Rinarchus/fe falf grave 
 of the Rhine, of %«>v, 
 princepSj&c. 
 
 Rugilia , the State of 
 Genoa 3 the Anagram 
 of Liguria, the ancient 
 appellation of that ter- 
 ritory. 
 
 Rairwborough, and Ad- 
 miral 
 
w/W/Uean, 40 
 
 Roundheads variously 
 
 tormented in Hell, ibid. 
 Rovena> the City of Vc. 
 
 rona in Lombardy , 
 
 anagrammatnJd. 
 
 Saturnia reprefents Ita- 
 lyjCilifia, Sicilia, 4//^ 
 grammativ^d. 
 
 The S t a n del s reprefent 
 the Nobles and Gentry. 
 
 Sdenians, or half- Moon 
 men , reprefent the 
 TurksjoffffcAwv^Luna. 
 
 Tumontia , a Conntrey 
 /welling with huge 
 titlls, reprefents Spain 
 
 Toaianto Empire, the 
 Dominions of the Great 
 
 Turk; Toman to beino 
 Ottoman, analramma. 
 trz,'d. 
 
 Tarragon, Catatonia ?« 
 Spaine, tie ancitntefi 
 tt wn whereof is Tarra- 
 gona. 
 
 Therlu, the Anagram of 
 Luther. 
 
 Therologia , the Ian. 
 guageof Beaftsiof e ( , 
 teraj & ^V; ,fermo. 
 
 V 
 
 VoIganians,rfee Mofco- 
 vits, of the huge River 
 Volga. 
 
 W 
 
 The Weft-Indies, p.70 
 
 Zundanians, the TeepU 
 of Denmark. 
 
flfe SlC &* W $fc 3!£ ffljp si? ^ f ■> Sic ffe ate sjfe Qff- dp *k~ «*? it: ;Je fib ■ 
 
 The Scope and Subftance of the en- 
 fuing SECTIONS. 
 
 PErerius , a wandring Prince, after many tra- 
 verjes of Fortune, and TempeSts- in his long 
 Pererrations at Sea, arrivdat a Strange North- 
 weft Hand , where ther reign d a Queen call'd 
 Morphandra, descended of the High- born Circe, 
 daughter of Sol , who Q according to the Etymo* 
 logy of her name ) had power to tranfmnte and 
 metamorphofe Men to Beafts ; Pererius having 
 obtain d leave of her to fee and fpeah^with divers 
 of them , viz, an Otter , an Afle , an Ape , a 
 Hinde, <*MuIe, a Fox, a Boar, a Wolf, a 
 Goat, a Soland-Goofe , a Hive of Bees, <&c. 
 Morphandra infuftng the Faculty both of Re- 
 fon and Ratiocination into them during that 
 intervall of time ; As alfo full and full and free 
 ele&ion to refume the jbapes of Men, and fo re- 
 turn unto their own Countries and Callings : 
 Pererius attempted to perfwade them ther unto , 
 but in regard of the rebellious Humors, the hor- 
 rid Sacriledges, the new-fangled Opinions , and 
 gingling Extravagances that Human brains are 
 fubjeB unto , fpecially this Uft doting and ver- 
 tiginous Age of the World , with the nomberles 
 lndifpofitions whernnto the Bodies of Men as 
 
 a well 
 
well as their Brains are expos' d , J bey did choofe 
 rather to continn jiill in the State and J pedes of 
 Brute Animals, than become Rational Cntures 
 again: At l<*& Prince Pererius mingling fpeech 
 with a Hive of Bees , who had bin formerly a 
 Monaftery o/Nuns, He prevailed fo far by his 
 meltin^perfwaftons, and high difcours of the pre- 
 rogatives and excellencies of the Human Soul , 
 that He indued Them to takg on their firjl Natures 
 again, and fo return to their Cloyfters 5 thefe 
 Difcourfes are divided into elevenSc&ions^every 
 Se&ion carrying with it anew Fancy and Mat- 
 ter. 
 
 'touching the Etymologies of the feigned 
 Words throughout the whole Wor\ 3 appropria- 
 ted to the quality of every Country y Climat, and 
 Peeple, the Roots of them mujl be fetched from 
 the Greek toung. 
 
 He is the tru Author who creates a Fancy. 
 
Totbe Great Ornament of her Sex, both 
 
 for Choice Intelle&ualls, and High 
 Morall Vertuef, 
 
 The right Honorable, and excellent Lady, 
 
 My Lady Marie dc la Fontaine, 
 
 M A D 4 M E ) 
 
 >His Fane j bearing in the Front the 
 name of a Rare Female, 1 thought 
 it might well ftand with the rules 
 dCongruity to make the Dedication 
 correspond with the Title 5 And 
 after many revolutions of Thoughts 
 who {hold be moft proper for my 
 defigne, the contemplation of your Honor did caft fuch 
 ftrong influences upon Them , thatatlaft They fixed 
 there $ Nor will any Decerning Reder queftion my 
 judgment herein , your Ladifhip being fo able and fit 
 (as 1 have the honour to know by experience ) to re- 
 ceive this Admired Queen , and give her a fuitable en- 
 tertainment ; Therlore, CMadame, if you pleafe to ad- 
 mit Morphandra into your Clofet , I believe frie will 
 afford you feverall forts of divertifements , And {he 
 haply may work fomtimes a Met amorphous in your 
 Self 3 for ("he can tranfmute Pefions as well as Perfons , 
 jhe can turn Melancholy to Mirth , and Penftvenes to 
 Plefure; For as it is in the French ( of which Language 
 you are fo great a Miftrcfle ) Let Moris font revivre les 
 'Vivants , The Dead enliven the Living , wherby is 
 meant, that Books, though the Authors therof be dead 
 
 and 
 
and rotten many Ages before, can beget new lpirics 
 in the living Reder. 
 
 Now,fuch is the {rate of Mankind, that the (orcfaid 
 VAflior.s will have their interchangable turns, they will 
 follow one another as duly as Night fuccceds Day in 
 any i/«w<j«Creturc, be the Humors therof never (o 
 equally p^iz'd^ It is denied to Man to be always at 
 Home within hftmelf, and it will be fo to the world's 
 end as long as He is compos'd of the four Elements, 
 and as long as the Naturall humors within Him Em- 
 pathize witn the (aid Elements, who art in reftles mu- 
 tation and motion among themlelfs for maftery , 
 which made one break ou t into this exceffe of fpeech , 
 that if the four Humors were ballanc'd aright in the 
 human body , he wold live eafily many thoufan is of 
 years upon earth ; Now, that perfon may be faid to be 
 the wifeft among mortalls who can rule and controul 
 thoie Humors , It being a Principle among the Pnilo^ 
 fophers, That as theconduBoi the Pajfions (which arife 
 from the Humors') is the gtetcHprudtr.ee-, fo the cotstjuefi 
 of them is the greteft prorveffe , when they grow re- 
 bellious; The enfuing Work hath divers glances up- 
 on this fubjeft, and variety of things befides, for eve- 
 ry SeBion affords a new Fancy and Matter, 
 
 It remains now, Madame, thatlfhold humbly de- 
 fire, your Honor would pleafe to interpret this Dedi- 
 tory Addreffe as a fmall argument of my great Ac- 
 knowledgment of your fo many noble Civilities, for 
 which I ftand fo truly oblig'd • And this Acknow- 
 ledgment ftanding upon fo public a Record , the Ages 
 to come as well as the present will teftine, how much I 
 am and was , 
 
 My highly Honored Lady t 
 
 Tour moft humble and devoted Servant , 
 
 JamHowell. 
 
 ft 
 
To the Severer fort 
 
 OF 
 
 REDERS. 
 
 SOm of the Antient Sages, who were ranked among the Phi- 
 lofophers of the Upper Houfe, had a Speculation , That 
 the World was but one huge Animal or hiving Creture , 
 composed of innumerable members and parts, fom Homogeneous 
 orftmilar 9 others Heterogeneous or difftmilar ; And in order to 
 that they held , That God Almighty was the Great Soul which 
 did inform and attuat the whole Bulk with motion and life , with 
 verm and vigor, for every part to perform its peculiar funUion 
 towards the prefervation of the Whole : According to this Do- 
 tlrin an Argument may he drawn by way eflndu&ion , That if 
 the parts begin to impair , the Whole muft be in a declining con- 
 dition • It hath been a Truth which hath pafs* d from all times 
 without controul, that Mankind is one of the prime parts of the 
 Univerfe*»^ Paramount of the Sublunary Worlds which is de- 
 monstrable by that Dominion which was given him over all his 
 fellow -Cretures in Aire , Waterj or Earth ; He can make the 
 towring Eagle /loop to his Lure from the middle Region • He can 
 make the vafi Leviathan, though 4 hundred times bigger than 
 himfelf, to flounce from the deep to do him homage on the Shore • 
 He can make the Elephant , though forty times ftronger than, 
 himfelfi to draw up his Ships on the Cartne, and do other drudg- 
 eries ; This appears alfo out of that Awe,, which by a kind of 
 naturallinftinil all other Animals ufe to jhew Him \ Infomuch 
 that try all hath been made , how ifa-Mah fhould go naked and 
 •with a confidence through the Arabian Defarts , where the gre~ 
 tefl concours ofwildBeafts ufeth to be,ther's none will ajfault him % 
 but in a gating and awfttU kjnd of pojlure they wiU k^p their 
 diftance : Now, if Man, who is fo confiderable a pare of the 
 world, doth decay in his Species, , tis afhrewdfymptomthatthe 
 Whole is en decadence, in a declining ft ate ; Now, that Man 
 doth impair as well in his Intelle&uafls and the I 'acuities of his 
 Soul, as in the motions and affections of his heart , this prefent 
 Age can afford more pregnant proofs than mo [I of the A ges be- 
 fore } For touching the Firft , What fond futilous new Opinions 
 
 b have 
 
have bin hatched of late times , both in Divinity and m the la<t- 
 as of holy things^ as well as in all other Sciences , fpscially in the 
 An of Policy, wherin fttch poor Scioliftsrf>v crept up , that 
 wold turn antient Monarchies into new popular Common- 
 wealths, and fo fet a Hydra'* head upon an old LionV nccl^, or 
 make % Child's fhoo to fit a Giant's foot. 
 
 Touching the motions of the Hearty tint's nothing of that 
 love and offst.es of Humanity which were nfe<3t to be , not onely 
 ■among private perfons and neighbours, but that Allegiance and 
 Love whrch Subjects were us'd to fhew towards their lawfull 
 Prince decaies more and more , whereof ther have been firange 
 examples of late years ■ In ./Ethiopia , a large antient Emptre , 
 the common peeple did rife up with a petty Companion agfivfi 
 their Sovereign , and kjll'd him with his two Sons in open field ; 
 In Constantinople, two Gran Signors were thrufl oat of the 
 world by their own Slaves, yet they went not to that height h of 
 Impudence as to arraign Them before a Barr ofjttftice; The 
 Swed hath quite revolted from the P 'ole , the Portugues/rew 
 the Spaniard, andfo Naples wold have done; svhat a huge Army 
 did the Bafhao/ Aleppo raife lately ? And in the Kingdom of 
 Morocco a mean Fellow , under the feeming jhew sf S anility , 
 what a. crew of riff-raff fluff did he drag after him againft his 
 lawfull King ? But touching thefe Northweit Hands, they havs 
 ottt-gon all the reft : Thefe metamorphos'd Animals do point at all 
 thefe t and other degenerations of the Human Creture : Nor is it 
 the fir fl time that Beafis did fpeak^, for we read of one in the Sa- 
 cred Code whofpo^e • and be fides, Solomon fends m to fom of 
 Them for InftrucYion : The Phrygian Fabler was one of the 
 firfl who taught them their Abcee, then Anian, Barlandus, and 
 others taught! hem Their Primer, and the two ingenious Flo- 
 rentines, Poggius WGelli may be faid to have taught Them 
 their Grammer : But thefe tranfmuted Beafts fpeakjn a louder 
 Dialect , who having tryed both Natures, they tell the Hu- 
 man Creture his own t and how he growes daily from bad to 
 worfe, according to the Propheticall Lyric Poet , 
 
 jEtas-Parentum, pejoravis, tulic 
 
 Nos nequiores, mox daturos 
 Progeniem Vitiofiorem. 
 
 Made Englifli^/. 
 
 Our Fathers who worfe thanottr Granfires were 
 Cot Us worfe than Themfelfs ; And We, I fear , 
 Wtll get worfe than Them both : Such a fad curfe 
 Jiangs on Mankind to grow from Bad to Worfe. 
 
Poem a Tempeftivum. 
 
 TRees fpake before , now the fame 
 ftrength of Art 
 Makes Beafis to cunn the Alphabet by heart, 
 And cut t their Breaths to founds Articulat , 
 Ttifcourfive congruous accents to prolate, 
 For Speechis Breath, breath Air let in and out, 
 But tis the Mind that brings the work about j 
 Such a rare Charter the World's ArchiteSi 
 Vouchfaf'd to give the Human Intellect 
 To create Words, for 'tis Manhjtnd alone 
 Can Language frame, and fyllabfa* the Tone. 
 
 Bat here Beafis fpeak , they mone, chide, 
 and complain , 
 And at the Barr of Juftice Men arraign ; 
 Such are our crying fins, that Beafis refent 
 Our miferies | and wretched cafe lament : 
 Nor let it feem a wonder, becaufe now 
 Wonders and Monflers fo familiar grow , 
 Ihis is an«Age of Wonders, every Clime 
 Abounds with Trodigies, Ther is no Crime, 
 Not a notorious Villany or Fa<3: , 
 No foul Infandons Thing, or ugly A£t 
 That $rcr Adam's fons did perpetrate , 
 
 But 
 
But we have flagrant lnftances of late. 
 
 For Sacrilege, and horrid Blafphemies, 
 Bafe Lies, created Fears, and Perjuries , 
 For Scripture-pride, Extorfion, Avarice , 
 ("The root of all our Ills, and leading Vice) 
 For public Fraud,falfeLights,& fatuous Fires, 
 Fanatic Fancies clad in Faith's attire j 
 For Murther, and the crying fin of Bloody 
 The like but One was never fince the Flood. 
 
 Infumm , We may for thefe andthoufands 
 more 
 
 Vye Villanies with any Age before ; 
 Which (hews the World is He&icall y and near 
 Its Gran and Fatal Clima&eric year ; 
 Ibe whole Creation mourns, and doth deplore 
 The ruthfull ftate of Human kind ; Therfore 
 
 If Men can not be warn'd whenAfe« doTeacb, 
 
 Then let them hearken here what Beajis do 
 Preach. 
 
 In Formas mutata novas Mens dicere geflit 
 
 Corpora, & in primas iter urn tranfverfa Figuras. 
 
 c 
 SDiifaveam cifptis ■ 
 
 J. H. 
 
 rb. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Ofthefcverall 
 
 SECTIONS. 
 
 SECT. I 
 
 CONSISTS of divers Interlocutions 
 'twixt Morphandra, Pererius, and an 
 Otter, who bad bin firfi an Amftelian Mariner , 
 and being proffer d to be retr an f muted to his fir& 
 nature by Morphandra, and to be transported by 
 Pererius to his own Country , yet he wold hearken 
 to neither , alledging the Grange Chimeras , and 
 extravagant Opinions which Human Brains 
 have beenfubjeB unto in this latter Age of the 
 World, &c. 
 
 SECT. II 
 
 Contains an Interlocutory Difcours 'twixt 
 Morphandra, Pererius, and an A fie , who had 
 bin once an Artonian feafan , wherin ther are 
 font glance r upon the Country it felf, and upon 
 the prefent Government ther of j But though 
 Prince Pererius ns'd all the perfwafwns he 
 could, and re-inf ore d Argument upon Argument 
 
 € to 
 
to induce bint to re-affume Human fbape , and fo 
 return to bis Country, Calling , and Kindred , 
 yet the Affe utterly refus'd it , and bis Kefous 
 why, &c. 
 
 SECT. Ill 
 
 Confijls of a Dialog 'twixt Morphandra, 
 Pererius, and an Ape, who had bin once a Preacb- 
 tnan in Gheriona, who having bin carried away 
 with every wind of Do&r'tn , and foiling any fa- 
 natic netP-f angled Opinion , was tranfmuted to 
 that Mimicall fbape j In which Dialog ther is am 
 account given of the fad cafe andconfufion wber- 
 in Gheriona isiwvolvd atprefent. 
 
 SECT. IV. 
 
 A Colloquy 'twixt Morphandra , Pcrerius , 
 and a Hind, who had bin once one of the greteji 
 Beauties w Marcopolis , andforjomyonthfull 
 levities and wildnes was tranfmuted to that 
 fbape\ln this SeSiion ther are various Di/cour- 
 fes of the fiate and nature of Women pro & 
 con, &c. 
 
 SECT. V. 
 
 Difcourfes 'twixt Morphandra , Pcrerius 
 and a MuJc , who in his Manhood had bin a 
 DoSfar of Fhyfic jaTumontia, whomforfom 
 Quacking trices he had plaid, and for font other 
 
 RefonSy 
 
Refons, Morphandra metamorphos' d into a 
 Mule} In this Se&ion ther be difcourfes of the 
 Art of Phyfic, of the various complexions of 
 Mankind , and of the nomberks difeafes of body , 
 and diftempers of mind that are incident to the Hu- 
 man Creture, &c. 
 
 SECT. VI 
 
 Confttts of Interchangeable Difcourfes 'twixt 
 Morphandra, Pererius, <W<* Fox, who had bin 
 a Saturnian born, whom for his cunning dealings 
 and Moumebankjjh wily tricfy , Jhe transformed 
 from a Merchant to that Species - 3 This Section 
 treats of divers things , and particularly how the 
 Art oftru Policy is degenerated, and what poor 
 Sciolifts or Smatterers therinare cryed up of late 
 years , &c. 
 
 SECT. VII. ' 
 
 A Dialog 'twixt Morphandra, Pererius, and a 
 Boar, wherein ther are various Difcourfes , and 
 particularly of the rare Sympathetica!! Powder 
 that is lately found out, which worlds fudden and 
 certain Cures without any topicall applica- 
 tions of Medicines to the part affeSted, &c. 
 
 SECT. VIII. 
 
 A Dialog 'twixt Morphandra, Pererius, and 
 a Wolf, who had bin a Cuprinian Soldier ,whom 
 for his Flundrings , Rapines , and Spoils fbo 
 transfigurd to that fhape, &c, 
 
 SECT. 
 
SECT. IX. 
 
 A difcourfe 'twixt Morphandra,Percrius, and 
 a Goat, confining of many [peculations both Na- 
 turall and Metaphyficall, with other Criticifmfy 
 
 SECT. X. 
 
 A Dialog 'twixt Morphandra, Pererius, and a 
 Soland-Goofe , a Carboncian born , who was 
 tranfmutedto that Jhape for bis foolifhnes in re- 
 belling againft his own Conterranean King^and 
 fo jugling himfelf into a Sla very from that 
 Free-Government he was formerly under, &c, 
 
 SECT. XI 
 
 Confifts of a Dialog 'twixt Morphandra, Pe- 
 rerius, and a Hive of Bees , who had bin once a 
 Monastery of 'Nuns, andwere tranfmutedto thofe 
 fmall Infers j becaufe that after a years Proba- 
 tion, and their own previous fr&Ele&ion , they 
 murmur d at that Rectus' d Clauftrall life , and 
 wiflod Themfelfs uncloyfierd again; In this Secti- 
 on ther be divers Difcourfes of the Immortality 
 and high prerogatives of the Human Soul, as al- 
 fo of the Hevenly Hierarchy , and Joyes Eter- 
 nall, &c. 
 
 BMiopoIa Lettori. 
 
 If you will ope this Work with eafe, 
 You rauft from Greece go fetch your Keys. 
 
Qy&hoyix. 
 
 The Fir ft Se&ion. 
 
 Confifting of divers Interlocutions 'twixt Mor- 
 phandra, Pcrerius, and an Otter, who had 
 been fir ft an Amftelian Mariner , and being 
 proffer d to be tranfmutedto his fir ft nature by 
 Morphandra, and to betranfported by Pere- 
 rius to his own Countrey, yet he would hearken 
 to neither^ aUedging the ftrange Chimeraes^and 
 extravagant Opinions which tinman brains 
 have been fubjedi unto 3 in this latter Age of the 
 World, &c. 
 
 Pererius, Morphandra, an Otter. 
 
 Ferenus. 
 Ay chofe Jta/res be ever propitious 
 which guided ray court to this 
 coaft! may thofe Winds be ever prof- 
 ptrous which fill'd my fayls, anv 
 blew me to this rare Hand, this 
 Theater of Wonders ! May this day 
 be ever held Fefihal , and bear on« 
 of the chiefeft Rdriques in the Almanack of Time, 
 
 B thac 
 
2. The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 that makes me lo happy with the light ot (Morphan- 
 dra, tie ft%ine <JUorpbandra I And truly fo, being de- 
 fended in fo direct a line from the high-born Circe, 
 daughter of 5<j/,thc admired Queen Morpbandralwho 
 ufeth to make T^ature her fell" not only fuccumbent 
 and pafsive to her defircs,but actually lubfervientand 
 pliable to her Tranfmutations and Changes. 
 Morvbandra. 
 
 Prince Pereritatfor fo 1 underftand your quality and 
 appellation to be) ; Touching the firft part of your 
 fpeech, which reflects upon this place, we fhall endea- 
 vour to make it good by the hofpitality and enter- 
 tainment we fhal command to be given You and your 
 Train,as alio by the rare Objects which you fhall fee : 
 But as for thefecond part of yourfpeech, which re- 
 lates to my felf , and to the powei of Trat/fmutations ; 
 I rauft tell you, that what I a<5t this way , is by a fpecial 
 difpenfation from above, for the punifhment of Hu- 
 mane vice in an analogical or fympathecic way, ac- 
 cording to the quality thereof, and thehumprs of the 
 men •• I fay,it is by the permifsion and Fiat of the Al- 
 mighty, the great God of Nature , that I do operar, 
 not by any preftigious charmes 5 or confederacy with 
 Cacodamions ; not by fafcination's or philtres,by fpei? 
 or forceries, as the fhallovv-pated common peopl' 
 imagine I do, and fo traduce me of Witchcraft, anl 
 Negromancy h yet, L confels, 'tis by way of Magickl 
 act ; for Magjck was the firft Philofophy among tho'e 
 acute Nations which are neereft the rifing Sun, fo thu 
 Magus or Maaiu an fignificd nothing clfe but a Wifc- 
 man, which, afterwards came to be traduced, and tz.- 
 ken in an ill fenle ; As it hath been the fate of Tyrant* 
 Sophiffer, and other words befides,to incurre the fame 
 deftiny, and I pray the famedeftiny may not befall 
 the word Parlement. 
 
 Perm us. 
 
 Moft excellent Queen , now that my Starrs have 
 made me fo fortunat, as to conduct me hither, let it 
 not be held too great aprcfumption, if for the enrich- 
 ing of my knowledge , and fatisfyingmy curiofity , I 
 
 humbly 
 
The Parly of Beaftt. 3 
 
 humbly deiire to iee fome of tiiule Human Cre- 
 tures that you have anthropomorphos'd, and tranf- 
 form'd to brute Animals. 
 
 Morpbandra. 
 
 I (hall willingly comply with your curiofity and 
 defire in this kind 5 for you fhall not only be brought 
 to the fight of them, but you fhall mingle fpeech with 
 them} and interrogat what you (hall think fitting con- 
 cerning their prefent condition. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 But, Madam, how can that be ? how can I expect 
 that they fhould he capable of what I fpeak, and con- 
 iequently What anfwers or replies fhall I hope to re- 
 ceive from them, while they continue in the fhapes of 
 brute cretures > 
 
 Morpbandra. 
 
 Let that be your leaft care; for during that intervall 
 of time, 1 fhall re-infufe into them the faculty both of 
 Refoa and Ratiocination, whereby you may confer and 
 difcourfe freely with thembyinterlocutionsjNor enly 
 fo, but for a further argument of the great eftecm I 
 have of you Prince Pererim, and for the hcightningof 
 your welcom to my Court , as alfo that you may 
 make fom reall returns of your voyage hither , if you 
 can induce and fairly perfwade any of them to re- 
 afTume the fhapes or Human cretures, and to be in- 
 verted again in their former condition, I fhall give rar 
 free and full affent thereunto ; nay, to oblige you yet 
 further, I fhall give way that you take them afhip-. 
 board with you, and tranfport them to their own 
 Country 3 or whither you pleafebefides;Providcd that 
 it be a fpontaneous a£t,and that you have their volun- . 
 tary election to this effedt 5 for the univerfal Law tells 
 us,.that Volenti non fit injuria, An unfore'd will cannot 
 be wronged. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 Moft admired Princefs, you engage me beyond all 
 meafure or meanes of retaliation, beyond all degrees 
 of gratitude, andme-thinksby thefe high civilities 
 you have wrought a fudden kind of transformation in 
 
 me. 
 
The Tcirly ojBeafis. 
 
 me, tor I find my kit all transformed toadmiration, to 
 a thing of wonder, by thefe unparallel'd favours. All 
 that I can fay for the prefent is , that,what air foevcr 
 I breath j under what climat foever blcfled Heavens 
 fhall t"hed their influences upon mc, I fhall blazon 
 forth your noblenefs for (uch tranlcendent favors all 
 the world over. 
 
 UWurpbandrd. 
 We ufe not fuch Complements under this Meridi- 
 an, fuch a diftance doth not uie to be 'twixt the Heart 
 and the Tongue 5 they are neerer Relatives here. But, 
 before you go to exchange words with thefe Ani- 
 mals, take this Advertifement before-hand, that thcr 
 are no wild or ferocious devouring cretures within 
 the Circumference of this He* they live all in a gentle 
 and general community,in an innocuous freedom, and 
 fociablenefs:ThePanther,Bear,andTyger, put off their 
 belluine fierce nature here ■> the Lamb will play with 
 the Lion without any apprehenfions of fear 5 the Hart 
 fears not the Hound,nor the Hare the Greyhound, nor 
 the Bore the Lime-hound; the filly Sheep fear not the 
 Wolf or the Bu.cher's knife i nor Fifh nor Fowl fear 
 here the Dragnet or Tramell: but all Animals,both or 5 
 Air, Earth, and Water, live in an innocent fecurity; 
 the realon being, that we neither kill, much lefTe feed 
 upon any Creture here that hath blood, and a fenfi- 
 tive life, but upon fruits, pulfe, roots, rice, with other 
 nourifhing and manducablc things, that comeforth 
 gently, by the general benignity of indulgent Nature, 
 trom the bowels of our common Mother the Earth 5 
 And though we make Butter fometimes our aliment, 
 we abhorre Cheefe , becaule the cawle of a fenfitive 
 kill'd creture ferv'd for the Rennet . 
 
 Perenw. 
 Oh blifsful Region ! Truly Madam,I am of opinion, 
 that this Hand is a part, or lome promontory of Para- 
 dife it felt before si dam's fall, which, being (tented off, 
 and fo got loofe, was tranfported and fixed here i at 
 lcaft, there are feme grains of thatmettal which went 
 to the compofuion of the Golden Age of the world 
 ftill remaining here unconfumed. Mor- 
 
The Parly of Beajis. 
 
 Morpban&ra. 
 Well , thdt I may acquit my felf of the promife I 
 made unto you, Prince Pererius, let us fetch a walk in 
 thole flowry fields towards the banks of that River, 
 to take in the frefhnefsoftheair, with the fragancy 
 ofthofe Vegetals : And now, in afavourable conjun- 
 cture of time, I fpy a metamorphofed Creture among 
 thofe feggs, fit for your purpofe J It is an Oi tt r,whom 
 I remember to have tranfmuted from a Mariner oc 
 Seaman, for his debofhments here ; and I obferve, 
 ther are no people fo given to exceffes as Seamen 
 when they come afhore 5 which yet may be fom what 
 excuied,tor it is to recompence the hardfhips they en- 
 dured at Sea : Nor was it an improper change for me 
 tometamorphofthe#y<sfo«//rt#Marinertothat fhape; 
 for as the Otter is a kind of Amphibious creture, living 
 partly by water,and partly by land,fo a Mariner, Na- 
 vigator , or Fifherman, ufethto do: but there was 
 another refon which induced me to this tranfmuta- 
 tion, for it related to the quality of the Countrey 
 whence he fprung , which is fo inlayed , and every 
 where fo intcrcutt,and indented with the Sea,or'frefh 
 navigable Rivers, that one cannot tell what to call ir. 
 either water or land 5 befides, the Inhabitants dwell 
 fo low , that they lye lower than the Sea in fome pla- 
 ces. And now you may make your approaches, and 
 parly with him accordingly , while 1 walk up the Ri- 
 ver to vifit my Nymphs. 
 
 Pererius. 
 Otter, Otter \ I conjure thee, as thou waftbncea 
 Man, let me interchange fom words with thee, and I 
 may chance bring thee fom news from thy Countrey 5 
 and Kinred. 
 
 Otter. 
 How is this ? I not only hear, but I underftand the 
 voice of a Man , oimee ! I am afraid that Morpbandra 
 hath a purpofe to re-transform me , and make me put 
 on human fhape again : Well, Sir, What's your will 
 with me? 
 
 C Pererius. 
 
The Parly of Beafis. 
 
 Fererius. 
 Let it not give any offence , if I defire co know 
 What Counrreyman you werc,whenyou were a Ra- 
 tional Creture ? 
 
 Otter. 
 I came firft into the World in Hydraulic not farr 
 from yimfieita^nd was a Mariner by my Profefsjon. 
 
 Pererius. 
 Well, themoft gracious Queen Morphaadrahath 
 been pleafed ro promife me the favor , as to turn you 
 into Man again, if you have a. mind to it ; and, from 
 that groveling quadrupedal fhape, to make you an 
 eredt, and a rational Creture once again. 
 
 Otter. 
 Sir, youbidmetomylofle, for I live farr more to 
 my contentment in this fpecies, wherein my heart and 
 eyes are horizontal , than when I was in an upright 
 {hape. 
 
 Fererius. 
 Coufult better with your thoughts, for Morpba/idra 
 hath not only promifed to re-convert you to Man, but 
 alfo (he hath given me leave and liberty to carry you 
 aboard of me , and tranfport you to your Coumrey a* 
 gainj And I have a tite lufty Veflel in the Road , 
 wherein you fhall be accommodated with a Cabbin to 
 your contentment, and all things neceffary. 
 
 Otter. 
 Thefe civilities might haply deferve thanks from 
 an other, but not from me, in regard you proffer to re- 
 duce me from better to worfe 5 for if Experience be 
 the touchjlone of Truth , I find farr more quietude and 
 contcntation in this figure of body, than 1 did former- 
 ly? therefore with this (hape, I have put on alfo a re- 
 lolution never to turn Man or Mariner again. 
 
 Pererw- 
 I extremely wonder at this blindnefs,and unnatural 
 obftinacy of yours : but now that Queen Morphtndra 
 hath , during this time of difcourf betwixt us , re-in- 
 dowed you with the faculty of Re[on and fpeech, I pray 
 impart unto me the caufe of yourftrangc averfion thus, 
 to become Man again. Otter. 
 
The Parly of Beaftf. 
 
 Otter. 
 
 Truly,Sir,though Man doth vaunt, and cry up him- 
 felf,tobe the Epitome and LordParamount among all 
 fublunary Cretures, though he vainly entitle himfelf, 
 the Microcofm, yet I hold him to be the moft miferable 
 of all others $ Go to his prime faculty, Refon t which, 
 as he faith , is the fpecifical difference that diftin- 
 guifhethhimfromus, I have found, that it fills his 
 brain full of diftra&ion, of extravagant opinions, and 
 whimfeys, of pining griefs, panting doubts, and pan- 
 nick fears,of violent fancies and imaginations, which 
 oftentimes turn to phrenfies; it tortures him with 
 vexation and inquietude of fpirit, infomuch, that fom 
 of the profoundeft Philofophers , as I have heard, 
 affirmed , chat the Rational Soul was given to Man for 
 his Self-puniftiment and Martyrdom ; he may be faid 
 to be his own Tormentor , and the greateft Tyrant to 
 himfelfi nay, thefe cruciatory pafsions do operat 
 iomtimes with fuch a violence, that they drive him to 
 defpair , and oftentimes to murther and deftroy him- 
 felfjbefore Nature hath exfpird her due courf in him, 
 all which, we, that are guided only by fenfe, are not 
 fubject, unto $ We only look upon theprefent objed 
 before our eyes,and take no other care but for fhelter, 
 and food, and to pleafe our appetit only. 
 Pererius. 
 
 'Tis true,that all thefe turbulences,and perplexities 
 of fpirit proceed from the Rational faculty, but,in com- 
 penfation thereof, we have by this Faculty the prero- 
 gative to know our Creator, tocontemplat his works, 
 and the fair fabrique of the World 5 by this, we have 
 a dominion and Empire over all other Elementary 
 Cretures,both of Air, Earth,and Water; by the reach 
 of this , Man with his crampons and harping-irons 
 can draw afhore the great Leviathan ; He can make 
 the Dromedary and Camel to kneel down, and take 
 up his burden $ He can make the fierce Bull to endure 
 his yoke 5 He can bring down the Vulture from his 
 neft; by this he can ride upon the back of the vaft 
 Ocean, and with his winged Couriers ride poft from 
 
 one 
 
8 The Parly of Beafls. 
 
 one Pole to the other, as you know well by your own 
 Proteflion, when you were Man and Mariner. 
 
 Otter. 
 Yet thefe advantages com fhort,in my judgments 
 countervail thole calamities that are incident to the 
 Rational Creture,which makes him come puling,cry- 
 ing,8c fometimes weeping into the world,as foreteling 
 his tuture miferies. But now that I have partly dis- 
 played the difcompofures and vexations of his mind, 
 I will give a touch of thofe infirmities that his Body 
 is fubjedt unto , which is no other than a Magazinof 
 malignant humors; a hull, wherein is ftow'd a carga- 
 zon of numberlefs difeales , of putrid and ugly cor- 
 ruptions, infomuch that, as,in his life time, whiles he 
 deeps in the bofom of bis caufes within the Womb, 
 ther's no Creture lies neerer the excrementitious 
 parts, fo ther is none whole excrements are more faz- 
 tid,andftinking} thefemnets of aDeer,the/^pJof a 
 Fox, the crotells of a Hare, the dung of a Horfe,and the 
 fyraints that I ule to void backward, are nothing fo 
 foetid; which may be the caule why, after Man's 
 death, ther's no carcafe fogaftly and noifom as his, fo 
 that Toads and Serpents engender often in hisfcull 5 
 nor is his cadaver good for any thing when life is gone, 
 'lis tru, Mummy may be made of it, but it muft be don 
 by embalment, and great expence of Spices. But ma- 
 ny things in our carcafes after death,ferve for divers 
 ufes , as particularly in mine ; my Liver, reduced to 
 powder,is good againft the Flix and Cholic; my Stones 
 or tefticles againft the Palfie 5 and my Skin is of fuch 
 value, that thefaireft Ladies will be glad to wear 
 it, &c. 
 
 Pererius. 
 'Tis a great truth what you fpeak of Human bo- 
 dies, but all this comes accidentally; it proceeds from 
 variety of viands, efculcnt*, and beverages, not from 
 the primitive plaftick vertu, and ordinance of nature : 
 Moreover, that which makes them (o Subject to putre- 
 faction, is, becaufc they abound in heat and humidity 
 more than other bodies , which oftentimes makes fom 
 
 parss 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 parts of the Compofitum rott, before life and motion 
 leaves them. But let not thefe thoughts avert you 
 from a return to your firft Beeing,whereby,whfin this 
 tranfitory life is ended , you may be made capable to 
 live in the Land or Eternity ; whereas all brute Ani- 
 mals , whofe Souls foar no higher than the fenfe, are 
 born to have a being only in this World : Therefore 
 take on a manly refolution to be redintegrated into 
 your firftPrinciples,& fo return to your ownCountry, 
 and Kinred j togoonftillinyourCtf///«g , which is a 
 ufeful aud thriving Profeffion, in the pra&ife where- 
 of you may lee the Wonders ot the Deep, and therby 
 have oportunity more often to invoke your Creator, 
 than in any other Trade. 
 
 Otter. 
 I cannot deny, but the common faying is , that He 
 who cannot pray, muft go to Church at Sea; yet I have often 
 known, and I have tryed it in my felf, that a Mariner 
 in a ftorm is a Saint \but when theftorm if over he is a Man- 
 ner again ; witnefs He, who in a dangerous tempeft 
 made a Vow to offer a Wax- taper as big as his Main- 
 maft unto Saint Nicolas , if he would preserve him 
 from fhipwrackjbut being com fare afhore,a Rufh- can- 
 dle did ferve the turn j fo that, nautical piety is of no 
 longer duration than the danger. 
 
 Tererius. 
 Without queftion,to be a Mariner or Navigator, as 
 it is a necefTary and noble Vocation, To it affords more 
 frequent opportunities to improve a Man's devotion to 
 Heven , if one makes right ufe of it 5 which cannot 
 be don more properly , than by comparing the frail 
 Veflel wherein hefayls to his own Body ; if he con- 
 templat, within the theater of his thoughts , that the 
 Sea whereon he tumbles,is the World; waves and fur- 
 ges are his paffions5anger,cholcr,and difcontentments, 
 are the fiorms and tempers ; his body is the bulk or 
 few// of thefhip, his neck is the ftemm, the keel is his 
 back, the planks are his ribs, the beams his bones, the 
 />*#fe/and£w^o»sarehisgriftles and cartilages, the 
 feveral [earns of the (hip are his arteries , veins, and 
 
 D nerfs, 
 
) o The Ftrty qf Reap. 
 
 neris, his bowels are the ballajl, his heart the principal 
 bold) his ftomack the cook-room , his teeth the chopptng- 
 knivesy his lungs the bellowSy conception is the cauldron?, 
 hunger the fauce, his belly the loner deck, his kidneys 
 the clofe cabbins ox receptacles, his arms and hands the 
 can-booksyhis midriff tr^e bulk-headyhis fcull the peerage- 
 room with the round-houfe y bis ears are the two chief 
 [cuttles , his eyes are the pharols , the (towage is his 
 mouth, his lips are the hatches > hisnoftrils ferveas 
 gratings to let in air, the beak-headis his chin, his face 
 and forehead the upper deck } Refon is the rudder , the 
 anchor is refolution , conftancy the capftane , prudence 
 the pi lot ^che prorv-mifen and main-maftSy are faith, hope, 
 and charity, which laft, reacheth above the Firma- 
 menr : The owner of the {hip is God Almighty , and 
 Heven the haven to which be fteers bis courfe , &c. 
 Therefore recoiled! your felf, and think ferioufly upon 
 it; make off this brutifh Chape, and repair to the 
 bofom of your own dear Countrey, and Calling. 
 
 Otter. 
 Truly, Sir,to deal freely with you,I am quite out of 
 conceit with both: Touching thefirft; forme tore- 
 move hence thither, were to go from a fair flo wry. field 
 into a great bogg, or a kind of quagmire, for fuch 3 
 thing my Countrey may be calledj if you have regard 
 to the quality of tnefoil, in comparison of This : It is, 
 for the moft parr, a foggy cobwebb'd air^ fo canopied 
 over, as it were, with thick fuliginous clowds, as if it 
 were but one great Brew-houfe j: tbey fence out both 
 the yiquatical Creatures from their right habitations) 
 and the true Prince of the Countrey from his heredi- 
 tary poffeffions;infomuch,that forpedo not ftick to call 
 them double Ufurpers : It is one ofthemoftinfimous 
 and loweft part of the tcrreftrialGlobe, ; which made 
 one fay, that they were the neereft confederats and 
 neighbors to Beelzebub. And this may be inferred ajfo 
 out of their natures and difpohtion : for openly orco- 
 vertly,the.y have blown the hellowsof all the Warrs 
 ( now tVarr is a j}re t (truck altiajs in the Devil's tinder- 
 box ) that have happen'd round about thcm,ever fince 
 
 their 
 
The Parly of Beaftr. 1 1 
 
 their Revolt from fumontia, and fince they invol*d Ar- 
 to»ia 9 &c Gberiona in their quarrell,who firrt rais'd them 
 to a Free-State 5 though I believe they have repented of 
 it fince. Add hereunto that fom do doubt, Whether 
 God and Nature did ever defign that lump of coagu- 
 lated Earth for the Manfionof Mankind; forot it 
 felt it produceth neither Bread to eat 5 nor Stone to 
 build, nor Wool or Silk to cloath him, nor Wood or 
 Cole,or other combuftible fluff, for fuel ; but the In- 
 habitants ufe to fifh for Fire in the Water, for (trefh) 
 Water in the Air , and for Air out of Foggs ; inf o- 
 much,that if ever any Countrey may be cali'd a Noun 
 ^djeBive, f urely 'tis that, for it cannot ftand by it felf. 
 I remember, while I woar the fhapc of Man in that 
 dull Clime,, me-thoughtmy blood was like fo much 
 Bonny-clabber within my Body > which I find now to 
 be moEe quick,fpriteful, and hot 5 though my bloud in 
 ftatu quo nunc be obferved,I confefsjto be the coldeft of 
 any guadrupedak. Moreover, 1 found that tJMammon 
 and Gain was their chiefeft God,and Gold their great- 
 eft Idol: but for the public Religion which they pro- 
 fefs,they haveitbut in a luke- warm degree; ther's 
 fcarce any heat of holinefs, and devotion' among 
 moftof them. 
 
 Tererius. 
 Iifind now that you areof a tru BrutiiTi Nature, 
 fo.« toberay.youro.wnNeftj and befpa tier the native 
 Soyl wherein you firft received life. Tis true^ ther's 
 no Nation that hath not their peculiar humors; but 
 touching thole you fpeak of in your Countreymen, 
 they have many fignal Vermes that makcacompen- 
 fationf or them 5 for they are one of the moft induftri- 
 ous race of People upon Earth ; fo that the whole 
 Countrey may be compar'd to a Hive of Bees,or Bank 
 of provident Ants: They are the only Men that do 
 Miracles now adayes 5 they are thofe, who put boun- 
 daries to the raging Ocean, and by rare reptrcuffions 
 beat back his turgid and overwhelming billows , yet 
 they relerve a power to command him in,at pleafure ; 
 they are thole Men, who know thetrue Mjjlkrics 
 
 of 
 
iz The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 ot Commerce , and how to regulat it io, as to bring 
 Trade and Policy to a Science , and certain Principles. 
 How much are rhey to be commended for their near- 
 nefs ? Go to their Ships , they may be faid to be as 
 cleanly as a milking-pail ; in their Kitchins , the out- 
 fide of their Ucenfils are as bright as the infide j ther's 
 never a room in their houfe, where fo much duft may 
 be found as to draw the name of Slutt upon it-' There 
 is no Countrey where there are fewer forts of indi- 
 gent and poor people, or where they who are poor are 
 better lodg'd, and provided for. 'Tistrue, they are 
 fomwhat heavy in motion,and dullifh, which muftbe 
 imputed to the quality ot the Clime ; but this dul- 
 nefs is recompene'd with a grave advifednefs, and 
 circumfpe&ion in their Counlels j with a conftancy, 
 and perfeverance afterwards , in their Actions. In 
 fine , they are a peeple who truly underftand their 
 own Intereftiwhich may be faid to be the prime Prin- 
 ciple of Wifdom , whereby they have fought them- 
 f elves, from a company ot Fifhermen, into a High and 
 Mighty Common-wealth. 
 
