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Show .J)jth;~ adu~~lJf.~arn~~g; . % e'»t tlht a rN~~ fufHt ();, w• gu..r.uf,tJ·Jaem.~it • . ,. , An inquiftti ~~ 0 an . . . .p!!atlec ~ C 0:vp~m the. hk~ / ·~eafon" ax:redt\tOlls manu ard~c.etuer : a~ we-{ee It in fune, that l!~o ha. wjll eafily bel~n~ .tHn<::rs,. will a-s. ea!ily.a.ugm·¢1lt n~Qrs, a1!d a ~ O\ne\rV nat wthem of·his uW!lle, wh1ch 'Z:acJ~te.s W:~{ely no~ethj W hen.he ra y~h: 'Ril{~iirrt fimul oriJt#Ntq; fo.g.reat an a.f~ ·finhiohathfietionand'beleefe. . r. .' .. · ·'if his fa~Hitie of cliedite, and accepung or ~dnur..: ting thinges ·\ve&kely authGrized or w~tllante<i ; is of two kiriclas, according t0- the· fub1~ · fop / u is either a-~beleefe of Hiflode,. ( as· the Lawy. trs· · cpeak~: . ~atter of faa:) oP ·elfe ·of mattes; of art and opinion. ; As. to t.be forme~, :~ee f<?e~~~ ·cxperien'e and inc0nu~n1.ence of th1s errot1r 1~ 'ecclefiafticall Hiflorie, which hat~ too eaftly recet..; ned and·gegifited reports and~narration5 of.M iracies wr~~u .b.Y. Mar.ryus, Hertntts, or Monkes ?f the oefert; ·a11d''other holy men~- ; I and ther~ ·Rehques, Silrines, Ghappcls, and Images: W~t.ch though_ diey had· 'a!pa[aQe for tin1ej by the tgnor-ance ot th p'fople; '"~ 0 fuperftirious fimpli(itie ·of {olne; ana· die , politique ' t'-~lierat.ion Qt 'Vthers > holding thetn but as diuine·poefies : yet afte[! a ·period e of time, when the miA: began t~ c teare vp, ·they ~rew tO be efieet}.'led~btl·t as ofd'wiues fables~if!lpoftures of the Cleargie iHuCioos of fpirits~ ·and.rbadges of . An ichrift; tO.·the ·great.(candalt' and.·:detrin1ent of 'lteligif>n. · . · · L • So. .. in :naturall Hiflorie.,· woe.( ee.· tnere :h -aih·. n~ - beene · ~ The firfl ~~of&·.· ·. · zz beene that €hoife and iudgen1erit vfed, as ought tohaue ·beene, as may appeare in the Writings oF . Plinius~ caraantts, ,...A lbertt~s, and diuers of toe Ara•: bians, beitlg fraught wich tnuch-fabulous matter;· ·agreatpart,not olllelyvnt~yed, bHtnotorioufly ~n~ ttbte) to the great·derogauon of the credite of na~ . turall Philofophie, with tf:te graue andfober kinde · o[ wits?wherein rhewifedome and.integritie of A· rti1 otle ts worthy te be obfcrued, that hauing made fo c!iligent an~ exquHJte a ~Jiflorie ~fliuing crea~ tures, hath , tntngled ·It fpar1ngly wnh any vaine or fayned tnatter, and yet on thother fake·, hath caft all prodigious .Nar_rations, which he thf)ught·wor• thy the recordtng Into one.Booke: excellently di0 ~erning that matter of manifefi truth, fitch where-;. vpon 9bferuation and· rule was to bee. buirr was nor to bee mingled or weakened wirh mat~er of · · doubtfull c·redice .~ and yet , againc , that· rarities and· reports, that feeme vn<::redible; are not to be fuppreffed or denyed to the me1norie of men~ I f\nd as for the facilitie of credite which is yeel .. ded to Arts & ~pini0ns; it is -like wife of two kinds · ··either when· oo mttch,beleefe is attributed to th~ . Art~ th~1nfelnes,or to eertaine- Authors in any Art• T·he Sc.tenc·es rhemfelt es w·hich haue had better · ·intelligence and confederacie with die in1agination ; "'f n1an, tlian \Vith his reafon,are three· in ntnnber; :A~rologie,Nat~1ral1 ~agicke,and Alcttmy: ofwli~ch . . . .. ~ctence~ neuerdieletle the ends er pretenGcs are · .~~able. for Afirologie pretendeth to.difcouer that~, ~- 3 I ~.o~refp~on~ . |