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Show . m "17/99 Art (5‘ Tree'e/lifig.« {iii/)0 Air! (f :l'jiuze'e/iz'iza‘, prtilion of Truth onzthe Minds ofthe Populace, who are notcapablel of any other adifcufhon of things, much lefs of! refin'd Politicks; which gave occafion to that wile faying, The Voice _of the People is the Voice of God. But the Court 15 another World, where "all things are compounded, and from whence Simplicity, Candor, Sincerity, and oftentimes even lullice‘ andvTruth are ex1l'd. And leeing the Men of this World are different from others, 'tis not to be wonder-"d at it one is deceiv'd by their Difguifes, , " other, you may be fare the Peo ple. would ham 1 " known nothing of it. However 'tis true, that common Report ; pre _ caution the Fancy inflead of inltruc' s as they lin g it, do not fail to furnilh a Traveller with fuch Not ices, 43 ' n to his , mutt needs tur acc oun t. Thefe . Reports . , . ‘ Salufl very Wlfely Calls, Earperzmc rmz Manama?! ""l ‘ Trials 0 the PeoJ.ulr7 for there is at leall: f0 J {JC much, , probability in 'em, that they have fome Principle that gives rife to 'em, and that they have given and if the warm Fancy of a young Man is every day impos'd on by them: For every thing they do is "with delign, and therefore 'tis no wonder that there's double dealing in all Affairs, fo that one knows not where to have 'em. Hence it is that thofe Authors that write Relations of the State of Princes Courts, are carried away with f0 many Iliulions: For the more account they make of that certain knowledg they pretend to have of 'em, and the more the Miniilry fee they depend upon it, the more they vary in their difcourfe with fuch an Author, to deprive him of the light of what he aims at, by embarafling his Mind with diveriity of Me.. diums. There's no Rock more dangerous to an intelligent Traveller, than the popular Reports which a Princels Council either purpofely fpreads abroad, or fuller-s to be divulg'd: There's no lll‘els to be laid on fuch Stories, and a Man ought to be careful not to fulier himfislf to be {urpriz'd by 'em. A wife Romanon T'uch an occalion one day'faid to me, Se gulf/1M0!" excrement Iofleprc'bbc il popolo. " The Credit the l'eo- " ple give this Report may be enough to convmce you that there7s no fuch matter at the Palace, but (J H. tL that the buli‘nefs is either already finilh'd, or €116 'tis a flroke that is not refolv'd, and it may bC not thought on -, for ifit was eit'h *r the one or the " other, . fome colour to an End whicl1 a Court is willing; :0 hide by fome f'peeious means, i I confefs the italiam excel all Chrif‘cian Nation?in this method of Travelling; but the People 0 the Fall: infinitely out-do the Italians theml‘dre: t and 'tis from the long Ceiiverfiition l have had with both, that I have receivd what Light I have in chv. matter, efpecially the way of abating the heat Faucy, and preventing it from being t1"‘"ll‘01 ‘t‘ixr ""1 V beyond due bounds by its Vivacity, in which #lto Eal'tern People are inimitable; and 'tis a Dual??? one can't behold in 'em without Altos-Eminent, ' But feeing a Fancy that is tractable and Oi};?(ii:il5' determines nothing, and what it differers iii-:y :1:weli deceive it asintoi';1iitg, it ought tawcornmitthe difeullion ofall to the judgment, that lo it may (on); to a refult: For this purpofe the _!u-,igii‘ient ough'~ H? be fublime and clear, tho theft" two @313."th are not to compatible as at the hell: glance :hvgr- teem to be: for the elevation of the Lilia! timoflie i it; Milts and Clouds, tho cl men to an externive Soul. T0173 e-f lilount'ains which »‘ . ". 1. Yr -, , 'Jlfizolt angel's , 'r" g" {rem "n J 2.- .0» [huL {tank} :1: the n' ",5, 1- rev . _ A, *"v! ..-~ "i‘.i!1LsSj‘.C-; I. r "In lip-2:, ‘ I ,1 ,,. Ell": Elixir. I ii";. "[7 [18111. e ‘ ,fl. (JCLiAGS n ,.r ‘; pipd iflfi, rT"~ ' i (if; '1- ‘ .v ‘L‘ tlllliii I ' *VA‘" ' v""‘ L‘L'ui V '- ' ' ‘. |