 Otter. 
 Truly, Sir, 'tis pitty that you had not a better fub- 
 je£t to fpend your Oratory upon. Now, Sir, concern- 
 ing my former Profelfion i let me tell you , that to be a 
 Mariner, or TarpzYing , is one of themoft fervile and 
 flavifh condition ot life that can be , k is the moft ex- 
 pos'd to hardihip and hazard; He was no fool , who 
 made a queftion, Whether he fhould number a Sea- 
 man 'twixt the Living or the Dead, being not much 
 above two inches diftant from death, viz. the thick- 
 nefs of a rotten plank : It may be alio doubted,Whe- 
 ther he be a Free- man, or Prifoner, being io coop'd up 
 within fo narrow a compafs all the while. Touch- 
 ing the hardihip and tpytfomnefs of this trade, let me 
 tell you, that to plow, dig, delve, or threfh, are but 
 exercifes of cafe , compar'd to our labor in diftrels of 
 wether •• How many times, when I went a fifhing, did 
 I carry ificles of frcft at my nofc , and fingers-ends ? 
 How oft did I eat Bisket, fo mouldy, that dane'dup 
 
 and 
 
The Parly of Be aft s. i} 
 
 and down with ugly Maggots > How oft did I ftop 
 my noftrils while 1 drunk ftinking Beverage ? How 
 oft did the ftench of the Pump (kike me into a fwoon ? 
 But 1 thank the Fates , and Queen MorphandrA) lam 
 now in a condition that I need not fear hunger or 
 cold , I have a good warm Coat about me , that will 
 Iaft me all my life long, without parching or mending; 
 which kind of fences againft the injuries of Time,and 
 tyranny of the Meteors, indulgent Nature provides for 
 us fenfuive Creatures •, before we com into the 
 World : whence may be inferr'djthat She takes more 
 care for Ourprefervation than the doth of Mankinds; 
 Beafts, have skins, Fifh have fcales, Birds have fea- 
 thers , but Man comes naked and wawling into the 
 World, and cloaths himfelf afterwards with our 
 fpoils : Nor hath he any habitation or ready food,pro- , 
 vided him by Nature 5 whereas other Animals find 
 the Table layed, and the Buttry open for them as foon 
 as they are born, and come out of the bolom of their 
 Caufes; whence it may be concluded,that they are the 
 nobler Cretures. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 It is given for granted, that Man comes naked into 
 the World , yet he hath the maffery and command , 
 he hath the breaking , daunting, anddifpofingof all 
 other Cretures for his own turn, both in Air, Earthy 
 & Water,to cloath and feed him, accordiugto his free 
 election and plcfurej for all other elementary Cre- 
 tures are made for his ufc,and principally to that end. 
 Now 'tis a true Maxim , that the end is more noble 
 than the mediums that ferve for that end , therefore in 
 that point ther can no comparifon be made be- 
 tween us. 
 
 Otter. 
 
 It is an experimental Truth, that You make ufe o£ 
 other Cretures to array andnourifhyou, but much 
 labor and toyl muft be ufed , before you can bring 
 them to ferve your turn ; What a deal of work muft 
 precede , ere the Tanner and Furrier can make our 
 Skins fit for your wear ? What huge varieties ot la- 
 
 E bors 
 
14 The Party <jf Beafts. 
 
 bars muft go before , ere Wheat come to be made 
 Brcaad, and Barly Drink? Ther muft be ploughing, 
 tiacoowing , lowing , weeding , reaping , Cheating , 
 flacking, barning, threfhing, winnowing, facking, 
 gnucnng, bolting, fermenting, and baking, before 
 ^du can;get abitof Bread to keep you from ftarving : 
 VMfoat. a deal of ftirr muft be us'd, before you can get 
 ttiShiirt onyour back, orahandkercher to wipcyour 
 •rcdfes withall ? There muft be planting cutting down, 
 iatndHtJgytvetrmgiripplingy brakings mngling-,artdbeckltug 
 sifjMemp j which laberinth of labors and fatigues , we 
 fammifQ retimes are free from. 
 
 PereriuS* 
 ilc is without controverfie tru , that Man is born to 
 foundry forts of labors, but it is principally to exercife 
 . iatt-^iirccsjand the faculties of the intellec~t,and lo pre- 
 ftoxne binm from the ruft of idlenefs, which makes the 
 igre&teftffirinces and Potentates among men to have 
 ■fam manual Trade, wherewith to paffe away fom part 
 -of their time. But, Otter , let us word away time no 
 longer ; let me know pofitively , whether you will 
 make ufe of this lingular favor , now offered you by 
 CMorphwzttra ., with my propofal , and advice , to re- 
 a'flutne your rormer nature, wherein you may fo fervc 
 !& ptaik your Creator, that may make you capable of 
 Eternity In your whole life you cannot meet with fo 
 fair an opportunity }for 1 have a Ship to tranf port you, 
 -and you lhall be well cloth'd, and cover'd, with ac- 
 comodation of all things elf accordingly ; therefore 
 *ake Titoeby thcForetop, for he is bald behind,and 
 .yoMtannot take hold of him. 
 
 Otter. 
 You may as foon wafh white a Negro , or blanch 
 an Ethiop , as foon as make me turn Man or Mariner 
 again $ therefore you do but beat the Air all this 
 w.hile by your perfwafions $ and whereas you fpeak 
 of Skermkyt ix may be an Eternity of torments as well 
 As <ef ibidls , lie none of that. But one of the greateft 
 Boeplb -among Mankind, I mean the Selenian^ or balf- 
 MooM-nuTh as alfo the Banians Ao believe, that we al- 
 io 
 
Tbe Parly of Beafts. 15 
 
 lo fenfitive Cretures have a better World provided for 
 us,after we have run cut our courf here 5 for we like- 
 wife have Souls in us , and certain expreffions that 
 countervail Speech, which is only underftood by the 
 Great God of Na ture himfelf, whom we do not ufe to 
 offend by any tranfgreffion of Laws, as you do. 
 
 But 1 feel the Sun dart his rays fomwhat quick , 
 therfore I will go torcfrcfh and folace my (elfin the 
 gentle ftrems of that River. 
 
 — — - 
 
 The Second Se&ion: 
 
 Containing an Interlocutory Difcourfe 'trvitt 
 Morphandra, Pererius, and an Afle, who had 
 bin once an Artorian Pea/an ; wberin ther 
 are fome glances upon tbe Country it f elf , and 
 upon tbe prefent Government thereof. But 
 though Prince Pererius u/d all the perftvap- 
 ons he could , and re~inforc'd Argument upon 
 Argument, to induce him to re-affume Human 
 fhape, and fo return to his Country , Kindred y 
 and Calling: let the Afle utterly refused it y and 
 hisreafons why? &*> 
 
 Morphandra, Pererius, andanACk, 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 INcomparable Lady , you have dilated my heart 
 with a great deal of contentment, by admitting me 
 to the fight of that tranfmuted Animal I fpoke withall 
 laft, and that you made him capable all the while to 
 entertain diicourf with me pro & con, in fo admirable 
 a manner. 
 
 (JUbr- 
 
i6 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 Morphandra. 
 
 I have my fharc of that contentment you fpeke of : 
 But what luccejflfe have you had in yout delign , of 
 working upon his inclinations to becom Man again , 
 and fo return to his Country and Calling t 
 
 Terertw. 
 
 Madame, I have had conference with him of both, 
 but he feem s to undervalue , or rather abhorr the one , 
 as much as the other , preferring the Species, and pre- 
 fent ftate he lives in under your Dominion , to the 
 ftate and former eflence of a Man. Yet I am confident, 
 that if you plcafe to extend your favor further to- 
 wards me , that I may mingle dikours with fom 
 other, and put him in a capacity to hear, underftand, 
 and anfwer me, I am confident, I fay, that I fhall pre- 
 vail with him, to be re-in veiled in his firft Seeing, 
 Morphandra. 
 
 I elpie upon the flank of that hillock an A(fe > 
 whom I remember to have tranfmuted from an At- 
 toman Pealan to that figure you fee him in , whom I 
 will re-indue with Refon and RatiocinaUm to hear- 
 ken unto your perfwafions accordingly : And if you 
 can prevail with him, he fhall put on his firft Nature 
 again* But as the power comes from me, fo the mil muft 
 proceed from himfelf to work this effect. 
 
 Pereriw. 
 
 Madame, you will perform hereby the part of an 
 Angel , for 1 never heard of any Ajje that ever fpoke 
 (unleffe it were in Fables) but of one, and that was at 
 the appearance of an Angel , which was by way of 
 tru Miracle. 
 
 Morphandra. 
 
 Yet I have been told , that one of your greateft Phi- 
 lofophers Ammonius Alexandrinus , whofe Difciple 
 Origen was, hath it upon record, That an Ajfe was 
 once an Auditor of Wifdom. But touching that AjJ'e 
 you mentioned before , I hear , the Lawyers of your 
 Country have fomthingof his nature in them , for 
 they will not fpeak unleffe Angels appear unto them. 
 
 Vererius. 
 
The Varly of Be aft s. 17 
 
 Pereriw. 
 'lis a great truth, Madam, for our Lawyers toungs 
 are laid to be of an humor, contrary to the Axle-tree 
 of a new Cart , in regard we ufe to annoint that , bc- 
 caufe it may keep no creaking or noife, but the Law- 
 yers toungs muftbeannointed s andoil'd with anU*,- 
 guentum Rubrum, that they may make more noife , and 
 to have their tongues'more glibb. 
 UHorpbandra. 
 The more is the foolifhnevTe of men difcover'd in 
 this point, whofomtimes out of a pride, malice, or 
 envy, fomtimes out of ameer litigious humour, ul'e 
 to exhauft their eftates , and impoverish themlelfs 9 
 to enrich others by this means ; As I remember to 
 have heard a facetious paflage of a wealthy Lawyer, 
 who having built a fair Palace of Free-ftone , with 
 Marble intermix'd , and having invited a knowing 
 friend of his to take a view of the new houfe, and ob- 
 fervethe fymmetry,proportion,& conveniencies of the 
 fabric , He asked his friend at laft, what he thought 
 that Houfe was built of? He anfwered, I fee 'tis 
 built of good Free-ftone and Marble , The Lawyer 
 replied , No, Sir, 'tis a deceptio vifns in you , for this 
 houfe is made of ^fj'es beads and Fools f culls , meaning 
 the multitude of Clients he had had. To fuchthe 
 proverb may fometimes be applied, that as the s.fr 
 oftentimes carries gold on his back, yet feeds on tbijtles, lo 
 many poor Clients carry gold in their pockets to 
 feed their Lawyers, yet they fare hard themfelfs, and 
 are ready tofamifh. But to leave offthefe imperti- 
 nences, you may pleafe to go on in the purfute ot your 
 enterprife, to try whether yonder long-ear 'd meta 
 morprios'd Animal will bring your intent home to 
 your aim, and turn Man. 
 
 Pererius, 
 I moft humbly kiffe your hands , and will towards 
 him. Poor ftupid creture > how cameft thou to be io 
 unhappily transform'd , or deform'd rather , by af- 
 f umption of this fhape ? For I underftand by Queen 
 Morphandra 3 thgt thou wa'ftoncc a Man. How much 
 
 ' F di> 
 
]8 The Party of Beafis. 
 
 do I pitty thy condition , compar'd to that which thou 
 wa'ft formerly of. 
 
 Sir, you may relerve your pitty for others, in re- 
 gard I need it not j for I thank the Fates , and Qaeeo 
 Morpbandra, I enjoy my felf, and the common benefits 
 of nature, viz.. Air, Earth, and; Water, which are 
 the ftaple commodities of all fublunary cretures ,1 
 (ay , 1 enjoy all thefe more than ever I did , Fenell 
 excepted, which is my onely enemy. 'Tis tru , I was 
 once a Man-, an t/irtmian born , my profeffion was 
 both a Vineyard-man,andaRoturer, apporPeafan 
 I was, who for all my labour and toil, could hardly 
 gain what could bear up the two columns of Jife in 
 me, "viz.. the Radicallmoyfture and Naturall heat, much 
 lefle to maintain my wife and family in any vigor. 
 
 Pererim. 
 How could that be in fo rich and plentifull a coun- 
 try as tyirtoma is known to be ? where, according to 
 her name, Ceres is faid to have her chief Granary, 
 and Baccbw his prime Cellars j where "Heptane hath 
 alfo his principle Salt-pits , and whence Penus com- 
 monly ufeth to fetch her (mocks ? 
 
 jtffe. 
 ' Tis granted , that Ar tenia in fecundity and felf- 
 fufficiency , yields to no other Region under the Sun , 
 which makes fome call her a Noun fubfiantive , that 
 can ftand by it felf; yet it may well be faid, that ther's 
 is no Country under the cope of Heaven, where 
 there's Ijje want, and more beggars , or more people , and 
 fewer men$ Therefon of the fir ft, to my grief Ifpeak 
 it, is, that the common (lock and wealth of the Coun- 
 try is by Mal-adminiftration fo unequally propor- 
 tion^, and diftributed among the Native Inhabitants 
 thereof ; for the Court and the Clergy fuck the greateit 
 part of the fat, whence grew the Proverb , what the 
 Cheque takes not, the Cburcb takes. I (peak not this, be- 
 caulel repine at any acts of piety towards the holy 
 and decent worfhip of God Almighty , and Legacies 
 left by fwect devoted fouls. Touching the firft, 'tis too 
 
 well 
 
The Party of Beap. 19 
 
 well known, that the very Talties , belkles the Demeans 
 of the Crown, and the Cuftoms > amount comma/Mus 
 annis to near upon twenty millions of Crowns, wher- 
 of'tistru, that about four millions were remitted in 
 the year 1648. Then the Cabell of Salt amounts to 
 about (even millions every year , which is Iook'd untq 
 f o narrowly 3 that a poor Peafan cannot carry a poc- 
 ket or purfe-full of fait home to his poor wife, but 
 he muft be fearched. Then ther are the TaiUons, Cycles, 
 Droits , with divers other Impofuions and Taxes , 
 which though at firft they were pretended to be im* 
 pos'd for the prefent neceflity of the times , yet Sove-i 
 raign Princes, are known to have the gift of making 
 Temporary things Eternall in this kind ; Neverthe- 
 lefTe,ifthisimmenfe trefure weni to the King's tre- 
 fure alone, for the common defence and honour of 
 the State, ic would not fo much trouble them that pay 
 it 5 but three parts of four are drunk up among hun- 
 gry Officers, whence grew the proverb} that the Kings 
 cheefegoes away three parts in parings. 
 
 Touching the fecond , by a late computation that 
 was made, the Clergy hath in annuall Revenue a hun- 
 dred and fix millions of Crowns, and no wonder, ther 
 being in that Country „ befides Cardinals, and fifteen 
 Arcbbifbops,, a hundred and fifty Suffragan Sifhops, and 
 I know not how many fat %Abbots , with other Digni- 
 j taries, Monks, and Monafteries without number. \ 
 
 Then comes in the 'Hpble(je i Mi Gentry, which have 
 all the reft j Infomuch that betwixt thefc three, the 
 poor Commoner , who yet makes up the bulk of the 
 Nation, ufeth to be grinded as betwixt io many mil- 
 ftones, whence grew this faying, that the Artonian 
 Teafans are born with Chains i Yet they are the fuppor- 
 ters of all the other three* and whence they have their 
 fubfiftence j Infomuch that Artonia may be compar'd 
 to a ftately Palace , born up by mud-pillars j While 
 the poor toyling peafan melts the hoar froft with the 
 fwcat that trickles down his cheeks , others by good 
 fire-fides drink carowfes in the wine which he planes , 
 while he with his panting breath and anhelation 
 
 thickens 
 
20 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 thickens the air befor him , others with Garrolls and 
 wanton muhcall Catches do attenuat it. 
 
 Concerning the fecond point I fpoke of, viz. That 
 no Country hath more peeple and fewer men then Arto- 
 nia t 'tis a truth too well knownj and the refon is, that 
 the opprefted Commons do fo languifh and groan under 
 the infupportable burdens of the forelaid ExaBions , 
 and heavy %ents befides to their Landlords, that they 
 ufe to grow fo dejetted, pufillanimous, and heartlels, 
 their fpirits come to be fo cowed and cowardiz'd , 
 that not one in twenty hath the courage of a man in 
 him, or is found fit to (boulder a Musket , to trail a 
 Pike, or perform any other military or manly iervice. 
 
 Tererius. 
 'Tis an apparent truth , that the Artonian Gentry 
 are fo numerous , and ufe to rack the Pealantry fo , 
 that it makes them very abje&and heartleffejfor here- 
 in the Politic all body may be faid to be like the Natu- 
 rally wherein if the blood and fpirits were drawn all 
 up into the upper parts, the fupporting members be- • 
 low, as the legs and thighs , cannot have that propor- 
 tion ofnaturall heat and vigor to quicken themfelfsj 
 the blood being all engrofs'dby the parts above. If 
 the Standells be planted too thick in a Coppice, ther 
 cannot be clean Underwoods , for they will turn all to 
 dwarfifh Shrubs. But the common peeple of Artonia 
 may thank their own volatil humors and nature for 
 this , which is fo inftable, and ftill fo covetous of 
 change, that if they were fed high , and pamper'd 
 with too much plenty , they wold ever and anon rufh 
 into civill commotions and tintamarrs, they wold 
 winch, and go about to (hake off the reins of Govern- 
 ment, and overthrow their Rider j Therfore being fo 
 fiery -mouth'd , 'tis fit they (hould be ridden with a 
 bittor curb, nor can it be tearm'd Tyranny, or any 
 Soloecifm in Government, that they are us'd fo. 
 
 Ajje. 
 Sir, under favour youputrhefaddle on the wrong 
 horfe: 'tis not the Commonalty but the Gentry , and they 
 who are in high blood, that have fuch tumultuous 
 
 boyling 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 2,1 
 
 boyling fpirits within them, they arc thofe whocaufe 
 feavers and convulfions in the bowells of their own 
 Country, which I confeffe arc frequent 5 whence 
 fom obferve , that though the air of Artonia be not fo 
 hot as that of her next neighbour Tumontia , yet ("he is 
 more fubjecl: to diftempers, Calentures, and fovardil- 
 lios ; Therefore 'tis one of the prime policies of Artor.ia 
 to find her Gentry fome work abroad , and employ 
 them ever and anon in forraign Warrsj And ther 
 have been of late two fiery Flamines, one after the 
 other, who have put this policy in practife to fome 
 purpofe, their fanguin humors fymboli^jng with the 
 colour of their habit , wherby nere upon a million of 
 fouls have perifhed wichin thefe few years. Touch- 
 ing the fecond of thefe, his father little dreamt when 
 he fold batts in Silicia , that his fon fhould mount fo 
 high as to wear the Red-come/d Cap-, and give the Law 
 to all Artonia y wherby fome hold it to be no fmall 
 difparagement to fo gallant a Nation , and fubtle a 
 Clime as Artonia is known to be, to have none of her 
 own children that had brain enough to fit at the helm 
 of her Government, but to fuffer a Forrener to lead all 
 her Nobles bythenofe, asalfo to incorporat his fa- 
 mily with the Blood-Royall o{ Artonia and Alpiana. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 Well, let us leave thefe digreffions , for as the pro- 
 verb runs in your country , We have leapt from the Cock 
 to the Affe all this while , we have gone affray from the 
 matter, let's return to the firft fubjcdl of our difcourf, 
 and to mymain defigiv, Poor long-ear'd patient beaft, 
 wilt thou fhake off* this thy il- favoured braying nature, 
 and the fpecies of a brute , to becom perfect Man again } 
 
 AQe. 
 
 Sir, though I were acertain'd to be one of Artonia 's 
 Peers, I wold not do it ; But, Sir, touching my Sars , 
 you need not take me by them in fo rcproachfull a. 
 manner: for you know a Phrygian King did wear once 
 an AfJ'e his ears , and he was the richeft that ever was 
 among Mortallsj Befides,my Ears have a prophetic 
 vertuj for when I prick them up, 'tis an infallible pre- 
 
 G fage 
 
12 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 www— ——w—n i i i^— m ■ ■ — i^^— — ^» — w^^— lp 
 
 fage of toul wether j Touching my braying , ic is the 
 tone which Nature hath given rnc , and all the Indi- 
 viduals of my kind , and you muft grant , that Na- 
 ture the handmaid of God Almighty doth not ufe to 
 do any thing ill-fa vouredly > But in lieu ol our haying 
 you have a paflion , and as I remember your Philo- 
 sophers call it the proper pafion oi man , that is a far 
 more diftorting and ridiculous violent pofture , 'tis 
 your Laughter , which happens when your pleafure 
 hath the liberty to fcatter it felf abroad , and that the 
 fenfes bear a (bare therin, for then it caufeth fuch an 
 agitation , that the whole phyfiognomy of the face is 
 changed , it begins to fparkle in the eyes> and ming- 
 leth it felf oft-times with fore'd tears, the fore-head 
 ftretcheth it felf, the lips grow redd , they tremble 
 and Haver often- times, the voice becomes groffer then 
 ordinary, and refounds , the reft ot the body is fubjeci 
 to this agitation , an unufuall heat and vapor Ihedds 
 it felf through all its parts , which fwells, and gives 
 anew color, the eye-brows decline, the lidds con- 
 tract themfelves, and all the skin about them becomes 
 uneven , and wrinkles it (elf all over, the eyes exte- 
 nuat, they half fhut themfelfs, and grow humid , the 
 nofe crumples up, and growes (harp , the lipps retire 
 and lengthen , ther is an ill-favor'd kind of gaping , 
 anddifcovery of the teeth , the cheeks lift up them- 
 felfs and grow more ftiff < they have pitts digg'd in 
 them during the time, the mouth is fore'd to open, 
 and difcovers the tremblings of the fufpended toung, 
 it thruftsout an obftreperous interrupted found , and 
 oftentimes ther is a flopping of breath , the neck fwells 
 and fhortens it felf, all the veins growgreter, and 
 extended, an extraurdinary hue difperfeth it felf over 
 all the face, which grows reddifh , the breft is impe- 
 tuoufly agitated, and with iudden reiterated {hakes, 
 that it hinders refpiration, the perfect ufe of fpeech 
 is loft, and it is impoffible tofwallow during the fit, 
 a pain riles in the flanck, the whole body bends, and 
 as it were wreaths and gathers it felf together, the 
 hands are ftt on the fides y and prede them forcibly , 
 
 fweat 
 
The Parly of Beaftf. 23 
 
 ^ ! — — 
 
 fwcac gets up on the face , the voice is lott in hk> 
 kocks ,and the breath is ftifled witn fighs ; fomtimes 
 this agitation gets to fo high an excefle , that it produ- 
 ce th the fame violent effect as medicaments ufe to do, 
 which is to put the bones foout of joynt that itcau- 
 feth fyncopes ; The head and the arms fuffer the 
 lame throws , with the breft and the thighs, the body 
 hurJes it felf with precipitation and di(order, and is 
 caft from one fide to the other } The hands becom 
 feeble, the leggs cannot fupport themfelves,andthe 
 body is conftraincd to fall , and tumble , nay it cau- 
 feth iometimes dangerous fyncopes in the heart , and 
 fo brings death. Weeping alfo the counter- paifion hath 
 many of thefe iIl-favor'dmotions,what an odd kind of 
 face doth an infant make afToon as he is born^how fom 
 of ripe age will fcreech,cry and howle in fo many dif- 
 ordered notes, and fingultient accents? Whereas we 
 by our brtying hold up our heads only t and fo breath 
 out our palfions into the open aire , withouf any 
 fore'd tones, or fuch variety of diftorted poftures. 
 
 , Pererw. 
 'Tis tru , that Laughter produceth fundry motions 
 and pleafing violences in the human body , but they 
 are recompenced by the joy that accompanieth it, 
 which ufeth to rowfe and raife up our flumbring fpi- 
 rits, and melancholly thoughts with an unufuall 
 mirth and complacency, whence it comes, that after 
 thole two, Doctor Diet , and Doctor «£»/>£, Doctor 
 tjterriman is requifit to prefer ve health ; Touching 
 the other paffion Sorrow , and the various emifsions 
 of it, it isaneafealfo to the fpirits , which without 
 fuch ventings would be fubjeft to ftrangulations ; 
 But, poor JffJ'ei do not let flip this fair opportunity 
 which gracious Queen Morpbandra offers thee, bv my 
 intervention, to be redintegrated and made a Rational 
 creture again. 
 
 I told you before but of the outward fervitude and 
 exigents that i endured when I was a Man t which 
 were incident onely to the body: I have not fpoken to 
 
 you 
 
24 The Parly of Beafls. 
 
 you any ti ins ot the perturbations ot the brain , and 
 the inward agonies ot the mind) which did trouble 
 and torment me much more ; How was 1 perpetually 
 \ ex'd not onely to pay the common Taxes , and other 
 pecuniary erogaiions., with my domineering Land- 
 lords Rents j bucto find daily bread, fuftenance, and 
 cloa thing for my wife and children ; Now children is 
 one of the greitefl encumbrances that belong to man- 
 kind j for as the proverb goes, Children are a certain 
 aire, and an incertain cemjorti But they of my fpecies 
 atprefene ate exempt from this, and a thouland in- 
 conveniencies more which arc entayl'd upon man- 
 kind. - Tistru, touching our off-fprings while they 
 are young, and unable to do for themfelfs, we are in- 
 dulgent of them, and thatforafhort time, but after- 
 wards we lole all care of them, being able to fhift for 
 themfelfs. 
 
 Pererius. 
 Yes, and with your care you lofeall affeRions unto 
 them befides , but fuch is the noblenefle of Man's na- 
 ture, that both continu in him during life unto the 
 third and fourth generation ^ Therefore without fur- 
 ther ado, think upon thy firtt Seeing , and to be refto- 
 red thereunto: Otherwife thou wilt be morefoolifh 
 rfian that poor baffled Afl'e'm the Fable , who when a 
 Horfe came unto him , and out of wantonnes had de- 
 hred him to lift up his left hinder leg , and take out a 
 l\onc that had got into his foot, as foon as he had lift- 
 ed up the legge , the Horie fell a kicking him ill-fa- 
 vouredlyon the face, andalmoft daflitout his brainsj 
 Or thou vcilt be as foolifhas the ^jj'e , who feeing a 
 Spaniell fawn upon his Matter , and getting into his 
 lap, where he was ftroked, the Afle thought to dolo 
 roo , but inftead of being \lroked i he was \iruck and ba- 
 :tinadocd avay for hisfawcineffc, which (hews that 
 an Afj'e is a more contemptible thing than aT>ogge. 
 
 As contemptible as we are,there are two of us who 
 have a bright place in Heaven, as the Conftellation of 
 Cat.cer will fhew you 5 As cor-temptikle as we are, fome 
 
 of 
 
The Tarty of Beafts. z$ 
 
 thought it proper to tranfmute to that flhape; Be- 
 fides , I turn'd him to that long-tail'd bcaft, becaufe 
 they of his country are called Stertmen that is men 
 with long-tailes , for which ther is both Tradition 
 and Story ; He came hither Chaplain to a Frigot , and 
 hadnotthe fhipquickly tack'd about and gotaway, 
 I had transfigur'd all the reft. 
 
 Ape. 
 
 By the earneftnes of your looks and gazing , I be- 
 lieve you would fpeak with me, therefore I pray 
 what's your pleafure ? 
 
 Tererius 
 
 Poor Ape, thou art an object of much pitty ; Queen 
 Morphandra hath been pleafed to difcover unto me 
 that thou wa'ft once a man , and born in Ghertona 3 a 
 noble Country ; and a Nation of no lefleefkem. 
 
 Ape. 
 
 'Tis tru, the Country is good , but (Tie may be {aid 
 to be now like Lacians fick Eagle, (hot and pittifully 
 wounded with (hafts of her own feathers , Gheriona 
 never (hewed (he had in her as much to make her 
 happy, as (he (Views now to make her (elf unhappy 3 
 I feat me, there be fom further dreadfull judgments, 
 as the Famine and the Peftilence hanging over her : 
 for it hath been obferved that thofe three fcourges 
 ofHeven , Ki^os, Koijao;, and™?^)?, the Famine, the 
 Plague, and the civill Warrs are confecutif , and ufe 
 to follow one another , though the laft hath got the 
 ftart of the other two j But concerning the peeple, I 
 verily believe ther were never any fo far degenera- 
 ted fince the Devill had to do with mankind , never 
 any who did fool and puppifie themfelfs into (uch a 
 perfect flavery and confufion 5 You feem to pitty my 
 transfiguration from Man to Ape , but their cafe is to 
 be much more refented,for they are turned from Men 
 to Wolfs , if you go to their humours , ther's a tru Ly- 
 cantbtopy among them, els they wold never worry and 
 devour one another in fo favage a manners All which 
 proceeds from a faddifeafe which hath feiz'd upon 
 many thoufands of them, it is a pure Seotomia , an odd 
 
 I kind 
 
 5 
 
3© The Parly of Beaftt. 
 
 kind of Vtrt'tgQ that reigns amonglt them, which turns 
 the head round, and falls it wichnew chimera's ever 
 and anon > 'Tistru that my country-men were ever 
 obferv'd to be inconftant in the latnion of their cloa- 
 thing, in their outward comportment and garbs, 
 which proceeded from Imitation more then natural! 
 Inclination j But this mimicall apifh humor hath ex- 
 tended of late years notpnely to their externallfa&tt, 
 but to the inward habitudes oi their minds, and taken 
 hold of their Intellectuals , by being carried away 
 with every wind of Doctrine, and tanaticall new- 
 fangled opinions, blown over from other Countreys, 
 and then multiplying amongft them ; For though my 
 countrey-men have not any great Genius to invent , 
 yet 'tis obferv'd they have a faculty to add to any new 
 inventions and if any new odd opinion in Holy things 
 hath once taken footing among them , they will make 
 it run upon more feet j Now it is in Divinity as in Fbi- 
 lofophy 3 Uno abfurdo datofequuntur mille , One abiurdity 
 being granted a thoufand will follow, as strtftotle the 
 Philofophers-Pope doth affirm , for Errors like ill 
 weeds do grow apacci And truly I muft confefle, that 
 this apifh humor had feiz'd ftrongly upon me , which 
 made me difturb the peace of the holy Church wher- 
 in I was born, baptized, and bred,which made Queen 
 Morphandra to transform me juftly to this fhape you 
 fee 5 being eutertain'd Chaplain to a Man of War that 
 arriv'd at this Ifland > though I had been fenfible of 
 mine own errors a good while before. 
 
 Pererittf. 
 I know well that there was in Gheriona a comely 
 face of a Church j Ther were fuch folemnities , vene- 
 rations, and decencies us'd , that might difcovcr lom 
 piety in the practice of holy duties ^ T her was a public 
 Liturgy that link'd thelouls of the whole Nation in 
 an uoanimity,wherin ther were fuch pithy pathcticall 
 prayers that reached all occafions, and fearched every 
 crany in the confeience $ The Sacraments were admi- 
 niftredwitha fitting pofture of reverence, and genu- 
 flexion , yet far from any fuperftition ; God's houfes 
 
 were 
 
The Parly of Beafti. 31 
 
 were kept neat , cleanly, and in repair 5 There "* was 
 fuch a prudent handfom Government , fuch degrees 
 of promotion, fuch poffeffions annex'd to the Church, 
 that made them of that holy function not onelytobe 
 efteem'd and reverene'd , but to be able to do deeds of 
 charity j But now I hear ther's crept up fuch a nafty 
 race of mifcreants, who have no more efteem of God 
 Almighty's Houfe than of a Pig-fty, who haveturn'd 
 a pretended Superftition to a palpable Propkanenes , 
 who have plunderM all that belong'd to pious ufes , 
 who have nothing of that veneration, that tweetnes, 
 and comfort that ufeth to'attend tru devotion, which 
 is turn'd to a giddy zeal , or a kind of luft ftill after 
 more learning , as it Cbriftiamty had no confidence or 
 certainty , no fobriety for end of knowledg, wherin 
 the inward man might acquiefce 5 Thefe poor fimple- 
 tons pretending to imitate the Apoftles time wold 
 have the fame form of Difcipline and Mode to go- 
 vern whole Nations , as it did at firft a Chamber-full 
 of men in the In fancy of the Chriftian Church ; They 
 wold mak the fame coat ferve our Saviour at five and 
 twenty years , as fitted him at five : But you were 
 fpeaking of other dreadfull judgments that you be- 
 lieve were hanging over Gberion*, and what are the re- 
 fons that induce you to that belief ? 
 
 tsfpe. 
 I remember when I had a human fhape I was much 
 addicted to the reading of Hiftory , which is a profita- 
 ble knowledge , for the obfervation of former actions 
 may ferve to regulat the future 5 I took notice of a 
 world of examples that the two nefandous crimes of 
 Sacrilege and Perjury never went unpunifhed without 
 fome agnail judgments*, Among divers other thefe 
 two do reign and rage in Gheriona more then they ever 
 did in any Country under the cope of Heven , and 
 muft the not then expett the vialls of a juft vengeance 
 to fall down upon Her from above ? But that you may 
 better underftand the ftate of that calamitous Coun- 
 try , that Country of confufion, I will recount to you 
 what befell me before my tranfrautation. 
 
 fertr'm. 
 
32 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 # Perertus. 
 
 You will oblige me beyond meafurc, if" you impart 
 unto me what you intend , and I ihall liften unto you 
 with much patience, and no leffe contentment. 
 
 It chane'd one night I nad a (Irange unufuall 
 Dream, I had fallen into fo found a deep, as if the 
 Cinq-ports (my five outward fenfe-) had been trebly 
 lockt up; My JtdmuU v&qula blandula , my little 
 w'andring foul made a lally out of Morpheus Horn- 
 gate, as the ufes to do often, and fetch vagaries apart, 
 topra&ife how (he may live by her (elf after our di(- 
 folution, when (he isfeparated from the Body andbc- 
 coma Spirit \ I had all night long a world ofvifions, 
 and ftrange obje&s appeerd unto me , which 1 return 
 now fre(h into my memory 5 During the (aid time I 
 thought I was tranfported to the remoteft place , and 
 of the greateft diftance that poflibly could be from 
 Heven , me thought I was in the l/'fer nail pit , in the 
 kingdom of darknefle, in Hell it (elf among the devills 
 and damned fpirits, I had neither that golden branch, 
 nor the help of a Sybilla Cumana to conduct me up and 
 down as the Trojan Prince had, but a (pirit did lead 
 me gently and foftly all along untill I came to Tluto's 
 Palace, where a fpcciall Councell was held to take a 
 ftrift examination what (ervice the three inicrnall 
 Furicsi AleBo, Tifypboney and Megxra , with other in- 
 feriour Fiends that were their afliftants , had done 
 upon earth towards the advancement of the king- 
 dom of darknefle fince their laft miffion thither, which 
 wasprefently upon the appceranceofthe laft blazing 
 Star 1618. *?/»to vouchsafed to beprefent atthisio- 
 lemn Councell, and to be Prefident or Cbcir-man him- 
 felf, to which purpo(e he had a ftrong Legion of C aco- 
 d&mons for his gard , but the bufin'es was prepar'd 
 and facilitated for his hearingbefore hand by a fpe- 
 ciall Committee appointed of purpofe for that end 
 (whence I obferved , that Committees were firft 
 hatch'd in Hell) The three gaftly Daughters of Night 
 appeered with fiery conntenances betore the 'Stygian 
 
 £ing % 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 3 3 
 
 King , in lieu of air they evaporated huge flakes of 
 fire which they took in , and let out with the accents 
 of their words, huge bunches of Vipers hung dang- 
 ling and wavring about their heads, having their tayls 
 rooted in their fculls ; A furious clafh fell betwixt 
 them who fhould be Prolocutrix, but in regard that 
 AleBo and Tifyphone had given account of their former 
 millions , the one of the League in Artonia , the other 
 of the Revolt of the Hydraulian , which was about the 
 appearance of the Comet in thetayl o*i Cajfiop&a , it 
 came now in due turn that Megtra, fhould have the 
 priority of Ipeech •, So the youngeft of the Tartarean 
 girls began as followeth. 
 
 May it pleafe your high phlegetontic Majefty toun- 
 derftand, that lince the laft happy Comet Anno \6\%. 
 which by the parallax was found to be in the Heven 
 it f elf above the Elementary world , we have for for- 
 ty years together been more active and eager in your 
 Majefty 's fervice than ever we were 5 We have ftirred 
 the humors of the foolilh Inhabitants of the earth to 
 infurreirions, to warr and prxliationiTo effect which, 
 ourpradfife hath been to bring on the beggarlieft and 
 tougheftpeeple upon the niccft and fofteft,we brought 
 the Cuprwian upon the Aetonian , and the Zoundaman , 
 the Tarragon , and Cinqfoyl upon the Tumontian , the 
 Tartar upon the Chinois, ihcSelenianupon the Marco- 
 pohft , the Cofaque upon the Tole J the Car bone inn upon 
 the Gberionian\ We have continued a bloody lingring 
 Warr inthebowells of Artonia for thirty years to- 
 gether , we have thruft divers Princes out of their an- 
 tient Inheritances , among others the Duke of Laroni 
 and Rbittarchos , we brought two gran Selenian Empe- 
 rours to be ftrangled by their own Haves , we have 
 often puzzled Vinalia, we have made the Kings of Ar- 
 tonia and Tumomia to bandy fo fiercely one againft the 
 other , as if the one had been an Infidell the other a 
 Jew, though each of them had one another's fitter abed 
 with him every night. But may it pleafe your Ache- 
 rontic Majefty to be informed , that the moft advanta- 
 geous and fignall fervices we have done , have bin in 
 . . ■ 'K the 
 
34 The Party of Beafis. 
 
 - • i.„ » 
 
 the lfles of Gber tona and Hebnma , for whereas we di- 
 lided our felfs before , and wenr fingly among other 
 pecple, we went joyntly thither all three, and brought 
 a Regiment of fiery red-coated Cacodamons to guard 
 us, becaufe we might be fure to bring our great work 
 home to your Majefty's aime ; The Nation fittcft for 
 our turn at firft were the Carboncian , who have bin fo 
 obedient to their Kings, that ot above a hundred they 
 brag of , fcarce two parts of three died in their 
 beds, but were made away violently 5 We did incite 
 them firft againft their own Country- man and Native 
 Kingt and to appear in a daring high hoftile manner 
 before him upon the borders > 'At which tin»e it coft 
 us a great deal of artifice fo to befot the Gherioniams, 
 and to abafe their courage , fo to entangle them with 
 Factions, having fure Confidents to that end among 
 them, that they durft not prefent Battle to the Carbon- 
 cian at that time 5 And this, Sir , was an important 
 piece of fervice, for had they fought then, or had they 
 binfenfible afterwards of the dilhonour they receiv- 
 ed at that time, their King being then amongftthem 
 in perfon , with the flower of his Nobility and Gen* 
 try , and consequently had they ftuck to him after- 
 ward* to have vindicated that rebellious affront , all 
 thofe we have fomented fince might have bin pre- 
 vented. 
 
 We fhortly after tranfmitted the fame fpirit of 
 Inf urre&ion into Hebnma , who being encouraged by 
 the good iucceffes of the Carhneian , who got then 
 what tearms he lifted , yet could he not fit quiet $ 
 and the Hebriman Commiflioners being but harfhly 
 enter tain'd by the great Councell of Gherioast , who 
 intended to lend them ever aGovernour that fhould 
 pinch them more than they were before in their con- 
 sciences, and for divers other provocations, we caus'd 
 the Hebriman alfotoriiein blood, which he did to 
 fom purpofe j Then came we to work upon the Ghe- 
 rionian , whom we found as fit io receive our impref- 
 fionasflaxis to receive fire, in regard of their Ions 
 forfeit of peace and plenty ; Wc broke up one great 
 
 Affcmbly 
 
11 ' . ' ■ " " ■ ■■ ■ I ■ 
 
 The Parly of Beafts. ^ 
 
 Alfembly upon a luddain, becauie the members ther- 
 ofwere not for our turn , But then we call'd another 
 which was fit for cur purpofe , and we fteer'd their 
 courfes all the while with a great deal of care ; The 
 firft thing we did was to endue them with a faculty 
 to create tears and jealoufies, whereof we made ex- 
 cellent ufe , and although thofc fears and jealoufies 
 appeared afterwards to every common man as plain 
 as the nofe on his face to be but mecr forgeries, and 
 fuppofititious things, yet we did ftill lo intoxicat 
 their intelle&ualls , that we made them to adore ftill 
 the coy tiers of them ; And to give your Stygian Majefty 
 among divers others , one mod pregnant and unde- 
 niable demonftration what firm footing we got in that 
 Ijland, we did raife in few years more Pytbonefles, 
 which the ignorant vulgar call Witches there, then, 
 ever were in that Country fince your Majefty temp- 
 ted Evei and we enabled pur laid Pytbonejjes to fend 
 their inferiour Imps abroad upon our I ervice 5 We 
 flood at the King's elbow when he pais'd the Ail of 
 continuance-, wherein a C^onctan was our chief En- 
 gineer; But the great City Polihaima ftood us in moft 
 excellent fteed to compafle our defignes, we made the 
 riffraff and rakehells of that wanton City , whom fom 
 call'd Myrmidons, others their Bandogs^ to rabble tho 
 Krngoutof Town, we brought alfo thither the filly 
 Swains of the Country like a flock of Gecfe to gaggle 
 up and down the ftreets with papers in their hats they 
 knew not about what; We managed the bufineffc af- 
 terwards fo dextroufly , and did aggravate things by 
 degrees) that we made their credulous King, becauie 
 he was fo profefs'd an enemy to your Majefty > to go 
 djfguis'd in ferving-man's habit to his Country-men 
 the Carboncians , with whom we prevail'dfo far, that 
 they delivered him over as a Sacrifice , and betraid 
 him Judas like to the Gberionians, who crucified him 
 fufficiently afterwards by tolling and tumbling him 
 up and down, by depriving him of thecomforc of all 
 things that ufe to be dear unto man , as his wife, chil- 
 dren , friends, andfervants, by working upon his 
 
 con- 
 
3 6 The Parly of Beafls. 
 
 conference in a conipullacory way , and ttrctching it 
 
 upon the very tenter ; Infumme, we have redue'd 
 
 that Country to acontormity with this of your Ma^ 
 
 jellies, to a perfect Chaos of all confufion , we have 
 
 brought the fway into the common pceples hands , 
 
 making all the ^ability and Gentry to crouch and 
 
 cringe unto them ; And never did common peeple 
 
 more truly aft the part, and difcover the genius of a 
 
 common pccplc more lively , whofe nature is (till 
 
 thirfting after novelties, aud Utopian Reformations , 
 
 though oftentimes they fool themfelf thereby into a 
 
 a bafer kind of llavcry, rinding when'tis too late thofe 
 
 fpecious idaea's, and confus'd forms of Government 
 
 they apprehended at firft, and hugg'd in their own 
 
 conceits, to be at laft buc meer abfurdities, when they 
 
 com to the application and pra&ife therof. 
 
