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Show 2 ‘ T/ye Art of Tram/ling; lee Art of Traveliz'ng ever forel'cals and prepofl‘elTes the Judgment is ['0 fSapiem in termm alienigcnarum Gentium pertmnfiet - little capable of forming the Mind, that 'tis the very thing which corrupts it, and deprives it of its natural relilh for Truth, and that difpofition to receive it, which ferves as a foundation for Reafon to build upon. That which is found in Books is not: always true 5 for belides that Decency will not per- mit Men to write but within-the compafs of certain Rules, Flattery, the humor of the Time and Nation wherein a Man lives, the public Interei‘t, or the ma- nagement of private Affairs, always make fome difference between what a Man writes, and what may be thought by thofe among whom he lives: Which forms an almoft invincible Obftacle in the way of Truth, and hinders her from ihewing her felf in her proper fhape. But in Travelling we find all imaginable help and 3 ‘ and it follows afterwards, in abfconditis fuir conciliabitur, by that means he lhall be acquainted with the molt profound Notions of Wifdom, that is, of REL I G I ON 5 Occulm Proverbiorum exquiret, he'll make a fcrutiny into their Maxims, Manners and 1' Cuftoms, that is, into MORALITY: bond enim (7‘ main in bominibm tentabit 3 he'll have the advantage by converting with the Living (which is much better than to confult the Dead) to know the fources of that Good and Evil which Men do either to themfelves, or one another, that is, in one word, PO LI C. Y. Thefe are the three fundamental Principles by which a wife Man ought to regulate his Conduct, and in thefe he ought to accomplilh himfelf by TraVelling: For a Man is confirm'd in his Reli- afliftance to furnilh our Minds with Experience and Knowledg; for what is conceal'd in Books is by this means openly difcover'd to us, and we judg of things with more fafety, becaufe we fee 'em with gion by the knowledg he acquires of the importance and certainty of it; he forms a folid Scheme of Morality from the different Practices he obferves in the World, and informshimfelf in the true Rules of Policy by the ufe he finds other People make greater perfpicuity when the Curtain is drawn afide. of "em. \Vhen we go to the very Principles of things, and draw Water at the Fountain, the talte and quality of it mutt needs be molt agreeable. This is the way to know Men as they really are, and not only as the would be wife, he ought to travel; and 'tis hardly to be expected that any one who neglects this method, will prove eminent for Prudence and Po. lntereft of fome Perfons makes 'em appear to be; From which it follows, that if a Man liticks. This Art of TraVelling to advantage requires and to judg of their A€tions, Manners, and Politicks in themfelves, and not on the Credit of fo- four Conditions that are all abfolutely neceflliry in every one that would fucceed in it. The firlt is, reign Relations, fo that the Mind receiving thence That his Mind be already form'd and fled, and yet a‘pure and vivid light, that fets it above the dan- this in fuch a manner as not to be firif‘tly determin'd. The rum is, That he be not prepofi‘cl's‘d with Pre- ger of Prejudice, is at the fame time confirm‘d and improv'd on folid grounds, and at length rais'd to judices. The third is, That his Capacity bear a the upper Region of Policy where its great Phenomena appear. We are taught in the Book of Ecclcfizflrr, that to proper : ion to the Science or Bufinefs to which he is devoted, and in which he delires to be accomplilh'd. become Wife a Man mull: go into fl'range COlmll'lCSa neceilary to bring him into acquaintance with the Sarita! And the fourth is, That he want no afliitance is N‘ L". 5‘ |