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Show 6 The Art of Travelling. but will by this means be the more likely to fall un- der fufpicion, and become much lefs wel come than one of another Character. To gain Efteem there, a Man mult bring with him a good Reputa tion, :1 diftinguilh'd Birt h, or an extraordinary Merit. In Italy the quite contrary Humor obtains. And Levant neither one nor t'other takes place, in the Air of Simplicity, Sincerity and Honefl-y but an will in- troduce a Man into any Company. An and voluble Tongue does well in Poland, eloquent very ill in Spain, and ftill worfe at Conflantinople : but A great fhew of Devotion will naturalize a Man in Portugal, but render him ridiculous in the Northern Kingdoms. A pleafant and merry Humor will fpoil a Man's bulinefs in Aa/trz‘a and Italy, but give him eafy accefs in England. As for the knowledg of Tongues, befides that it is impoflible to acquire all a Man wants if he any thing far, and that it will not do him travel all Service that is commonly imagin'd, if he has the mind to run through Europe, it is a great occa only a lion of the Corruption of Manners, by eafily introducing Men into places of Debauchery -, and on the hand it has been obferv'd, that it contribu other tes little to the forming of the Mind: for belides very that it is not the common People that a Man ought curious in confulting; and among Men of figu to be re the knowledg of their Language renders a noxious to fufpicion, 'tis fufficient that a Man obMan can fpeak any one Language that is known: As the Italian Tongue is very common in Greece and the Lellbr Afla, befides the help one may have from Interpreters, of whom there are great number s for all the living Tongues in Europe. And it you fpea k a dead Language with any Native of a fore ign Country, he has no advantage above you, and it you are better vers'd init than he, he'll hellfire 3) uppy The Art of Tram/ling. 7 {apply what he wants in Expreflion by the degree ‘ of Knowledg, wherein he ex ls you in refpeét of the matter about which you coce nv you a greater infight into it erfe, and will give in half an hour's Dif- courfe, than you fhould have obta in'd it may be in twenty Vifits, if you had ma de ufe of his Native Language. 'Tis fufiicient if . enough to make your felf you have Language underflood about your neceliary Affairs ; and there are always People to be found, who will make ufe of guage, to difcourfe with you l'o your Native Lanas not to be underflood by others, that they ma y you that others don't know; learn fomething of an give you occafion to learn fome d that they may thing of them which you don't yet underfland. But Cur kept within the bounds of Patien iolity ought to be ce and that being fuppos'd, there's and Difcretion, fca but a Man may be capable of it in rce any thing one can but add to the Conditions Travelling, if tioning a lively and yet obfequiol have been men-us Fancy, an eafy and faithful Memory, a fweet and inf inuating Humor, a Curiofity that is notimpatie nt, and an impartial way ofjudging. Thefe are the Qualities that give a Man an eafy and agreeable reception into all Companies, and prepoflefs the Peo ple of any Na- tion with favourable thoughts of a Tra veller who is endow'd with 'em. Thefe cut his Work lhort, remove all Obitacles in the way of his acq uaintance with them, and bring them into fuc h a familiarity With him, as will be fure to engage their Confidence, if he be but careful to obferve himfelf, as well as Rudy the Temper of others. Thefe are the Vehicles of Policy, which by difcovering the Humor, lnClinations and Genius of every Nation, inf enhbly ring us to the liliCquCdg of their Maxims , their Rea fons of .State, their Deligns, the ir Conduit? and Various Sentiments. In a word, 'tis by the help of I is C |