 And, Sir , the mod advantageous inftruments we 
 have us'd to bring all this about have bin the Pulpit 
 and the Prejje , by thefe we diffus'd thofe fuppofititi- 
 ous fears and jealoufics, formerly fpokenof, to diffract 
 the brains of the filly vulgar; Iaftead of Lights we put 
 Firebrands in their Churches , who, according as we 
 did di&at unto them, did baul out nothing but {editi- 
 on, war, and blood ; We have made fom of them 
 to have as good an opinion cf the jilcboran as 
 of their own Liturgy ; We made new Ordinan- 
 ces to batter down all the antient Canons of the 
 Church, we ha\emade them to un-faint all thofe 
 who were call'd JpcfileSi toprophaneand plunder all 
 places that were confecrated , we brought fom of 
 them to put a diviGon 'twixt the Trinity itieK, we 
 have brought them to keep their Fafts morefolemnly 
 than the Sabbotb, upon which day we made them ufu- 
 ally not onely to fit in Councell , but to put in execu- 
 tion their chief dcfigns of blood ; To work all this , 
 the main and mo'ft materiall thing we made uleof. 
 was fpirituall pride your Majefty's old acquaintance , 
 which pride we have intus'd into the mind of every 
 Mechanic, cr Country-Swain , who will boldly now 
 undertake to expound any Text of Scripture new or 
 
 old, 
 
The Parly of Beafts. * 37 
 
 old upon the warrant of his own giddy brain ; Info- 
 much that we have made that Book which they call 
 the tible , that was ordained for the Charter of their 
 Salvation, to be the chiefeft inftrument of their 'Damna- 
 tion j We have brought thofe exotic words Plundring 
 and Storming, and that once abominable word Excife 
 to be now familiar among them , they are all made 
 free Denizens, and naturaliz'd among themi We have 
 made thofe who came petitioners for peace to the great 
 Councill to be illintreated , and fomofthemto be 
 murther'd, but thofe that came for wan to be 
 countenanced and thank'd j We made the mo- 
 ther to betray her child , the child the father , 
 the husband the wife , and the fervant his matter ; 
 We have brought a perfed Tyranny over their 
 fouls and bodies, upon the one, by tedious imprifon- 
 ments and captivity , with a forfeiture of all their 
 livelihoods before convi&ionjor any preceding charge, 
 upon the other , by forcing them to take contradicto- 
 ry Oaths, Engagements , and Protections ; On that fool- 
 i(h fuperftitious day of Chriflmas t with other Fefti- 
 vals,we have brought them to (hut up their Churches, 
 and to open their Shops and Shambles , fo that in time 
 they will forget the very memory of the Incarnation 
 of their Saviour; We have brought them to have as 
 little reverence of their Temples as of their Tap-houfes y 
 and to hold the Church to be no more than aChar- 
 nell-houle of rotten bones S And though they ftill 
 cringe and ftand bare-headed before any wrangling 
 Bench of common pleading , yet we have fo ftiftned 
 their joynts , and made their heads fo tender in that 
 which they call God's Houfe , that there , they can 
 neither bow the one, nor fcarce uncover the other; 
 We have made the fundamentall Laws to be call'd 
 but meer formalities ; We have made that which was 
 call'd their Great Charter to be torn to a thoufand 
 flitters , and ftretcht the priviledge of the Commons 
 fo wide , that it hath quite fwallowed the Royall Pre- 
 rogative , and all other priviledges S We have grub'd 
 up, and caft away thofe hopefull Plants that grew in 
 
 L their 
 
5& * Tie Parly of Btafis. 
 
 their xm Seminaries of Learning , and fee in them 
 graffsofour own choice , We have made the wealth 
 of Town and Country, of Poor and Rich , to fhine in 
 plunder upon theSouldiers backs; We have made 
 *bcm command free-quarter of thofe, that were more 
 fitting to ask alms of them ; We have made them rifle 
 the .Monuments of the dead, to rob the very Laza- 
 retto, to flrip the Orphan and Widow j Wc have 
 «nade them offer violence to the very Vegetables and 
 inanimat Stones , to violat any thing that was held 
 holy, to make Socks of Surplices, to water their beafis 
 a-t riie Font, and feed them on the Altar , and to term 
 the thing rhey cal theSacra merit to be but a two-penny 
 Ord'naxy,; We have made them ufe on the clofe- 
 ifoole that Book wherein the public Devotion of the 
 whole Nation confifted •-, In fine, we have made them 
 turn fuppofed fuperftition to grofs prophanefs, preach- 
 ing to prating, praying to raving , government to con- 
 fufion, and freedom to fetters 5 We have fo intoxica- 
 xedthat dear daughter of yours Folibaima 9 that ihe 
 knows not what way to turn her felf; And whereas 
 her Apprentices did rife up like fo many Cubs of Ty- 
 gers againft their lawfull Prince, they are now be- 
 com as tame as fo many filly fheep againft the Soul- 
 diery; We have puzzled their Pericranium with ver- 
 tiginous fancies , and fears among themfelfsj that one 
 neighbour dare not truftthe other j To conclude, we 
 have eclipfed the glory of that Nation, we have made 
 them by all peeple far and neer that ever had know- 
 ledg, correfpondence j or any commerce with them, 
 to be pittied by fom, to be laugh'd at by others , to be 
 fcorn'dofall, and to becom the very tail of all Na- 
 tions j Infine» Sir, we have brought that Country to 
 fucha pane of confufion, that it is a fit place onely for 
 your infernall Majefty to keep your Court in, for 
 ther's never a Crofje there to fright you now : Tis tru 
 they retain it ftill upon their coines of gold and filver, 
 in honour of your Plutonian HighnefTc as you are Dis 
 and god of riches. 
 
 Megara having thus given up an account in behalf 
 
 of 
 
The Parly of Beaflr. 39 
 
 of her felf and her two litters , they all bowed their 
 fhaky heads down to their very feet, which were toed 
 with Scorpions , before the black Throne of Beelze- 
 bub , who giving fuch a humm that made all Hell to 
 tremble, anfwered thus, 
 
 My pretious and moft trufty Tartarean daughters , 
 we highly approve of the fuper-erogatory fervice you 
 have don us for the propagation of our Empire upon 
 Earth, and fpecially in Gheriona > we have fued along 
 time to have a leafe ol that J land , and we hope to ob- 
 tain it, touching Carboncia 'tis not worth the while; 
 Therfore when you have vifited thole of that Nati- 
 on whom you have fent hither already to peeple this 
 pit , I would have you return thither , and prepare 
 that place for one of our principall habitations , never 
 leave them till you have thruftout %eligionem ex folo 
 as well as Regem ex folio ; make Law, Religion, Alle- 
 giance, and every thing els Arbitrary , let not one go- 
 vernment laft long, but fhuffle the Cards fo that a 
 new Trump may be turnd up often , create ftill new 
 fears, and foment frefh divifions among them -j let the 
 fon f eek the fathers throat , let brothers (heath their 
 fwords in one anothers bowells, let the Country clafh 
 with the Towns , the Towns one againft the other, 
 and the Sea with both , till that the whole Nation be 
 at laft extinguifhed that one may not be left topifle 
 againft a wall; Let not a Church or Chappell, Hofpi- 
 tall or Colledge ftand in the whole Ifle. I intend to 
 have a new Almanack of Saints atmycomming, for 
 I have fom Star-gazers there fit for my purpofej Make 
 hafte therefore, and acquit yourfelfs of your duty 
 for fear a peace be fhuffl'd up, and that ^Artonia and 
 Tumontia appeer in the bufines, and efpoufe the quar- 
 rell of young Caroloman\ And it you carry your felfs 
 well in this employment, I may chance give you Car- 
 boncia for your reward. 
 
 The three Lethean Furies with a moft profound 
 reverence replied , May it pleafe your Majefty , your 
 Ferriman Charon is continually fopeftered with fuch 
 multitudes of Gherionian and Car bond An paftengers » 
 
 that 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 that we were forcd to ftay a long time ere we could 
 be tranfported hither, and we fear we (hall be fo hin- 
 dred again. Therfore we mod humbly dcfire for our 
 better expedition , that you would vouchfafe to give 
 us a fpeciall Mandamus that we may be ferv'd nrft> 
 with a non obstante , when we com to the banks of 
 Styx, 
 
 You {hall dear daughters, (aid Tluto, and my War- 
 rant Chall be addreft to fom Gherionian Tarpalins , 
 wherof ther are abundance thefe few years paft , 
 whom C^won hath entertaind for his journey-men. 
 
 Having liftned all this while unto what pafs'd 
 *twixt Pluto and his Furies, my guiding fpirit did lead 
 me up and down Hell to fee the various forts of tor- 
 ments that are there , which indeed are innumerable 
 both old and new 5 The firft I beheld was Ixion who 
 was tyed with ugly Vipers to a wheel that whirl'd 
 about perpetually, and I might perceive a multitude 
 of lefler wheels newly made therabouts , wherunto 
 great nombers of Gherionians , and divers of my ac- 
 quaintants were bound in like manner -, I might de- 
 cern alfohard by a huge company of new windfhills , 
 and bodies tyed with black-fpotted Snakes at every 
 wing turning round perpetually ; A little further 
 ther were a great many broken by Milftones who were 
 whirl'd with them about inceflantly; In another place 
 I might fee black Whirlpools full of tormented fouls 
 turning ftill round , I asked what was the refon of fo 
 many whirling tortures ? My good Spirit anfwered, 
 All thefe, except Ixion s wheel, are new torments ap- 
 pointed for Gherionian Sectaries , who had deftroyed 
 From top to bottom all Government both of Church 
 and State , And as their brains turn'd round upon 
 earth after every wind of Doctrine, fo theii fouls turn 
 here in perpctuall torments of rotation. 
 
 A little further I fpied 'Prometheus removed' thi- 
 ther from Caucasus , with a ravenous Vulture tearing 
 and feeding upon his liver , which as one part was 
 eaten, renewed prefently after, and abundance of new 
 commers were tormented in the fame manner , thefe 
 
 I 
 
Tbe Parly of Beafls. 41 
 
 I was cold they weicGherionians alfo that were punifhd 
 like Prometheus Joecauie as he was tortured fo for ftea- 
 ling fire from Heven ,by which was meant for prying 
 toofarintothe fccrets of tbe gods, fothofe fiery Ze- 
 lots of G\yeriona were tortured, for offring to dive too 
 far into che high points of Trede^ination^EleUion, and 
 Reprobation-, being not contented fapere ad fobr'tetatem , 
 but were gaping ever and anon after new lights, and 
 flafhesof illuminations to pry into the Book of Life. 
 
 Then I came to the bottomles Tub which Danaus 
 daughters were a filling, a nomberles company of 
 other luch tubs were there , and Gherionian women 
 and men were inceflantly labouring to fill them up 
 with the ftenchy black waters of Acheron ; I was told 
 that they were thofe over-curious peeple in Gheriona 
 which wold be never fatisfied with lpirituall know- 
 ledg , having no other devotion than to be alwaies 
 learning , and never comming to the truth , as thefe 
 poor reftlefle fillers could never come to any bottom. 
 
 Then I beheld the moft horrid tortures of thofc 
 Giants who wold have pulldjupiter out of his Throne* 
 and a world of Gherionians among them> who partaked 
 of the fame tortures , becaufe they had confpir'd on 
 earth to deftroy their lawfull King. 
 
 Not far further Imightfpy dazling my eyes fiery 
 glowing tubs made Pulpit-like, and I was told they 
 were prepared for thole prophane prefumptuous Me- 
 chanicks, and other lay-men who ufe to preach , and 
 foabufe the facred Oracles of Godi And Uz.za was not 
 far off, who lay in torments there for -being too bold 
 with the Holy Ark. 
 
 Not far diftant I faw hoops of iron that were made 
 Garter-like of hot candent fteel , I was told that they 
 were defign'd for theperjur'd Knights' of that Order 
 in Gheriona to wear upon their legs when they com 
 thither, for breaking in the late war the folemn Oath 
 they had taken at their Inftallment , to defend the Ho- 
 nour and guarrells , the Rights and Dignities of their So- 
 lerain i &c. t 
 
 Nere unto them I might fee brafle hoops glowing 
 
 M with 
 
42- The Parly of Be aft s. 
 
 with fi e,aiid they were Scarjs-iike , 1 was told they 
 were ordained for thole Knights of the Bath to wear 
 for Ribbands next their skins when they came thither, 
 for infringing that lacred Sacrament all Oath they took 
 at their election, which was, Tolovetbeir So^eruin 
 above all earthly creture , and for bis Right and Dignity to 
 live and die. 
 
 A little beyond I faw a Copper-table with chairs of 
 the fame , all candent hot , I was told that thole were 
 forpcrjur'd Privy -Councellors who had broke their 
 Oath to their King , which obliged them to be tru and 
 faitbjull fervants unto him , and if they knew or understood 
 any manner of thing to be attempted* done, or fpoken agiinfi 
 his Maieftie's Perfon , Honour , Crown-, or Dignity , they 
 fwore to lett and with]} and the fame to the uttermojt of their 
 power , andcaufe it to be revealed either to Himfelf , or any 
 ether of bis Privy Councill. 
 
 Hard by I faw a little Furnace fo glowing hot, that 
 it lookt of the colour of a Ruby or Carbuncle^ I was told 
 that it was to clap in the Matter of a King's Jewell- 
 houle when he comes thither , for being fo perfidious 
 and perjurious to his Mafter. 
 
 Not far off I might fee a huge braffe Caudron full 
 of molten lead, with fom Brewers cruelly torment- 
 ed therein, for fetting their own Country on fire. 
 
 1 was cutiousto know, whether ther were any 
 other infernall tortures befides thole oifire, Yes, I 
 was anfwered , f or to {peak of fire to a peeple habitu- 
 ated to a cold Climat were not onely to make them 
 flight Hell j but to have a mind to go thither; So my 
 Spirit brought me a little Northward , and fhewed 
 me a huge Lojugh^ where ther were frofted Mountains 
 up and down, and I might dilcoveramongft them a 
 World of Bleu>-caps lying in beds of yce, with their no- 
 fes^aji^ toes nipt , the ificles ftuck to their fingers ends 
 like horns , and a bleak hifpid wind blew inceflantly 
 upon them, they made the mod pitteous noile that 
 me thought I had heard in all Hell, for they wawl'd, 
 fcreech'd , and howl'd out ever and anon this difmall 
 <|Ote)0fci isme,jpeAis rite that ever I betraidmy gid King. 
 
 Amongft 
 
The Party of Beafts. 43 
 
 Among all thole damned louls 1 deiired to fee what 
 punilhment an Athetft had, my Spirit was ready to an- 
 swer me, that ther were no 4 thrifts in Hell at all; 'tis 
 tru they were fo upon Earth before they came hither, 
 but here they fentibly find and acknowledge ther is 
 a God by his juftice and judgments , for ther is here 
 poena fenfAs and poena damni , ther is inward and out- 
 ward torture , The outward torments you behold are 
 nothing fo grievous as the inward regrets and agonies 
 the fouls have , to have loft Heven wherof they were 
 once capable , and to be eternally forlaken by their 
 Creator the Lord of Light, their chiefeft Good ; Add 
 hereunto that they know thefe torments to be end- 
 leffe, eafckffe, and remedileffej Befides thefe qualities 
 which are incident to the damned fouls , they have 
 neither patience towards themfelfs in their own luf- 
 frances , nor any pitty towards others , but their na- 
 tures isfoaccurfed that theywifh their neighbours 
 torments were ftill grerer then their own 5 Moreover 
 their torments never leflen, or have any mitigation by 
 tracl: of time,or degrees ol fenfe,but they perlevere al- 
 waies in the fame heighth, they are ftill frefh, and the 
 foul made ftronger to bear them; I faw that everlasting 
 Villain who committed one of the firft facriledges we 
 read of, by burning the Temple of Diana , whofe tor- 
 ments were fo frefh and cruciatory upon him, as they 
 were the firft day he was hurl'd in thither; Judas was 
 in the fame degree and ftrength of torture as he was 
 the firft moment he fell thither ; Jack Cade, Wat Tyler, 
 jack Straw , and Ket the Tanner did fry as frefh as they 
 did that very inftant they were tumbled down thi- 
 therj Amongft whom it made my heart to melt with- 
 in me when I faw fom of their new-com'd Country- 
 men amongft them, wherof I knew divers j And 
 though foeiety is wont to be fome folace to men in mi- 
 fery , yet they conceived no comfort at all by thefe 
 frefh companions. 
 
 It is high time for us now, faid my good guiding 
 Spirit, to be gone to the other world , fo we directed 
 our cours towards the Ferry upon Styx ; But Lord 
 
 what 
 
44 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 what a nomber of lurid and ugly lcjuaiid countenances 
 did I behold aslpais'd-, There was one fore of tor- 
 ment I had not fcen before, ther were divers that hung 
 by their toungs upon pofts up and down , I asked 
 what they were , anfwer was made , that they were 
 prick-ear d Preacbmen, Judges., and Lamyers i who againft 
 their knowledg as well as againft their conferences , 
 did feduce the ignorant pecple of Gberiona and Car- 
 bond* , and incite them to war ; And ther was a new 
 tenter-hook provided for one graa Villain , who pro- 
 nounced Sentence of death againft his own Sovcrain 
 Prince, whofe SubjeB he was, and whom by a facred 
 Oath of Allegiance he was tyed to obey. 
 
 A little further I might fee multitudes of Com- 
 mittee-men and others, flopping up drops oimolien 
 lead in lieu of French Barlj-broib , with a rabble of Ap- 
 prentices iweeping the gutters of Hell, with brooms 
 tufted with ugly Adders and Snakes , becaufe they 
 running into the Wars and leaving their wares, had 
 therby broke their Indentures with their Matters , 
 and their Oaths of Allegiance to their lawfull Prince. 
 
 Paffing then along towards the Ferry , a world of 
 hideous fhapes prefented themfelfs unto my fight ; 
 There I faw corroding cares, pannick fears , pining 
 griefs, ugly rebellion, revengefull malice , fnaky dif- 
 cord, oppreffion, tyranny, difobedience , perjury, fa- 
 criledge, and fpirituall pride ( the fin that firft peepled 
 Hell) put to exquifit torments •, Couches of Toads , 
 Scorpions, Alps, and Serpents were in a corner hard 
 by •, I asked for whom they were prepared, I was an- 
 fwered, for fom Evangelizing Gberiunian ladies, 
 which did egg on their husbands to War > So having 
 as I thought by a miraculous providence charm'd 
 three-headed Cerberus , by pointing at him with the 
 figne of the CroJJe upon my fingers , wc paffed quietly 
 by to the Ferry, where being com I found truwhac 
 Pluto had laid before, that ther were divers Gberimian 
 Tarpalins entertain' d by Cbaron , but they were in 
 moftcruell tortures, for their bodies were covered all 
 over very thick and clofe with canvafes pitch'd and 
 
 tarr'd, 
 
The Parly of Beafls. 4<j 
 
 tarr'd, which continually burnt and flam'd rounda- 
 bout them. 
 
 Herewith I got awake again about the dawning of 
 the day j and it was high time to do fo 5 
 
 For lo t the golden Orientall gate 
 
 Of gray-facd Heven 'gan to open fair ', 
 
 And Phoebus like a Bridegroom to his Mate 
 
 Came dancingforth, Jbaking his dewy hairy 
 
 And hurls his glittring teams through gloomy air. 
 
 So Reft fo Motion, Night to Day doth yield) 
 Silence to Noif e, the Starrs do quit the jield^ 
 My Cinq- ports all fly ope ,r^<?phantaly 
 Gives way to outward objetts, Ear and eye 
 %efume their office, fo doth hand and tip 9 
 / hear the Carrmans nheeljbe Coachmans whip, 
 The prentice (with my fenfe) his (hop unlocks, 
 The milkmaid feeks her pa Importers their frocks ', 
 All cries and founds return, except one thing , 
 I heard no bell for Mattens toll or ring. 
 
 Being thus awak 'd,and 'jlaring on the Light 
 Which fiver d all my face and glaring fight 9 
 / clos d my eyes again to recolleB 
 What I had dreamt,^ make my thoughts reflet 
 Upon themfelfs ■ * ■ ■- 
 
 I fay, that having after fuch a long ncctivagation , 
 and variety of horrid vifions , return'd to my perfect 
 expergefaction , I began by a ferious recollection of 
 my felf to recall to my thoughts by way of reminif- 
 cence thofe difmall and dreadfull objects that had ap- 
 peerd unto me, for though I was in Hell, yet I did not 
 tafte of Lethe all the while, infomuch that I did not 
 forget any thing which I had feen j All the faid ob- 
 jects presented themfelfs unto me foreall, that if I 
 had bin transported with that.opinion wherof many 
 great Clerks have bin , viz. That Devills are nothing 
 els but the ill affections , the exorbitant paflions and 
 
 N pcrtur- 
 
nfi The Parly of Beap. 
 
 perturbances ot the sninde ; 1 fay, it 1 had b-in piae'd 
 mfuch an opinion, this trance wold have convinced 
 mc j Yon may eafily imagin what apprehensions of 
 horror thcfeApparuions left in my brain behind them, 
 juft as a River when by an inundation (lie hath fwel'd 
 out of her wonted channell, doth ufe to leave along 
 the neighbouring medowes feggs and other weeds 
 with much rifhafY fluff behind her upon her return to 
 her former bed j fo did this Vifion atier that deluge of 
 objedswherwithmy brain was overwhelm'd for the 
 time , leave behind them black fudds , and many a 
 ghaftly thought within me, which after fomc rumi- 
 nations wrought in me a perfect, change and detefta- 
 tion of thofe mimicall giddy opinions wherwich I 
 was carried away before , but while I delayed the 
 time of declaring my felf that way s I was fuddenly 
 furprized, and juftly tranfmuted to this fhape and 
 ipecies. 
 
 PereriuS. 
 You may perceive by the effects of this vifional 
 Dream the excellency and high prerogatives of the 
 Human Soul) who by the miniftry of the Imagination 
 can make fuch fallies abroad , that leaving the groffe 
 * tabernacle of the body fhe can at plefure climb up 
 to the skies 3 and make a Scale of the ftars to conduct, 
 her to the Empyrean Hcven j fhe can alio defcend in 
 a trice to the great ^fyfje } and take a furvey of the 
 kingdom of darknes, And though it be a common 
 Maxim that , ab Oreo nulla redemptio , ther is no re- 
 turning from Hell the paffage thence being irreme- 
 able, yet the Rational foul while fhe informs the body 
 hath this priviledg 9 that fhe can make egreffes and 
 regreftes, fhe can enter and come off clear from Hell 
 it felf,when (lie lift, and all tins in an inftant i Wher- 
 in (lie may befaid to participat of that admired qua- 
 lity which is inherent in that mod comfortable of all 
 cretures the Light , which is held the Souverain of 
 all feniible qualities by the Philofophers, and to com 
 neercft to the nature of a Spirit, for Light requires but 
 an inftantaneous moment or point ot time to per- 
 form 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 47 
 
 form ics office of illumination, and to dilate it fell irom 
 one Pole to the other throughout the whole Hemi- 
 fphere, whence lome infer that Light is incorporeal , 
 becaufe'tis an unqueftion'd principle among rheNa- 
 turalifts, that all bodies require a fucceffion of time 
 in their motion, which Light needs not 5 Buttheris 
 this difference 'twixt the Imagination of a human foul 
 and Light 1 that thcr be fom places wherinto Light 
 cannotenter 3 but theris noparcof the Univerfe io 
 impervious where the Imagination may not make his 
 acceffes and recedes atplefure, asappcers by yours 
 while you made that progreffe during tne time of that 
 cxtafy. And now me-thinks that tncfe, and other ex- 
 cellencies of the Rational foul fhould incite you to fhake 
 off that brutifh nature , which hath no other idxa or 
 object of happines j but what fenfe cxpofcth for the 
 preifent time to corporeall things onely; l fay the con- 
 templation of what I faid before fhold move you to 
 becom Man again. 
 
 Jfe, 
 Man! Truly Sir, lam lorry the fhapelnow bear 
 refembleth Man fo much , I could with it were far 
 more unlike, for the horrid and unheard-of facrileges 
 and perjuries of my own Nation makes me abhor the 
 very name of <JMan^ much more his nature $ For I dare 
 confidently aflert , that ther were never fince the De- 
 vill had power to pofTefTe poor Mortalls fuch Hetero- 
 clites in Religion , fuch a Bedlam of Sectaries , who to 
 exalt the Kingdom of Chrift wold heave it up on Beel- 
 zebub's back, for 'tis the Dcvill's Reformation to turn 
 order to confufion, and certainties to incertitudes as 
 they have done ; But thefe Refiners of Government 
 will prove Quack-falvers at laft , for in lieu of raifing 
 up a Common -wealth, they have pull'ddown the 
 two main Pillars which ufe to fupport all States s viz.. 
 "Religion and Jufike , making both ^Arbitrary > and 
 tumbling all things into a horrid diforder and hurli- 
 burly , infomuch that it may be truly faid , thefe new 
 forts of Recufants did more hurt than ever the old 
 could have don , if the fubterranean plat of liitre 
 
 had 
 
4 8 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 had taken cftldt 5 For that had onely deftroyed fom 
 few of the Royall Race,of the Prelates and Peers then 
 in being, but thefc hell-hounds have wholly extin- 
 guifhed and blown up all the three to perpetuity , and 
 all this onely by the fte'nch of their pcftiferous breath j 
 Nor have they offered violence to Religion onely, but 
 they have affronted Rtfon it felf , nay they have baffled 
 Con man fer.je $ And fcr all this we may thank Car- 
 boncia , and Polihaima that rotten-hearted City , who 
 like a fat chcefe is fo full of Maggots ■> And indeed 
 what could be expected elfe from thefe pfeudopoli- 
 tians but diforder, confufion, and ataxy , confidering 
 how their firft reach of policy was to throw the ball 
 of difcord 'twixt the Subject and his Souvrain , whom 
 yet they had vowed to make the beft belovedft Prince 
 that ever was 5 Infomuch that darkneffe it felf is no 
 more oppofit to light, as their actions were diametri- 
 call to their words, oaths, and proteftations. 
 
 Pereriut. 
 Truly they are flupendous things that you have 
 told me, but touching the difference you fpeak of that 
 they did put.'twixt Prince and Peeple, it was the moft 
 compendious way to bring all things to confufion and 
 ruine , to which purpofe I fhall relate unto you an 
 Apohg ;Ther hapned afhreud commotion and diftem- 
 per in the Body Naturall 'twixt the Head and the Mem- 
 bers , not onely the noble parts ( many of them )but the 
 common inferiour organs banded againft Him in a high 
 way of prefumption j The heart which is the fource of 
 lite with the pericardium about it did [well againft him, 
 the fplene and gall flowed ovcr } the liver gathered ill 
 blood, all the humors turned to choller againft him, the 
 arms lifted up thcmfclfs againft him, neither back , 
 bamms , or knees wold bow to him , nay the very feet 
 offered to kick him ; The ribbs and reins , the hypocon- 
 drium y the diaphragm a, the miferaik and emulgent veins 
 were fill'd with corrupt blood againft him , nay the hy- 
 pogaftrium and the boivells made an inteftine warr a- 
 gainfthim ; While this feudlafted, it hapned that 
 thefe tumultuary members fell out among themfelfs , 
 
 the 
 
 «■"«- ^^ 
 

 
 The Parly of Beafls. 49 
 
 the hand wold have all the fingers equall , nay the Ues 
 wold be all of an even length , and the reft of the 
 fubfervient members wold be Independent 5 They grew 
 fo fooliih that they wold have the fundament to be 
 where the mouth is , the breft where the hack , the belly 
 where the brain , and the yard where the»o/lris; The 
 {holders thold be (aid to be no more backwards, nor the 
 leggs downwards; a bloody quarrell fell out 'twixtthe 
 heart and the liver which of them received the firft 
 formation , and whether of the two be the chiefeft 
 fhopoffanguification, which queftionbred fo much 
 gall "twixt the Aristotelians and the Galenifts ; While 
 this fpleene and ftrange tympany of pride Jafted, it caufd 
 fuch an ebullition and heat in the matte of blood, 
 f uch a ftiffnes in the cartilages andgriftles , fuch a lank- 
 nes in the arteries , that it put the whole compofitum in 
 a high burning Feaver or kind of ravening Frenzy , 
 which in time grew Hepticall , and fo threatned a 
 dilfolution of the whole frame of the body. 
 
 'Tis to be feard that the fame fate attends the To- 
 liticall body of your Nation as did the Naturd.ll I fpoke 
 of; But matters may mend, and as you began to find 
 a Reformation in your fclf before you were tranf- 
 muted to this (hape, f o the whole Nation may come to 
 their old temper again;Therforeyou flial do well,now 
 that you are invited by f o pregnant an opportunity , 
 and fo reall a proffer, to (hake off that Apifh or Mon- 
 ky-fac'd figure you now wear, and relume the noble 
 ereft (hape of Man , to look towards Heven , and be 
 fafely tranfported to the bofom of your own dear 
 Country, where you may by your advantageous holy 
 prof effion , do a great deal of good offices to your de- 
 luded Compatriots, by the contribution ofyouren- 
 deavours and talent , to reduce them to their right 
 wits again , and fo to the temper of their famous 
 progenitors. 
 
 Ape. 
 
 Sir,you may as foon Quadrat a Circle, which the phi- 
 lofopher holds to be impoffible, as convert a Roundhead, 
 for i have felt his pulfe lo well , that when a crochet 
 
 O hath 
 
<jo The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 bath got once into his noddle , 'tis like Quick- ill ver 
 in a hot loaf, which makes it skip up and down to the 
 aftonifhment of the ignorant beholder 5 So when a ca- 
 prichio, or fome fanaticall idaca hath once entred into 
 the pericranium of this pack of peeple , it caufcth 
 Uichi Vertigo. t that all the Druggs ot Egypt cannot 
 cure them : f hcrforc,noble Prince, you may pleafe to 
 pra&ifc your eloquence upon fom other , but as for 
 me you fpend your breath in vain , and all this while 
 you have (aid as good as nothings forlfo far deteft 
 human kind , that, in the mind lam in, I had rather 
 Undergo an Annihilation , or to be reduced to a non- 
 Entity , which is fo horrid a thing to all created na- 
 turcs 3 that the very devills themfelfs abhorr it, then be 
 as I was : Therfore I am refolved never to turn Man 
 again, much leffca Cberionian, for, infiatu quo nunc , 
 I hold him to be not onely the prophaneft fe& of Cbr*- 
 ftiant , but the worftrace of Mankind $ The wildeft 
 Moor^ Ar^ or Tartar is a Saint in comparison oibim. 
 Butlefpy an ill-favoured Snayl creeping hard by 9 
 with her houle upon her back , and ftretching forth 
 her ugly horns, which bale creture thole of my prefent 
 fpecies do naturally loath, ther being a perfect antipa- 
 thy betwiKt us 3 a< well as with all Sbell-fiib, 
 
 
 QH^oKoyk 
 
The Parly of Beaftt. 5 1 
 
 Qy\^pKoy'ix. 
 
 The Fourth Se&ion; 
 
 ACoUoquy'twixtMotphiindra, Pererius 4 and 
 a Hinde, who had bin once one of the greteff 
 Bewties in Marcopolis, andforfom yoitthfuU 
 levities and vvildnes was tranfmuted to that 
 fbapei In this SeSiion ther are various difcour- 
 fes of the Slate and nature of Women pro 
 &con, &c. 
 
 Morphandra , Pererms, and a Hinde. 
 
 (JMorfhundrA. 
 
 IT feems , moft princely Pererius , by that clowd I 
 perceive waving in your countenance, that you can- 
 not prevail with any of thofe transformed crcturos 
 with whom you have hitherto conferrd , to comply 
 with your fo laudable defires of wearing again the 
 fhapes of Men; Therfore I wold with you to try acenr 
 clulion upon a Female, which lex ufeth to be more (of t 
 and pliable, and ther h one juft before you, That love- 
 ly white Hinde (though (lie hath fom black fpots about 
 her fhingle ) which 1 fee browling upon that hedge , 
 (he was once niVoman , therfore try what you can do 
 upon her. 
 
 ftreriw. 
 Madame, By treating with this Iaft Animal , I find 
 the old Adage confirm J, that Stmia eut S/mia, quamzis 
 induAtur ve(ie Aitrea, An Ape will be an Ape though \\e 
 be clad with Tiflfue, he will never ihake off his brutilh 
 nature. But, moft fagAcious Queen, though frutht^ 
 the proverb runs, begets hatred oftentimes tn the mi/ids of 
 thofe to whom it isfpoken , yet, knowing weii that noble 
 fpirits do difdain to have one thing in the mouth-, and 
 another in the heart, 1 will take the boldncffc to a^akc 
 
 a 
 
j 2, tbe Parly of Beafts. 
 
 . i i n ■ i — » 
 
 a free difcovery of my mind, though 1 fear to incur 
 therby your disfavor. 
 
 Morpbandra. 
 Sir, you may frankly (peak what you pleafe , for 
 ther is no greter a friend to generous fouls than Truth. 
 
 Pererius. 
 I doubt , though you have vouchfafed the gift of 
 Rattotimticn to thofe Animals I have tampered vvith- 
 all, yet you have not bin pleafcd to give them the full 
 faculty of %Aon , in regard I have found them fo a- 
 verfe to re-aflume their hrft beeing from that of Beafts, 
 which could not furely be if they had the full power 
 of their former IntelleB. 
 
 Morpbandra, 
 Truly if I had don fo, you might have juftly thought 
 your felf to have been deluded by me, and that I had 
 don you but half a courtefie or a fained promifejNow 
 touching promifes a noble mind fhold not make any, 
 that he hath not the ml to do , or the power to perform, 
 for the one proceeds from pure dijfimulation, and the o- 
 ther from meer ■fooltjbnes: But know,that all that inter- 
 vallof time you have held a parly with thofe tranfmii- 
 ted Animals you have tried already ,chey had the fame 
 reach and full light oiRefon as they had when they 
 were Men. 
 
 Pererius. 
 Oh, how is it poflible then that the eyes of their un- 
 derftanding ihoid not be opend , to difcern their own 
 error ? 
 
 Morpbandra. 
 It may well be that they find and feel more con- 
 tentment, and fweetnes in that life they now lead , 
 wherof men have no fenfe or knowledg , therfore 'tis 
 no thing of wonder that they defire to continue fo j 
 But so and pourfue the point of your enterprife , for it 
 may be you may find torn other that will be confor- 
 mable to your counfell herein } and 'tis very probable 
 that Hinde may do it. 
 
 Pererius. 
 'Tisobferved by wife men, that they who can pre- 
 
 fcribe 
 
The Tarly of Beafts. 53 
 
 > - - ■ — ■ .— . — - 1 1 ' **" * '— " ' ' ' ■ ^ 
 
 fcribe a way of themfelts to live contentedly and 
 well, are to be plac'din thefirft degree of vertu$ And 
 they which cannot do it of themfelfs, but are content 
 to be directed by the counfell of wifer men, are to 
 be placM in the fccond degree 5 But they who are not 
 capable to counfell themfelfs , nor receive counfell 
 from others, are not worthy to be rank'd in the nom- 
 berof Rational cretures ; Of this laft kind thofe filly 
 Animals are with whom 1 have held difcours, ther- 
 fore 'tis no marvail that my perfwafions could not 
 take place with them; But knowing it to be the grea- 
 teft part of humanity for one tocommiferat and help 
 another, 1 will pulnon my endeavours in this point , 
 and fee what 1 can do with that lovely white Hinde , 
 for that fcx whereof fhe was formerly ufeth to be 
 more tender, and to take impreffions more eafily : 
 Gentle creture , I come to be the meffenger of good 
 tydings unto you. 
 
 Hinde. 
 O! may Heven be blefled , I underftand the accents 
 of Man, and have the ftrings of my toung loofned to 
 talk again. 
 
 Pererius. 
 I hope now to have met with one fit for my purpo(e 3 
 for I hear her thank Heven that fhe is come again to 
 the gift of fpeech : Give me leave to ask you , gentle 
 Hinde , how came you to be thus fo ftrangely tranf- 
 figured ? 
 
 Hinde. 
 It was the great Queen Morphandra who hath put 
 this fhape upon me » But, Sir, give me leave to return 
 you a queftion, Wherfore are you fo defirous to 
 know the caufe of my tranfmutation? fori was ne- 
 ver ask'd the refon ever fince by any , nor had I my 
 fpeech return'd unto me till now , ever fince I went 
 upon four leggs t 
 
 Pererius. 
 The refon that I defire to know the caufe of your 
 transfiguration is for your infinit advantage , as you 
 (hall find , thert ore I pray difpence with my curiofity, 
 
54 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 ii I defire to know further what country and conditi- 
 on you were of when you were a "Rational creture. 
 
 Hinde. 
 
 Sir, I was born in Marcopolis that rare Maiden City, 
 fo much renowned throughout the world for the 
 ftrangenes of her fcituation, for her policy, riches, and 
 power '■> But though fhe continu ftill a Virqin , yet (he 
 is married once every year to Neptune whofe minion 
 (lie is, which makes her accounted fo falaciousj There 
 I had my firft birth , and was accounted one of the 
 Beauties ot my time, till for torn diflolut courfesand 
 wildnes of youth , it plcafed Morpbandra to give me a 
 fecond kind of generation , and tranlmute me to this 
 Chape you behold. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 You may then thank thole Stars that guided me 
 hither , for I have obtained leave of Morpbandra to 
 talk with you , nor onely fo, but (he hath bin pleafed 
 to promifemethatihe will re-inveft you in your for- 
 mer fair nature if you defire it, therfore I quickly 
 cxpciSryour resolution, forthefudden counfellsand 
 anfwers of women are obferv'd to be the beft , in re- 
 gard that the more you think on a thing , the more 
 your thoughts ufe to be intangled ; Therfore tell me 
 Whether you will be a woman again, 1 or no ? 
 
 Hinde. 
 
 No 5 ther's a fhort and fudden Laconicall anfwer 
 for you. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 D Tis fhort I confeffe , but I conceive it to be asrafh 
 and inconfiderat , I hope you will think better on it , 
 for what an infinit advantage it is to be tranfverfed 
 from a beaft to be a noble Rational creture. 
 
 Hinde. 
 
 Tobe a. Rational creture h not the thing that I am 
 foaverfeuntoas much as to be a. woman, which fex 
 is fo much undervalued and vilified by you , that 
 fom of your Philofophers ( or Foolofophers more 
 properly ) have had the faces to affirm that we were 
 not of the fame i pedes with men , and if we were y 
 
 yet 
 
The Parly of Beap. 55 
 
 yet ic was &y an inreriour kind ot creation 3 being made 
 only for multiplication and plefure; Others have given 
 out,that in point of generation b>ow*» by Natures defiga U r 
 is fjill meant for man , and that a female is a thing • 
 brought into the world beyond Nature's intention ^ ,)■.. 
 either by the imperfection of feed , orfomeotht/erdft-^'-' 
 feci: 5 Which abfurd opinion how contrary it U to the V 
 
 juft order of nature , ismanifeftto any one that hath 
 but a crum of wit , considering how we alfo concur to 
 your generation , though fom of your old doting Wi- 
 zards have held the contrary , holding us to be meerry 
 paflive in that point. 
 
 Tererius. 
 
 ' ris tru, that yiriflotle who was one of the Secreta* 
 ries that attended Nature's Qfcfjinet-councell »doth 
 affirm, that in the female ther Is no active principle 
 of generation, but that (he is meerly paffive , affording 
 onely blood and the place of conception, the plaftic 
 formacue vertu refidinginthe Jl/i*/*'s4eedj But this 
 opinion is exploded by our modern Phyfitians and 
 Nacuralifts, whoaffert that in the female alio ther is 
 an active and plaftic principle of generation , with a 
 procreative faculty , as appeers in the engendring of 
 a Male which is a mix' d ipecies proceeding from the 
 Horfe and the t^jje, whofe whole form is made up 
 by the concurrence of both parents , (o that the Horfe 
 alone is not fufficient to produce fuch acreture 5 but the 
 Afte muft co-operat as the efficient caufe. 
 
 Hinde, 
 
 You may well add hereunto that the child often* 
 times relemblcth the mother , therfore (he muft alfo 
 be an active principle in the formation ; If it be io , 
 what a wrong is it to the juftice and rules of nature 
 that Women (hold be held but little better than slaves ? 
 how comes it that they (hold be fo vilipended and re- 
 vil'd > As that foohfh Xaturalift or Ninny* who wifh'd 
 ther were another way to propagat Mankind than by 
 copulation with Women ; Another blur ted out, that 
 if men could live without the (ociety of women , An- 
 gels wold comedown and dwell among them > Buc 
 
 " that 
 
{ 6 w The Parly of Be aft s. 
 
 • - •—— — — ■ ' ■■ ■ 
 
 that (limkit'gCpick wastnc worltof all , who patting 
 by a tree where a woman having bc*.n abus'd and 
 beaten by her husband, had done her (eJf violently 
 away, hewifhed that every tree might bear fuch ble fled 
 fruit. 
 
 Pererius. 
 Such fpeeehes as thefe proceeded from a kind of 
 raillery of way of jefting, not from the judgment or 
 withes of the . parties that fpoke them , and it is com- 
 monly feen that they who play upon them with their 
 wits, have them moft in their mjhes 5 For thcr is no fo- 
 ber- minded man but doth aeknowledg them to be 
 born for our comfort and deareft companions, and to 
 be of equall degree with us in point of creation and 
 excellence , as alfo capable of the fame Beatitude. 
 
 Hinde. 
 Ther is good relon to think fo, for the Creator took 
 the firfl woman out of the midfi of man therby to be 
 his equall, and without any oftentation be it fpok^jj. 
 (he was made of a more re6ned matter, .viz. of the 
 Rib , which is a purer fubftance than- the red ftimy 
 earth wherof Adam was fram'd S And daily experi- 
 ence tells us, that We are compofed of purer plafticall 
 ingredients than Ton, becaufe that if a man, be he ne- 
 ver of fo fine a psfie , walh his hands with the cleareft 
 water in feverall clean bafons never fo often, yet he 
 will leave fomfoulnes and faculence behind ; but a 
 woman can do fo and leave the water at laft fo clear , 
 io fair and limpid^as when it came from the fountain 
 or fource it felf in few times wafhing. 
 
 'Pererius. 
 'Tis tru, fhe was made of a. Rib, but 'twas a crooked 
 one , which makes many of your fex to be fo crofle- 
 graind j This caufeth many of them to be kept under 
 a greater fervitude than otherwife they wold be. 
 
 Hiude. 
 A fervitude indeed , or rather a tyranny , and we 
 muft purchafe this fervitude with the weight of gold, 
 you having made that fine Law , that when any wo- 
 man is to be your companion, fhe muft bring mony 
 
 with 
 
The Parly of Beafls. fj 
 
 • — » 
 
 with her , which you call Dower or Matrimoniall 
 portion forfooth. 
 
