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Show tion of Cu1na ifefio Jur "ynrowf,:" Ml.)cl},'(.s with no great labour; for as he had {he"./ed himfelf an indefatigable {earcherou of the myfteries of Nature, {o now by .thxs opportunity, through the vaft Voyag(:' 5: dmmtfim ions I!Iifunu ;f anflate great prog IW the infirad: CY ha ' the | 210 of ch'm,dCOf th ‘:'n '.ma"";l"fl'id Vain undertaken Ching, beginni #"fugh the Jatitude o s of the Norh o times, ot {pend it in other trivial employment; but ou Terentins left nothin unenquired after, whether that you have an eye to the natural fitaation of Promontories, or Coalts, the original of winds 5 andlaftly, the properties of th Sea, and the varieties of Fifh therein. And being now arrived in India in th Ficldsaand Woods, being a moft skilful Botanilt, he met with no kind of Plant but having moft exallly examined, he entered them inhis Béok, together wit their proper (hapes and diftinCt forms : hence having fearched out the Coafts o India, Bengala, Malaca, Swmatra, Couchinchina, and the rarities of Nature worth confideration ; he at laft arriyed at Maccao, and .from thence he came int China, the accomplifhment of his defires, over all which he Travelled by a diret tran{verfe, and oblique Voyage; and becaufe many Rarities of Natures Secret more perfpicuoufly prefented themlelves in thefe moft diftant Climates, @ix. i Stones, in Plants, in Animals, and in the Cuftoms, and Manners of the Inhabicants, he left no way unfearched, nor means unexamined, but made tryal of th Vertues of each by Philofophical Experiments; and as he was not unskilful o unfeen in Painting, he exhibited each of them Penciled to the life with his ow hands, according to the Prototype or Draught of Nature, unto the admiration o ombe titl y Pli a Ind e cal h c wh am Vo lar tw i the Chinefe e the preparativ ¢ Chinefian Afropo ing fo great and worthy a V‘{ork It wa the only intention of this Perfon b t len a an elf him fo wa n op la t fo firf ets Sec thefe his admirabl cel other Nations i e of places was ; f for others, both of the Learned and alfo of the Mandorines, to obtain their affen tha e gai l ou te de { h c wh pe Go th for a liberty of Preachin fen ma a hi ou ho an ee ef no di tha o ¢here was hardly any per down from Heaven ; and being an excellent Phyfician, he was {ent for at laft un od canfed {ome Supuld be under diver {ix degrees unto al ite aff we tha wer the e foe io di co o t eft wh o ons to all per with any diftemperature, whom with the embracements of the bowels of an in oy periwaded chem ded toto an infinit Welt entered into ft : moreover tha vincibl the e hea an s pe te Di l bod the o cur Charity, he bot th b if ti Ge o nef dar th wit cte inf an Souls that were oppreffe Co fti Chr th o ag an ad an fru l edi inc th unt Word of Life monwealth: therefore being intent on thefe Concernments, after the {o lon m:cd. hesi 0 be Father ou o retur th an Calende th o mendin {ufpended bufinefls of th ngfmudc biscfas Afirqnom from Exile, as a Mafter now of a long while exercifed in the Aftronomical Dif the emendation o y of the Mathema Chrifti th unt convert no Mandori th Le o labou th b ciplines Faith. he was called unto Peking, at the Emperours coft to corret the Calender our granted unt i death b o feife bein Affair thi i himfel employ onl h tha vzlhe an which, with prea heir Country Sctmployment ; bu efpecimor an Per{ons al o grie grea th unt ed obftru the bufinels wa ally of the Emperour; but there were not wanting new Atlafes, for in his plac immediately were {ubftituted Facher fzcob Rbo an Italian of the City of Milan grations made b bufith brough happil lengt a forc unite a b Adam,w and Father Fob Fa Te A e t o c l m t b c e t o f l n c a fi d m r p E o ¢he w ie { th oftance, WhO be of cets of ol od fir an "Y %‘.Convcf ine hrain - ‘of the Ocean, r}ot.after the mode of idle Perfons, and fuch as fleep away thei id defie hmgfxifted o - t o n m g n m o w t e li th n t But Father Rbo deépa nelsto effe& o l a p a t t w w a A e t F o e l o f t o i the Affair was l verfaries can hardl b exprefled, whe a t n m l t e f e t u the Emper Artsan whol in their Apologetica unt Writing they had prefcribed the Law of th Sons of an unknow Lan t o p e n c a g f a c r f d t t ' 'f i} Cb t Sciencesunt Empire an that the Barbarian an th b th a u r p E th o f thould be exalted with {o great honou )iC. th al o W o n l c n th th Imperial Diploma or Patent 5 as i i a l s o r P u f o t o a h th i e t e n c M nefian Learn the Wi b o o A |