 Fererias. 
 This Law is enacted for your good, for knowing 
 that you, in regard of your in-experience and weak- 
 nes, cannot tell how to conferve your eftates , the laid 
 Dower is confign'd to your husbands to improve it 
 for your further profit , and to maintain you i Info- 
 much that your nusbands cannot be called Patrons 
 of your goods, but your Procurators in conferving 
 them, and if you chance to furvive them they all re- 
 turn to you , and moft commonly with iom advan- 
 tage 1 In the interim we trudge and toyl without, and 
 you within doors, onely to conferve it, which is but an 
 ealie tasL, 
 
 Hinde. 
 You fay very well in that, for unleffe ther be a good 
 houfwiie at home to keep , in vain doth the husband 
 labour abroad to gather 5 But wheras you fay that we 
 have not that prudence to manage an eftate , and go- 
 vern it, I pray call to mind the Kingdom of the Ama- 
 zons , how long and how wifely was it governed by 
 women ? Look upon that of Babylonia which was fo 
 much amplified by S emir amis , and that of Scytbia by 
 Tomiris , efpecially upon a late notable Queen in Gbe- 
 riona, who rul'd triumphantly near upon 45 years'; 
 And whereas youfpeak of the wantofwildom that 
 we have , I pray what were the nine <J\fufes the In- 
 ventrices ot all Sciences.^ what were the three Graces} 
 what were the twelve Syhlls } what are the three fpi- 
 rituallVenues ? nay what was (JMinerva tbegoddefle 
 ofWifdom, born out of the brain of Jove himfell 1 
 were they not all women ? 
 
 Pererius. 
 'Tis tru that Minerva ifluedoutof Jupiter's brain, 
 but (he bad no woman to her mother, for fofhe had 
 not prov'd io wife 5 And touching the Mufes 9 Graces , 
 and Sybils you fpeak of, you know as well that the 
 three facall Sifters , and Erynnis the mother of Dif- 
 eord j were all women as well, together with the 
 
 Q^ three 
 
$8 The Parly of Beajts. 
 
 three Furies of Hell j But if you look upon Heven, you 
 are but few there, for among the Planets therare but 
 twooi your fex, ( viz.Venus and Cynthia ) all the reft 
 are male. 
 
 Hindt. 
 You may as well argue , that becaufe among the 
 twelve Celcftiall Signes ther are but three human cre- 
 tures, and fevea brute Animals, ( with two inanimat) 
 that ther are more brute Animals in Heven than Men 5 
 But, Sir, under favour, wheras you alledg that among 
 the Hevenly Plancis ther are but two females, the reft 
 males t it (hews that men are of a more erratic and 
 wandring humour than women ; Now Sir, touching 
 that jtifdem you (peak of, you have more opportuni- 
 ty to get it by converting with the world abroad , 
 and fo pourchafing Experience which is the mirroirof 
 mfdom ; Wheras we are kept within doores , and 
 (but up 'twixt a few walls, whence you have a fay- 
 ing , That that woman deferves onely refpeB and honour , 
 whofe actions and praifes go not out of the if alls of her tarn 
 houfe: Add hereunto that you put us to all the drudge- 
 ry and fervile offices at home , while you are joviall 
 and feaft it abroad 5 nor do you onely coop us up fo in 
 a kind of prifon , but you clap oftentimes a barba- 
 rous kind of lock upon us, wheras you t though you 
 have Imlofures of your own , yet you may go abroad 
 when you lift, and, when your luft drives you , feed 
 upon the Common without controul J And is not this 
 pure flavery in us , and tyranny in you ? 
 Pererius. 
 Concerning the firft , Apellesufd to paint a good 
 Houfwife upon aSnayl, which intimated > that fhe 
 fhold be as flow from gadding abroad , and when fhe 
 went fhe fhold carry her houfe upon her back , that 
 is, fhe fhold make all lure at home j Now to a good 
 houlwife , her Houfe fhold be as the Sphere to a 
 Star , ( I do not mean a wandring Starr ) wherin me 
 fhold twinckle with neatnes as a Star in its Orbj And 
 bow can you call that a prilon wherof you keep the 
 keys, and are commandreffes in chief.* The Impetium 
 
 demefiicum 
 
The Parly of Beaftr. 
 
 domefticum you rule within doors , whither we bring 
 all that we gain abroad, and it is your office to im- 
 prove and augment it, though many of you are fo la- 
 vi(h that you make the poor husband oftentimes to 
 turn a noble to nine -pence, as is intimated by that famous 
 picture of folygnottus made of one Ocnus , who being 
 a Cordwayner by his Trade , as he was making new- 
 Ropes , there was a wifell hard by that gnawed off the 
 Cordage,by which was meant his wife; For it is in the 
 wife to husband what the man gets j according to the 
 Poverb , Ask my wife whether I thrive or no, for if fhe be 
 prodigallfhe will bring her poor husband quickly to 
 thwitten a mill-poft into a pudding-prick. 
 
 Touching the fecond point , of laying artificiall re- 
 ftraints upon your bodies , it is becaufc lorn of you can 
 be no further trufted than you are feen ; But this ill- 
 favoured cuftom I confefle is us'd onely in that Coun- 
 try, where women are more hot and luftfull than un- 
 der other climes, for the Naturalifts obferve without 
 any partiality , that your fex is more falacious than 
 the Mafcultne , wherof ther might be produced a 
 clowd of examples , I will inftance onely in two , and 
 they of the higheft rank, viz,, in two Emprefjes, the 
 one a %oman , the other a German 5 the nrft was fo 
 cunning in herluft, that (he wold take in no paffenger 
 into her Barge ( for women are leaking veflells ) until! 
 the Barge was freighted , for fear «fhe refemblance of 
 the child fhold dif cover the tru father 4 and then {he 
 wold take in all commers ; The fecond having buried 
 a moft gallant man fhe had to her husband , her Con- 
 feffor advifed her with ghoftly counfell , that for the 
 future (he (hold live like a Turtle during the remnant 
 of her life , becaufe it was impoffible to find fuch an- 
 other Mate again among the whole mafle of Mankind $ 
 Wherto (he anf wered , Father 5 fwceyou will have mi to 
 lead the life of a Bird, why not of a Sparrow As well as of an* 
 tthcr Bird} 
 
 Hinde. 
 I (hall confront your inftances by two other exam- 
 ples, as memorable altogether , the firft of Ztnobia , 
 
 who 
 
60 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 who wold have no carnall copularion with her hul- 
 band, after fhe found her felt once quick , bur wold 
 continue in an admired courfe of continence all the 
 time of her pregnancy j Moreover the Saint-like Em- 
 prefle Bettrice , who in the verdant fpring of her age 
 after Henry her husbands death , lived ever after like 
 a Turtle us you fpeakof, by immuring herfclf in a 
 Monaftic Cell, and burying her body alive as it were 
 when he was gone 5 But what an extraordinary rare 
 example was that of Queen Artemifu^ who living 
 chaft ever after her husbaud Maufolus his death , got 
 his afhes all put in urnes, wherof the wold take down 
 adrammevery morning rafting, and next her heart, 
 laying , That her body was the fitteft place to be a Se- 
 pulcher to hermoft dear husband, notwithstanding 
 that fhe had erefted another outward Tomb for him, 
 that continues to this day one of the Wonders of the 
 world : Furthermore you know, I believe, better then 
 I, Sir , that at this day in many parts of the Orientall 
 world, iuch is the rare love or wife s to their dead 
 husbands, that they throw themfelfs alive into the Fu- 
 nerall Pile to accompany his body to the other life , 
 though in the flower of their years. 
 
 Pererius. 
 It is confeffed that many of you have noble fpirits , 
 that marvellous rare affections lodge in you , and fo 
 you may be defervedly call'd the fecond part of Man- 
 kind, in regard you are fo neceflary for the propagati- 
 on thereof, and to peeple the world. 
 
 Hineie* 
 Yet you call us the weaker ueffells , but as weak as 
 we are, we are they in whom the whole maffe of 
 both fexes is moulded 5 neverthcleffe fome ufe us as 
 Spice-bags, which when thefpicesare taken but are 
 thrown away into fom moufdy corner 5 And though 
 we have the mould within us wherin you are all caft, 
 though weco-operat, and contribut our pureft blood 
 towards your generation, though we bring you forth 
 into the world with fuch dolorous pangs and throwes, 
 though you are nourifhed afterwards and nurs'd 
 
 with 
 
The Parly of Beafis. 6 1 
 
 with our very bloods , yet our os-fpring muft bear 
 onely your fir name s, as if we had no (hare at all in him, 
 his memory living onely in you , though Tumontia in 
 this point be more noble than other Countries , by 
 giving the firname of the Maternall line oftentimes to 
 fom of the male children^ 
 
 Notwithftanding all thefe indifpenfible neceflities 
 the world hath of women , yet ther is no other fpecies 
 of cretures wherin the female is held to be fo much 
 inferiour to the male as we are amongft you , who ufe 
 to Height, mifprize, and tyrannize over us io much ; 
 For ther is one huge race of men , I mean the Volgani* 
 an , who ufe to beat their wiles once a week as duly 
 as they go to bed to them. 
 
 Tererius. 
 
 The refon of this is , becaufe ther are fo many of 
 you either fhrews, or light and loofe in the hilts, and 
 'tis a fad cafe when Virifama facet inter uxoris fempora$ 
 Touching the firft, ther's an old proverb , that Every 
 one knows hove to tame a fhretv but he who bath her, and 
 though ther might be multitude of examples produ- 
 ced, yet I will inftance but in a few, the firft two fhall 
 be Z appor a and Xamippe , the one married to Mojfesjt 
 holy man , the other to Socrates a great Philosopher , 
 how crofs-grain'd the one was, the Sacred Oracles wil 
 tell, and for the other, her husband commirig one day 
 in when {he was in an ill humour , (he fcolded him 
 out of doors , and at his going out fhe whipp'd up into 
 an upper room , and poured down a potfull of pifs 
 upon his fconce , which made the poor patient hus- 
 band (hake his head, and break forth into this fpeech > 
 I thought that after fo much thunder we fhould have rain. 
 Another damnable fcold having revil'd and curs'd 
 her husband a great while, all which time (he had the 
 Devill often in her mouth, to whom fhe bann'd him , 
 at laft hefaid, Hold thy toung wife, and threaten me 
 no more with the Devil , for 1 know he will do me no 
 hurt , becaufe I have marriedhis Kinfmman^ This made 
 the Epigrammatift to fing prettily , 
 
 R Conju£t$ 
 
6z The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 Conjugis ingentes animos linguamque domare, 
 Hegulis eft decimus-tertius i(le labor. 
 
 Hence grew that cautious proverb , Honeft men do 
 marry , but mfe men not. 
 
 tiinde. 
 
 I, we ufe to be the common fubjedt of your drol- 
 leries , and you would want matter for your wits to 
 work upon were it not for us; But, teaching thofe 
 humours you pointed at before which are incident to 
 us fomtimes , they proceed from the ill ufage, and 
 weaknes of the husbands , who know not how to ma- 
 nage a wife , which is one of the prime points of Maf- 
 culine prudence ; We fay proverbially , that a good 
 Jack makes a good Gill, a difcreet husband makes a good 
 wife, though being the weaker veffell , and having no 
 other weapon than her toung (he break out fomtimes 
 into humors j What a fad thing is it for a woman to 
 have a thing called a husband weaker than her felf ? 
 how fullfom wold fuch a fool be ? fuch filly coxcombs 
 as are jealous upon every Height occafion , and re- 
 frain them fo barbaroufly as was fpoken before , 
 deferve to wear fuch branch'd horns , fuch fpilters 
 and trochings on their heads , as that goodly Stagg 
 bears which you fee browfing among thofe trees , ac- 
 companied with thofe pretty Fawns, Prickets, Sorrells, 
 Hemufes , and Girls, wherof fom are mine which 
 I brought into the world without any pain or 
 help ofMidwife , and quickly loft all care of them 
 afterwards. 
 
 Tereriw. 
 
 Well, let's give overthefe impertinent altercati- 
 ons pro &con, and go to the main bufinesj I told you 
 that Queen Morpbandra is willing, at my interceffion , 
 to reftoreyou unto your former nature , and I have a 
 lufty Galeon in port to convey you to Marcopolis, that 
 renowned and rare City. 
 
 Hinde. 
 
 'Tis tru Marcopolis is a moft famous Gity , having 
 
 continued 
 
The Parly of Beaftf. 6} 
 
 continued a pure Virgin from her infancy thefe 
 twelve centuries of years and upwards , and 'tis laid 
 the (hall continue fo mil, according to the Prophecy , 
 Hntill her husband forfake her, viz. the Sea, with whom 
 her marriage is renewed every year ; But 'twas ob- 
 ferv'd when Iliv'dthere, that her Husband began to 
 forfake her, that the Adrian Sea did retire and grow 
 fhallowcr about her , which fom interpret to be an ill 
 Omen, and portends the lofle of her Maidenhead: Bur, 
 Sir, touching my former nature, truly I wold defirc 
 nothing of it again but the faculty of fpeech that I 
 might talk fomtimes 5 In all other things I prefer by 
 many degrees this fpecies wherin I am now inverted 
 by Queen .Morphandra , which is far more chafte and 
 temperat, far more heali hfull and longer-liv'd: Touch- 
 ing the firfl, Thcr's no creture whole feafon of carnall 
 copulation is fhorter , tor the Rutting-time lafts but 
 from the midft of September to the end of OBober 3 nor 
 is there any other creture whole enjoyment of plefure 
 is fhorter in the ad: ; moreover when we ate full , we 
 never after keep company with the male for eight 
 months ; Concerning the fecond, viz. our temperatnes , 
 we never ufe to overcharge or cloy nature with ex- 
 ceffe,befidesourfoodisfimple, thole green leafs and 
 graffe you fee are our nutriment , which our common 
 mother the Earth affords us fo gently , we require no 
 variety of Viands, which makes that our breath is 
 fweeter than the faireft Ladies in Marcopolis, and our 
 fewmijhes with what elfe comes from within us is no- 
 thing fo unfavoury ; Nor need we that monthly pur- 
 gation which is fo improperly called Flowers, it being 
 fuch rank poylon that it will crack a tru cryftall glalsj 
 Nay 'tis obferved, that if a menftruous woman come 
 near an alveary or hive of Bees, they forfake their 
 food all the while , finding the aire to be infe&ed 5 
 Nor have we any gall withm us, and herein we are 
 like the Dove among Birds , and the Dolphin among 
 fifh 5 cnely there's a kind of acid humor that nature 
 hath put in our Singles, the fmell wherof caufeth our 
 enemies , viz. the Doggs , to fly from us 5 Moreover , 
 
 we 
 
64 Tk Parly of Beafts. 
 
 we are not fubjeft to abortions , and that curie 
 which the Creator infli&ed upon woman-kind , that 
 they {hold bring forth their children with forrow and 
 pain , which we are free from 5 And fuch is our love 
 to Mankind , that when we have brought forth our 
 young ones, we truft them rather with them than with 
 other beafts 5 by putting them near high-waies , or 
 dwelling-houfes for protection 5 Touching the 
 third 3 which is healthful ntjj'e , it is far beyond that of 
 tubmen-, as appears by our longevity and extenfion of 
 life, which is next to that of an Elephant-, ( wnofe youth 
 begins not till he be threefcore years old ) according 
 to the Tumontian Proverb, ^A Hedg lafteth three years, 
 a T>ogg three hedges , a Horfe three doggs , a Man three 
 hdrfes,a Hart three men , an Elephant three bans ; Hifto- 
 ries are full of admirable examples how long fom of 
 of us haveliv'd, let one ierve for all, When Arche- 
 filaus dwelt in Licofura , as the Arcadian Annalls re- 
 late, he took a Hinde who wore a collar, wheron was 
 engraven , 1 was a Fawn when Agapenor was taken in 
 Troji which by the computation that then was made, 
 was above three hundred years 5 Nor had tAlfculapiuSy 
 that Archiatros or god of Phyfic , arrived to fo fair an 
 age, and to fuch a miraculous perfection in that Art , 
 had he not been nurs'd with Hinde's milk ; For length 
 of time brings experience) and wifdom with it along , 
 and fomtimes the gift of Prophefie> as was that antient 
 Jlinde of that great Captain Sertorius , whem 'twas 
 thought Diana had infpir'd with a fatidicall fpirit i 
 Infomuch that Sertorius never gave Battle, or attemp- 
 ted any great defigne without advifmg firft with that 
 Hart : Add hereunto , that when after fo fair an age 
 we come to die,ther's nothing within and without our 
 dead bodies but is ufefull for Mankind , how much 
 are our very skins valued > how medicinall is that kind 
 of bone which is found in the left ventricle of a Hart's 
 heart againft the Hemerroids ? how excellent is our 
 morrow againft the Gowt and Consumptions ? how our 
 Hood fryed with oyle , and applyed to the inferiour 
 parts, orefc r '*!"ft--'*rrh'>e loofDesofthebd'y , and 
 
 | heing 
 
The Parly of Beaftf. 65 
 
 being drunk in wine is a rare antidote again it poy ion ? 
 what exquifit vertues hath the Hart's horn } with 
 other parts of the body , as the Naturalifls obferve ? 
 Wheras ther is nothing in the moftnoifom carcafes 
 0$ women that's good for any thing, except their hair , 
 which is either but an excrescence, or excrement 
 rather , ufefull onely to make/fantaftic foolilh Peri- 
 wig$) and it hath bin found, that this hair being buried 
 in (om kind of dung turns to Sf/'Jkfi'i Therfore , under 
 favor, ther*s none of fane judgment > confideiina the 
 advantages I have by this prefent (hape , will advife 
 me to change it for that of a frail Woman 5 If I fliold do 
 fo, I wold be more foolifh then chat Stagg in the Fable, 
 who feeing a Horfe with rich trappings, and carrying 
 a velvet faddle upon his back , repin'd at his happi- 
 nes, and wiiVd he were fuch a creture ; The Forefter 
 taking notice of it, put the velvet-faddle upon the 
 Stagg's back the next day , and having mounted him , 
 he rid him divers heats up and down the LauridV , till 
 the poor Stagg began to faint, and (ink under his bur- 
 then, and then he repented himfelf of that fooliihand 
 inconfiderat wifh he had made. 
 
 ■. 
 
 <SfiZj>hoykt t 
 
 
66 Tbe Parly of Beafts. 
 
 The Fifth Sedion. 
 
 Difcourfes 'tmxt IWyphandra, Pererius , and a 
 Mule, who in his Manhood bad bin a Do&or 
 off by fie in Tumontia, whom for font Quack- 
 tng tricks be bad plaid , and for font other re" 
 fonSyMorphztidramtrndtoa Mule; In this 
 Se&ion there be difcourfes of the Art ofPhyfic, 
 of the various complexions of Mankind , and 
 of the nomberleffe difeafes that are incident un- 
 to Human Bodies. &c. 
 
 Morphandra > Pererius, and a Mule. 
 
 ^Morphandra. 
 
 I Took notice that you courted and complemented 
 that female crcture more then ordinary , but how 
 have you prevail'd ? have you made her inclinable to 
 a refumption of her former nature ? Is {he willing to 
 go back to that Syrenian City, that great Mart ot all 
 tern ale plcfures, Marcopolis> where (he flept in the bo- 
 fom ofherfirftcaufes ? 
 
 Pererius. 
 Madame , we have a proverbiall faying among us 
 Soldiers , Jlue la Femme> & la Forterejje qui commence a 
 parlementer, eft demy gaignee % The Female and Fortrefle 
 which begins to parly is half-gain 'd 3 But I do not 
 find it fo here, for this Female wold have bin content- 
 ed to have parlyed with me everlaftingly if I had held 
 her dilcourle, infomuch that (he defires nothing of a 
 woman again but onely the faculty oUalking , onely a 
 woman's Toung, touching other parts , (he is utterly 
 alienated in her affection towards the whole Sex , al- 
 ledging the inequall value that uieth to be put upon 
 
 Women 
 
The Parfy of Beafls. 6 7 
 
 Women in relation to Man , who holds himfelf to be of 
 a fuperiour Creation : Then fhe fpoke of the domefti- 
 call kind of captivities and drudgeries that women 
 are put unto , with many f uch good-morrows j Butj 
 Madame , in all humblenes I defire , that you wold 
 vouchfafe to enlarge your Princely favors towards 
 me lb far, that I may mingle fpeechwith fommore 
 (olid creture. 
 
 Morpkandra. 
 
 You (hall prefently be partaker of your defires , for 
 I fpy upon the brow of that hillock a Mule nibling the 
 graffe , He was by nativity a Tumontian , and by his 
 profeffion a Doctor of Phyfic , whom I transformed 
 to that fhape , not that he wanted underftanding (as 
 the Horfe and Mule are faid to do) for that Nation 
 hath generally a competent proportion of tbat 9 but 
 partly becaufe Phyfitians there ufe to ride upon 
 Mules to vifit their Patients , as alfo becaufe that Na- 
 tion in generall ufe to be tax'd for their flow pace and 
 phlegmatic difpofition, with their dilatory procee- 
 dings in their defigns and counfells. 
 
 Fererius. 
 
 "lis tru that the Tumontian is tardy and flow in 
 his counfells when he is moulding of a defign , and 
 therin he may be faid to have a Saturnian motion, but 
 when his defign is ripe, and ready to be put in action , 
 then he is nimble enough and follows the motion of 
 Mercury $ Add hereunto, that he is not onely flow» 
 but wonderfull fecret in his counfells , infomuch that 
 hisdefigns may be called Myfteries while they ate fur 
 le tapis, while they are in the agitation of counfeli , 
 which makes them afterwards turn from Myfteries to 
 Exploits, 
 
 Morpkandra. 
 
 But ther was another refon that induced me to 
 tranfmute that Tumontian Phyfician to a Mule, which 
 was , that he oftentimes ufeth to retard the cure and 
 fanation of his Patients for drawing more fees from 
 them, and letting them blood in the purfe, as alfo for 
 other EmpyricaU and Mount ibankifh Quacking tricks 
 
 he 
 
68 TbeTarJy of Beajls. 
 
 he plaid,comming hither Phy fuian to a Carack; Ihcr- 
 foreyou may pleafe to make your approaches to him 
 accordingly. 
 
 ferritin. 
 
 Poor ftupid Animal , how cameft thou to be thus 
 fo pitifully difguis'd and transform'd from thy full 
 fpecies, and fo honourable a profcffion ? for among all 
 other vocations of life, they fay the Phy fuian is to be 
 honoured ; Art thou defirous to be re-invefted and fet- 
 ledin thy firfk Nature and Calling , in. cafe Queen 
 UWorphaadra condefcend therunto ? for I have power 
 from her to feel how thy pulfe beats that way. 
 
 CMule. 
 
 Truly no , for 1 have an utter difaffc&ion both to 
 my tirft Species,to my Couiitry 5 and Calling,in regard 
 I findjfar more contentment in this coniiitution of bo- 
 dy, and courfe of life $ Touching the firft , I am , as I 
 am now, free from thofe vexations of fpirit , and per- 
 turbances of mind wherunto Mankind is fo mifera- 
 bly obnoxious , or rather inflav'd 5 I feed here upon 
 pure fimples, fuch as the gentle earth produce th and 
 puts out of her prolificall womb, my ftomack is never 
 overcharg*d with furfcits , nor my brain intoxicated 
 with ftrong drink and the juyce of the grape, in every 
 berry whereof ther lurks a kind of Devill , for accor^ 
 ding to the modern proverb j 
 
 From the berry of the Grape, andgr&tn 0/ the Barly % 
 Comes many a fore fray and hurli-lurly. 
 
 Moreover, when I was zMarh my head was diffra- 
 cted ever and anon with ftrange whimfeys, and extra, 
 vagant opinions, which now I am free from. 
 
 Pererius. 
 'Tistru, thatiniman brain i$ like a garden, wherin 
 fundry forts of herbs and flowers do growjbuttouch- 
 ingyour Country-men, they are leaftfubject of any 
 pe'eple to fuch difiraftions and diverfity of opinions, 
 in regard of their exact obedience to their spiritual] 
 and Civi II ^overmurs : But whatisthecaufe thatypu 
 
 are 
 
The Paxly of Beaflt. Sq 
 
 are fo out of conceit with your Country , where you 
 received your firft eflence and exiftence $ 
 
 Mule. 
 
 Firft 3 becaule of the immoderat heat therof , the 
 Sun being too lavifh of his beams , which caufeth fuch 
 a fterility and barrennes, that in fom places men live 
 like beafts, feeding mod of all upon graffe and fallets, 
 onely they have haply a bottle of Oyl , and another of 
 Vinegar in their houfes to pour amongft them, they 
 feldom fee a loaf of bread or bit of meat, but when 
 noon or night comes , they go abroad and gather the 
 faid graffe for their dinners and fuppers, and if they 
 chance to have a few toafted Chelnuts 'tis a great 
 banquet ; Which barrennes proceedeth not fo much 
 from the heat of the Clime , as from the paucity and 
 lazines of the Inhabitants, who are fo naturally given 
 to eafe and floth, from cultivating the earth , and do* 
 ing other parts ofinduftry. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 It muft be granted that Tumontia , in point of fe- 
 cundity, is inferiour to fom Regions, asalfofornom- 
 ber ot men , for if fhe had enough of both , fhe wold 
 make a He n of the Cock, that is, fhe wold be too hard 
 for her next neighbour Artcnia; But touching the firft, 
 it carrieth fom convenience with it , for it keeps the 
 peeple more temperat , and able to endure hardfhip; 
 Then the Country is not fo fubje<ft to be over-mn by 
 forren force, for in point oflnvafion , an Army wold 
 be hunger-ftarv'd there before they could march 
 far : Yet I have obferved , that as much as ther is of 
 any commodity in Tumontia , it is better then what 
 grows in other Countries , their Wines, their Flefh 9 
 their Fruits, their Horfes, their Silks, their Wool, &c. 
 is better there than in other places , and let ArtonU 
 her neighbour never vaunt fo much of her plenty , yet 
 the Tumontian carrieth a better cloak on his back , he 
 wears better fhoos on his feet> he hath a better f word 
 by his fide , he drinks better wine 9 eats better fruit , 
 and hath a becterhorfe under him, &c than the Ar- 
 tonian » And if Riches confifts in Trefures , in plenty 
 
 T of 
 
jo The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 of Gold and SilvetyfumoMta goes tar beyond all other 
 Countries in chat particular. 
 
 Mule. 
 "lis tru , that the Tumontian King is Matter of the 
 Mines both of Gold and Silver , yet if you go to the 
 common peeple, one may fay, who goes norfefljodd than 
 the shoo-makers vpifei for by mal adminiftration , ther 
 is little of that gold and filver that's current among 
 the Inhabitants, either among Merchant, Yeoman, or 
 Artift, but all is a bale Gopper-coin , which the King 
 enhanceth or decries atplefure:That trefure you lpcak 
 of is fent abroad to feed and foment wars in other 
 countries , from which the Ti momian King is r.ever 
 free, his Iword being alwaies out of the fcabbardto 
 fecure or enlarge his Territories, which makes the 
 Artonian fay, that the Tumontian Amituon hath no Hor- 
 riwth it is interminable and boundltfle. 
 
 Add hereunto that the Trefure you mention is an 
 exoticall commodity , 'tis had from tar, from another 
 part of the world , where the Tumontian is faid to be a 
 Buggerer of his common Mother ( the Earth ) more 
 than any, forhe fetches it out from her bowells fom- 
 times 50 fathom deep , where the poor Have 
 that digs it fees neither Sun , Moon , nor Stars 
 once in a twelmonth, being chain'd to a kind of infer- 
 nall darknefle under ground, and is as it were buried 
 alive before Nature hath out-run her due cours in 
 himi Audit is afadftory torclate,how many millions 
 of human cretures were made away in the difcovcry 
 and conqueft of that huge Continent, what a world of 
 blood was fpiltj and innocent fouls fweptaway; Info- 
 much that if the Trefure which was got ever fince, 
 and the Blood which was fhed were put in counter- 
 fcales, the latter (as one faid) wold outpoife the firft. 
 Pererius. 
 'Tis tru, that the reduction of that vaft piece of 
 Earth was fomwhatTragicallj but it was impoffible 
 to perform the work otherwife , and fecure the Con- 
 
 ?uerors, in regard of that huge maffe of Peeple and 
 warms of Men which were found there , who could 
 
 not 
 
The Varly of Beafts. 71 
 
 not by fair means be brought to civility : Now it is a 
 dubious queftion to determin , whether thofe Savages 
 gain'd more by the Tumontian , or the Tumontian by 
 them j 'Tis tru, that he got by them Gold , Silver, and 
 Gemms , which 'tis confeffed are the moft pretious 
 productions of Nature j But what did they receive 
 from the Tumontian by way of exchange ? They re- 
 ceived Religion and vertu, civility and knowledg, 
 government and policy ; Therfore the reft of the 
 known World fhould vail to the Tumontian for this 
 mighty Exploit, and happy Difcovery , which it 
 fctms the Great God of Nature had referved for him 
 as a benediction from the beginning 5 And certainly a 
 mighty bltfling it was, if we enter into a due con- 
 templation of the Thing , and acknowledg it fb , for 
 therby thcr was as much of the Terreftriall Globe 
 found out,in point oi extent and amplitude,as theGeo- 
 metricians give our 3 that did very near equall all the 
 Old World : But what a world of dangers and diffi- 
 culties did the Tumontian overcome in this achiev- 
 ment ? At firft the incertitude of the bufineffe , the 
 huge diftance , the perills of the tnmbling Ocean did 
 offer themfelfsjOn the other fide, the Expences of the 
 Expedition, and the defpair of more provifions when 
 the old ftores were (pent , as alfo being to take footing 
 on a new Earth, the Inhabitants might prove ftronger 
 than the Invaders &c.It cannot be denied,but fuch en- 
 cumbrances as thefe might have diftraCted & deterrd 
 the higheft human nature from fuch an incertain at- 
 tempcjBut at laft the Tumontian courage and magnani- 
 mity was fuch, that it broke through all thefe difficul- 
 ties: And as the generous Boar } being entangled in the 
 Toyls,doth try all poffible ways, hee turns about and 
 ftrugles how to get out, at laft, when all will notferve 
 the turn , he lies down 'twixt quietnes and defpair, 
 putting himfclf upon the mercy of the Huntfman j 
 So the Fortune of that great A&ion being tied as it were 
 to thole apprehenfions of fear and doubt which did 
 poffeffe it, at laft fhe doth proftrate her felf at the feet 
 of the tumontian valour and vertUj tying her felf ther- 
 
 unto 
 
7* The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 ujato by aperpetuall tiibuc -, She brings him after- 
 wards Mines and Mountains of Gold, yea Risers run- 
 ning with red Oar, Seas full of Pearl, Soiles full of 
 Aromatical Spices, new Species of ufeful crctures &c. 
 All this did that new World afford Tumontia as a 
 gratefull return for fuch indefatigable labours, and 
 conftancy in pourfuance of that glorious Entcrprizc. 
 
 Mule. 
 
 Noble Prince , truly Tumontia is infinitely engaged 
 unto you for thefe high Elogiums youpleafe to give 
 of her, yet, under favor , ther is a l\ra.nge fate , 1 am 
 loath to {ay a curfe , which attends that far fetch' d 
 Trcfure you magnifie fo much ; For obfervable it is, 
 that not long after the conqueft of thofe harmleffe 
 peeple , whom God and Nature had planted there 
 from the firft Creation, the revolt otHydraulia&nd the 
 confederat Provinces hapned, which contum'd of 
 that Trefure you fpeak of above five and twenty hun- 
 dred millions firft and laft , otherwife the Tumontian 
 Kings might have pav'd their Courts , and til'd their 
 Palaces ( as it was faid elfe-where ) with Gold and 
 Silver ; For as I told you before, the leaft part of this 
 Trelure remains in Tumontia^ and that is onely in Mo- 
 nafteries and other Religious Houies, the common 
 coyne is Brafle and Copper , wherin the Hydraulian 
 'tis thought hath don more mifchiefto Tarawa*'* than 
 any other way , for copper and brafle being cheap 
 with her, (he is fo dextrous in counterfeiting the 
 Tumontian coyne, that whole Sows of Lead, and Mafts 
 hollowed within have been found cramm'd with 
 that coyne among her Cargazons, when the came to 
 the Ports of tumontia to trade. 
 
 Pererim. 
 
 Well,let's cut off thefe circumlocutions , and com 
 again to the main point 5 Have you a difpofition of re- 
 turning to your primitive Nature , to your Country, 
 and fo learned a Calling ? It is impoffible for you to 
 meet with a fairer opportunity , and let me tell you , 
 Opportunity istbebefl moment in the whole extenfon of time. 
 
 u&iul e. 
 
The Parly of Bea/ls. yy 
 
 Mule. - 
 
 Concerning my former Nature , I gave you fom 
 touches formerly why I prefer my prelent condition 
 before it, I had alfo lorn reflexes upon my Country , I 
 could fay much more of her , but that lam diffwaded 
 by the proverb , that 'tis a forry bird that beraies bis own 
 neft : Now Sir, touching my former profeffion, which 
 you applaud f o much , 'tis tru, ther is a kind of lear- 
 ning and lucre that does attend it, but withall ther is a 
 great deal of fordidnes j I will converle no more with 
 ulcers, cankers, andimpoftumes 5 I will pry no more 
 into clofe-ftools andurinalls, or rake gold out of ex- 
 crements, as the Poet tells us, 
 
 Aurum Virgilius exftercore colligh Enni , *• 
 Fecit Virgiltus quod facit & Mcdicus. 
 
 Nor are the Fees which belong to that Profeflion 
 in Tumoatia any thing considerable , where Doctors 
 of Phyfic ufe to attend a Patient , with their Mules 
 and Foot-cloaths in akindofftate , yet they receive 
 but two {hillings for their Fee for all their gravity 
 andpains* Add hereunto, that ther are up and down 
 the world fo many poor Empiricks of this Trade, that 
 it is nothing of that efteem as it was 3 which makes 
 the Brittifh Epigrammatist fing wittily , 
 
 gui modb yenijii nojiram Mendicus in ttrbem, 
 faulUm mutato nomine fis Medicus j 
 
 Pbarmaca das cs£groto, aurum tibi porrigit t/Eger % 
 Tu morbum cur as llhus t lite tuum. 
 
 Pererius. 
 Touching the firft part of your fpeech , it fhews the 
 exaft government of tumontia^ where ther is an exaft 
 Taxlaid upon theFees both oiPhyficiairSc Lawyer, which 
 they dare not furpaffe ; Touching the other part, they 
 are but clinches and paffages of Drollery, nor do Phy- 
 fitians much value fuch gingling conceits all the while 
 they finger our coyn , for all the world doth grant , 
 
 U " that 
 
74 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 that the ftudy of Phyfic is both learned and necefjary , 
 and 'tis the chiefeft kind of Learning, for therby a man 
 comes to know himfclf 5 For the Phyfitian can fay 
 more truly than any other, Nofco meipfum. 
 
 Mule. 
 Though Phyfitians know themfelfs never fo well 
 and the conftitution of their bodies , yet when they 
 are fick they commonly take their Receipts by pre- 
 fcripcion of others , being diftruftfull of themfelfs ; 
 And whereas you fay, the pra&ife of Phyfic is necefja- 
 ry j I remember to have read , that the point was de- 
 bated before Pope Alexander the fixth, and can vafed 
 to and fro , fomalledging that Phyfitians were fti- 
 perfiuous and not necejjary for a Common-wealth, 
 becaule Rome ftood and flourifhed many hundred 
 years before the ufc of Phyfic was firft introdue'd , 
 during which time men never liv'd more healthful! 
 and longer ; His Holines opinion being defired at lad, 
 he faid , he was for the afnrmatif , and that he held 
 Pbyjiciahs to be abfolutely neceffary for a Common- 
 wealth, in regard that were it not for Pbyficians the world 
 wold he fo thick ofpeeplejbat one could not live for another*. 
 ^Intimating therby that the Phyfitians help to make 
 them away. 
 
 Pererius. 
 Yet your experience tells you, that the vhyftcall Art 
 is noble, and one of the feven liberal 1 Sciences, con- 
 fiding of undoubted and certain Principles , contain- 
 ing a world of Naturall knowledg. 
 
 Mule. 
 Ther is Therapeutic or contemplative Phyfic , ther is 
 Diagnoftic or knowing , and ther is Prognose Phyfic , 
 If we confider Phyfic as fhe is a Seience , (he hath moft 
 tru and certain Aphorifms, for (lie confiders onely 
 Univtrfalls , which are eternall and invariable , and 
 breed certitudes in us , becaufc (lie arrives to the 
 know ledg of things by their caufes , and fo fhe may 
 be called Scientifically and appertains to contemplation, 
 whofe ohely fcope is todifcover Truth fingly of it felf 5 
 But it we conCder Phyfic as an *4rt * which proceeds 
 
 from 
 
The Parly of B eafts. 1% 
 
 from experience andaftion, (he is incenainand fal- 
 lacious in her operations, in regard of the various con- 
 ftitutions of human bodies , for thofe Drugs and Re- 
 ceipts which do work kindly with fom bodies , find 
 crofle operations in others , and many times the tru 
 fymptoms of the difeafe is not known ; Moreover we 
 adminifter to others what we never take our fclfs , 
 which made a great aged Pbyfician , being asked how 
 he came to live lo long, to anfwcr, 1 have liv'd fo long 
 becaufe never any Drug entred into my guts ; Be- 
 fides, when any Pill or Potion hath a kindly opera- 
 tion in the Patient, it is as much by hap as by any good 
 cunning; What a nomber of remedies are ther for one 
 onely difeafe ? whence may be inferred , that ther is 
 not anyone peculiar infallible remedy; Inlomuch 
 that when the Phyfitian applies Univerfalls to Parti- 
 culars, and adminifters any Purgation, Vomit, or 
 Electuary, itisrequifit that both the Phyfician and 
 Patient be fortunat, ther is a kind of happwes required 
 in the bufines ; Add hereunto, that the complexion of 
 men and women are fo diffring , their appetite fo ir- 
 regular and difordinat , .that it makes allPhyficall 
 operations to be fo incertain ; Now touching the fpe- 
 cies of MsSenfitixie cretures,they are of fo cven& ftrong 
 complexions, their appetites are fo regular, their nu- 
 triments and food, their drinks are fo fimple, that 
 they need not any phyficall Drugs J Wheras among 
 Mankind , they make ever and anon an Apothecary's 
 fhop of their bellies, being full in a courfe ofPhyfic, 
 which makes them fo milerable , for it is a tru pro- 
 verb , Qui vivit medick , vivit mifere ; Therefore a 
 kind of Tragicall fpeech was that of Alexander the 
 Great, when upon expiring his laft, he cried out, be- 
 ing but then in the Meridian of his age , Tereo turbo, 
 <JWedicorum> I perifh by too many Phyfkians. 
 
 fererim. 
 
 It begets much wonder in me that you fhould thus 
 
 traduce your own Calling, and derogate from fo 
 
 learned and laudable a Profeflion , a Faculty that 
 
 hath been always accounted to have a high kind of 
 
 Divinity 
 
76 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 Divinity in it, being founded by Apollo himleif. 
 
 xMule. 
 In the fhape I now wear , I cannot lye nor flatter » 
 I can neither cogg, cageole, nor complement , as I did 
 when I was a man , when I uled ever and anon to kifs 
 tbofe bands which I wi\b' din my thoughts had been cut ©jff, 
 my heart and my toung lying now more levell and 
 even, thcr'sa nearer relation betwixt them 5 Ther- 
 f ore what 1 told you before was truth , fimple truth, 
 wherin the Brute Animal goes beyond the Rational , 
 who is fubjeft to innumerable* errors, diffimulations, 
 and the humor of lying. 
 
 But to enlarge my lelf a little further upon the for- 
 mer fubjett of Phyfic 3 which you call f o learnedan Arr, 
 you know that every one it a Fool or a Thyfitian to him- 
 felf naturally, after he hath paffed the Meridian of his 
 years , thertore what great learning can ther be in 
 this ? 
 
 Tererius. 
 "lis much truth \ I have heard of divers irrational 
 cretures that are learned this way , who by the 
 meer inftintt and conduct of nature, can direct them- 
 fe lfs to things that can cure them. 
 
 Mule. 
 
 This cannot be denied , and therin many of them 
 
 are more fagacious than men 5 The Serpent goes to 
 
 Fenell when he would clear his fight , orcaftoffhis 
 
 old fcruffy skin to wear a new one ; The Stagg, Buck, 
 
 or Doe, when they are hurt have recourfe to'Dittany ; 
 
 The Swallow when fhe finds her young ones have 
 
 fore eyes, makes ufe of Celandine, or Swallow-wort 5 
 
 The Snail heals hcrfelf with Hemlock $ The Wefill, 
 
 when fhe prepares to fight with the Mole, ufeth to 
 
 raife her fpirits by eating %ue; The Stork heals all his 
 
 infirmities with Origanum $ The wild Boar with Ivyi 
 
 The Elephant fenceth himfelf from the poifon of 
 
 the Camelion with Olive leaves \ The Bear makes ufe 
 
 of Mandr agora againft Pifmires ; The Partridge and 
 
 wild Pidgeon do ufe to purge their fuperfluities with 
 
 Bay-leaves •, The Dogg, when he feels himfelf indif- 
 
 pofed 
 
The "Parly of Beafts. 77 
 
 « 1 — . ' . 
 
 pofed in his ftomack } runs to thegreen grafje a little 
 bedewedj &c But what need I detain you with more 
 inftances? take any fenfitive cretureyou pleafe, and 
 you will find , that Nature hath taught him a remedy 
 againft all infirmities that are incident unto him , not 
 bnely to the Species but to every Individuall , and all 
 this without any expence of time or trefure, with- 
 out any ftudy or labour, without any fee or reward , 
 without any teaching or inftru&ions from others; 
 Whence 'tis apparent , that Nature is more carefull 
 and indulgent of Us than of Rationall cretures, who 
 though they are fubjeft to a thouland infirmities 
 more , yet not one in a thoufand knowes how to cure 
 himfelf, but he muft have recourfe to the Phyfician , 
 and fotruftshim with his life, and if he chance to 
 work a cure upon him, he ufeth to give his pUrle a 
 purgation alfo , for Though God heals , yet the Phyfitiau 
 carries away the Fees. 
 
 Tererius. 
 
 'Tis very fitting the labourer (hold hajfe his hire , 
 and that every one (hold live by his calling, but how 
 can mony be better employed than for the recovery 
 of Health , which is the moft precious of all Jewells, 
 without which we can neither fcrve God , man, or 
 our felfs ? 
 
 Mule. 
 
 It is very tru that Phyfitians fomtimes reftore 
 health , but they miffe as often , how can they cure 
 an Ague, which is call'd opprobrium CMedicorum , the 
 fhamc of Phyfitians? beTTdes, ther's an Artonian pro- 
 verb fays , A la Goutte le Medeein ne voit goute t The 
 Gout makes the Phyfitian blind 5 Yet they have this 
 privilege, that the earth covers all their faults : Nowj 
 what a world of diftempers and maladies is mans 
 body fubjedfc unto ? Ther is a common faying that fays, 
 He hath as many difeafes as a horfe , but 'tis falfe, for man 
 hath many more 3 befides, a horfe hath few or no 
 difeafes at all, but what the cruelty of man doth 
 caufe in him , either when he is over-ridden , and lo 
 becoms broken-winded , when gall'd backd, foun- 
 
 X dcr'd, 
 
78 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 der'd,or iplinter'd by checarelelnes or cruelty of the 
 Rider j as I laid before , wheras a good man fhould 
 be mercifull to his beaft ; But thcr's never a part of the 
 human body , but it hath I cannot tell how many pe- 
 culiar difeafes belonging unto it ; Go to the Head, it 
 hath the Cephalagia , the Hemicrania , or the Mi- 
 grain, it hath the Scotomy or Vertigo, the Palfy, Con- 
 vulfion, Epilepfy or Falling-ficknefTe, It hath the 
 Phrenitis , Mania or Phrenzy , Catarrs, Apoplexy , 
 with many other ; Go to the Lungs % it hath the Aftma, 
 Pluritis , Peripneumonia , Empyema, Ptifis, Haemo- 
 crifes, with fundry more ; Go to the Heart the foun- 
 tain of life , it hath the Syncope or fwooning, Palpi- 
 tation,8{c. Go to the Stomack t it hath Inappetentia, Fa- 
 mes Canina or the Wolf, it hath the Pica, Malaria, 
 Singultus or theHicock, (pitting of blood, choler , 
 Abiccffus or Impoftumes,Ulcers,8cc Go to the Liver y 
 ithathOfeftru&ion , thejaundies, theDropfie, Cir- 
 rhus , Inflammation, Ulcer, Jmpoftume, &c. Go to 
 the Boveells , they have the Colique , Uiaca Paflio or 
 voiding excrements at the mouth, Aftriotioalvi, Li- 
 netena, orfmoothnesoftheguts, Cadiaca affc&io or 
 pappy ftools, Diarrhxa or thin fcowring, Dyfentcria 
 or the bloody -flix , Tenefmus orforenes of the fun- 
 dament, Fluxus Hepaticus, Lombrici or the Worms , 
 the Hemerroids, Fiftula, &c. Go to the Spleen-, thcr 
 is Dolor lienis , Obftructio, Hypocondriacall melan- 
 choly or the Mother, &c. Go to the Reins, Bladder, and 
 Genitalis, ther is Calculus or the Stone, Inflammatio, 
 Mi&us Sanguinis, Diabcte,when one voids more urine 
 than he drinks, Incontinentia urinas , Ardor , Ifcuria, 
 when the paflage is quite (topped , the Strangury > 
 when one puTerh drop by drop, Lues Venerea, St, An- 
 thonys Fire, the Chancre, and Botches, &c. Go to the 
 "joints, ther is Arthritis, and fundry forts of Gouts, 
 &c. Goto the Eye , ther is Gutta Serena, Suffufioor 
 a Cataract with a film, Ophthalmia , Epiphola or hot 
 rheum , ^Egilops , Fiftula Lachrymalis , and above 
 twenty more- Go to the Ear, thcr is Surditas, Sonitus, 
 Dolor aurium, &c. Go to the W#ff$ thcr is Ozana , 
 
 Ulcus, 
 
The Parly of Be tfts. 79 
 
 Ulcus, Polypus or lumpofflelh, Fsetor narium , He- 
 moragia or excefle of bleeding , Coryza or the Pofe 3 
 Sternutatio , withdiversmore > Go to the Toung, ther 
 is Paralyfis, L«fus, Guftus inflammatio , Ranula fub 
 lingua, &c. Go to the Teeth, Throat, and Gums, ther is 
 Angina or the Squinzy, ther is fluxus , Uvulje relaxa- 
 tio, with lundry more j Ther is alio abundance of pe- 
 culiar difeafes that are incident to Women , ther is 
 Chlorofis or the Green-iickneffc, Cancers in the 
 breafts,Suppreflio menfium, Fluor mulicbris, Fluor 
 uterinus , Hitierica pasfio, Inflammatio , Ulcus uteri, 
 Cirrhus uteri, Cancer uteri, Gangrxna uteri, Hydrops 
 uteri, Claufura uteri, Sterilitas,Obortus, Partus dif- 
 ficilis, Fxtus mortuus, Secundina retenta , Prociden- 
 tia, with many more 5 Out of thefe premifes the con- 
 cluiion follows, that Human bodies both male and 
 female are nought elfe but frail Veficlls , or Bottoms 
 wherin are flowed all manner of perifhablc Com- 
 modities ; But thefe which I have fpoken of are cor- 
 poreall, and moftofthem outward difeafes that at- 
 tend the body of mankind , wherof I have not enume- 
 rated the twentieth part ; But if you go to his Ratio- 
 nall Soul , flic hathalfo her diftempers , theindifpo- 
 fition of the inward man is greater, the anxieties and 
 agonies of the mind , the racking torments of the 
 thoughts are more violent , the enchanting palfions of 
 love tranfports him to frenzies. Incertitudes of holy 
 things, and fits of defpair work fomtimes fo power- 
 fully, that he becomes Felo defe , making him to de- 
 ftroy himfelf, and cut off the threed of his life before 
 Lachefis hath wound it half up ; And were ther a Phy- 
 fician that could cure the difcompolures and fick- 
 neffes of th«human foul, he wold be the rareft among 
 mortails; And were 1 lure I could have a faculty to 
 do that, I wold rum Msn and Pbjjician again. 
 PereriuS. 
 Ther are other kind of Phyficians for thofe mala- 
 dies > viz,, the Ghoftly Fathers of the Church s acts 
 andexercifesof piety are the lenitifs for fuchdiltem- 
 pers, and prefervatils againft them j For he who is in 
 
 peace 
 
80 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 peace witti Heven , and uleth to convcrs with his 
 Creator, is free from fuch difcompofures , from all 
 tumultuary confufionsand pcrturbances of thoughts > 
 'Tis confefs'd, ther's no human creture has his hu- 
 mors fo evenly pois'd within him, that he is always 
 the fame, he is fomtimes Juviall and merry, he is tom- 
 times Saturnin and melancholy , and it muft be fo 
 while the Starrs poure different influxes upon us , but 
 efpecially while the humors within us have a fymbo- 
 lization with the four Elements , who are in reftles 
 conflict among themfelfs who (hall have the maftery, 
 as the humors do in us for predominancy ; Infomuch 
 that the humors or paffions may be faid to be to the 
 foul as firings to amuficalllnftrument, which fom- 
 times ufe to jarre, fomtimes to go in a tru harmo- 
 ny ; and this the Pbyfiiian, who is Natures Studentjhath. 
 more advantage to Know than others : But let us fpin 
 out time no longer, for 'tis a tru as well as a trite pro- 
 verb, that Spiking out of time never wade good cloth j At 
 a word , will you embrace this comfortable proffer I 
 make you from thegratious Queen Morphandr a, and 
 turn Tumontian again £ 
 
 Mule. 
 Truly Sir 1 have neither mind nor maw to it, for 
 in the ftatcwherin Iamfetled, I ufe to exercife the 
 operations oi nature with more freedom , and much 
 kite encumbrance , following onely the diktats of 
 fenfe, and being folely guided therby. 
 
 Pereriw. 
 But what are the di&ats of fenfe , compar'd with 
 the intelle&uall powers of the human foul i what is 
 the Senfe which trades alone with grofle bodies , and 
 qualities emergent thence , compar'd with %/<w, a 
 faculty wherby the foul converfeth with blefTed An- 
 gels and immaterial Beeings , and by Metaphyficall 
 and fublime notions wings herfelfup into the arms 
 of Him who breath'd her firft into the body of man } 
 In the upper Court of the Soul's refidence 5 we may 
 compare trie Soul to an Empreffe , wifely reftraining 
 or giving freedom to the mifguided affections , ac- 
 cording 
 
The Parly of Beafts. Si 
 
 cording to the exacl: rules of Refon j Here we have 
 Man ruling in Man , drefllng and manuring Man as 
 another Paradife, wherinis all posfible variety, yet 
 no confufion, no diforder , no unruly pasfions tyran- 
 nizing over Refon, no difturbance of mind, nodiftem- 
 per ot body , but a moft admirable harmony of all 
 things in the whole Univerfe of Man J %efin is that 
 Diadem wherby the foul doth rule and regulat the 
 will, and the affections , the Chancellor which doth 
 moderat the motions of both ; Refon is that Rod 
 wherwith the Soul is kept in awe to obey,without any 
 fervile fear, her Creator and chiefeft Good ; By %£fon 
 the Soul difcerns ther is a God, deducing arguments 
 from the Creation of the fair fabric ot the world , 
 which had either exiftence from it felf , or was pro- 
 duced by another; but it could not give a firftbeeing 
 to it felf , in regard 'tis repugnant to the principles or 
 Nature, that any thing fhould be the caufe of it felf 5 
 Therfore the Inference is undeniable, that the world 
 was made by another which was pre-exiftent , and 
 fuch another that was the Efficient caufe therof, not 
 produced by any other former efficient caufe, but was 
 of Himfelf, and by Himfelf from eternity , which can 
 be no other than God ; Another argument the Soul 
 drawes from the neceffary dependance of a finit Bee- 
 ing upon anlnfinit, for all created natures are finit, 
 both in refpt6r. of their eflencc, and operations^ Now s 
 every thing that is finit muft neceflarily be limited 
 by another, feeing it is imposfible that any thing 
 (hold give bounds to it felf; And ther being not in 
 things finit a progrefle to Infinity, We muft at length 
 come to fome certain Independent Beeing , which is 
 not circumfcrib'd or limited by another, but is of it 
 felf efTentially and virtually infinit , which can be no 
 other than God Almighty ; A third argument is 
 drawn from the neceffary dependance of a Secondary 
 caufe upon a Firft , for unkfle we do here alfo grant 
 a progrefle to Infinity, which is abfurd in mounting 
 up the fcale of fubordination of caufes , we muft at 
 length meet with one primary both Efficient and Fi- 
 
 Y nail 
 
8z The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 nail caule , that hath no other caule lupcriour or pre- 
 cedent unto it , which is oncly God : Another argu- 
 ment the Soul draweth, ftill by the m in iftry of Refon, 
 to prove a Deity , is the conusant cours of the Starrs , 
 thofe glorious Luminaries, and the continued order or 
 all things elfe in their firft ftation , through all the 
 vkiffitudes of corruption and generation, which doth 
 forcibly intimat an ubiquitary Providence, a wife 
 Rector, Governor, and Commander, upon whofe di- 
 rection all things depend $ No f ooner doth the Soul 
 by fuch reaches of Refon throughly fatisfie her felf 
 that ther is a God, but (he mounts yet higher, endea- 
 vouring to know what God is ; But fuch is the tran- 
 fcendent refulgence of his Majefty , that fhe finds it 
 imposfible to look God in the race , or to know him 
 * priori; yet though fhe is not able to behold his face , 
 yet fhe hath leave granted to know him apo(teriori y 
 though fhe cannot define the incomprehenGble Deity, 
 yet fhe may ftill, guided by light of Refon, describe 
 him by an aggregation of Attributes « To know God 
 by his Attributes is a near approach to his Deity ; 
 Yet the Rationall foul goes ftill nearer , firft prying 
 into his Effence, then returningto he* Telf, and con- 
 triving which way fhe fhouldknow more, at length 
 fhe fays within her felf, Operatio fequitur Ejje, Action 
 follows its Being ; Then fhe bufies her felf in the con- 
 templation of Gods Aftions , which fhe finds either 
 i mm *ne at and inward, or tranjient and outward 5 The 
 immanent actions of God are fuch as are performed 
 intrinfecally within Himfelf, without any externall 
 refpe<5t, to the creture , wherby he is {aid to contem- 
 plat, to know, and love Him(elf; Here the Soul takes 
 notice of a refle&ion of the Deity upon it felf , and fo 
 is heightned to the fuppofitionofa Trinity, the cardi» 
 nail and abftrufeft point , the higheft pitch fhe can 
 foarunto; She proceeds to argue , that vvheras God 
 doth conceive and know Himfelf, he doth beget a 
 perfect Image of Himfelf,from which iffueth a perfc& 
 Love of Himielf , and a complacency 5 Now, feeing 
 ther is nothing in God which is not God, both the 
 
 Image 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 8} 
 
 Image of God , and the Love of God feem to be di- 
 ftinft Subfifteaces of the fame Effence with Him from 
 whom they proceed , as when an Eye doth fee it felf, 
 ther is firft the Eye leeing , fecondly the Eye feen, or 
 at leaft the Image of the eye feen , from which a&i- 
 on of feeing ther ariles a defire of enjoyment; This 
 comparifon doth in fome (ort adumbrat the blefj'ed 
 Trinity'* Firft, ther is the Eye , Secondly, ther is a Re- 
 flection or Image of the Eye 5 Thirdly , ther is 
 a love or complacency which proceeds from both j 
 The firft is God the Father , the Second is God the 
 Son, and the third is God the Holy Ghoft j Now, al- 
 though thefe three Subfiftencies be all concentred in 
 the Deity,yet they are diftincl: each one from the other 
 in their operations ad extra , though in immanent, 
 or in actions ad intra , they are individuall : Thus the 
 Human Soul afcends to the knowledge of her Eternall 
 Good, by the miniftry and reaches of Refon , therfore 
 me- thinks you fhould have an Ambition to be endued 
 with that divine Faculty again , and fo return to your 
 native foyl from this fociety of irrationall brute 
 Animals, and be a fubjeft to fo great a Monarch as the 
 Tumohtiaa King is, your naturall liege Lord and 
 Prince, whofe Dominions are offucha vaftexpan- 
 fion that they reach to the very Antipodes , the other 
 Hemifphere of the world , whereby he may fay, that 
 the Sun never fets , but fhines upon fom part or other 
 of his Territories every hour of the naturall day, all 
 the while Apollo fetches a carreer about the world. 
 
 Mule. 
 Touching the firft part of this your laft difcourf, 
 wherin you fo much magnific the faculty oiRefon t and 
 that therby you arrive to the notion of heavenly 
 things, truly Sir, I am of his opinion who held , that 
 all the knowledg which man hath of his Creator is but one 
 degree above blindneffe j What the eye of a Batt is to the 
 Sun in its Meridian, the fame is the moft perfpicacious 
 eye of man's underftanding if he look upon his Maker: 
 In the ftatethat now I live I do not puzzle my brain 
 with fuch prefumptuous referches and incertain fpe- 
 
 cujations, 
 
84 The Parly of Beafls. 
 
 culations , but am contented with the doctrin and di- 
 ftamcns of Strife onely, which are more infallible. 
 
 Concerning the laft part of your fpeech , it cannot 
 be denied but that the Tumonttan King is one of the 
 greateft Potcntats that ever was upon earth, if his 
 Dominions were contiguous and united , but ther is 
 fuch an unfociable dittance between them , that the 
 Artonian will tell you, His Monarchy is like a great 
 Cloak made up of patches j Moreover, I have no great 
 comtort to be his fubjeft now , becaufchc hath gon 
 down the wind for many years , having bin fo fhrcud- 
 ly (haken in the faddle , moft of that Country you 
 (poke of which reacheth to the Antipodes being re- 
 volted from him, and he hath very lately difgorged 
 many a good bit to Artoma ; Add hereunto, that his 
 peeplc iwTumontia are grown miftrably poor ot late 
 years by fuch infupportable Taxes , and drainings of 
 men for the Warrs, infomuch that ther arc fcarce 
 enough left to cultivat the earth: Yet fuch is the rare 
 obedience , and the phlegmatic humor of the Tvmon- 
 tians, that they are ftill as awfull , they are as con- 
 formable and quiet, as if ther King were as vertuous, 
 as victorious , and the leaft exa&er that ever Prince 
 was j But this they do for their own advantage , fori 
 if there were another Governor fet up, it wold in- 
 evitably hurl the whole Country into civill tumults 
 and combuftion,&: fo the remedy wold be worfe than 
 the difeafe. Pererius. 
 
 They ihew themfelfs a prudent peeple in that 4 for 
 it is in Governments as it is in choice of wifes, Sel- 
 dom comes a better ; But the Tumontian hath other com- 
 mendable qualities, for befides his conftant obedience,- 
 to his Prince, He is alfoconftant to his Religion, he is 
 in perpetuall enmity with the common enemy of the 
 Croffe , Moreover he never ferves any Prince in the 
 warrs but his own, nor goes he to trade abroad into 
 any Country but to his own Maftcrs.Territorics-, And 
 are not you defirous to be one of that brave Nation 
 again } Therfore let me ad vife you now once for all , 
 to fhake off that dull defpicablc fliape , which ufeth 
 
 in 
 
The Tarly of Beaftu 8$ 
 
 innaturall prod u£tion to have no better mother then 
 an Affe. 
 
 Mule. 
 Truly Sir, you may plcafe ( as the proverb runs ) 
 to keep your breath to cool your pottage , and fpend 
 it no longer upon me, for I am refolved to live and die 
 in this fhape ; But wheras you brand it with the term 
 oldefyicMe , I wold have you know , that our bodies 
 have more venues far in them than Ulfaits, and 
 wherof Man makes common ufe towards his health : 
 Our very foam drunk in warm wine is good againft 
 purfines j Somofour ta/Vs mingled with thofe of an 
 Affe and dried , and io put to a perfume , are good 
 againft the Epilepfie ; The milt of one of us is good 
 againft the Falling-evill , nay the very duft wherin 
 one of us hath tumbled, is good to mitigate the ardors 
 of Love, being fprinkled upon the body ; But take 
 heed how you anger us, for our bitings are poyfonous: 
 We have fundry other medicinall vertues , which I 
 will here pretermit; Therefore whereas you call this 
 fpecies of ours defpicahle , we deferve rather more re- 
 fpedt confidering the faid vertues ; Infomuch that if I 
 fhould exchange this fhape for man's, I fhould prove 
 a greater fool than that Mule in the Fable, who feeing 
 a goodly barb'd Horfe going to the Warrs, and faying 
 within himfelf , It may be that gallant Horfe and I had 
 the fame mother , therfore why (hold not I havefo 
 much courage and ftoutnes in me ? I wold I had fuch 
 a rider , fuch a great faddle , trappings aad arms to 
 try my courage > But feeing the Horfe led back in the 
 evening all bloody and wounded, he repented himfelf 
 of his former foolifh wifh. 
 
 Z. ©^Aoyfcc, 
 
86 The Parly of Beaftf. 
 
 0vt£j?\oyia. 
 
 The Sixth Se&ion. 
 
 Confi&ing of interchangeable Difcourfes 'twixt 
 Morphandra, Pererius, and a Fox , who bad 
 been a Saturnian born , whom for his cunning 
 dealings, and Mountebanfy/b wily trickj^Jbe 
 transform d from a Merchant to thatfpecies ; 
 "this Sexton treats of divers things, and par- 
 ticularly how the Art of tru Policy is degene- 
 rated, and what poor Sciolifis or S matter ers 
 are cried up in that Art oflateyears,&c. 
 
 Morphandra , Pererius, and a Fox. 
 
 Pererim. 
 
 MOft admired Queen , I render you my moft 
 humble acknowledgments for the continuance 
 of your great favors towards me , which 1 am now in 
 half-defpair that I {hall not be able to make ufc of 
 for perfecting my defigns upon thefe brute Animals ; 
 Touching this laft> I find in him alio an averfnes both 
 to his firft Constitution , to his Country, and to hisCW- 
 ling i Concerning the firft, he complains of the nom- 
 berles difeafes which are incident to every part of 
 that Microcofm of Man, as alfo the various and vio- 
 lent diftempers of the mind } with the ftings of con- 
 fcience , which brute Animals are not fubject unto, 
 &c. Touching the fecond , viz,, his Country , he in- 
 veighs againft the craggy fwellings of it , the exceffc 
 of heat > and confequently the fkrilitiesofit, which 
 is fuch , that ther is not a competency of bread ( which 
 is the ftaff of life ) for the twentieth man that breaths 
 in it, &c. Touching the third, viz. His former Calling, 
 he complains of the incertainties, the fordidneffe,and 
 
Tbe Parly of Beafts. Tj 
 
 a kind of Atheifm that it is iubjecl: unto , for while the 
 Pbjfician tampers fo much with fecond caufesjit brings 
 him to a forgetfulnefs of the firft, &c. But, Madame, I 
 defire to try conclufions upon fom nimbler and witti- 
 er creture than thatlumpifh mongrell CWule. 
 UWorphandra. 
 You (hall be partaker of your defires prefently, for 
 1 efpy a Fox near that hedge who was a Satumian Mer. 
 chant, born in 'Rugilia ,■ whom for his cunningnes in 
 negotiating , and for fom Hocos-pocos and Mounte- 
 bankifh tricks I transformed to a Fox, who you know 
 is the moft politic, the wittieft and wilieft of all Qua- 
 drupedalls, wherof ther are multitudes of examples ; 
 One time he cofen'd the Crow , who having got a mor- 
 fcll of green cheefe, and being perch'd upon the bough ^"-^T 
 of an Oak to eat it, a Fox perceiving it went under 
 the tree, and flood gazing upon tbe Crow, faying, 
 What a bafe lying thing h common fame , who faies 
 that thou art a black tll-favour'd Bird i truly me- 
 thinks thou art the faireft that ever I fa w, and couldft 
 thou but fing as others do, thou deferv'ft to be Queen 
 of Birds 5 TheOo» being tickled with thefe praifes 
 fell a opening her beak, To down fell the cheefe , and 
 the Fox made merry with it ; But he was more wily 
 with the Wolf % for a Fox having got into a Farmers 
 yard , and skulking up and down in a Moon-ftune 
 nighr, ther being a well in the yard he peep'd into it , 
 and the reflex of the Moon being in the water, he 
 thought it was a new cheefe, therupon he whip'd 
 into one of the buckets , and down he went to feed 
 upon it ; Being in that plunge , it chane'd that a wolf 
 came alfo skulking therabouts for his prey , and loo- 
 king into the well, the Fox cries out , O brother Wolf y 
 her's moft dainty cheer, and ther's enough for us 
 both j fo the Wolf leaping into the other bucket drew 
 up the Fax , who being got on the top , and he in the 
 bottom of the well faid , Farewell brother wolf, and 
 much good may the new cheefe do unto you , fo he 
 got free , leaving another in his room ; He was alfo 
 too hard for the Lien , who as he is King of Quadru- 
 
 pedalls. 
 
88 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 pedalls, having put torch a Proclamation 3 that all 
 horned beafts (hold give attendance at Court on (uch 
 a day to a great Feart, (though his plot was to prey on 
 them) the>*/j meeting with a Fox (aid , Come let's go 
 to Court to fee the great (hew, for if ther (hold be 
 any danger we are free from it , in regard we have 
 no horns, though fufficient ears; I, quoth the fox, but 
 iithe Lion faies thai our ears he horns, ihsymuft he horns \ 
 Moreover 1 have obferv'd the tracks of many beafts 
 going into the Lion's Cave but none commingback: 
 This was onely caution , but it was a trick ot wit that 
 the Fax plaid with the Eagle , who having got one of 
 his young Cubbs ir &\d carried it to the top of a high 
 tree where his neft was, to prey upon it , the Fox got 
 a brand or two of fire and put it to the trunck of the 
 tree* which io fcar'd the Eagle, that he brought down 
 the young Cubb and laid it in the place he found it J 
 How commonly doth the Fox cofen both Huntfman 
 and Doge, when being pourfued he ufeth to get into 
 a plowed field , and ftretching himfelf all alone in a 
 furrow he often (capes, his skin and the earth being of 
 a colour; Therfore you may maketriall now upon a 
 brute Animal that hath fome fagacity and wit , as 
 well as activity. 
 
 Tererius. 
 I will towards him; Signor Fox , you need not ftare 
 fo much nor ftartle, for I am com neither to hunt you, 
 nor hurt you any way , rather 1 am com upon a bufi- 
 nes that will tend hugely to your advantage ; But I 
 defire firftto be informdhow you came to be trans- 
 form'd or deform'd rather , from the noble (hape of 
 Man to this grovling brutilh figure. 
 
 Fox. 
 I was once a Rugilian Merchant , and born in that 
 proud City, ( for that's her Epithet above all other Ci- 
 ties) where, according to the proverb, ther are Moun- 
 tftins without mod, Seas without Fijh t Men without Faith, 
 andfVomen without Shame ; where alfo the horned hus- 
 bands Are faidto get their wifes with child a hundred miles 
 off ; And being com hither upon a gallant (hip , with 
 
Tbe Parly of Beafts. 89 
 
 a Cargazon of divers Commodities , I was tranlmu- 
 ted to this (hapeyou behold, for my over- cunning 
 and cautelous dealings. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 Well , have you a difpofuion to be redintegrated 
 into your firft Beting , for Queen Morpbandra hath bin 
 pleated topromife me you fhold be, if your will con- 
 cur with my defire * Therf ore tell me freely if you 
 have a mind to fee Satarnia again, your native foyle , 
 the Miftnfle of the world, the Source of all civility , 
 the Nourfe of tru nobleneffe and vertu , the prime 
 Propagatreffe of Religion and Learning 5 Where "na- 
 ture hath her chiefeft Magazinsr-of Silk , Bacchus his 
 Inner-cellars of fwcet Wines , Flora her prime Gar- 
 den of Flowers, and Pomona her principall Orchard of 
 Fruits; where Pandora hath her choileft Refidence, Po- 
 licy hath her chiefeft School,where^>7»s and Arts have 
 their chiefeft Academy j Have you a defire to be tran- 
 fported to this your dainty and dear Country » and 
 put on the habit and habitudes of Man again ? 
 
 Fox. 
 
 Truly no, for here I live in a better Country, in a 
 betiei Condition } and in better Company , then I did in 
 Saturnia. 
 
 Pereriut. 
 
 Do not deceive your felf, for you will never be able 
 to prove that , though you had all the Logic that 
 ever -yttbens taught. 
 
 Fox. 
 
 Touching the firft , wherasyou magnifie Saturnia 
 fo much for her fertility , let me tell you, that to my 
 knowledg ther be divers parts of her fo barren and 
 defolar, that you (hall not meet with a houfe in twen- 
 ty miles riding* Rugtlit , that part wherin I came firft 
 into the world, may be call'd nothing elfe but a Con* 
 venticle of Rocks and Craggs ; In fom places you may 
 fee thrceMarquifles on one tree gatheringFiggs to keep 
 them from ftarving : They bragg of a River that 
 hath Junkets in her, fom Comfits, fom Plumms , fom 
 Cinnamon, but thefe Junkets are but white ftones 
 
 A a bearing 
 
5>o The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 bearing the ihape of all thekj fhtrra noCauntry nam 
 more Tempefh , more Trci aud Barthqu 
 
 wherof ther have been \ery lately luch formidable 
 examples of utter delolation and lubverlion of twenty 
 Towns; There is part of the Country which is under 
 a perpetual fbadowy darknefle or M : uml iattos,\vkcnce 
 the whole Province takes its denomination ; Ther's 
 no Clime under the convex of He\ en where Meteors 
 and figurations are more impetuous and violent. 
 
 Touching the fecond, whicn was my termer Coxci- 
 i/«b, ther's a thing called Cmfcur.ce which us'dto ty- 
 ranniie and torture me when I was a Mm , I often 
 found within me a gnawing worm, I often felt lore 
 ftings, fore pricks , andremorles of the laid Contci- 
 ence, which the Theologucs call Syaterejis , that ever 
 and anon did difcompote the quietude or my thoughts, 
 and difturb me in my gaining profeilion j But in this 
 ftate I am free from luch perplexities , for now , 
 though I fuck the blood of twenty Geefe a day , and 
 deftroy whole roofts of Hens, the thing call'd Con- 
 fcience never troubles me. Moreover, betides this rack 
 of Confcience , ther is a vice call'd CrLttoufaes that 
 Man is fubjed unto , and when ail other vices grow 
 old in him , this vice grovves younger and younger. 
 I remember I was flaviihly • addicted hereunto , I 
 would have flayed aloufe could Ihavemadebenefic 
 of her skin , but now I am free from that fordid 
 vice , from that kind of idolatry , for according 
 to the faying, he is the worfe Idolater who adores 
 Goldj for he may be faid therby to worfhip the Devil, 
 for Pltm is the god of Riches ; In the fhape I bear, I 
 covet no more but what wil fatisfie nature only: Ther 
 is another curled and cruciatory humor call'd jeaku- 
 fe which much afft£ts Mankind , and it reigns more 
 amongft that Nation I was once of than among any 
 others Jealoulic among the thoughts is like Batts 
 among birds, it doth mightily ditcompofe the wnole 
 inward man, and dillurb the tranquillity of his mind , 
 aay it hurls him often upon defperat and bloody at- 
 tempts. 
 
 Touching 
 
The Parly of Beaftf. 91 
 
 Touching the third , which is Company , I have now 
 farbetter,converfing with tbefe innocuous andfimple 
 Aniraals.Thc fociety ofmen is much more dangerous, 
 fpecially of my quondam Country- men , tor upon any 
 occafion of difteft one is in danger of a Saturnism Figg, 
 or tobepoyfon"d by the fmoak of a candle, by the 
 fuavity of a flower, or by a glove or handkerchief ; 
 For four or five Duckets reward,one may be matter of 
 any man's life in fom places of Saturnia , for he will 
 find a mercenary inftrument to murther any body ; 
 Add hereunto , that my Country- men are full of re- 
 venge, and vindicatifin the higheft degree, they will 
 feldom fuffer one to do them afecond wrong, but 
 difpatch him away to the other world , which is the 
 occafion of a faying , Take heed of a flow Foe in Saturnia, 
 and of afudden Friend in Artonia ; i could give you ma- 
 ny examples hereof, but I will produce onely twoj 
 In Marcopolisjhe grcateft Mart of the Weftern world , 
 (though two of herchiefeft be but brittle Commodi- 
 ties , viz t Laffes and Glajfes j ther were two rich 
 Merchants who had been partners a long time, it 
 chanced that one of them knowing the other to be 
 over familiar with his wife, he diflemblcd his paflion 
 a great while , till his thoughts had conwiv d and 
 concluded a revenge upon him , fo he folemnly invi- 
 ted his partner to a Feaft , and after dinner he led him 
 to a Garden that he had by the Sea-fide, being- there 
 alone together he brought him to an Arbor , where 
 among divers other rarities ther was a curious new 
 large Chair made with luch artifice, that when one 
 had put himfelf to fit in it, ther were certain gins and 
 vices wold fuddenly rife up and clafpin his body both 
 arms and thighs j His Partner being thus lockt faftiri 
 the Chair, he prefently gaggs him , and having loeke 
 the Garden dore, he drew a great double-edg'd knife, 
 and being upon the point of {tabbing him , the Partner 
 faid , Oh be notfo inhuman andbarbarouflycruell as 
 to kill me before confeffion , therfore have fom cora- 
 miferationon my foul; Well, 1 replied the murtherer, 
 if thou wilt do one thing) I may fpare thee ihy life, 
 
 which 
 
$z The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 which is, It thou wilt dc 'fie the holy Trinity, and re- 
 nounce, all hopes of falvation in it, &o The Partner 
 (in hopes of future repentance to expiat his offence ) 
 repeated thole words three times, and the third time 
 as loon as he had done repeating them, he iiabb'd 
 him in the brealt , and cleft his heart in two , and to 
 threw his body into the Sea to make food for Hadocksj 
 But a while after his body being retreev'd and taken 
 up in a fifher-net juft under that wall, the murthcr 
 was difcover'd , and the murthercr being put upon 
 the Strapado he confefled all,and going up die Gibbe 
 to be executed, he broke out into a great fit ot laugh- 
 ters His ghoftly Father and Confelfor telling him, that 
 he was now going to give account of that horrid mur- 
 ther he had committed before the great Judge of the 
 world, therfore that palfion of laughter did not be- 
 com him 5 Oh, faid he, whenfocver i think upon that 
 full revenge I had of that villain , my heart danceth 
 within me tor joy , for J was not onely revtngd upon bis 
 body but alfo upon his foul , in which humor he breath'd 
 his laft. 
 
 Another was as bloody, if not more; In the antient 
 City of Cerano , ther was a Prince who left three fons 
 behind him, Conradus^ Cafar , arid Alexander -, Conradus 
 was us'd to come from his palace in the Country to 
 hisCaftle in Cerano , where he had appointed a Go- 
 vernour, and a Garrifon of foulJiers j The Governor 
 having acoroly Lady to his wife, the young Prince 
 was ftruck in love with her , and at laft enjoyed her ; 
 The Governour having knowledge thcroi did me- 
 ditat upon a revenge , therupon hefentto Conradus 
 (his Lord and Mafter ) that he had lately difcover'd 
 two or three wild Boars in the Foreft of Cerano , ther- 
 fore if his Highnelle would pleafe to com thither to- 
 f ether with his two brothers , ther wold be very 
 'rincely fport for them , and he wold prepare all 
 things ready for the Game; Hereupon the young 
 Prince and his lecond Brother comming thither ex- 
 prefly for that fport , it chanced that Alexander the 
 youngeft brother was then out of the way ; So the Go- 
 vernour 
 
The Party of Beafts. 93 
 
 vernor of the Caftle having provided a plentifull {up- 
 per for the two Princes and their Retinue, being both 
 gone to bed , he calls his Officers together , and told 
 them , Gentlemen, what does he deferve , who for 
 many good fervices and hofpitalities done unto him , 
 doth in lieu ol thanks abufe ones wife , and defiles his 
 bed ? They all cried out , He defcrves death 5 Truly 
 Gentlemen, thus hath Prince Conrddus us'd me; They 
 cried out again , Let him die , and we will ftick un- 
 to you, and be faithfull ; So the Governor taking fom 
 of thofe Officers with him in the dead of night , 
 they broke iuddenly into the chamber where Conradus 
 was afleep , and heav ing up the bed-cloaths, they firft 
 cutoff" his privy-members , then they chop'd off his 
 head, then they quarter'd his body, and ftrewed them 
 up and down the chamber; So allwashuih'd that 
 night 5 Prince Ctfar comming to wait on his Bro- 
 ther the next morning, the Governor ufher'd him in , 
 and feeing hisBrother's head bleeding on the window, 
 and his limbs fcatter'd up and down the room , he 
 faid, Oh! is this the wild Boar you writ to him of? 
 Yes, laid the Governour , and I remember I writ of 
 two or three; Hereupon hewasalfo knock'ddown, 
 and us'd in the fame manner : The Tragedy being 
 a&ed thus far , he takes his Officers, and going upon 
 the Caftle walls, hefent tofpeakvvith the Syndic 
 and BurgefTes of the Town , unto whom he made a 
 Speech, that they had been a long time in fervitude or 
 a kind of flavery to Conradus and that Family , and 
 now ther was a fair opportunity offered for them to 
 redeem their liberties , for he had Conradus and his 
 Brother in his cuftody, and the Officers with the reft 
 of the Garrifon were inclin'd to do them away, if the 
 Town wold joyn with them ; But the Town (hewing 
 an averfnes , or rather a deteftation of fuch difloyalty 
 and treafon , fent to Prince Alexander the youngeft 
 Brother , and the Citizens oiCerano joyning with the 
 forces he brought with him to expiat his Brother's 
 bloods , they beleaguer the Caftle round ; Therupon 
 the Governor taking his wife aftd children with him 
 
 Bb to 
 
94 The- Varly of Beafis. 
 
 *o the top of the higheft Turret , he tirlt threw down 
 headlong his wife ■> then his three children , and lalt 
 of all he precipitates himfelf, and i'o the Tragedy 
 ended. 
 
 Vevenus. 
 A Tragedy indeed , and one of the direfullcii that 
 ever I heard of > It rauft be granted, that the Saturman 
 fpirit is much bent upon revenges, he is in the ex- 
 treams commonly, £htod%ult iaUU iiaiit quod odit ial- 
 de odit j vertues and vices are there in the Superlative 
 degree: But truly if the vertues and vices of that no- 
 ble Nation were weighed in a ballance , I am confi- 
 dent the firftwold out-poife the fecond, for ther 
 might be more inftances of actions of high vertu pro- 
 duced, than of vice •-, 1 will make mention of one, and 
 that a very modern one, and no Romance 5 Ther was 
 in the antient Amphitheatricall City of Rovena a 
 young Marquis, who fell defperatly in love with a 
 Merchant's wife , he courted her a long time but 
 could not prevail, at laft, the Merchant having a Villa 
 or Country-houfe , whither he was gone a while for 
 divertifment , the Marquis went a Hawking ther- 
 abouts one day , and letting his Hawk fly ot purpofe 
 into the Merchant's Orchard , he and his men rid lu- 
 ring after her,and rctreeved her in the Orchard where 
 the Marquis himfelf was entred, having obtain'd 
 leave before > The Hawk being found , the Merchant 
 invites the Marquis to a Treatment , where his wife 
 was prefent , and very officious to pleafe •, Being de- 
 parted, fhe asks her husband who he was £ Hean- 
 iwer'd , 'Tis the Marquis of fuch a place, one of the 
 gallanteft and moft hopelull young Noblemen in all 
 Saturnia, a perfonfullof tranfeendent parts and high 
 perfections , &c. Thefe praifes making deep impref- 
 fions in his wife , and the Marquis pourluing ftill his 
 defign, he at laft prevailed, and being admitted to her 
 chamber by a back Garden-dore , he found her a bed , 
 and in a fit pofture to receive him ; lo unbracing him- 
 felf to go to her, and having put off his doublet, fhe 
 told him fmilingly , Do you know whom you may 
 
 thank 
 
The Parly of Be afts. 9% 
 
 thank moft for this courteiie ? It is my husband, who> 
 after the late Treatment you had, fell a long timeinto 
 fuch high commendations of you , that I never heard 
 him fpeak fo nobly of any : The Marquis being put to 
 a fudden ftand hereby , and ftruck with a kind of afto- 
 nifhment j put on his doublet again and his cloak , 
 faying , Shall I abufe fo worthy a friend , and fuch 
 noble affections ? No, I will die firft ; So taking his 
 leave of the Lady in civill and thankfull pofture , he 
 departed the fame way he was let in , and never at- 
 tempted her again. 
 
 Fox. 
 Truly it cannot be denied , but this was a moft fig- 
 nail example of continence , and no lefle of gratitude, 
 to reftrain himfelf fo in the height of fuch a luft. 
 
 Tererius. 
 Well , will you conform your f elf to my advice , 
 and turn Man, and Merchant , to converfe again with 
 fuch a noble Nation «, a Nation that may prefcribe 
 rules of prudence and policy to all Mankind } 
 
 Fox. 
 Sir, you fpeak of Policy , ther is no tru policy pra- 
 ctifed now adaies in the world, it is degenerated to- 
 gether with the nature of man into fubtlety and craftj 
 If ther beany left 'tis in CMarcopolis , where ther are 
 the trueft Patriots and moft public Souls that I have 
 known remaining amongftmen, otherwife fhe had 
 never been able to tugg fo long with the huge To- 
 manto Empire , and other the greateft Potentats upon 
 earth j Yet iomtimeslhehathus'd to low fuch ano- 
 ther Tail as mine to her Lions skin , and proceed by 
 craft as well as by ftrength ; Now, though Policy and 
 Craft agree in their Ends, yet they differ in the Means 
 conducing to their Ends ; The one proceeds by ho- 
 nourable and gallant manly waies to attain her ends, 
 the other by difhonourable and bale fubdolous ways , 
 fhe cares not what Oaths fhe fwallows and breaks af- 
 terwards, fhe cares not what lies, fears, and jealoufies 
 the creates to amufe the filly vulgar , and therby to 
 incite them to Arms and Rebellion , for tearing the 
 
 bowells 
 
p6 The Parly of Beafls. 
 
 - - i ' ■ " '" ■ ■ 
 
 bowells of their own Country , and to Joole all alle- 
 giance to their naturalPrincei She makes nofcruplc or 
 conscience to make Religion her Mantle to palliat all 
 her defigns, and by a horrid kind of prophanenes and 
 blafphemy to make God Almighty the Author of all 
 Rebellions and Sedition : As was lately pra&ifed in 
 Gberiona more then in any other Country that c\cr 
 was under the cope of Heven; And now ther's a com- 
 pany of poor Sir politic Woodbiesor Wife-akers , 
 that wold put a Cats head upon a Lions neck , they wold 
 make a petty Common-wealth fuch as that ot Eydraulia, 
 of that antient fpacious Monarchy with the Crowns 
 thereunto annexed,Kingdoms which have lafted thou- 
 fands of years without any Interregnums at all till 
 now; And obfervable it is, that among other fenefits 
 (or plagues rather ) which Gberiona hath received from 
 Hydraulia for railing her firft to a Commonwealth from 
 obedience to her hereditary Prince , one is , that fhc 
 hath poyfoned Gberiona in her Folicj as well as in her 
 %eligion ; For now (he hath the fate to have fuch 
 VVife-akers inGovernment that can fee afar off no far- 
 ther than to the tips of their nofes; They word take 
 down the Royal Saddle,and clap a pair of Panniers on Gbe- 
 riona s back, never looking forward what will follow , 
 viz. an everlafting Warr ; Nor do they fall to any ac- 
 count what a difparagement it will be, that fo large 
 and noble a Kingdom ihold be caft into fo petty a 
 mould as that of Hydraulia , who is above thirty times 
 inferiour to Gberiona in extent of Territory , and more 
 then forty times in point of Plenty. 
 
 Pererius. 
 It is a clear truth what you affirm , that tru Policy 
 is much fophifticated in this latter age , and touching 
 the hints you give of Gberiona in point of Governmenr, 
 and the prefent defignes that are afoot to tranf ver fe it, 
 I know the Country full well; It may be a fealable 
 thing to turn the great City Polibaima to a kind of 
 Common- wea 1th , for (he hath fmelt a great while of 
 a Hans in regardof her many Corporations , which 
 may be faid to be petty Republiques of thtmfelfs ; 
 
 but 
 
The Party of Beafts. 97 
 
 — - _ . — — 
 
 but for Gberiona her felf } it will be a hard confufed 
 task to reduce her to (uch a Government , it being in- 
 compatible both with the Genius of the Peeple , the 
 Pofture of the Country , and Politicall Gonftitutions 
 eftablifhed there for fo many Ages ; They who make 
 infpe&ions into the influxes and vertu of Heavenly 
 Bodies , find , that Mars is the Planet predominant 
 over Gberiona , and 'tis obferved , that where be pre- 
 dominats , that Glime and Country is fit for no other 
 Government than Monarchall; Whereas thofe Coun- 
 tries where the Moon is predominant , as Manofolii 
 and others, arc naturally ntteft to be made Republiquesi 
 Therefore let thofe men , who have now the vogue 
 of Power and Counfell in Gberiona , beat their brains 
 never fo much , let them f crue up their wits , and 
 ftretch all the policy they have as far as poflibly they 
 can,yec they will never be able to confticutea lafting 
 durable Government } or fettle a firm and generaU 
 Peace without a Ktng , that kind of Supream Offi- 
 cer is congeniall with the Nation it telf, which will 
 never be fixed till then ; Therfore, as I fai3 before, let 
 thofe men who are now upon the Stage of Power , 
 winde up their wits as high as they can, without this 
 they willbeftillataloffc, their confultations will be 
 like a skein of ravell'd filk , they will be in a labyrinth 
 of confufions , and the end of one will be ftill the be- 
 ginning of another. 
 
 Now, ther is no v*rt io incertain , io fubjed to dif- 
 ficulties, as the Art for Man to rule Man; Ther be many 
 poor Sciolifts in Gberiona,xvho of late years have {hot at 
 rovers in prefcribing Rules of Government, they rake 
 the afhes of the Judaicall^ the Greek-, and "Romas Com- 
 mon-wealths to apply them to the preient times, 
 wheras thofe Nations were of another temper , of 
 other Religions, and confequently of other kind ofln- 
 telleftualls , anddiffring idxastothe prefent Agej 
 They (hold rather produce examples from Gberiona's 
 own Hiftorians, which wold be far more fuitable-, But 
 goto the chiefeftPolitians, Antient orModern,that ever 
 writ.of Governments , you will find all their opinions 
 
 C c con- 
 
5# Tb* Par ly of Beaft. 
 
 Concenter in this poine , That ther is no Government 
 which hath a nearer analogy with that ot tkven, chat 
 is more lading upon ea"rth 3 that is more regulator thac 
 hath any certain principles, but MtiHinhy ; That great 
 Chair-man or Grandee among Philolophtrs, Anjotle, 
 iri hi9 Politiques, upon which ther is iuch a world of 
 Comments, Speaks of Sundry Species of Governments, 
 as jiriitefraej 9 'Democ/aty , Oltgtrcbj, and Stratocracy, 
 but he puts no Rules for any , onely he hath this al- 
 Sertion, that Ariflocracy or Ofttiitiacy allows no Artu 
 ficer or Mtclmnck to be a Citttze/i or Gsuafellor } Much of 
 his dilcourfe is of the fitft Founders of Common- 
 wealths , then he proceeds to correct the errors of 
 Common-wealths , before he tells us what a Com- 
 mon- wealth is i Moreover, in handling the kinds of 
 Government ingenerall , he flies forward and back- 
 ward in a diforderly way, but when hedefcendsto 
 particular forms, be is full, not oneiy of confufion, 
 but contradictions and inconftancies to himfelf j In 
 fom places he Seems to deny any naturall Right, much 
 more any Majefy to be in the People 9 whom he balds to 
 be little inferieur to Beafts j Wheras elfe- where heaf- 
 fordeth a liberty to every City to let up what Go- 
 vernment they pleafe, either by Force or Craft, which 
 in effect is to allow the Peeple to dt> what they lift, if 
 they be able. Now this high-reaching Philosopher 
 cannot much be cenfured for roving up and down in 
 So incertain a Subject , it being impioflible for any hu- 
 man brain to preScribe any infallible univerfall Rules 
 for Government, that may quadrat with the nature 
 of all Climes and Seaions, and be appliable to the 
 humors of all Peeple 5 Otlur Sciences have Demon- 
 strations, and undeniable Principles, but the Art of 
 Government hath no fuch Maxims 3 in regard of a 
 thoufand fort of contingencies char attend human ne- 
 gotiations, as alio for the various difpofitions -of pee- 
 ple, fom Nations are fa fiery mouth'd „ that they r»uft 
 beridd with aBitt , if not with a Curb and Martin- 
 gale, but a (mall Bridle will Serve others , nor are the 
 fame Gon&ittteonifik fa * Continent «hat are proper 
 a O for 
 
The Parly tf Beafts. 99 
 
 for an lUnd i nor thofe of a Murium Continent fit for a 
 ^Mediterranean Country , who know not what falt- 
 watcris. 
 
 Fox. 
 Touching thofe modern Smatterers in Policy you 
 fpeak of, the times abound with f uch, fuch that while 
 they take upon them to give Precepts for Go- 
 vernment , they amufe the Reader with Univerfalls , 
 ( and commonly ther is deceit in Uiniverfalls ) or ra- 
 ther they lead him to a labyrinth of diftin&ions , 
 wherby they render the Arc of maftring Man to be 
 more difficult and diftratted , then it is in its own na- 
 ture j But, under favour, the main caufe that ther are 
 fuch difficulties and incertitudes in prefcribing gene* 
 rail Rules to govern the Human Creture, ischeper- 
 turbances of his mind , his variety of humors , his fe- 
 diciousdifpoficion, his inconftancies , and an itching 
 flill after innovations j And herein we Irrationall Ani- 
 mals are more obedient , more gentle and docile} 
 But touching the policy you mention, therbefom 
 certain Maxims that may extend to the whole mafle 
 of Mankind in point of Government 5 One is, That the 
 common peeplebe kept ftill in fuch an awe, that they 
 may not have any power to rife up in Arms, or be 
 fharers in the Government , and fo be their own Ca- 
 terers to chule what Laws theypleafej Secondly, 
 That ther be a vifible (landing effe&if military 
 ftrength ftill in being, to keep them in fuch an awe 9 
 as well to f»r£ them as to co»ferve them; It being the 
 greateft Solcecitm that can be in Government to rely 
 meerly upon the affe&ions of the Ptefle, in regard 
 there is not fuch a wavering windy thing, not fuch an 
 humorfom croffe-grain'd Animal as the common Pee- 
 ple , ther is not fuch a Tyrant in the world if once he 
 get on Horfe*back ; And all Authors that have pre- 
 tended any thing to policy , either old or new, affirm 
 fo much in their Writings 3 If the Governour in chief 
 hath not fuch a conftant vifible Power , and movea- 
 ble upon all occaiions , the common Peeplt will ufe 
 him as the Froggs in the Fable us'd the Logg of wood 
 
 whom 
 
ioo Tbe Parly of Beafts. 
 
 whom Jupiter , at their importunity, haddropt down 
 among them tor their King , to whom they flood a 
 while in fom awe and dread , but afterwards finding 
 no motion in him , they leapt and skipc upon him in 
 contempt and derifionj There is another certain prin- 
 ciple of policy , That public Traitors and Rebclls to 
 their Prince and Country (hold be difpatched to the 
 other world without mercy, for if they be but half 
 punifhed, they will like Snakes get and cling together 
 again , therfore 'tis a good rule , and that may be a 
 proverb hereafter , 
 
 A Kebell and mad Dogg knock in the head , 
 They mil not bite when they are dead. 
 
 ferertut. 
 
 Had you not told me before, yet 1 fhold havejudg'd 
 you a S&turnian by the wifdom of your Difcours , 
 your Compatriots being accounted the prudenteft 
 men upon earth , for whereas others are faid to be 
 wife after the A&, others in the A&l , you are faid to 
 be wile before , in , and after the Aft j Moreover , 
 whereas the Etonian is faid to be wifcr than he'feems 
 to be , the Tumontian not to be fo wife as he feems , 
 the Saturman is wife , and feems to be fo ; Therfore 
 will you return to that noble Country , and becom 
 Man and Merchant. again ? of which profeffion ther 
 are Princes in your Country, you well know. 
 
 Fox. 
 
 Ther are fo , yet I enjoy my fclf more contentedly in 
 this fhape andfpecies , I have now a moreconftant 
 health, and ifl find my felfillifh at any time, which 
 is feldom, Ieat a little of the gumm of that Pine- 
 tree and it cures me-, But I am nothing fo fubjeftto 
 diftempersofWj/or mindin this condition. Touching 
 the firft, when Nature hath finifhed her courfe in me , 
 I will leave it for a Legacy to my friends , for 'tis 
 good and medicinall for many ufes, my £r4/« is good 
 againft the FaUing-fichefje ; my 5/w^againft the Stone, 
 and the Cramp* my Gall inftill'd with Oyle takes away 
 
 the 
 
The Parfy of Beafts. 101 
 
 the pain in the ears ; my Toung worn in a chain is good 
 for all difeafes in the Eyes -, my Fatt hcaleth the alope- 
 cia , or failing off of the hair j my Lights, Liver, and 
 Genitalis are good againft the Spleen •-, my very 'Dung 
 pounded with Vinegar is a certain cure againft the 
 Leprofye j my CMtlt is good againft Tumors-, and touch- 
 ing my Skin , which is fo much valued by the f aireft 
 Beauties, I will bequeath it to the admired Queen 
 Morphandra to make her a Muff » as a fmall Heriot for 
 her protection of me under her Dominion. 
 
 Qiv&Xoyix. 
 
 The Seventh S'edion; 
 
 A Dialog' twixt Morphandra, Pererius, and a 
 Boar , wberin thtr are various Difcourfe$ y 
 and particularly of the rare Sympathetica!! 
 Powder that is lately found out , which worfy 
 fudden and certain Cures without any topicdl 
 application of Medicines to the part affe&iedy 
 &-c. 
 
 Morphandra, Pererius, anda^ovc. 
 
 CMorphandra. 
 
 HOw came you off from that cunning Merchant 
 you dealt withalllaft } hath he accepted of the 
 Billot Exchange you prefented unto him ? 
 
 Pererius. 
 Truly, Madame, I may fay, according to the home- 
 ly proverb, that I have received aflapp with a Fox tail) 
 he bath plaid the cunning Sophifter with mc, he hath 
 protefted againft that Bill of Exchange, nor will he up- 
 on any tearms refume his former thape , but retain 
 that which he hath , alledging that he is now free 
 from thofe flings of conscience, fromthofe corroding 
 
 D d black 
 
102 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 black jealoujies , trom that vwdicatif humor wherunto 
 Mankind is fubjeft , fpecially thofe of his "Hattou , 
 with other molcftations of mind J He faith s that in 
 this feature he isalfo more healthfully He braggs 
 likewife how many medicinall vertues are in his bo- 
 dy after its diffolution from the fenfitive foul , and 
 laow much his skin is valued amongft the faircft La- 
 dies,, which he intends to bequeath as a Legacy to 
 your Majefty to make you Muffs of when he hath 
 payed Nature the laft debt ; And truly, Madame, by 
 his acute anfwers and replies, I found that he had the 
 full ufe of the faculty of human Refon , though appeer- 
 ing in that brutilh (hape , which makes me more and 
 more admire your power. 
 
 Morpbandra. 
 
 This power the great Architect of the world hath 
 given me, I derive this prerogative "meer-ly from Him, 
 nor, as I intimated to you before , from any compact. 
 tor confultation with ill Spirits, although the flat and 
 fhaHbw-bratnd vulgar thirik I do k fo , by Magicall 
 *»d Negromantic means. 
 
 Tererius. 
 
 I know full well, Madame, the ignorance , or ra- 
 ther infuffity of the common peeple tobeiuch, that 
 when they find any extraordinary effects produe'd , 
 tranfeendmg the ordinary courfe of nature, they arc 
 prefently .ftruak with £uch an admiration , that they 
 think thofe effects to be done by the work of the De- 
 vil!, though they are operatedby ftrengthof Art, and 
 by connexion of naturall Agents and Patients proper- 
 ly apply'd, asoflateyearstheris found out a Sym- 
 patbeticall cure of wounds at a diftance , without 
 any reall application of medicines to tne part affe&ed, 
 which kind of fanation they hold to be made by Lome 
 diabahicall compact , though revera 'tis performed by 
 fuch ways that do truly agree with the due courfe of 
 naoure, by which (he conftantly works. 
 Morphandra. 
 
 Ipray be pleas'd to impart unto me the mode and 
 manner of that kind of cure , for though it be not 
 
 Magicall, 
 
"The Parly of Btafts. 103 
 
 Magically it mult needs be a greac myfterious thing. 
 
 ferertus. 
 Madame, I (hall raoft willingly comply with your 
 commands herein; Touching the Sympatheticall Pow- 
 der or Medicine itfelf, It is made of a Zaphyrian 
 azurd fait, calcind by Solar fire into a Lunar com- 
 plexion, operating principally when the Sun is in the 
 two celeftiall Signes of Leo and Cancer ; But, Madame, 
 before I can make the thing truly underftood , I muft 
 lay down fom univerfall Laws or Maxims of nature; 
 Firft , it is tru without controul , that all actions and 
 motions are performed by Atoms or fmall invifible 
 bodies , moving to and fro after a different manner 
 proportionable to their feverall figures , all naturail 
 things operat thus , and not by I know not what 
 Qualities or Accidents, which have onely a notio- 
 nallfubfiftence, and no reall being but as they inhaere 
 in the fubftance ; Secondly, ther is a perpetuall con- 
 stant expiration of fuch Atoms from all naturail bo- 
 dies, caus'd by a compreffion of other circumambient 
 and neighbouring bodies , driving the parts clofer to- 
 gether, or elfe by the motion of other Atoms crowding 
 into the foraminous parts of that body , interrupting 
 as it were the quietude of the former inmates , and 
 thrufting them out to wander in the air till they meet 
 with fom other body where they may get reft ; This 
 effluvium or emanation of Atoms by help of autopti- 
 call Glaffes, have bin fenfibly difcerned to flow from 
 the Load-ftone and other bodies , whole pores are 
 more plentifull, inform of a kind of mift ; In bodies 
 that are actually hot this atomicall expiration is fen- 
 fibly perceptible by the fmell , fpecially to cretures of 
 an acuter i enfe , for the Atoms hovering in the cir- 
 cumambient air,or upon the ground,are fure guides to 
 the Grey-hound while he pourfues the Chace , as if 
 the hunted creture were continually in his fight ; 
 Thefe expiring Atoms are alfo as fenfibly difcover'd 
 by weight, it being experimentally found, thatthofe 
 Jockies who ufe to run Horfe -races can make them- 
 felf s lighter by many pounds weight in a day or two, 
 
 which 
 
? ^. .3faay# of Beafti. 
 
 whgilna«octt<biby thisinfenfiblc emission ot Acorns; 
 Secondly, ic is to be obferv'd, that rhclc a'.omicall bo- 
 fUevare not of one figure , nor of one grcfThcfle or 
 magnitude , fom being foflendcr and fubtle that they 
 admit of no opposition , but continu their courie 
 through all Mediums, and whatever may be lecn to 
 flop them in their journey cannot be dilcerned but 
 by their cfre&s, fuch are the contagious Atoms of bo- 
 dies infc&ed with the Peft, or other taking-difeafes, 
 which are notonely imparted to others by lurking 
 in the Vifitant's cloths , but being fcattercd in the air 
 arc tranfported to remote places and perfons , on 
 whom they exercife their tyranny , not difcover'd till 
 they break out into open violence ; Other Atoms are 
 grofler, and cannot fo eafily pafie by , but are driven 
 "back , and forced from their intended voyage , and 
 fomtimes driven into the pory parts of other bodies 
 againft their wills j Such Atoms are apprehended by 
 C4irfenfes,asheat, cold, color , fmells, putrefactions, 
 &$. which ufe to move more flowly than others ; 
 S@p\ are fo corpulent and ftrong that they remove 
 fiKid and folid bodies out of their ftations, as the wind-> 
 an^ajany others , that are driven to and fro by the 
 BnpetjUQUty therof , and forced therby to change their 
 p}3tfes/$rIThefe Atoms are in a manner fo palpable , 
 ffrflF wibmuft needs confeffe their reall Been.g and 
 a&wiii&j thirdly, it is another undeniable truth, that 
 ftilHP^Sdefire reft, and wold ftill dwell in their own 
 ff»p^5o^aii©ns if they were not eje&ed by an intru- 
 ikfesofM-^As tr »e appetite of all naturall bodies, bc- 
 ^Sa^fei'Mii^FPOtber of union ; Now, thcrare fom 
 ^3§«&59¥^i$:i%fthan others for trie receiving and re- 
 *#>S»Wg ritf ^/#id Atoms , wherin they may lodg 
 WQOfcfcof 9SDrQJttJ#> and acquiefce a longer time , this 
 }}8W^f^fr3 r %*h&if a fri on and form of the pores 
 ^Hgftngriie-yi a^fl^l-omitted , which are proportio- 
 &MIM& fWBfl^gfieeing with the figures of the A- 
 Jfc«ft y^ta^t^ftefis (hapes , for fom are angular, 
 fesfoyiil*wifi%U f'ffiW-^re branch'd, fom fmooth , 
 £*Jwrfc£f fillip #>d.fvi»Ugh j Ther are in raoft bodies 
 rioidw pores 
 
The Party of Beafls. 1C5 
 
 pores agreeable to thefe various figures , infomuch 
 that every naturall body is apt and ready to admic 
 fuch Atoms that are cognate and proportionable to 
 their pores , and to exclude others i Now no Atoms 
 acquicfee any where but in fuch proportionatporef, 
 they may be driven into other bodies, or they may ac- 
 company other Atoms into pores that do not exactly 
 quadrat with their figures , but cannot take any long 
 rcpofe there, being {till extruded by thofe that do bet- 
 ter fill the place, and correfpond with the capacity 
 and proportion of thofe pores , whence arifeth a na- 
 turall propenfion and tendency towards thofe bodies 
 where fuch pores are found 5 Nor can thofe Atoms 
 which are not futable to the pores whereira they are , 
 ftay there quietly, but they are (till diflodg'd and fhoU 
 der'd out, orprefTcd to give room to thofe Atoms 
 whofe figures challenge a right to thofe pores ; Info- 
 much that it may be (aid, therisa kind of perpctuall 
 warr 'twixt thofe Atoms that are proportionat and 
 proper to the pores they are lodg'd in,and thofe which 
 ufurp them ; For to have perfect reft in a place , and 
 to claim a naturall right unto it, ther muft be a cog- 
 nation 'twixt the atom and the pore which may be 
 call'd Sympathy, fuch as are all magneticall and at- 
 tractive motions ; Fourthly, no diftance hinders the 
 motion of thefe Atoms towards their naturall cognate 
 places , towards which they are perpetually travel- 
 ling , and the nearer they approach to their defired 
 home , the f wifter their motion is , and the lefTe re- 
 fiftance they find in their journey. 
 
 Thefe prolegomena orgenerall notions being pre - 
 mis'd,Icom now to the operative vertue of'theSjw- 
 patbeticall Powder , which, as I defcrib'd it before , is 
 madeof aZaphyrian fait, calcindby a cekinall fire, 
 operating in Leo anticancer into a Lunar complexion^ as 
 the learned Doctor H. hath it, who difecurfech like a 
 truPhpilofopher of thefe notions)The heat hereof muft 
 be fuch,that it may draw out all adventitious moyftur, 
 leaving it intenfly dry, and in this condition it muft be 
 kept , for if it chance to meet with any humidity it 
 
 E e lofeth 
 
106 The Parly of Beafls. 
 
 Joiem its energy , ana mult to the aetnereah iurnace 
 again-, Ic muft be alio but a competent heat, for by cx- 
 ccfie of heat all the volatile parts and fineft atoms 
 which onely work the cure, will be evaporated, and 
 oncly the groffer falinc parts remain , wnich neither 
 can berays'd to accompany the atoms of the extrave- 
 nared blood, nor if they could wold they cure, but by 
 their fharper angles grate the orifices of the capilla- 
 ry veins, and fo procure an efflux of blood, and not a 
 confolidation of the wound. 
 
 Morpbandra, 
 
 Noble Prince 9 thefeare high Philofophicall Noti- 
 ons that you difcourfe of, but now that you have fpo- 
 ken of the fubftance of this rare Medicament, how 
 muftitbeapply'd? 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 The manner of applying it is in this manner , The 
 blood or bloody matter being taken from the wound 
 on a cloth, or remaining mil on the wounding instru- 
 ment, muft be lightly covered over with this powder, 
 kept very dry , and afterwards wrapp'd up clofe from 
 the air , and fo prcferved in a temperat heat , it muft 
 alio be kept clean, and clos'd up with neat linnen 
 to fence it from cold , for cold hinders the expiration 
 and breathing forth of the balf amicall Atoms , which 
 fliold drain forth the fuperfluous humidity , and re- 
 ftrain tfu efflux of blood 5 Now, the greatelt rarencs 
 of this Sympdibeticall Powder is, that by a vinuall eca- 
 tatl it heals at a diftance by the intercourfe of the 
 Atoms proceeding from the cxtravenated blood of the 
 Patient, which Atoms like fo many little fpirits glide 
 through the aire, and never reft till they come to their 
 defiredhome, where being gladly entertained , they 
 find an eafie entrance at the cognate parts , and pro- 
 portionat pores of the wound- Being admitted there 
 they fall to work , and firft, they dilate the fuperflu- 
 ous humid parts, and make them fit to be expell'd, 
 then by their more then ordinary reftriotive power 
 they fhrinck together the pores , and fqueezing out 
 that noxious corrupt humidify* glew together the dif- 
 
 united 
 
The Parfy of Beafts. 107 
 
 united parts , and lo cicatrize and cure : And truly » 
 Madame, I could produce diverfe pregnant examples 
 of thofe that were healed by the atomicall energy of 
 this Sympatheticall powder, but I defire one may 
 ferve for all; Ther was a knowing Captain who made 
 often ule of it , and two of his Officers having drawn 
 blood one of another in a Duell, he got their bloodied 
 Swords and applied his balfamicall Powder 5 fo in lefle 
 then 34 hours they were almoft cur'd ; But the Cap- 
 tain underftanding that their animofities were fuch , 
 that they were relolved to fight again, he hung the 
 balfam'd bloodied Swords out at his window all 
 night , fo comming the next morning to vifit his Pa- 
 tients , they told him that they were in cruell pain 
 all night long; And fo you (hall be ftill, quoth the Cap- 
 tain, untill you be perfect friends , fori hear that 
 you will fight again ; So having made them fhake 
 hands , and perfectly reconcil'd them , he cur'd both 
 in a very (hort time. 
 
 Morpbandta. 
 
 I acknowledge it afingular favour, moft gallant 
 Prince , that you have made me underftand thfs great 
 Secret, and thenaturall caufes thereof , though the 
 common peeple, who ufe to condemn all they under- 
 ftand not , and whereunto their fhort capacities can- 
 not reach, for Mdgicall. • But, if you perfift in your de- 
 fires to convert any of rhefe metamorphos'd Animals, 
 and proceed further in your attempts , I fpy amongft 
 thofe Trees a Boar who was once an Aetom&n Count , 
 whtm for his debarments and intemperancies I 
 tranf muted to that {hape ; you may try what you can 
 do upon him. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 I will , by the continuance of your noble favor , 
 make towards him ; Miferable metamorphos'd Cre* 
 ture ! how much do I refent the condition you arc 
 now in in comparifonof the former! for 1 underftand 
 by Queen Morphandrs, that you were before not onely 
 a Man, but aperfonage of high account in Aetonia, 
 that mafculine and generous brave Country , which 
 
 is 
 
i<5>8 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 is lo tull of large tlounfhiiig Provinces , of opulent 
 lair Cities and famous Marts , lofull of magnificent 
 Palace:, of Mines of lrefure, of fruitfull Orchards, 
 of fragrant Gardens and fat Fields , ot navigable Ri- 
 vers » fo full of illuftrious Families that can extrad 
 their pedigrees thoufands of years paft; fo ful of great 
 Princes, whervvith Aetmia may be faid to fhine as the 
 Firmament with corufcant Starrs, and the Septemvi- 
 rat of C&'farean Electors are as the feven Plane ts j 
 Are you contented to return to fo gallant a Country, 
 to relume the figure of that noble pcrfonage you re- 
 prefented when you were Man , and live again under 
 C<efar the Prince paramount of all others? If you have 
 adifpofuion to it, Queen UWorphandr a hath promifed 
 me to tranfmute you , and 1 have an accommodation 
 for your tranfport ; Therfore will you fhake off that 
 wild favage fhape, and becom Man again ? 
 
 Boar. 
 
 Savage ! Truly, Sir, i think Man is far more favage 
 and cruell , for the wildeft of our Species will not 
 ftrike at ^Man till Man hath begun firft with him, and 
 wounded him, and all Huntsmen will tell you fo ^ But 
 I could produce many horrid examples of the cruelty 
 and tru culency of Man , and of my quondam Conter- 
 raneans in particular , but let thisferve for all* Ic 
 chanced ther was one that bore malice to a woman 
 great with child, he watching his opportunity found 
 |jer alone fpinnin g in her houfe, he firft cuts her 
 throat , then ripps up her womb , takes out the Em- 
 bryo and carries it to the back-fide where ther was a 
 Sow ready to Farrow , he kills alfo the Sow, rips up 
 her belly . and takin g out the pigs , puts the child of 
 the murthcr'd woman in their room, then he took 
 thepiggs and puts them in the womans belly , and fo 
 fow'd it up , prob fee lus. 
 
 Touching the high Encomiums you give of »j4eto- 
 nia , 'tis tru, that the was i n former times a gallant 
 piece of the Continent, bu c now flic is pittifully im- 
 pair 'd and degenerated from what flie was,- Ther was 
 a Count there who prov'd moft unfortunat , b oth to his 
 
 own 
 
The Party of Beafts. 109 
 
 own Country and to himfclf , who aiming at a 
 Crown made warr againft fafar , to whom he ow'd 
 allegiance 5 And toabett his caufe he brought in for- 
 rein Princes for hisConfederats,and fo kindled a de- 
 ftru&ive lingring Warr in the bowells of his own 
 Country , which for thirty years together did foha- 
 rafle her,that to this day trie is fcarce come to her lelf 5 
 Among others, he introduc'd a hungry Northern 
 King who did her a world of mifchief , whofe Sue- 
 ceflor keeps firm footing there ftill, and whiles theCa- 
 yriman hath an acre of land in Aetonia, (he will never 
 be in a durable fecure peace j Touching the multitude 
 of illuftrious Families that are in Aetoma , moft of 
 them may be faid to be bufmongrell Princes, for in the 
 forenoon they are Ecclefiaflicks , ( having rais'd them- 
 felfs out of the ruines of the Church ) and in the af- 
 ternoon they are Laicks and Seculars ; Now, thofe va- 
 riety of Princes are rather a weakneffe then a ftrength 
 to Aetoma , as may be inferred out of that witty Em- 
 blem which the Tomanto Emperor's Embaffadors 
 made, being prefent at the election of one of the Ae- 
 tomanCafars , who obferving what great Princes at- 
 tended him that day , wherof he was told that fom 
 of them could raife an Army of themfelfs if need re- 
 quir'd ; The Ambaffadour fmilingly faid , That he 
 doubted not of the puiflanceof Aetoma, but it might 
 be faid, that the Minds, Counfells, and Actions of the 
 Aetoniam were like a great Beaft with many Heads 
 and Tails , who being in cafe of neceflity to paflc 
 through a hedge , and every Head feeking to find a 
 feverall hole to get thorough, they weiea hinderance 
 one to the other , every Head drawing after his own 
 fancy, and fo hazarded the deftru&ion of all the Heads 
 and Tails j But the Tomanto Empire was like a Beaft 
 that had multitude of Tails , but one Head that go- 
 vern'd all the Body, which Head being to get through 
 any paffage, all the Tayls follow him in an exa6t obe- 
 dience without any confufion of dinting fancies or 
 clafhing of opinions. 
 
 Touching that Ctfar you fpeak of, whom you wold 
 
 Ff make 
 
1 10 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 make Prince Paramount of all others in point of Ma- 
 jefty and Might, it cannot be denied but that the Im- 
 penal! Eagle , when he was at the higheft pitch of 
 power jtrright be faid to have fpread his Wings overall 
 the then habitable Earth,he fixed his Talons upon the 
 banks of EupbratesEa&ward , upon the Nile South- 
 ward, and he had all the known W^em world with- 
 in his pounces 3 Hisannuall Revenues were then com- 
 puted at a hundred and fifty Millions, wherof theSa- 
 laryofthe Legionary Soldiers amounted to twenty 
 Millions j But that glorious Empire, that mighty 
 Giantefle, is now fhrunck up and fhrivcll'd into a 
 Pigmey's skin , infomuch that the prefent Cafar may 
 be faid to have onely one of the odd Eagle's feathers 
 in his cap : He who was us'd to make the greateft Po- 
 tentats pay homage unto him, is now us'd to be baf- 
 fled by every petty Companion. 
 
 Pereriw. 
 
 Such is the plefure of the All-ruling Providence , 
 with whom the greateft Kingdoms upon Earth are 
 but as fo many kettle-pins , which he tips down when 
 he pleafes, 'tis He who tranfvolves Empires, tumbles 
 down Monarchies, and cantonizeth them into petty 
 Common-wealths,whereunto the Philofopher feem'd 
 to allude , when being ask'd what Juptter did in He- 
 ven,he aniwei'dyMagnasOllasfrangit^exfrujlis earum 
 parvulas componit , He breaks great Pots, and of their 
 fragments makes little pitchers ; This (Views the brit- 
 tlenes, the lubricity , and unfixednes of all fublunary 
 things, as well Politicall as Naturall , lo that to find 
 out a tru (lability and permanence , we muft travell 
 beyond Trifmegiftus's Circle , and feek it in the other 
 world: But let not this alienatyour affections tovifit 
 again your own Country in human fhape , and return 
 to your Religion , wherby when this mortall life is 
 ended you may gain Eternity. 
 
 Boar. 
 
 Religion I truly ther's fcarce any left in Aetoma^at 
 fince the time ot Tkerlu , who being fallen into a luft- 
 full love with an Abadeffe , unfrock'd himfelf, and 
 
 made 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 1 1 1 
 
 made Religion his Macarell to enjoy her ; i lay, iince 
 that time j the Artonian fancy was never fo greedy 
 after new fafhionsin Apparell, as the Aetonians high 
 and low do daily thirft after neve- f angled opinions in 
 matters of Religion , both in point of Doctrine and 
 Difcipline. 
 
 Add hereunto, that theris a bofom peculiar vice 
 Aetonia is addicted unto, which is Intemperance, 
 wherwith fhe hath infected moft of her neigh- 
 bours ; The Hydraulian can tell you, that the immo- 
 derat ufe of drink came tumbling down upon her 
 from Aetonia like a huge, and a turious rapid Torrent, 
 whence it found paffage over with wind in poop to 
 Gberiona ( and her fubordinat Kingdoms ) which is as 
 good at it being of an Aetonian race originally , and 
 therfore apt to imitat 5 Nay, as they fay, as the Ghe* 
 rionian is good Inventis addere , to improve any new 
 thing, fo they go beyond the Aetonians herein, for 
 whereas they ufe to pelt the brain with fmall (hot, the 
 Gberionian doth ftorm it with great Cannons, and 
 huge carowfes , for he, when he is at it , doth not fip 
 and drink by halfs, or demur upon it by paufes, as the 
 Aetonian doth , or by eating fom fait quelque cbsfe be- 
 tween, but he deals in (beer liquor , and is quickly at 
 the bottom of his cup without any intervening talk •, 
 Yet the Aetonian carrieth ftill the report to a Proverb : 
 Hereupon they ufe to chara&eriie the Aetonian to be 
 an Animal that can drink more then he can carry , and 
 who ufeth to barrell up more than he can broach in 
 point of knowledg , becaufe commonly he ufeth to 
 have in him more than he can utter. 
 
 Pererius. 
 It feems very ftrange to me that you (hold thus vi- 
 lifieyour own Country, and traduce fo goodly and 
 high-built a Nation as the Aetonian is. 
 
 Boar. 
 
 'Tis tru,they arc bulky & built high enough,butitis 
 
 obferv'd, that tail men are like fabriques four or five 
 
 ftories high , where the garret or upper room is worft 
 
 furnifhed, you may guefle at my meaning j Moreover, 
 
 magnitude 
 
in The Parfy of Beafis. 
 
 magnitude is not the meafure of worth , If the Attont- 
 am wit and valour had been futable to their outward 
 bulks, the Tomanto Emperor had not carried away fo 
 many Territories from them , which mighty Empe- 
 rour hath grown fo powerfull by the 'Divi[ion$ t and fo 
 f ortunat by the Vices of Aetonia. 
 
 fererim. 
 Come, come, (hake off thole hilpid (taring briftles, 
 and (ordid skin , that uleth to tumble in floughs and 
 mire, and return to your own noble Country , your 
 Kindred, and that high Quality you were of former- 
 ly , for in the condition you now (land, you are, like 
 our bafe Milers, good for nothing till you are dead. 
 
 Boar. 
 It is a great truth, and when we are dead ther's no- 
 thing that's bad in us but our Excrements, which alfo 
 though, in regard of the (harpnes therof , they be not 
 good for compoft to fertilize the Earth , yet they are 
 found good for divers forts of Trees , as the Vomgranat 
 and the Almond Trees , as alfo for divers forts of Ap- 
 ple Trees to free them from worms : Our blood being 
 fo full of fibres is excellent good againft Carbuncles, 
 our brains are good againft the biting of Serpents; our 
 lard with wonderfull celerity makes firm broken 
 bones j the a(hes of our cheek-bone are good againft 
 Ulcers; the liver of a Boar is good againft the biting 
 of a mad Dogg, and drowfines of fpirit; the gall of a 
 Boar mingled with rofin and hony , is parting good 
 againft Ulcers 3 the Tcfticles good againft the Falling- 
 licknes ; the hoofs of a boar made powder is good 
 againft the (topping of the urine; a plaifter made of 
 Boar's dung is good againft all venomous bitings , as 
 alio againft the pain in the fpleen , or the Sciatica ; the 
 ankle of a boar worn about the neck is good againft 
 quartan Agues •■ Moreover 'tis found tru by frequent 
 experiments, that the milk of a Sow in fweet wine is 
 good to help women in rravell , and reftores milk in 
 . their paps, 'tis good alfo againft the bloody flix , and 
 the tilTick; Amber fodd in Boar's gteafe receives nitor, 
 and bewty : Now, all thefe vermes proceed from oiyr 
 
 Bodies . 
 
Tbe Parly of Beaftf. 113 
 
 Bodies , becaufe wc have not fo much corruption 
 within us as Man; Our food alfo being more fimple 
 and frefh, and our appetites more regular ; So, Sir, I 
 bid you farewell, for 1 am going to herb it among that 
 tuft of Trees. 
 
 The Eighth Se&ion; 
 
 A Dialog *twixt Morphandra , Pererius , and 
 a Wolf, who had bin a Cuprinian Soldier , 
 whom for his Flmderings , Rapines , and 
 Spoyles,fl?e transfigurdto that fhape. 
 
 Morphandra, Pererius, and a Wolf. 
 
 UWorpl)andra. 
 
 HOw did you bear up with that Boar ? could you 
 not get him into the toyl , and make him turn 
 UWan again ? 
 
 Pererius. 
 Truly no , he did in a manner grind his razers and 
 tusks, and extreamly/ro/iw at his own Country -men , 
 taxing them of divers vices ; He prickt up his brifiles 
 like a Porcupine, as if he would have darted them S So I 
 left him at a Bay. 
 
 Morphandra. 
 I fpy another tranfmuted Animal in that Thicket , 
 it is a Wolf, who was once a Soldier of Fortune , and a 
 Cuprinian Free-booter , you may try whether you can 
 take him by the ears , for you will find him tame 
 enough. 
 
 Tererius. 
 I have leave from gracious Queen {^Morphandra to 
 coftferr with you, and know whether you have an in- 
 clination to return to your Country and Calling again 5 
 
 V* 
 
1 14 The Parfy of Beafls. 
 
 If you have, (he is ready to unlycanthropize you from 
 this Wolfijh fhape to your former condition. 
 
 Wolf. 
 
 Touching my Country and Callir.g they are Both 
 alike, they are both naught , therefore 1 have no affe- 
 ction to either ■> For the firft , 'tis a pittifull cold and 
 coorfe Country, being fo remote from the Sun, which 
 made a generous Queen lately to leave both Crown 
 and Country ; Touching thcfeco?,d,'ti% & profeflion for 
 the devill, to be hir'd fo* about three drillings a week 
 to kill men ; I was once of that Calling, and I with 
 my Carh'erades did a world of m ifchiel to the pod* 
 Boors up and down the Country, therefore it was- ve- 
 ry juft that Queen Morphandra thould transform me 
 to this (hape.- 
 
 Pererias. 
 
 Yet you know, that the profeflion of Arms is noble , 
 for every Soldier is a Gentleman by his profeffion ; 
 And touching the coldnefs of your Clime , it puts 
 mettle and the more vigor in the Combatant, for they 
 fay that aCuprinian fights beft when he fees his own 
 breath , which is in frofty weather; You know alfd 
 wfrat great atchievrtients and exploits your two laft 
 Kings have done, to their eternall glory , and the re- 
 nown of your Country. 
 
 wolf. 
 
 ' Tis tru, the laft two Kings have done forne feats of 
 Chivalry, yet the world took them to be butUfur- 
 pers ; Touching the firft, he was killd in the midftof 
 his manhood , wherby Cafar againft whom he warr'd 
 got a full revenge of him; And for the prefent King, 
 the world wonders that it was not fumcient for him 
 to enjoy quietly the Kingdom of CuprhJa , which be- 
 longs by right to Nopolia , but he mult make warr 
 againft that King, to whom he (hold define owe al- 
 legiance; And had he conquered Nopolia i his ambition 
 had not terminated there , but he haply had vifued 
 Saturnia , and fo, as the Goths and fandalls of old , he 
 had troubled therepofe of all the Weftern world; 
 But as far as he hath gone , what miferable devalua- 
 tions 
 
The Parly of Beafis. i 15 
 
 tions hath he made? how hath he ruined the flourish- 
 ing Trade of thofe Countrys , which are fo full of 
 great Mercantile Towns both upon frefh and fait 
 waters, fo full ofulefull andneceflary commodities ? 
 And had hecompleated his Zundanian defigne, he had 
 given Law to all the Occidentall Princes , which Hy- 
 draulia fagacioufly fmelt out, and fo timely prevented 
 him* 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 And have not you a naturall defire rather to be 
 again one of that warlick and adventurous Nation , 
 than to continu in this hatefull and rapacious nature ? 
 
 Wolf. 
 
 Truly I may be faid to be of as rapacious a nature 
 when I was a Cuprinian , for he is us'd to pick any 
 quarrell with thofe that are weaker than himfelf 5 of 
 purpofe to devour them; As I remember to have read 
 of the Wolf in the Fable , who finding a young Lamb, 
 and intending to devour him, fell a coining of reafons 
 why he would do it, and fo told him, that he and his 
 generation had don him wrong from time to time : 
 Helas, faid the Lamb t how could that be ? for I am but 
 newly com into the worlds I but, quoth the Wolf, you 
 eat up my graflfe ; The Lamb replyed , How can that 
 be, Sir > for I have yet no teeth in my head ; I but you 
 drink up my water, quoth the wo// again ; Thatcan- 
 not be neither , Sir , (aid the Lamb , for I never knew 
 whatwater is hitherto,in regard I feed altogether up- 
 on my mothers milk$ 'Tis not your reafons, replied the 
 Wolf again, can confute my appetit , for I mean to fup 
 plentifully this night , and fodevour'dhim. But the 
 fame fate may attend the Cuprinian King as befell the 
 Wolf-fifb, who living in a River where all the fifti were 
 lefl'er then himfelf, they all admir'd , honor'd, and 
 fear'd him, as if he had bin their King; He thinking to 
 enlarge his Dominions, thought to go to the Sea to be 
 King there, but meeting with the Dolphin in his way 
 he wasprefently devour'd ; Or as<y£fop's Doggy pal- 
 ling by a River with a good piece of flelh in his mouth, 
 and the fhadow of the flefh appeering in the water, 
 
 he 
 
— — ■ ■ - J. 
 
 1 16 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 he fnapt at it thinking it had been real flcl"h , and fo 
 loft that which he had in his mouth -, So the Cupnnim 
 King may hap to lofe his own Territories, while he 
 thinks to devour others. 
 
 Tererius. 
 
 Well, well, will you (hake off that ugly fhape, and 
 put on Man again,and go along with me towards your 
 o wn Country ? 
 
 Wolf. 
 
 Truly no, for I have tryed Loth natures , and find 
 this to be far better , for I have now no airy afpiring 
 defires in me , no ambitious thoughts , or other per- 
 turbances and inquietudes of mind •, Moreover, 1 find 
 this fhape of body to be far more healthful!, nor is this 
 (pedes lefle honourable j A Wolf was the C reft of the 
 nrft Arms of Rome , in regard the King who trae'd the 
 foundation of that glorious City , and denominated 
 her after his own name , was nurs'd up miraculoufly 
 by a Wolf; Therhave bin many famous men of that 
 name, as Lupus Fuhius a Roman Poet, Lupus Scrvatus 
 a memorable Pricft , and Lupus de Oliveto a Saint-like 
 Monkj Ther is a kind of Holines alfo in this fpecies, for 
 they never engender but in the twelve days' of Cbri(t- 
 mas 5 Ther is likewife a myfterious quality in this fpe- 
 cies,for if a Wolfkes a man firft,the man grows hoarfe; 
 If the tail of a Wolf be hung in theCratch of Oxen,they 
 cannot eat ; If a Horfe treads in the foot-fteps of a 
 Wolf, he cleaves faft as if he were frozen j Nay, if a 
 Mare big withFoal tread in the place where Wolf had 
 trodden 5 it caufeth abortion , and will make her pre- 
 fently to caft her Foal j Laftly, ftrings made of Wolfs 
 guts have that predominance in Mufic , that if they be 
 put amongother ftrings,ther wil never be anyConfcrt, 
 
 ®fiZPKoyiec. 
 
The Parly of Benfts. 117 
 
 The Ninth Se&ion; 
 
 A Dialog 'tn>ixt Morphandra , Pcrerius, and a 
 Goat, confining of many quaint Difcourfes 
 both Natttrall and Metapbj/ftcall , mtb other 
 CriticifmS) &c. 
 
 Morphandra, Pererius, and a Goat. 
 Pertrius, 
 
 MAdame, I could not take that Wolf by the ears 
 to lead him home to his own Country 9 which 
 he bitterly inveighs againft • and againft the humor 
 of the peeple> as alfo againft his former profesfion of 
 a Souldier, tacitly intimating , that War is the chief- 
 eft {eminary ofTheeves , according to the proverb > 
 La guerre fait les larrons , & la paix les ameine augibet , 
 War makes the Thief, and peace brings him to the 
 gallows ; Therfore he prefers rather to pafle his life 
 peaceably under your Government, than to be in Ch- 
 prinia , where of late years men are fo preis'd for the 
 Warrs to ferve the ambition of their Kings , that the 
 whole Country is fo drain'd , that ther's fcarce any 
 left but women , old men, and children 5 Therfore he 
 is very well pleas'd with this Ijcantbropy. 
 
 But, Madame, Ifpya bearded Animal nibling 
 upon the brow of that crag, I defire by your favour 
 to have (om difcours with him* for by his long beard 
 he (hold have bin fom Philofopher, and fo have more 
 wit in him than other animals. 
 Morphandra. 
 
 You fhall very willingly , but I will tell you what 
 he was before 5 He was an Orofian born , and I trans- 
 form^ him to that fhape for being a Mountaineer > and 
 for having afpiring thoughts, with other refons. 
 
 H h Pererius, 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 Perenus. 
 
 I'le go and accoft him 3 Sir, will you pleafe to come 
 down hither into the plain, for I have very good news 
 to impart unto you that will make you skip tor joy. 
 
 Goat. 
 
 I pray excufeme , it is againft my nature to de- 
 fcend, if I did, I ihould haply prove more foolifh than 
 the Goat in the Fable , who being invited and per- 
 fwaded by the fair fpeeches of the Lion to come down 
 and feed in the medow where he was , being came 
 down the hungry Lion devoured him prefently. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 You need not apprehend any fuch fears here , but I 
 will come to you; Queen Morpbandra tells me s that 
 you were an Orofian born , a very antient and noble 
 Nations Have you a difpofltion to return thither, to 
 refume the (hape of Man, and to be again the child of 
 Refon ? 
 
 Goat. 
 
 What do you mean by Refon ? I think the fhape 
 and fpecies I now am in are capable of Refon , for we 
 can diftinguifh 'twixt good and bad , 'twixt what is 
 noxious or profitable for us , we have alfo the fame 
 organs, the fame cells and receptacles in the brain as 
 man hath for to lodg Refon , and the celeftiall bodies 
 pour the fame influences upon us as they ufe to do up- 
 on the human Creture. 
 
 Perertm. 
 
 It cannot be denied but you have an 1/jftinB 
 that a&s according to Refon , and it may be call'd In- 
 (Hn8ive %efon 5 But the Refon that Beafts have is li- 
 mited to corporeall objetts , to the ncceffitics onely of 
 life , to find out food and fhelter , and bring up their 
 young ones , its onely direct Refon that's capable 
 of Singulars , its rcftrain'd to an opinionative faculty , 
 its a meer fhadow of ours , much like the objects that 
 our fancy reprefents to usinfleep; And this InftincT: 
 in Beafts is as much inferiour fo Refon in Man, as Re- 
 fon in man is inferiour to Intelligence and Intuitions 
 in thebleffed Angells. 
 
 Goat. 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 119 
 
 Goat. 
 
 Yet, Sir, it muft be granted, that actions whofe fuc- 
 cefles are fo well ordered, actions which have fo well 
 regulated a progrefle , and a concatenation io exactly 
 tying the Mediums to the End , muft needs be per- 
 formed by the guidance and light of tru Refon , and 
 fuch actions you know fenfitive cretures daily per- 
 formj With what art do Birds build their nefts , the 
 Fox his hole, the Badger his chamber, with what cau- 
 tion do they prcferve their young ones , and fence 
 them from the injury of the Hevens? how punctually 
 do they keep their haunts ? But what do you think of 
 Pliny's Elephant repeating his Leffon at Moon-fhine , 
 or of Ptolomey's Stagg that underftood Greek , of Flu- 
 tareb's Dogg who could counterfeit the very convul- 
 fions of death, of the Ape that could play atCheffe, 
 and another that had learnt fom touches on the Guit- 
 tern ? What think you of Caligula 's Horfe who was 
 made Conful I had not he Refon in him > What think 
 you of theAffe, whobeingus'd to carry burdens of 
 Salt over a Foord was us'd to (tumble and fall con- 
 ftantly in fuch a place, thattherby the fait melting 
 away into water his burden might be the lighter , but 
 hisMafter lading him with a tadd of Wool, he 
 fell at his ufuall place , but being helped up again, 
 and he feeling the pack of wool heavier in regard of 
 the water that got in , he never (tumbled any more in 
 the Foord after that time \ What think you of the 
 Crow , that in the time of a great drowth finding wa- 
 ter in the bottom ofabarrell, and being fearfull to 
 go down, carried fo many (tones in her beak, that 
 letting them fall down, they fore'd the water to rife 
 upwards towards the top, and fo (lie dranckfafely 
 and at eale } 1 pray were not all thefe not onely Inftin- 
 dive but ?>ifcourjrjeRe(ons> 
 
 PereriuSt 
 
 I confeffe that he who denies a kind of %efon and 
 Reloning alfo to brute Animals , may be queftiond 
 wherher he be mafter of Refon himfelf , yet this Refon 
 and jlefoning looks upon prefent and particular no- 
 tions 
 
i xo The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 tions onely ; But human Reion extendeth to univcrfall 
 notions out. of the reach of fcnlc , which cannot be 
 without abftra&ions , and fom reflections it hath on 
 it felf, which Beafts cannot attain ; This Refon that is 
 converfant with Univerfalls isthetru fpecificall dif- 
 ference 'twixt Man and Beafts ; It is the portion and 
 property of Man alone , whereby he hath the Sove- 
 rainty over all other his fellow- cretures throughout 
 all the Elementary World > Theris Intuitive, theris 
 Di[courfive , and ther is InftinBive Refon , the firft is 
 proper to Angels , the laft to Brute Animals, and the 
 lecond to Man , whocancontemplat and difcourfe of 
 generalls and things abfent $ And thefe three differ in 
 excellency as the three degrees of Comparifon. 
 
 Goat, 
 
 Yet though you excell us as you fay in this kind of 
 Refon , thers many of us that furpafle you in ftrength 
 and quickneffe of lenfe, as the Eagle in feeing , for he 
 can look upon the Sun in the Meridian with full open 
 eyes , and not be dazzled 5 the Hare can hear better , 
 and the ?>ogg goes far beyond you in Imelling , as alfo 
 the Stagg , therefore when he is removed from one 
 Park to another , you ufe to muzzle him , and carry 
 him in clofe Carts that he may not fmell the way 
 back again 5 And there be examples to admiration of 
 this kind. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 Though fom Beafts fmelling be beyond ours in re- 
 fpefl: of celerity, and way of reception, yet in point of 
 dijudication, &differencing the variety of fmels which 
 proceeds from the Rational! Soul, we furpafle them; 
 Therfore though we cannot fee as Eagles, nor hear as 
 Hares ,nor fmel as wel as'Doggs^yet Hands,Speech,and 
 Refon makes amends for all 5 The compofition alfo of 
 the body beingErcSis advantagious,the cauf of which 
 Erection (after the beholding ofHevenJ is the exercifc 
 Arts, which cannot be done in another figure j Mans 
 body is likewife the moft copious of organs , and 
 though born naked, yet this nakednefTe cuts out work 
 for Refon j It abounds alfo more with Animal fpirits 
 
 and 
 
The Parly of Beafts. m 
 
 andheac, itnattilong lect tnat the body might be 
 more fteedy , and his head is builc upward like a Ga- 
 ftle or Watch-tower in the upper Region. 
 
 Goat. 
 This faculty of ciifcourlive Refon you glory of, that 
 Man is endued withall, though in fom refpe&s it be a 
 benefit unto him , and given as a recompence for his 
 frailties, nakednefs and weaknefs , yet in fom kind it 
 it may be faid to be a difadvantage unto him , for it 
 makes him fubjeft to a thoufand vexations of fpirit, 
 it fills him with inquifitive thoughts and kruples 
 touching his falvation, it makes him a tyrant to him- 
 felfbyfundry forts of perplexities and moleftations 
 of mind, for I have knoww it by experience, let the 
 threed of a man's life be never fo well fpun , yet 
 it cannot be without bracks and thrumbs : Ther is 
 no creturc f o troublefome to himfelf as man, for as 
 ruft adheres naturally to Copper , fo ill affections and 
 obliquities adhere to human nature : Moreover, you , 
 like us, are but raggs of mortality, yet you are fo vain 
 in magnifying your own f pedes, that you make Man 
 the epitome and complement of all created natures; 
 Nay , fom have prophanely affirmed , that if all the 
 Angells in Heven had bin a thoufand years a forming 
 man, they could not have made him in greater per- 
 fection , and yet when I ferioufly oftentimes did con- 
 templatMan, and fell into a tru account of his im- 
 beciilities, and that world of weaknefles which ufe to 
 attend his body and mind, I have often cryedout, 
 Eheu nos miferi qukm to tut Homuncio nil eft I What nom- 
 berles difeafes is his frail body , which is the focket 
 of his foul, fubjed unto ? how fhort are his plefures, 
 and what black fudds commonly they leave behind 
 them ? infomuch that they may be faid to have wings 
 and ftings , for fadnes fucceeds his joys as punctually 
 as night follows the day. 
 
 Tererius. 
 Well, well, give over thefe Satyricall excurfions , 
 and think on your dear Country, the healthfulleft 
 Country on earth. 
 
 I i Goat. 
 
122 The Parly of Beajls. 
 
 Goat, 
 It may well be faid to be fo , . for of lateycars ther 
 were cull'd out within three miles compafle ten men 
 that were a thoufand years between them , one fup- 
 plying what the other wanted of a hundred years 
 apiece , and they dane'd the Morris divers hours toge- 
 ther in the Market-place, with a Taborer before them 
 103 years old, and a Maid Mart am 105. Bu t Orofia is 
 much degenerated from what (lie was by the Gberio- 
 nian Sectaries, who have infected the inhabitants with 
 fo many pfeudcdoxall andgingling opinions, which is 
 the recompence (he receives from Gberiona for con- 
 verting her firft from an Infidell to be a Chrijttanj yet 
 (he hath the impudence lately as to call her Heathentfki 
 Moreover, (he twits her ever and anon with Leeks 
 an&Cbeefe, though both tend, the one to the commen- 
 dation of the Nation, the other of the Country ; For 
 wheras the Orofian doth ufe to wear the firft in his 
 hat conftantly upon fuch a day, it is to commemorat 
 the time that a famous Battle was fought, wherein 
 other Nations that were in the Army ran away , but 
 the Orofians ftood to their ground , and got the day ' y 
 Now, to (ignalizc and diftinguifh themfelfs from the 
 Fugitifs, they took Leeks in their caps which grew in 
 a Garden hard by jBefides, 'tis known how one of the 
 acuteft Nations on earth ador'd the Leek as one of his 
 gods: Touching the other, to have Cheefe enough is the 
 mark of a fruitfull Country, and good pafture. This 
 makes me tell you a facetious Epigram , 
 
 To make a pure Orofian tbirftfor blip, 
 And daily fay his prayers on his knees, 
 Is to ferfwade Him tbatmoft certain 'tis 
 The OHoon is made of nothing but green Cheefe , 
 And then he I ask of God no greter boon 
 Then place in Heven to feed upon the Moon. 
 
 Now^during the late comkuftions in Gberiona, which 
 were caufd by afatutwfire that took hold of (om fran- 
 tic (pints , 'tis well known that the Orofian ftood firm 
 
 both 
 
The Parly of Beafls. 12,3 
 
 both to his Prince and Principles', till he was o're- 
 povyer'd by multitudes. 
 
 Vererius. 
 
 Well,will you put off that rammifh and foetid car- 
 cafe, and return to your firft Principles of Nature, 
 and 1 will fafely conduc-t you towards your firft 
 home? 
 
 Goat. 
 
 Rammim and fcetid ! As rammifh and foetid as we 
 are, we are of afarmorewholfom conftitution than 
 Man-) let the rare qualities which are in our bodies be 
 judg-, Tis known by daily experience how our blood 
 hath fuch an energy in it that it can diffolve Dia- 
 monds, it alfofcowreth iron better then any file, and 
 being fryed and drunck with wine it cures the bloody- 
 flix ; The Load-ftone rub'd with Garlick lofcth its at- 
 tractive vertu , but being dipt in Goats milk it reco- 
 vers: Ther'snocreture hears more perfectly then a 
 Goat, for he hath not onely Ears , but an Acoufticon 
 Organ alfo in the throat : Our hair burnt driveth away 
 Serpents, and cureth decayed genitalis j The marrow 
 of a Goat is Angular good againftAchesj The gall mix- 
 ed with hony good to clear and fortifie the fight ; The 
 very trindles drunck in wine aie good againft the 
 Jaundifc, and to ftay Female-fluxes^ as alfo gargariz'd 
 good againft old coughs ; The fatt fodden with 
 Goats dung is good if applied to the Gout ; The but- 
 ter of the fatt of a male- Goat is good for an old lore 
 for Kibes, the Kings- Evill,and Fellons, or mixed with 
 bony or oyl of Brambles 'tis good againft deafnes ; 
 The gall makes white hair grow on ahorfe; Goats 
 milk is excellent againft Confumptions , and you 
 know how the famous ty€gifius was nurs'd by that 
 milk. To conclude, ther's nothing within usoc with- 
 out us butitiscordiall or medicinall ; Our entrails, 
 livers, afhes, horns, mik , fpleen, urine , fine hairs, 
 marrow, hoofs, gall , dung, fewet , trindles , milk , 
 and blood, Sec. 
 
 The 
 
U4 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 The Tenth Se&ion. 
 
 A Dialog 'txvixt Morphandra, Pererius, and a 
 Soland-Goofe, a Carboncian born, who was 
 tranfmuted to that fbape for his foolijhnes in 
 rebelling againH his own Conterranean King , 
 andfo byjugling him felf into a Slavery from 
 that Free Government he was formerly un- 
 der , &c. 
 
 Morphandra, Pererius, a Goofe. 
 
 UMorphandra. 
 
 J Saw you in hot difcourfs a good while with that 
 bearded Beaft , how did you feel his pulfe beat ? 
 will he return to live among thofe Mountains where 
 hefirft breath'dair, and put on his primitive nature 
 again ? 
 
 Pererius. 
 Madame , I find he hath no lift or tuft at all to ei- 
 ther , one of his rtfons is, that the Gberibrtian his con* 
 fining neighbour hath fo intoxicated his Country-men 
 with fuch fond fanatic opinions , & made them deviat 
 from their tru iervice and allegiance, both to the 
 Kingof Heven , and to his Vicegerent their King up- 
 on Earth 5 He gave me alfo fome acute refons,both 
 Morall and Metaphyficall , why he wold not turn 
 Man again , alledging at laft that the ftiape he now 
 wears is farr more found and healthful! , abounding 
 more with naturall heat, which makes his body, and 
 all the parts thereof within and without, to have 
 fuch medicinal 1 vertues in them, whereas human car- 
 cafes , though they had bin Tabernacles to a far no- 
 bler Soul , are good for nothing when (he parts with 
 them but to feed and feaft worms ; Therfore truly , 
 Madame , I am in half defpair of prevailing with any 
 of thefemetamorphos'd Animals , they live fo peace- 
 ably 
 
 
The Parfy of Beafts. n^ 
 
 ably under your Dominions , and io contentedly in 
 theie fhapes. 
 
 Adcryhandra. 
 You have treated hitherto oncly with Terreftriall 
 Creturs, try what you can do upon that rolatil, that 
 footy-clour'd Solind-Goofe > who was by the firftin- 
 fticution of nature a C<»r£o/><7tffl born , but had liv'din 
 great plenty and honor in the Gherioman Court , yet 
 out of a croffe- grain'd foolifh humor he kick'd againft 
 his own King and Country-man , and fo fell to be a 
 (lave to a new race of Governours, from being a free- 
 born Subject before. 
 
 Pererius. 
 Poor Goofe, you need not gaggle, nor fear any thing, 
 for I bring you good tydings, and the beft that poflibly 
 can befall you ; Queen Afurphandraby my mediation 
 is pleafed to retransfigure you to human fhape, and 
 let you go again to Carboncia , your native Soyl and 
 dear Country. 
 
 Goofe^ 
 Truly, Sir , I have loft all affections to both , I am 
 ohely out of conceit with the one , but I abhor the 
 other 3 lhad rather turn Cacod$mon than a Carboncian 
 again 5 What a pittifull coorf cold Clime is Carbon- 
 cia } it hath neither the warm Sun nor Gods blefling , 
 it were a punilhment for the wcrft pecple upon earth 
 to be removed thither 5 Rather then L (hold return to 
 Carboncia, my willies fhall be that of the Poet , 
 
 Pone me pi grit ubi nulla camp is 
 Arbor ajtiva recreatur aura , 
 Quod latut mundi, ntbuU, malufq } 
 Jupiter urget t 
 
 
 Let me to thofe black boggy Heaths repair 
 Where Tree was ne*re refrejht by Vemall Air , 
 That fide of earth where Jove himfelfis bad y 
 And with dark fqualid Glowds goes always clad. 
 
 Yet the Clime is good enough for the Inhabitants 
 
 K k were 
 
ii6 ~ the Parly of Bafts. 
 
 -- ■I I — ' ~~~~~ 
 
 Were ic worle ; They brag of a hundred and odd 
 Kings, but of thefe Kings above the one half came ro 
 violent deaths , judg you then of the difpofuion of the 
 Peeple ; And for their two 1 aft Kings, they fold and 
 fent away one to the fatall Block, and made a facrifice 
 of him to the Gberioman for a fumm of mony ■■, And for 
 the other, before they wold-Crown him their King, 
 they propos'd that he (bold acknowledg his Father a 
 Tyra-nt, and his Mother an Idolatrefie, a thing fo ab- 
 horring to Nature. 
 
 Pererius. 
 ~ 1 find you are extreamly incens'd againft your own 
 Country, and your Conterraneans , I pray what's the 
 refon of this ftrange and violent averfion .<? 
 
 Coofe. 
 I told you partly before, but I will enlarge my (elf 
 further , and deduce matter from their firft rife ; Car- 
 boncta and Gberiona were in a fweet and found peace , 
 with affluences of all felicities , when fom Carbonctan 
 Soldiers of Fortune return'd from the Cuprinian 
 VVarrs richly laden with fpoils , they camt ftrutting 
 into the Gbertonian Court , the Aetonian plunder Gai- 
 ning upon their backs in gold and ftlver lace ; Thefe 
 military Commanders expecting to receive fom ho- 
 nors from the Gbertonian King tor their Cervices in 
 Aeionia, though none of them had received any Com- 
 rhiffion from him, nor fought on his fcore 5 Others 
 looking for fom office at Court , and miffing their 
 aim that way , lorn of them went to Carbo/.cia difcon- 
 tented , and fearing the ftock they had got in the Cu- 
 prinianWatt wold quickly confume, and having no 
 other trade but fighting, they fell todevife away 
 how tocaftabone'twixtG^mowdand Carboncia , that 
 they might have employ men tj Therfore thcyfet on 
 fom prick-ear'd hot-pated Preachmen ( who were in 
 a kind offubje&ion unto them for their Stipends ) to 
 give out , That Gberiona was on her way to Anticbrift 
 again i thus the Pulpits did ring of invectives and ca- 
 lumnies againft Gheriona's Church- Government 5 Yet 
 all (his while there was not matter enough for an 
 
 aftuall 
 
The Party of B&$s. \iq 
 
 ■ — — ■ ■ — -*■" — *■ - 
 
 acluall Infurrcdtion, or to fire the Beacons, till by 
 wily artifices of iom of the faid difcoutented< Gjeaii 
 ones Gheriona's Liturgy-was font among them to be puc 
 in practife ; This was- cryed up to be the greteffr I doll 
 that ever came to their Kirk , and fo the common 
 peeplein a furious unheard-of manner outrag'd thofe 
 who read it 5 The King having notice hereof, fent a 
 gracious Declaration , That wheras he had onely com- 
 mended unto them , not commanded chat public form of 
 divine Worfhip , wherin he hiiafelf did punctually 
 and publickly twice a day perform his duty toHevan, 
 he did it out of a pious intention eo^beget anllnifior- 
 mity as well as an Unanimity of public Devotion in. 
 all his Dominions , and as it was already pra&i&'db in 
 Ghtriona and Hebrinia , fo he defir'd it lhold be us'dl 
 alio in That hisKative Country * Butfincc he under - 
 ftood it produe'd fuch tumultuous confequences , he 
 was contented abfolutely to revoke ii, for it was ne- 
 ver his intent to preffe the pra&ife therof upon any 
 confeience, &c. Therfore he requir'd that every ooo 
 (hold return to his former obedience , offring am Am- 
 nejlia for what had pafs'd; But this wold notfeuvse 
 the turn , for ther was a further defigne in it , which 
 was to deifroy the Hierarchy , and fo make havocked 
 thePafrimony of the Church; Hereupon the whole 
 Country put it (elf in Arms, and fo thofe Soldiers of 
 Fortune fpoken of before brought their work about , 
 and got employment; FcrSoldiersin time of Peace are 
 like Chimneys in Summer; They thought to rufh into 
 Gheriona with an Army, yet they gave it out to the 
 world they came as Petitioners ; So the Carboncian 
 fhewed Subjects the way to prefent Petitions to their 
 Souverain upon the Pikes point , to bring a Supplicati- 
 on in one hand, and a Sxordin the other, or as one fa 
 the Bible in the left , and the Blade in the other 
 hand. 
 
 Pererius, 
 This was an odious Rebellion in the higheft degree, 
 for Subjects to right thcmfelfs by Arms , and wage 
 W arr with their own Souvrain Prince *, It is very ob- 
 
 fervable, 
 
12.8 The Parly of Wafts. 
 
 *^^^— ^^^'^^^"^■^^■■^■^.^l W ^ . n ■ --■..ii . . -III—. 
 
 fervable , that when God pleafcd to punilh any of the 
 Kings oilfraely he did not do it with the Jews their 
 own Subjects , but with the Philtjlines , and other for- 
 rain Nations , whence it may be ftrongly inferr'd , 
 that it was never allow 'd by the Laws of God or Man, 
 that Subjects (hold rife up fn Arras againft their law- 
 full King. 
 
 Goofe. 
 Yet the Carboncian ruth'd thrice into Gberiona a- 
 gainft their own native King (having thcrby a greter 
 ihare in him ) in the compaffe of kffe then two years , 
 and he was difmifled Fidler-like, with meat , drink, 
 and mony ; Though in former times Ghertona was us'd 
 to difmis the Carboncians ( whensoever they infefted 
 her borders) with other kind ofmctalls, viz. with 
 goodfteel and iron in lieu of gold and fitvtr. 
 
 ferertvi. 
 • Thefe were ftrange and uncouth hateful traverfes , 
 that a Nation 'ViM prove fo perfidious to their own 
 Prince, a Pnncv: born in the bowells of their own 
 Country, whofe Father, befides Himfclf, had obliged 
 and laden them with lo many ilgnall and lingular 
 favors ; Therefore ther was here a complication of 
 many ugly things, ther was %ebellion , ther was In- 
 gratitude, and Unnaturalnes , for had he bin born elfe- 
 where, I fhold not have fo much wondred at it. ■ 
 
 Goofe. 
 Nay, I will tell you more , when their faid King 
 bad made a long tedious journy of 600 miles going 
 and comming to vifit them . he was fo gracious, that 
 they did but ask and have any thingi He gave amongft 
 them thofe antient Demeans that went to maintain 
 the Mhre fo many hundred years by the pi- 
 f^s donation of Progenitors 5 He conferr'd honors 
 abundantly upon them of all kinds , and did other 
 wondrous a&s of grace , for which the great Coun- 
 cill in Gberiona ufe to give a iupply of Tref ure to their 
 Souvrain by way of an humble correfpondence, but 
 he did all this to the Carboncian gratis $ Yet they pro- 
 ved afterwards the greteft monfkrs of ingratitude 
 
 that 
 
The Tarty of Beafts. 119 
 
 that ever were," tor they nor oneiy fided with his Cjhe- 
 rionian lnfurre&ors againft him , but when by croffe 
 fucceffes and corrupt counleils he was brought to 
 iuch an exigent, that he went away in a mean difguife 
 to the Carboneian Army, they moft baiely for a fum of 
 mony delivered him over to the pleiure of his Gberi- 
 onian enemies , who tormented him afterwards be- 
 yond expreffion by hurrying him from prifon to pri- 
 fbn, and chopp'd off his head at laft. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 One wold have thought , that the Carboncians wold 
 have valu'd it for a mighty honor , to have their own 
 King in Uie heighth of his diftrefles to throw himfelf 
 thus into their arms , and to put fo rare a confidence 
 in themj But who were the chiefeft inftruments in do- 
 ing all this > 
 
 Cjoofe. 
 
 The unlucky Kirk -men , who as if they had bin fo 
 many oi the 'Devills Chaplains , preach\ J nothing but 
 WSjrr , and againft the receiving of the King in Car- 
 boncia in this his extremity •, But ther were never fo 
 many quick and apparant judgments fell upon any 
 Nation as have tumbled one upon the neck of ano- 
 ther in a few yeers upon this j Firft, ther hapned an 
 outragious Plague in their chief City , which in one 
 yeers compaffe fwep'd away the Inhabitants by 
 thoufands$ What a hugenomber of Witches have 
 bin arraign'd and executed \ How many thoufand 
 Carboncians were bought an >i\Vid forilaves to behur- 
 ri&loverto furnilh forrain Plantations? What nom- 
 bers of them were ftarv'd, and fom tumbled into their 
 graves alive? How, while they thought to get into the 
 upper-bed , they may be now faid to lye upon hard 
 matts on the flat ground , the truckle-bed they lay itf 
 afore being taken away from them 5 And truly it is fit 
 they (hold ftill lie fo low, it being the beft policy Cjhe- 
 riona can ufe to keep that cold northern dore bolted 
 up, whence fo many bleak hif pid winds and tempefts 
 have broke out upon her. 
 
 L 1 Fererim. 
 
130 Tj&e Pdr/y of B^x. 
 
 It is wholfome Policy indeed, if it be (o as your fay, 
 to keep under fuch a crofle-grain'd and itubborn 
 inconftant peeple, 
 
 G oo[e. 
 I will yet go further, this Rebellion in Carbomia 
 caus'd another in HebrinU her neighbour, as one fire- 
 brand doth ufe to kindle another ; Examples move , 
 and make ftrong impreflions upon the fancy , Precepts 
 are not fo powerfull as Precedents to work upon hu- 
 man nature ; The faid example of the Carbtncians did 
 wonderfully operat upon the imagination of the 
 Hebrinians , and filPd them with thoughts oi emula- 
 tion, that they merited to have as good ufage as the 
 Carboncian^ their Country being far more beneficiall, 
 and confequently more importing the Gberioniam , 
 wherof many thoufands had made firm and plentiful! 
 fortunes in her 5 Add hereunto , that the Hebrinians 
 had far more grievances than the Carboncians (who 
 really had none at all ) for they were threatned to be 
 more pinch'd in the exercife of their Religion 3 There 
 was new Plantations intended to be made ther of 
 Carboncians and Hydraulians ; There was every day a 
 fcrutiny made of conceal'd Lands and dark defective 
 Titles 5 There were new Impofts laid upon them } 
 They remain 5 d incapable of any preferments in 
 Church and State, whereas the Carboncians had Ad- 
 vancements and Offices every day in the Gherionian 
 Court, and fom of the;n admitted to fit at the Coun- 
 cil- Table 5 Thefe motifs impell'd the Hebrinians £lfo 
 to rife up in Arms , hoping they might fpeed as well 
 as the Carbomian , who obtain'd what he pleas'd ; So 
 they rife up to lorn purpofe , for many cruentous and 
 horrid Maflacres hapned on both fides , which took 
 away hundreds of thoufands ; Now , all thefe things 
 confidered , will you have me return among the Car- 
 boncians again ? 
 
 Pereriut. 
 My principall propofall unto you is to turn Man 
 again , and the Globe of the Earth is large , you may 
 
 live 
 
The Party of Beafts. i ?l 
 
 live in what Country you pleafe; You may plant your 
 felf in (jberiona , a cheerfull and plentifull Country , 
 and fo be neerer the Sun. 
 
 Goofe. 
 /Tis tru, that Gberiona abounds with all thingsthat 
 Air, Earths or Water can afford ; But it may be (aid, 
 that' all things are good in her except one , which 
 is that Creture rvhofpeaks j It hath bin an antierit faying 
 all the world over , in nature of a proverb , That Ghe- 
 riona is a_good Country, but the Peeple are bad, in- 
 fomuch that her King hath bin call'd the King of 'De- 
 vilish If this hath bin laid of her in former times* much 
 more may it be faid of her now, moft of the Nation 
 being fo much deprav'd and degenerated from what 
 they were £ Therfore if I were man again I wold be 
 loth to go thither j But to tell you truly , Sir, I am 
 grown a tru CMifambropos , a hater of men, I had ra- 
 ther continu in this fhape then be Virlnus againj In this 
 (hapel have far more variety of plefure, Ififhformy 
 food in the water , I deep on Earth , and I folace my 
 felf in the Hevem t in the Airy Region where I am now 
 to fly. 
 
 The 
 
pf% The Parly of Beads. 
 
 The Eleventh Se&ion. 
 
 Confining of a Dialog 'twixt Morphandra, 
 rererius, and a Hive of Bees , who bad bin 
 once a Monastery of Nuns 5 and were tranf- 
 ntuted to tbofe [mall Infe&s, becaufe that after 
 a yeers Probation , and their 9tvn prtcviouf 
 free Ele&ion, they murmur d at that Rectus d 
 Glauftrall life , and wijb'd themfelves nn~ 
 cloyfier'd again, &c. 
 
 Morphandra, Pererius, a Bee. 
 
 (Jltoryhanditt. 
 
 I Believe your perfwaflons could prevail little with 
 thatPi>/<«*7Creture, ihut Soland-Gocfc , in regard I 
 obferv'd how (he took wing , and fluttered away from 
 you in a kind of haft. 
 
 Pererius. 
 Truly; Madame, I may (ay , that all this while ac- 
 cording to the old proverb , I have bin fovoing dfGof- 
 lings , I have fpent my labor and breath to H ttle pur- 
 pofe in order to my main deiigne , yet 1 cannot deny 
 but that I havegain'da great deal of rare knowledg 
 by communicating with thefe tranfmuted Animals, 
 and truly they have mademe better acquainted with 
 my felf , and with the ftate of Mankind in generall ; 
 But for this laft transform'd thing , none of all the reft 
 did brand his own County men fo bitterly : He lay*-, 
 to their charge originally all rhofefearfull calamities, 
 thole horrid confufions , thofe cataracts of blood 
 which fell of late years both in Hekrima and Gheriona; 
 And hefaid , that all that they have pourchafed ther- 
 by , is, tohave fooldjhemfelves into a perfect flavery, 
 and to have brought themfelfs under an Iron Rodin 
 lieu of that Golden Scepter under which they liv'd for- 
 merly. And 
 
The Parly of Beafts. i ^ 
 
 An d now, Madame, I have no hopes to do any good, 
 for Hope is like Butter, which the Phyiicians fay is 
 
 . Gold in the morning, Silver at noon, and Lead at night, 
 in relation to the ftomack ; So I had golden hopes at 
 firft to redeem and carry along with me fom or" thefe 
 tranfmutcd Animals , that are in fuch an unnaturall 
 captivity, but my hopes are now turn'd perfect Lead, 
 I am in utter defpair to prevail with any J Ther- 
 
 . fore , moft admirable Queen , now that the winds 
 blow fair I muft think of a departure , and touching 
 thole moft Princely civilities, & fublime inexpreffible 
 favours you have bin pleafed to (hew, lince the happy 
 Fates brought me to take footing in this your rare 
 liland , I will make the whole world witnes or my 
 gratitude , and to ring out Morpbandra's glory where- 
 foever I pafle 5 Nay 1 will procure your moft rare and 
 tranfeendent venues, which are beyond the power of 
 mortalls, to be engraven with indelible characters of 
 the moft burniih'd gold in the Temple of Immortality. 
 Morpbandra. 
 Moft accomplifh'd and heroick Prince, thofe civi- 
 lities and treatments you have received here were 
 due unto you by the common Laws of Hofpitality , 
 and you might therby haveclaim'd them as a Right ; 
 But truly 1 (hold be very well contented if you were 
 made partaker of your fo laudable defires, as to have 
 fom or thefe metamorphos'd Animals re-tranfmuted, 
 that fo you might carry with you fom reall returns of 
 your Voyage i Therforeyou may pleafe to try one 
 conclufion more, and I fpy a fit fubjedt for you to work 
 upon , in yonder great hollow Oak you fhall meet 
 with a Swarm ot Bees, who have built up their Cells 
 there , wherof I will capacitat fom with a perfect fa- 
 culty of Refon and Ratiocination to interweave drf- 
 courfewith you; They were formerly aCloyfterof 
 Nuns, who though after a due probation , and their 
 own fpontaneous free choice, they undertook that au- 
 ftere, yet pious and plentifull train of life, yet they 
 fell a murmuring and a humming at the folitude and 
 hardfhips of that holy Profesfion , and to think too 
 
 M m often 
 
134 The Varbf of Beafls. 
 
 often on Man with inordinat defires to bedifcloy- 
 fterd, and lead a more diffolur and free unbridled life; 
 Yonder they are, therfore you may pleafe to make to- 
 wards them , and you cannot tell what fucceffe you 
 may have with thole fmall airy Infe&s. 
 
 Bee. 
 What are you, Sir , that dare approach this Hive, 
 this precious Cell, and Confectionary of Nature ? 
 
 Teretiuf. 
 Gentle Bees, I come hither for no hurt , but for your 
 infinit advantage ; 1 underftand by Queen Morpbandra 
 that you were once IntelteBuall Cretures , and the 
 children of Refon ; nay, you were a degree above or- 
 dinary human happines , being in a contemplative 
 and fweet facred cours of life , wherin you had fe- 
 cluded your felfs from" the world with the vanities 
 therof , and eipoufed your felfs to your Creator, by 
 keeping the perpetuall pure fire of Virginity. 
 
 Bee. 
 "lis tru , we kept that ceremonious outward fire , 
 but within us we felt too often fuch flamings , fuch, 
 furnaces or Mongibells of fires , fuch violent affections 
 and impetuous defires , that made us half mad for 
 the time, the fenfeofour reftraint making thefe fires 
 far more raging and vehement , for though in exrer- 
 nall appeerance and habits, we fhew'd lorn fymptoms 
 of mortification , yet we could never extinguifn the 
 fparks of the c one apifc ible appetite, which is fo natu- 
 rally inherent in every body. 
 
 Tererius. 
 I thought that by performance of fo many penan- 
 ces, by yourtemperat diet, by your abftemious ufe 
 and choice of meats, by your Co frequerrt f aftings , by 
 your hard lodgings having marts for your beds 9 and 
 ftones for your pillows , by your early rifings , by be- 
 ing always employ *d in fomthing or other to avoid 
 idlenes, which is the Devills couch; I fay, by the pr3- 
 ftife of thefe aufterities , I thought you had quench'd 
 thofeconcupifcentiall flames. 
 
 Bee. 
 
The V&rly of Beafls. 135 
 
 Bee. 
 
 The operations of nature can hardly be quite fup- 
 prefs'd, but their motions are irrefiftible ; nor arethcte 
 natural 1 motions given by the Creator to our fex to 
 be a torment unto us, but for delight , and being law- 
 fully and moderatly us'd, they are deftinated for the 
 propagation of Mankind : Moreover ther is a faying, 
 who fights againft Nature fights Again ft Godbimfelf, jhe be- 
 ing his Hand- maid. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 I cannot deny but that Naturamfequi , eft1>eo obfe- 
 qui, to follow Nature is to obey God , yet as our gre- 
 reft prudence is feen in the conduB of our naturall paf- 
 fions , fo our greteft proirefle is feen in the conquejt of 
 them , when they grow exorbitant and rebellious j 
 We need not feek for enemies abroad to exercife our 
 valour upon, we have too too many within dores, we 
 ha"ve enough of domeftic and inmate enemies to cope 
 withall. 
 
 Bee. 
 
 And will you have us to put on that nature again } 
 But, Sir » betides What We {poke of before, ther was 
 another thing that did torture us in that Monastic life, 
 it was the apprehenfion of our captivity , being fe- 
 quefter'd and cut off as it were from the fociefy 1 bf 
 Mankind, & in a manner from theLzt;//jg,'twixt whom 
 and us , ( in that ftate ) ther was this difference, that 
 they were to die before buriall , but we. were builied 
 before death •, Now, ther is nothing fo tedious to all 
 natures as imprilonment , which we fhevv'd when we 
 flept in the bofom of our Caules in our mothers 
 wombs, whence we broke out to get liberty ,andto'be 
 a 'Hun is as it were to go in to a kiruJ of womb again. 
 
 Pererius* 
 
 I , br. r ther you were in a kind of Angelicall condi- 
 tion amongft thofe walls, you learnt there how to lead 
 the lifes of Angels upon earth , you were as fo many 
 fixed Starrs which being the higher are more rioMe , 
 f.r-d nearer the throne ofthe Almighty , than the Pla- 
 nets, which wand ring- up and down never keep the 
 fame diftance betwixt them. . Bee. 
 
i}6 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 Bee t 
 Sir, under favor , we arc not of that opinion 5 For 
 you know the Sun and the Moon ate called thcGreat 
 Luminaries in Hcvcn , thcrforc they muft be the more 
 noble, fpecially the Sun, wherin Cod himfelfis (aid to 
 have his habitation , or Imperiall Throne, whence he 
 fees the motion of the Univerfe, and over-looks all 
 his cretures throughout the world ; Now, thefc noble 
 Erratic Starrs are in a pcrpetuall progreffe, which the 
 Moon finifhech in twenty nine daies , Mercury in four- 
 fcore , Venw in nine months, the Sun in a year , Mars 
 in two, Jupiter in twelve, and Saturn in thirty years. 
 
 Pererius. 
 The fixed Starrs have alfo a motion within their 
 own Orbs , and the Conxent wherein you were before 
 might be calkdaCo/.fiellationof fixed Starrs , which I 
 fay do move within the circumference of their own 
 Spheres , as you did within the walls of your Mona- 
 ftery amongftyourfelfs. 
 
 Bee. 
 But by the condition wherin we are now ftatedi we 
 may be faid to have a larger Beeing-, for we have turn'd 
 our Convent to a Common -wealth > or rather our Mona- 
 stery to a Monarchy , wherin we have as exaft an (Eco- 
 nomy , and politicall rules of Government , as ever 
 we had in our UWonaftery -, We have a Souvrain King, 
 who although he hath no fling as all the reft have, yet 
 he carrieth luch a Majefty that makes us all exactly 
 obedient to his commands ; Nor, though he bear no 
 armshimfelf, was therever heard of any Rebellion 
 amongft us againft our lawfull Prince , as is fo fre- 
 quent amongft Mankind; It being a principle from the 
 very inftinct of nature amongft us , that it is both de- 
 teftable and damnable for Subjc&s to rife up againft 
 their fupream Governour, and go about to right them- 
 f elfs by Arms j I fay, that in this ftate we have a very 
 regular Government, we have a King, we have privy 
 Counfellors, we have Commanders in the War, and 
 gregaiian Soldiers ; We keep clofe in Winter, and 
 nave then our Centinells j We go not abroad till 
 
 Beans 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 Beans do bloffom , and then, it the weather permit, 
 ther'sneveradaypaffethinidleneffe; We.firft build 
 our Cells and Combs, then make Hony, and then en- 
 gender 5 We make our Wax and Hony of the frefheft 
 and mod fragrant flowers , and abhor withered or 
 ftinking vegetalls; When the flowers are fpent in one 
 place, we have our harbingers abroad to find out an- 
 other* Being furprifed by night in our expeditions, we 
 fleep in a fupine pofture with our bellies upward , to 
 preierveour wings from the falling dew s Betimes in 
 the morning we are awakned by our Drummer , who 
 punctually performs his office that way ; Then, if the 
 day be mild, wefally forth in a great body, and we 
 have an inftinft to ^orefee winds, tempefts, and rain , 
 which makes us keep often within 3 When we go 
 abroad to work, everyone hath his task, and the 
 younger are put to the hardeft, while the elder labour 
 within dores 5 We all feed together , and if we be 
 furpriled abroad withafudden wind, we take up a 
 ftone 'twixt our feet to give weight to our bodies , 
 that they may not be blown away 5 Ther is among us 
 a Cenfor of manners, and fom Officers that watch 
 thofe which are flothfull , who are afterwards pu- 
 nifh'd with death, and for the Drones, which area 
 fpurious kind of brood, we quite banifh them} Ther's 
 " not the leaft foulnes feen in our Alvearies or Hives, 
 for we abhor allimmundicitiesand fordidnes^When 
 'tis towards night , our hummingsleffen by degrees , 
 till an Officer fly about and cpmmand filence and 
 fleep, which is inftantiy done 5 We firft build houfes 
 for our Workmen and Plcbeans, and then palaces for 
 the Nobles and the King ; We punilh floth without 
 mercy ; we faithfully obey our King , being always 
 about him like a guard, and He in the midft ; When 
 the peeple are at work , He goes about and cherifheth 
 them, He onely being exempt from labour ; He hath 
 always his Officers ready to punifh Delinquents ; 
 When He goes forth, the whole Swarm actends him , 
 if He chance to be weary, we bear him upon our fhoL 
 dersJ Whenever Herefts, there the generall Rande> 
 
 N n vou s 
 
i 7 8 The Fatly of Beafts. 
 
 vous is 5 -Watps, Hornets, and Swallows are enemies 
 to us ; We bury our dead with great folcmnity i At 
 the Kings death ther is a generall mourning and fa- 
 fting , with a ceflation from labour, and we ufe to go 
 about his body with a fad murmur for many daies 5 
 When we arefickwe have attendants appointed us, 
 and the fymptoms when we be fick are infallible, ac- 
 cording to the honeft plain Poet , 
 
 if Bees be fick (for all that live mujl die ) 
 
 That may be known byfignes mojl certainly , 
 
 Their bodies are dif coloured, and their face 
 
 Looks wan, which fhews that death comes on apace j 
 
 They carry forth their dead, and do lament, 
 
 Hanging o*th\ dore, or in their Hives are pent : 
 
 Hunger and cold confumes them 7 youf}}allfind 
 
 They buzz as doth itti woods the Southern wind 9 
 
 Or as the Sea when as the waves return , 
 
 Or fire clos'dup in vaults with noife doth burn. 
 
 Nor are we profitable onely in our lifes unto Man-, 
 kindj by that pretious Hony we confe& for their ufe , 
 which though for the rare vermes and fweetnes 
 therof fom held to be the gelly of the Starrs , others 
 the fweat of the Hevens , others the quinteflence of 
 the Air, though really it be but our Chylus at the third 
 digeftion ; I lay, that we are not onely in our lifes be- 
 neficiall to mankind , who receives the fruits of our 
 labours, but after death alfoj Our bodies pounded and 
 drunck with wine , or any other diareticall thing , 
 cures the Dropfie , Stone , and Strangury 5 The hony 
 fcrapt off our dead bodies is extraordinary good a- 
 gainft divers difeafesj Moreover we have a kind of 
 tranfmigration among us, one into the other ; Out of 
 our brains, marrow, and chine-bones, Kings and No- 
 bles are bred, out of the reft of our bodies ordinary 
 Bees. 
 
 fererim. 
 
 Gentle Bet , you have fpoken as much as can be for 
 the advantage of your condition , ye*, .nevertheles 
 
 you 
 
The Parfy of Beafls. 1 5 9 
 
 you are but fleftiles poor fenfitive InfeBs onely > of a 
 fhort and a kind of ephemeran f ubfiftence ; You want 
 that [park of Immortality , the noble Rational Soul , 
 wherby theJS>«wM«Creturegoesas far beyond you, as 
 an Angel goes beyond him. 
 
 Bee. 
 
 I remember when I was a ^» I heard many cha* 
 rafters given of the "Rational Soul , as were fomwhat 
 tranfeendent , if not prefumptuous ; The Theolog or 
 Divine call'd her, The Image of God Almighty The Phi- 
 lofopher call*d her, the <gueen of Forms ; And you call 
 her now , A Spark of Immortality ; Yet you know not 
 how , nor where this Spark enters into you > nor 
 where it refides in any particular place above other 
 Souls, nor are you agreed whether (he enters into you 
 by divine infufion , or by traduBion from the parentall 
 feeds. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
 I (hall endeavour to fatisfie you touching thefe par- 
 ticulars ; It muftbe confider'd, that Man may be call'd 
 the great Amphybium of nature; Firft, he is a confus'd 
 lump of dead matter , lying as it were upon the lees in 
 the womb , where the vegetable Soul enters firft , ma- 
 king it capable of extension and growth; Then the Sen- 
 sitive Soul follows, who by the plafticall vertu falls 
 a forming the members or the organs; I hen comes the 
 nobleft of all the three, the Rxtionall Soul , who 
 fwayes o're the other two, and is — — Divine particula 
 aur<e, (he is breath'd from the Creator himfelf , and 
 which no other creture in Heven or earth can fay, (he 
 is capable of a fpirituall Regeneration afterwards, as 
 the Body is of a RefurreBion b At laft, when (he hath 
 (haken off the flough of flelh , (he becomes a Spirit ei- 
 ther good or bad, (he becomes a Saint or a 7>evill t and 
 fo receivesetetnaW beatitude or torments ;By thefe de- 
 grees obfcrvable it is , that CMan hath potentially in 
 himfelf all created natures, firft or laft, both in Heven, 
 Earth, and Hells All which may be compris'd in this 
 Poem , which, though (hort , contairketh the whole 
 ftory of Mankind from firft to laft. 
 
 Man 
 
14° The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 Man is that great Amphybium in whim lye 
 
 Three difiinB Souls by way of trigone •, 
 
 He runs through all creations by degrees , 
 
 Firft, He is onely Matter on the lees t 
 
 Whence he proceeds to be a Vegetal, 
 
 Next Senfitive, andfo Organical S 
 
 Then by diline infufion a third Soul 9 
 
 The Rational doth the twofirjl controul ; 
 
 But when this Soul comes /'», and where jhe dwells 
 
 DijltnB from others, no Dtjjeclor tells , 
 
 And {which no creture elfe can fay) that ft ate 
 
 ■ Enables her to be Regenerat : 
 
 She then becomes a Spirit, and at la ft 
 A Saint or Deyill, when that (he hath cajl 
 The clogg offlejhy which yet [he takes again, 
 ToperfeB her beatitude or pain : 
 
 Thus Man isfirfi or laft allied to all 
 
 Cretures in Heven, in Earth, or Hells black Hall. 
 
 Bee. 
 Whereas you alledg , that the IntelleBuall or Ratio- 
 nail Soul enters by Divine infufion, I remember when 
 IwasaiV«», that divers learned men were of opini- 
 on, that fhe was (like the other two Soub,x* z.thc vege- 
 tal and the Senfitive ) propagated and -trad ue'd by the 
 ieed and fperm of the parents , and that this was done 
 by the hereditary vertu of that gran univcrlall Bene- 
 diction , pronounced by God himfelf to all his cre- 
 tures , Sncreafe and multiply j Then they proceeded to 
 urge the common Axiom , that like begets the like • 
 Now, the great God of Nature did conftitut all other 
 fpecies perfect in their own kinds , with a procrea- 
 tive power to beget their like by a compleat generati- 
 on 5 And why (hold Man , in whom the ideas of all 
 other created natures are collectively refplendent ? 
 Why {hold he, I fay, com fhort of this perfection and 
 priviledge ? for without it he may be ranck'd among 
 thofemutilat defective cretures, who are deftitut of 
 power to procreat an Jndividuum like themfelfs. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
The Parly of Beap. 
 
 tize in her operations , whether, I fay, fhe hath any 
 particular domicile or cell within the human body 
 for her own refidence. 
 
 Pererius, 
 It was never found yet by any infpedtions which 
 the Naturalifts and Anatomifers have made » that the 
 Rationall Soul hath any peculiar lodging, proper onely 
 to her felf, and differing from other Animals ; But be- 
 ing indivifible, inextenfive, and without parts , (he is 
 tota in toto & tota in qualibet parte , (he is all in the 
 whole, and whole in every part of the compofitum , fhe 
 is diffused up and down the whole maffe or fabric of 
 flefh, ther being no movement at all without her ; For 
 as the beams or light of the Sun difplayeth it felf 
 every where through the whole Hemifphere, yet hath 
 it no particular manfion in any place more then an- 
 other , (o the Rationall Soul , which is a beam of Im- 
 mortality , diffufeth her felf through the whole Mi- 
 crocofm ol Man to quicken it , yet fhe hath no parti- 
 cular refidence in any part s 'Tis tru, that fhe is radi- 
 cally in the heart, and principally in the brain, which 
 is as it were her Capitol, and the feat of the Animal- 
 fpirits; Thence fhe iffueth forth her commands , and 
 dividing her Empire into a Triarchy , fhe governs by 
 three Viceroys, the three Faculties , who though they 
 areabfolutely diftindt by their Commiffions, and keep 
 their Courts infeverall Regions, yet are they united 
 by foindiffoluble a league, and fympathetic alliance, 
 that the profperitie of one enlargeth the principali- 
 ties of the other , and the detriment of each threatens 
 the integrity of the whole; The Natural or Vegetal Fa- 
 culty claims fuperiority of time in order of procreati- 
 on, as being Governeffe of our Minority , commanding 
 the third part of our lifes j The Vital hath prehemi- 
 nencein order ofneceffity, keeping her Court chiefly 
 in the Heart , which is the firft part that lives, and the 
 laft chat dies 5 thence fhe tranfmits a f cuvrain . and 
 confervatory influence through all the members, 
 without which the wholeMan muft in the fleeteft arti- 
 cle of time be but a CadaverjThe^w/ww/ Faculty chal- 
 lenged 
 
144 Tb* Varly of Beafts. 
 
 lengeth lupremacy in order ot eminence, a* regula- 
 ting the iublimer actions , as Senfe and Motion, togc- 
 gether with the (.Memory , Underftanding t and Imagina- 
 tion, to which, as to their perfection, the two former 
 are defign'd. 
 
 Therrore s gentle Bees , think fpeedily on the free 
 propofall I have made, and of the fair opportunity 
 you have offered y ou to be reinform'd with Rational 
 Souls, and to return to the Religious Convent you 
 came from, where being wcan'd from the frail world, 
 together with the cares and encumbrances therof ; 
 Where , by the conftant practife of holy duties night 
 and day, you may a<5tthe parts of Angels upon earth , 
 and afterwards of tru Angels in the land ot Eternity : 
 Therfore fhake off this defpicable poor bumming con- 
 dition, and go again to fing Hymns and Halleluiahs to 
 your Creator. 
 
 Bee. 
 Know, Sir, that vee have alio a.%gligion , as well as 
 fo exa& a Government among us here ; Our Hummings 
 you fpeak of are as fo many Hymns to the great God 
 of Nature ; And ther is a miraculous example in C<e- 
 fariusCijlernienfis, how fom of the holy Eucharift be- 
 ing let fall in a medow by a Prieft, as he was return- 
 ing from viliting a fick body, a Swarm of Bees being 
 hard by took it up, and in a folemn kind of proceflion 
 carried it to their Hive , and there erefted an Altar of 
 the pureft Wax for it, where it was found in that 
 form, and untouch'd. 
 
 But whereas you f poke of Angels^how do the Separa- 
 ted Souls of good men,when they are exalted toHeven, 
 differ from the Angels t 
 
 Pererius. 
 As they agree, fo they differ in many things-, Angels 
 and feparatea Souls agree, in that both of them are Spi- 
 rits; Both of them are Intel le&uall and Eternall Cre- 
 turesj They both behold the beatificall Vilion; Both of 
 them are Courtiers of Heven , and acl: meerly by the 
 underftanding, &c Laftly,They both are Parifhioners 
 of the Church Triumphant : Now, as the bleffed An- 
 gels 
 
The Party of Beafts. 14^ 
 
 gels and Souls feparat do thus agree , So they differ in 
 many things s They differ in their Ejjmialls , for the 
 principles of Angels are meerly Metaphyficall , lit. 
 Ejjence and Exigence ; but zfeparated Soul continues 
 ftill part of that Compofitum which formerly confifted 
 of matter and form , and is ftill apt to be reunited ther- 
 unto; Till then, jhe is not abfolutely completed, tor all 
 that while (lie changeth not her nature , but hetftate 
 of life : Moreover , the,y differ in the exercife of the 
 Undemanding, and manner of knowledge, for a Soul fe- 
 parat knows ftill by difcours and ratiottnation , which 
 an Angell doth not but by Intuition ; They alfo differ 
 in dignity of Nature , for Angels have larger Illumina- 
 tions , At the flrftinftant of their Creation they be- 
 held the Beatific Vifion , the fumme of all happines , 
 yet feparated Souls are capable to mount up to fuch a 
 height of glory by degrees as to be like them in all 
 things, both in point oiPifion t Adhajion, and Fruition. 
 
 Bee, . 
 
 Now, Sir, that you fpeak of Angels , what degrees 
 are ther of them in the Celeftiall Hierarchy ? 
 
 Pererius* 
 They are divided into three Hierarchies-) and in every 
 Hierarchy ther are three Orders ; The firft confifts of 
 Seraphim, the fecond of Cherubims ,the third of Thrones'* 
 The fecond confifts of Dominations , of Vertuts , and 
 Powers ; The third confifts of Principalities, of Angelk , 
 and tArcbangells > Now, thofe of the fupremeft Hie- 
 rarchy partake of divine Illuminations in a greter me- 
 fure : And you were all born, gentle Bee s, to be mem- 
 bers of any o( thefe glorious Hierarchies. 
 
 Bee. 
 
 I remember when I was a Nun, that fom prefump- 
 tuous fpirits would preach, that Angels were created 
 for Man , and that Man was of fo high a creation that 
 he was little inferiour unto them, if not their equall > 
 and that their chief minifteriall function was to guard 
 H«w, See. 
 
 PereriuS. 
 
 They were prefumptuous indeed , and in a high 
 
 P p degree 
 
<m ' ' ' ■' ■ . ' ■ ■■■ ■■' ■ ■ 
 
 146 The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 degree §f prophanenes , as you fhall find in chefe 
 Stanza's of companion , though torn or them are fa- 
 miliar, and too low for fo high a fubje£t. 
 
 I., Such as the meanefl Star in Sky 
 Is to the Sun in CWajefty ^ 
 What a Monies Cell is to high Noon , 
 Or a new Cheefe unto the Moon 5 
 
 No more is Man, if one fhould dare 
 
 Unto an Angel Him compare. 
 
 2 # what to the Eagle is a Gnat , 
 Or to Leviathan a S prat j 
 what to the Elephant a Moufe , 
 Or Shepherd's Cott to Caefar'j Houfe 3 
 
 No more is Man, if one fhould dare 
 
 Unto an Angell Him compare. 
 
 3. what to a Pearl a peeble Stone , 
 Or Cobler's Shop unto a Throne ; 
 What to the Oak the bafeft Shrub 5 
 Or to Noah's Ark a Brewer's Tub 5 
 
 3N(o more is Man, if one [hold dare 
 Unto an Angel Him compare. 
 
 4. Then let not Man, half child of night , 
 Compare with any Hevenly Wight , 
 He will appeer on that account 
 
 A Mole-hill to Olympus Mount ; 
 
 Tet let thisftill his comfort be, 
 
 He hath a capability 
 To be ofHeven Himfelf, but on thii [core , 
 If he doth not make Earth his Heven before. 
 
 Bee. 
 Noble Prince, you pleas'd to give divers touches of 
 the Immortality of the human Soul , I pray be pleas'd to 
 illuminat and re&ifie our uqderftandings touching 
 that point. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
The Parly of Beafts. 147 
 
 Pererius. 
 Concerning the immortality and incorruptiblcnes 
 of the Rational Soul in the World to com , not onely 
 Cbriftian Divines , but the belt of Pagan Philosophers, 
 Poets, and Orators , have done her that right , as is 
 evident in their works ; Moreover, the Intellectual! 
 Human Soul doth prove her felf to be immortall , both 
 by her defires , her apprebenfions , and her operations 5 
 Touching the firft , Her defires are infinit we know , 
 and never fatisfied in this world ; Now, it is a Maxim 
 among the School -men, Thattherisno naturallpaf- 
 fion given to any finit creture to be fruftraneous 5 Se- 
 condly! Herapprehenfionsor longings after eternall 
 Truths, which are her chiefeft employments, and 
 moft adaequat objects , declare her Immortall 5 
 Thirdly , trom her operations , 'tis known , that all 
 corruption comes from matter, and from the clalhing of 
 contraries 3 Now, when the Soul is fever 'd from the 
 Body , (Vie is elevated beyond the fphere of matter , 
 therfore no caufes of mortality can reach her, wherby 
 bet (late and operations pronounce her immortall, which 
 operations (Vie dothexercife without the minifteryof 
 corporeall organs, for they were us'd to be a clog to 
 her 3 Add hereunto, that (he ufeth 10 fpiritualize ma- 
 teriall things in the Intellect, toabftradfc Idsasfrom 
 Individualism She can apprehend negations and privet- 
 tions, (he can frame colleBive notions, all which a&ings 
 conclude her immateriality, and as 'twas pointed at be- 
 fore, where no matter is found ther's no corruption , 
 and where ther's no corruption ther's no mort4lity,Now 3 
 her prime operations being without the miniftery of 
 Matter, (he may be concluded immortall by that com- 
 mon principle, Modus operandi, fequitur modum efjendi , 
 Operations are according to the effence of every 
 thing 5 Now, in the World to com, the Soul (hall be 
 in a ftate of pure independent Beeing , for ther will be 
 neither action or pafhon in that ftate ; Whence may 
 beinferr'd, (he (hall never periih , in regard that all 
 corruption comes from the aftion of another thing upon 
 that "which is corruptible , therfore (hat thing muft 
 
 be 
 
148 The Parly of Bea/is. 
 
 be capable to be made better or worit; Now, it a/e- 
 carat Seal be plac'd in her ultirtiat and utmoftihue , 
 that (lie can be made neither , it follows , that fhe can 
 never lofe the Beeing fhe hath} Befides, fince the cgrefs 
 out of the body doth not alrer her nature -, but onely 
 her condition , it muftbe granted, thatfne was of the 
 fame nature while fhe continued incorporated , though 
 in that kind of imprisonment (he was fubjeit to be 
 forg'd as it were by the hammer of wateriall objects 
 beating upon her, yetfo,as flic was {till of her felf 
 what {he was J Therefore when (lie goes out of the 
 paflibleore wherein iheluffer'd, by refon of thefoul- 
 nes and impurity of that ore, fhe immediately be- 
 comes impartible , and a fix'd (ubjeft of her own na- 
 ture , viz. a fimple pure Beeing ; Both which ( as a 
 mod noble Knight Sir K. D. hath it ) may be illuftra- 
 ted in fome mefure by what we find paffeth in the 
 coppilling of a fixed metall , which as long as any 
 lead or drofle or any allay remains with it, continueth* 
 ftHl melting, flowing, and in motion under the mufflei 
 but as foon as they arc parted from it, and that 'tis 
 become pure, defalcated, without mixture , and fingle 
 of it felf, it contracts it felf to a narrower room , and 
 inftantly ceafeth from all motion, it grows hard, per- 
 manent) and refiftent to all force of fire, admitting 
 no change or diminution in its fubftance by any ex- 
 ternall violence j In like manner it may be faid, when 
 the Rational Soul departs from the droffy ore of the 
 Body, and comes to be her fingle [elf , (he is like ex- 
 alted Gold, and redue'd to the utmoft perfection ; She 
 can be no more liable to any diminution , to action or 
 paffion, or any kind of alteration, but continues fix'd 
 lor ever in the full fruition of unconceivable blifle 
 and glory. 
 
 Bee. 
 Excellent Prince, thefe are high abftracled notions, 
 tranfeending the reach of vulgar capacities 5 But you 
 were pleafed to reflect fomwhat upon the blisfulnes 
 and joys of the human Soul in the other world , I pray 
 be pleas'd to enlarge your felf upon this Theme. 
 
 Pererius. 
 
The Tarly of Beafls. 149 
 
 Fereriuf. 
 Thefe joys, as they are beyond exprtffion^ fo they are 
 beyond all imagination ; Tnat vail Ocean of Felicity 
 which the feparat Soul is capable to receive cannot 
 flow into her, untill thofe hanks of earth , viz. the cor- 
 foreall walls offlefhbe removed j Thofe infinit joys 
 which the human Soul fhall be ravifh'd withall in He- 
 ven are unmeafurable,and beyond any mathematicall 
 reaches j They have length without points, breadth 
 without lines, depth without furface » They are even 
 and uninterrupted joys , butrogoabou* toexpreffe 
 them in their perfection were the feme task, as to go 
 about to meafure the Ocean in CockJe-fhells, or com- 
 pute the nomber of the fands with peeble ftones 5 
 Touching thefe faint and fading plefurcs among the 
 Elements , we ufe to defire them when we need them, 
 and when we have them, the defire prefently langui- 
 fheth in the fruition ; Moreover, we uie to love earthly 
 things raoft when we want them, andleffewhen we 
 have them j The daintieft meats and drinks naufeat 
 after fulnefs 5 Carnall delights caufe fadhes after the 
 enjoyment j All plefures breed not onely a fatiety but 
 adifguft, and the contentment terminats with the 
 a<5t : 'Tis otherwife with Celeftiall things , they are 
 moftlov'dwhen they are enjoy'd , and mo* J covered 
 when they are had 5 They are always full of what is 
 defir'd, and the defire ftill lafteth , but it is a co-ordi- 
 nat defire of complacency and continuance, not an ap- 
 petit after more , becaufe they are perfect of them- 
 felfs ; Yet ther is ftill a Defire, and a Satiety , but the 
 one finds no want, nor can the other breed a furfet; 
 The higher the plefureis, the more full and intenfe 
 is the fruition , and the oftner 'tis repeted the more 
 the appetit encreafeth 5 Whence this conclufion fol- 
 lows, that ther can be no proportional all betwixt 
 the joys of a feparat So J y and thofe of a Soul emhdyed^ 
 Fortheleaft dram of the fpirituall joyes in Heven is 
 more than the whole Ocean of flefhly contentments 5 
 One drop of thofe abftra&ed, thofe pure, permanent^ 
 
 Qj\ and 
 
15 o The Parly of Beafis. 
 
 & immarceicible delights is infinitly more fweet,than 
 all thofe mix'd and muddy ftrcams of corporeall and 
 mundan plefures , then all thole no other then Utopi- 
 an delights of this tranfitory world, were they all caft 
 into a Limbeck j and the very Elixir of them diftill'd 
 into one veffell. 
 
 Bee. 
 Incomparable Prince , you have conc|uer'd us with 
 fuch ftrong Herculean Refons, you have raifed our (pi- 
 nts with iuch high raptures j and fo illuminated our 
 underftandings , that by the gracious Fm* of the great 
 God of Nature , and the favour of Queen Aforpben- 
 dra his handmaid in this particular, we are willing to 
 refume our firftfhapes , and fo return to our dear 
 Country and Gloyflers , where the remembrance of this 
 transfiguration, we hope, will turn to our advantage j 
 In the interim , we render you moft humble and hear- 
 ty thanks in the higheft degree that can beimagin'd, 
 for your flexanimous and hevenly perfwalions, which 
 we found fo melting and fweet, that we may juftly 
 think Bees fat upon your lips, as they did upon ^Plato's, 
 in your cradle, or that you might be nurs'd with Ho- 
 ny in lieu of Milk , as Ptndarus the Prince of Lyricks 
 was i And becaufe Poefte is the greteft light whereby 
 the Ratio' V Soul may be difcerned to be a Ray ofDizi- 
 nity , we will conclude with fom Enthuliafms to 
 blifsfull Heven and the Hierarchies therof in this 
 graduall Hymn, beginning with our Creator. 
 
 Natures great Cjod, the Caufe of caufes,be 
 Ador'd aadp-ais'd to all Eternity , 
 That fupream Good, that quintefjentiall Liobt , 
 ivbieh quickens all that's bidden , or in fight \ 
 Who breaths in Man the Intelle&uall Soul , 
 Therby to rule all Cretures, andcontroul 
 what Water, Earth, or Air, &c 
 
 1,0 
 
Th Parly of B eaftr. 151 
 
 I . O holy Souls 3 O heavenly Saints s 
 who from corruption And the t tints 
 Of flejh and bleod,from pain and tears , 
 From pining cares, and pontine fears , 
 And from all paffions, except Love 
 {which onely reigns with you above ) 
 Art « •*> exempt, and made in endleffe Bliffe 
 Free Denizons, and Heirs of Paradis. 
 
 3 « O glorious Angels who behold 
 
 The Lord of Light from Thrones of Cold 3 
 Tet do vouch fafe to hok on Mao, 
 To be his Guide and Guardian, 
 Fraying always that He may be 
 'Fanner of your felicity^ 
 O blisfull S aims ami Angells, may yet (tilt 
 The C 0l *rt of Heve-n with Halkluiahs^/ft, 
 
 "•- 
 
 3. Seraphick Towers, Cherubs ', Thrones, 
 Venues and Dominations , 
 Supernall principalities, 
 
 Glories, and Intelligences s 
 Who guide the cours of Starrs in sky, 
 And what in their va$ Concaves lye : 
 iMay ye for ever great Jehovah's will, ■ 
 And His commands throughout the world fulfill. 
 
 4. Archangels who the meflfublime degree 
 Do hold in the Triumphant Hierarchy , 
 And can endure to fee , and face alone 
 The glorious Beatific Vifion > 
 
 A joy which all joys elfe transcends fo far 
 *A$ doth a m*rmng Sun the meanest S<Af * 
 Archangels^ Angels 3 S aims tS outs fever 'd,mayyee §il 
 The Empyrean Court with Halleluiahs jf//. 
 
 Gloria 
 
i^i The Parly of Beafts. 
 
 Infantum Cerebri 
 
 Sextus 
 Toft Qttadraginta. 
 
 Gloria laufqtu DeofeCLorVMinfacVlafunto. 
 
 A Chronogrammaticall Verfe , which includes not 
 onely this year 1660. but hath Numericall Letters 
 enow to reach above a thoufand years further, un till 
 the year 28^7. 
 
 -Here Terminus efto. 
 
 
AN 
 
 ADVERTISEMENT 
 
 Relating to 
 
 3^r OGRA PUT. 
 
 THer is a Saying , that hath gain'd the repute of 
 a Proverb, ( though it be aKo a kind of Reproach) 
 That the French neither fings as he pricks, nor thinks 
 as he fpeaks, not [peaks as he writes^ The firft proceeds 
 from abundance of fpirits, and his volatil airy nature 5 
 The fecond from hisExces of Complements 5 The 
 third, becaufe he wold have his Language retain ftill 
 of the Remand or Latin Toung ; Therfore when he 
 writes Temps,Corps, Efioille, Advocats, &c. which com 
 from TempusforpusStella, Advocari , he pronounceth 
 them, Tan, Cors i Etotlis,A f voca i The Englify may be "(aid 
 to be as guilty hereof , for if the French writes , Apres 
 la tempejte lient le beau temps , and pronounceth, Apre 
 la tampete vim le bou tan t After a Storm comes a Calm; 
 If the French writes , Les Advocats bajlijjent letters mai- 
 fons de teftes defols 3 and pronounceth j Les avock batifj'et 
 Uur mefons de tete defous , Lawyers build their houfes 
 of Fools heads, ( viz. Clients ) The Engliflj comes not 
 (hort of him, for wherashe writes, God give you good 
 Eiening, he often faies , Godi godin-, Wheras he 
 writes , Much good may it do unto you 3 he often pronoun- 
 ceth s Mufgiditty : The French do labor daily to reform 
 is>andto bring both Writing and Pronounciation to 
 be conlonant, by retrenching the fuperfluous letters, 
 ior wheras they were ufed to write,L^ Epiftres que les 
 Af^ites ont Efcrit -, they now write as they pronounce, 
 Les Epitres cfue les &4potres ont ecrh : It hath bin the aim 
 of the Author in this Book (and others) to do the like, 
 (though, the Prefl'e did not obferve his Ortograpbyfo 
 
 R r pun&u- 
 
punctually ). Now, Strangers ufe to quarrel with our 
 Language, and throw away the Book in a chafe lorn- 
 times , becaufe our writing and pronunciation are fo 
 differing ; For when a flranger meets with treasure , 
 measure , feature , reader, weather, people-, Sic. he pro- 
 nounceth tre-afure, ms--afure i fe-ature, re-adcr, we-ather, 
 pe-ople j When he meets with witnejjc,jicbjej]e, wittie , 
 prettie , pittie , flarre , wane 4 &c . he pronounccth 
 witnefs-e, fuknefs-e, witti-e, pretti-e , viiti-e , (iarr-e t 
 warr-e,&c. Wherasif we wold write cbcm as wee 
 pronounce them , viz, Trefure , rnefure , feture, reder, 
 wether, peeple,witnes, ficknes, witty, pretty, pitty,(tar 3 war, 
 &c. (which gives altogether as full aprolaiion) Gran- 
 gers wold not find fuch a difficulty and diftaft in lear- 
 ning our Language! It hath bin, and is full the en J.e- 
 vor of the Author to reform this, as alfo to bring thofe 
 words which are derived from the Latin Toung to 
 follow her Ortography rather then the French , wherby 
 divers Letters are fav'd , as Magic, Tyfic, Coltc t Faior, 
 Labor , &c. not Magique, Phyfique , Cholique, Favour , 
 Labour, (§V.For as it is a Principle in Thilofophy, Encia 
 von fumfruftra multiplicanda , Entities are not to be 
 multiplied in vain, (o it may as well hold in Ortogra- 
 phy , That Letters are not to be multiplied to no purpofe j 
 Add hereunto the Topicall Rule , (as the Author ob- 
 ferves els-where) Fruflrafitper plura quod fieri poteft 
 per pauciora , More is wafte, when fewer will ferve 
 the turn. 
 
 The 
 
THE 
 
 INDEX 
 
 A more particular Account of the 
 
 Ingredients that went to the Comrto,. 
 fition of this Work. 
 
 Fol. 
 
 TUe Art of governing 
 Man the mofl diffi- 
 cult. 2 ^ 
 
 An Afles body medici- 
 nall for many things after 
 death. Ibid. 
 
 'the Antipathy 'twixt an 
 Ape and a Snail. 50 
 
 Ariftotle , Secretary of 
 Nature's Cabinet- Councell. 
 
 55 
 
 Ambitionhath no Hori- 
 zon. 7 o 
 
 Ariftotle held , that in 
 the Female there was no 
 aftive principle of fenera- 
 tion. 5 5 
 
 A Confutation of the [aid 
 
 Opinion. Ibid. 
 
 Apelles painted a good 
 
 hufaife [landing upon a 
 
 Snail. 58 
 
 Ariftotle inconftant to 
 
 himself where he treats of 
 
 Policy. $ 8 
 
 The AffeBions of the Pee- 
 
 pie an imperfeB fecurity to a 
 
 Prince. 99 
 
 Of Atoms. 103 
 
 The ABivity of Atoms* 
 
 104 
 
 The Application of the 
 
 Sympathetic ail Powder. 106 
 
 Aetonia charaBerizd. 
 
 108 
 
 Aetonia full of mongreli 
 
 'Princes. 109 
 
 The advantages of the 
 
 Human body, i*° 
 
 An 
 
The Index. 
 
 Fol. 
 
 Fol. 
 
 The Degrees of the fileftiall ons throughout the world for 
 Hierarchy. 145 forty years.- ibid. 
 
 A difcourfe of the Immor- 
 tality of the Soul. 147 
 E 
 
 Experience the touchfiene 
 oftruth. 6 
 
 Of the English Liturgy. 30 
 
 Examples pro & con 
 touching the charity of Wo- 
 men. 5? 
 
 An Emblem of a lavishing 
 wife. ibid. 
 
 Every one knows hove to 
 tame afljrew but he who hath 
 her. 61 
 
 Examples of notable f colds . 
 ibid. 
 
 Examples of the rare Lon- 
 gevity of Deer. 64 
 
 The Elephant begins his 
 youth at threefcoreyears.ibid. 
 
 How pitti fully the Empire 
 is decay d. HI 
 
 OfMotfs Dogg. 115 
 
 The fearfull and fudden 
 judgment which fell upon the 
 Carboncians for- their %£• 
 hellion. 129 
 
 Of the fixed Starrs and the 
 Planets, touching their mo- 
 tion, 136 
 ExaB Obedience among 
 Bees. ibid. 
 
 ExaB Government among 
 Bees. ibid. 
 
 %An Epitome of the late 
 confufions in Gheriona. 3 3 
 
 An Epitome of the confufi- 
 
 E able of an, Ms. 24 
 
 Ofafoolifh Naturalift^who 
 wijh'd ther were another way 
 topropagat Mankind than by 
 Women. 5 5 
 
 The Fable of the Stagg. 6 5 
 
 A Facetious anfwer of a 
 Pope touching Phyfitians. 74 
 
 The Foam of a MuU drunk 
 in warm wine good again fi 
 Pur fines. 8 5 
 
 The Fable of the Mule. ib. 
 
 Divers Fables of the Fox. 
 
 87 
 
 The Fable of the Frogs. 99 
 
 A Fox toung carried in a 
 chain good againft fore eyes. 
 
 101 
 
 Fables "twixt theWoliand 
 the Lamb applied. 105 
 
 The Fable of the Goat and 
 the Lion. 118 
 
 The Fable of the Horfe and 
 the Afs. 24 
 
 The Fable of the Ms and 
 the Spaniel. ibid. 
 
 G 
 
 God heals , but the Phyfitian 
 
 takes the Fee. 77 
 
 No Government fo wife that 
 can fit allCountries,andwhy> 
 
 9 S 
 
 The genitalis , lights , and 
 liver of a Fox, good againfi 
 the Spleen. 10 1 
 
 The Gum of a Pine-tree ea- 
 ten 
 
The Index. 
 
 Fol. 
 ten by the Fox when be is ill. 
 
 100 
 
 Goat's blood diffolves Dia- 
 monds 9 and f corns better then 
 any file. 123 
 
 Goat's milk recovers a 
 Load-ftone, when beingrufrd 
 with Gar lick it hath lojl its 
 vertu. ibid. 
 
 Goat's marrow good a- 
 gainft aches. ibid. 
 
 Goat's trindles drunk in 
 wine good againfy the faun- 
 dies, &c. ibid. 
 
 Goat's liver , entrails , 
 afhes , horns > milt , fpleen j 
 urine, marrow, hoofs 3 gall , 
 dung , trindles* fewet, (jfc. 
 all medicinall. ibid. 
 
 Gheriona cenfur'd. 131 
 H 
 
 A graduall Hymn to (foci 
 and his Angels. 150 
 
 // the Humors were fix' d 
 in Man's body, he might 
 live eternally. In the Epift. 
 
 Hiftory a profitable fiuiy. gi 
 
 the horridnes of Annihi- 
 lation. 49 
 
 Honefi men ufe to marry , 
 wife men not. 62 
 
 T'hehardfhip the Tumon- 
 tian endures. 69 
 
 Health, the mo(t precious of 
 Jewels. 77 
 
 the high prerogatives of 
 Refon. 81 
 
 A horrid kind of Revenge* 
 
 92 
 
 Fol. 
 
 Another Hellijh revenge 
 in Satumia. 9 5 
 
 A lateHijlory of tenMorris- 
 dancers in Orofia that made 
 above a 1 000 years betwixt 
 them. 122 
 
 The Horrid Ingratitude of 
 rtaCarboncian againft their 
 native King. 128 
 
 The Horrid InfurreBions in 
 Hebrinia took rife from 
 Carboncia. 130 
 
 Hope like Butter , gold in 
 the morning , [liver at noon 5 
 and lead at night. 135 
 
 I 
 
 lnfom places of the Indies 
 the It 1 ing wife throws her felf 
 into the pile with her hus- 
 band. 6q 
 
 Jealoufie among thoughts 
 like Bats among Birds. 90 
 
 The Jnfulfity of the common 
 peeple to think any rare ef- 
 fect to be Magic all. 102 
 
 Of Inftinliive Refon. II 8 
 
 /// humors adhere to 
 human nature as rufi to cop- 
 per. 121 
 
 Of the Infirmities ofOMan- 
 kind. ibid. 
 
 Jdlenes the Devils couch. 
 
 154 
 
 K 
 
 The higheft knowledge a 
 man hath of his Creator but 
 halfblindnefje. 83 
 
 A cruel horrid murder.jo 3 
 The Kirk'mtns horrid in~ 
 gratitude. 
 
The Index. 
 
 Fol. 
 
 oratitude. 128 
 
 The Kings Cbeefe goes a- 
 way three parts in pairings in 
 Artonia. 19 
 
 why the King of Artonia 
 keeps the common pee pie fo 
 love. 2 o 
 
 TheKing o/Artonia's huge 
 taxes. 19 
 
 The King of Bees hath no 
 fling. I3<5 
 
 The King of Bees hatha 
 fclemn Funerall. 1 8 9 
 
 L 
 
 A Lawyer like Balaam's 
 Ajje, he will not [peak unleffe 
 an Angell appear < * 6 
 
 Of Lawyers. 17 
 
 Lawyers build fair houfes of 
 Fool's heads. 17 
 
 Of Laughter. 22 
 
 Of the long age of 'Deer. 64 
 
 Laughter apajfon that bath 
 the mofl variety of aBion. 2 2 
 
 The Laws cfthe Kingdom of 
 Bees. 136 
 
 M 
 
 Mirth and fadnes follow 
 
 one Another in human bodies 
 
 as ni^htfucceeds day. The 
 
 Epift. 
 
 Magic tlxfrfy Philosophy. 2 
 
 Man Par amount of all the 
 fublunary cretures. 1 
 
 Man atyranttohimfelf.ib. 
 
 Man's body compard to a 
 foip. . I O 
 
 A Mariner s life. 1 2 
 
 Man the mo ft intr aft able 
 of all cretures. 2 6 
 
 Fol. 
 
 Of the great maiden-City 
 Marcopolis. 63 
 
 Man hath more difeafes 
 than a horfe , cr any other 
 crtture. 98 
 
 Of M r chants. 70 
 
 Marther jlrangely difco- 
 Ver'd. s 92 
 
 7 he marvellous continence 
 of a Saturnian. 94 
 
 OfUMonarchy. 98 
 
 Som generall Maxims of 
 Pclicj may extend to all 
 Countries. 99 
 
 The mode of r»ak:ng the 
 Sympatheticall Powder. 1 05 
 
 Man morefavage then any 
 Beafl. 108 
 
 Of the Method of Provi- 
 dence. 1 10 
 
 AMifer and a Bog good for 
 nothing till after death. 1 1 2 
 
 Man tax'd of prefumption. 
 121 
 
 The Mifer like an t\{% % that 
 carrieth gold but feeds on 
 thijlles. 17 
 
 The motions of Nature ir- 
 refifible. \ 3 5 
 
 Mans gretefl foes are with- 
 in bimfelf. ibid. 
 
 M'an.f/;<? gretefl Amphi- 
 byum of Nature jor having 
 three fouls. 15 9 
 
 N 
 
 Of Navigation. 9 
 
 A rotable proverb touching 
 long life. _ 49 
 
 The noble gratitude of a Sa- 
 turnian. 94 Not 
 
1 he Index. 
 
 FcJ. 
 
 Not fuel) a Tyrant in the 
 
 nor Id as the common peeple. 
 
 99 
 The Natural I and Political I 
 body compard. 20 
 
 A notable Fable of the Afs 
 and the Horfe applied. 24 
 Nuns a degree higher the,, 
 the ordinary cours of happi- 
 nes. * 134 
 
 Nature abhors captivity. 135 
 O 
 Of fading earthly joys. 149 
 Of'hevenlyjoys. ibid 
 
 Otter 'j [tones good against 
 the Palfle. 8 
 
 Octer'j liver reduced to 
 powder good againfi the 
 Stone andQjolic, ibid. 
 
 O^ old age. 64 
 
 Of the perturbances of hu- 
 man brains. 68 
 Opportunity the be ft mo- 
 ment in the whole extention 
 of Time. 72 
 OfPhyjitians. 87 
 The odd life ofaSoldier.1 1 4 
 Orofia vindicated. 132 
 The Orofanfaithfull to his 
 King. 123 
 Orofia corrupted by the 
 Gherionian Sectaries. \ 24 
 Of the three Souls in Man. 
 159 
 
 New Opinions , that the 
 feeds of the Parents go not to 
 impregnation^ but the Female 
 conceives by vtrtuall contaB. 
 
 141 
 Of the three Faculties of 
 the Soul. I43 
 
 I ? toi * 
 
 The Prerogatives that Man 
 
 hath over other cretures. 7 
 
 the Partridge and Pidge- 
 on purge themfelfs with Bay- 
 leafs. 76 
 
 Policy how degenerated of 
 late days. 9 % 
 
 The truefi Patriots are the 
 Marcopolits. 9J 
 
 Policy and Craft dijlingai- 
 hed. ibid. 
 
 The poor Politicians of 
 Gheriona. 9 £ 
 
 Afalfe Policy that makes 
 Religion her mask. 9 5 
 
 Policy ^or the Art of govern*. 
 ing UWan the hardeft. $7 
 Proverbs of fever all Nati- 
 ons. 
 
 Who preach War are the De- 
 vil's Chaplains. 129 
 
 Thebeft Tolicj Gheriona 
 can ufe is to keep the Gar- 
 bonuan low. ibid. 
 
 The periodicall motions of 
 the Planets. I $6 
 
 Potentially , Man hath in 
 him all created natures. 1 59 
 
 A Poem, containing the 
 whole Hiflory 0/ Man . 14 
 
 The Prerogative of Angels 
 above Man in a Poem. 145 
 
 ghteen Morphandra de- 
 fended of a Divine race. 
 In the Prolog. 
 gueen Morphandra did 
 perform all her Tranfmuta- 
 tions t not by any Magicall 
 ways t but by the Power and 
 Fm$fGod. % 
 
 Tt Qf 
 
The Index. 
 
 Fol. 
 
 Of Queen Arremefia, b>/jo 
 rear d a wonderfull Monu- 
 ment for her husband Mau- 
 lolus , andbefides made her 
 oven Body his Tomb, by taking 
 a dofs every morning of bis 
 afhes. 6 o 
 
 R 
 
 Refon the fpecifcall diffe- 
 rence that diftinguifbetb 
 Man from Beaft. J 
 
 The high prerogatives of 
 Refon. ibid. 
 
 O Roundheads. 49 
 
 Hfbelh and mad Doggs 
 muft be knocked in the head. 
 
 ICO 
 
 Rebels but halfpunifh'd^ like 
 Snakes cut in few pieces they 
 will cling again together, ib. 
 
 A rare Cure wrought by the 
 Sympatbeticall Powder, 107 
 
 the Refon that Beafls have 
 is onely DtreB,and capable of 
 Singulars. 118 
 
 B efon diftinguiftjed. 120 
 
 The Rational Soul the Image 
 4/id Breath of God Almighty. 
 
 13? 
 The Rational Soul the 
 
 Queen of Forms. ibid. 
 
 The Rational Soul a Spark 
 of Immortality. ibid. 
 
 The "Rational Soul hath no 
 particular place of refidence 
 in Man , but is diffu[ne 
 tcrowh all parti. ibid. 
 
 Rcfons alledgdjbat the Ra- 
 tional Soul is traducible.li\ 1 
 
 A Rare example of the De- 
 votion of Bees . 144 
 
 Fol. 
 
 Of a Sea- faring life. 9 
 
 AStrange horrid dream. 3 2 
 
 Of the fervitude and ill 
 ufage ofWomen. 58 
 
 The Serpent cures himfelf 
 with Fennel. J 6 
 
 Of the Sagacity of fom 
 Beafis. ibid. 
 
 The Stagg cures « himfelf 
 with Dittany. ibid. 
 
 TheS nail heals her f elf with 
 Hemlock. ibid. 
 
 The Stork heals himfelf 
 with Origanum. ibid. 
 
 Spinning out of Time never 
 made good fiotb. 80 
 
 The Sun ne^erfets on the 
 Tumontian Dominions. 8 3 
 
 Arrange (tury of two Sa- 
 curnian Merchants. 9 1 
 
 The Saturuiaii in the ex- 
 treams of Love and Hatred, 
 ofVertu andVices. 94 
 
 The Sacurnians may pre- 
 fcribe rules of Prudence to all 
 Mankind. 9 5 
 
 Of late Smatterers in Poli- 
 cy. 99 
 
 Of the Sympathetic all Pow- 
 der , and the rare vertues 
 thenof. 103 
 
 The Saturnian more fub- 
 jeH to jeah fie and revenge 
 l hen. other Nation s. 102 
 
 Strings mide of Wolf's 
 guts fpotl all CMuftc. 1 1 6. 
 
 Siranqe things of the Wolf . 
 ibid. 
 
 Soldiers in Peace like Chim- 
 neys in Summer. 127 
 Symptoms 
 
The Index. 
 
 Fol. 
 
 Symptom when Bees are 
 lick. 138 
 
 Some bold Hony to be the 
 
 [mat of the Hevens, others 
 
 tbc^elly of the Starrs, others 
 
 the qainteffence of the Air. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Hoiv a Swarm o/Bees built 
 an Altar. 144 
 
 T 
 
 The Torments of Hell. 40 
 
 Two notable Sayings in dif- 
 paragement of Women. 5 5 
 
 7 wo famous Examples of 
 the gallantry of Women. 60 
 
 Talk , one of the grett (I 
 delights of Women. 66 
 
 7 he TuiTioiitian in his 
 Counsels follows the motion o\ 
 Saturity« his aBions of Met - 
 cury. 67 
 
 The Tumontian excused 
 for the blood he fpilt in con- 
 quering the Neve World. 70 
 
 The Tumontian Monar- 
 chy like a Cloak made up of 
 patches. 84 
 
 The Tumontian femes no 
 Prince but his own. ibid. 
 
 The Tumontian trades no 
 where but into his own Kings 
 Country. ibid. 
 
 The Tumontian in perpe- 
 tuall Feud with the common 
 Enemy. ibid. 
 
 A Town in Saturnia where 
 there are Mountains without 
 Wood, Sea without Fifh, Men 
 without Faith . and women 
 
 FoL 
 without fhame. 88 
 
 Tall men like houfes file 
 flories high , the upper room 
 worji furnifhed. lit, 
 
 %4 grange Tale of an Afs. 
 
 A 1 * 
 
 A Tale of a Crow. ibid. 
 
 Though the Threed of a 
 
 man's life be never fowell 
 
 fpun t yet it hath many bracks. 
 
 121 
 Till Beans bloffom > Bees 
 never go abroad. 137 
 
 The difference 'tmxtfepa- 
 rated Souls and Angehy and 
 how they agree. 145 
 
 V 
 Of the vexations and per- 
 ittrliintes offpiritthat CMdn 
 is fubjeEi unto. 7 
 
 The Variety of labors that 
 go to make Bread. 14 
 
 The fixation of fpirit 
 Mankind is fubjeB unto a- 
 borce other cretures. 68 
 
 The Volganians beat their 
 wtfes duly once a week. 68 
 The Virtues of Deer. 6 5 
 when all Vices grow old 3 
 Covetoufnefs grows young in 
 Man. 90 
 
 Of the Vices in Saturnia. 
 
 Of the Vices <rfAetonia.ui 
 the high Vanities of Man. 
 
 A Vifionali Dream. 3 2 
 The. Various torments of 
 Hell. 40 
 
 Variety 
 
The Index. 
 
 Fol. 
 
 Variety of new torments in 
 Hell. ibid. 
 
 W 
 
 Thewifeft ofMortallsishe 
 
 who contrtuh his humors. In 
 
 the Epift. 
 
 Warra a Fire (truck in the 
 Devil's Tinder-box. 10 
 
 Women of purer fluff then 
 Men. 56 
 
 Of rare Women. 57. 
 
 Of good and bed Women, 5 8 
 
 The Woman and FertrejJ'e 
 which begin to parly are half 
 won. 66 
 
 Women held byfomto be of 
 an inferior Creation t and not 
 the fame fpecies. 54 
 
 A Woman can wafy btr 
 hands jo long -in a Bafon of 
 
 Fol. 
 clear water that f\:e cannot 
 foul , UlU/i not. 5 6 
 
 Women praifed and dif- 
 praifed. 5 7 
 
 The warrsmth Hydiaulia 
 cofl th& Tumontian a hun- 
 dred tu.d twenty millions of 
 Trefure, 7 2 
 
 The Wi.ys Hydraulia 
 found out to counterfeit the 
 Tumontian Coyn. ibid. 
 
 The VVtld Boar heals him- 
 felf with Ivy. 76 
 
 What the Eye of a Bate is 
 to the Surh the Understanding 
 of Man is to God. 85 
 
 The greatWilines 0/4F0K 
 in fur. dry Fables . 8 8 
 
 of the Weakness and 
 frailties of Man. 121 
 
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