j1 multii, arnmatibuj decore mncimur. JVe are
exeelied in cemeBnetie, iy many /ntii^ crcaturet;
Yea, of terrcstriall creatnrea, that lire with ut.
For, concernbg those of the Sea. omitting their
figure, which no proportion can containe, so much
doth it difler, both in colour, in neatnesM, in
'smoothnesse, and in dispositioD, we must gi*e
place unto thetn : wliich in all qualities we tnoitt
likeirise doe to the ayrie ones. And that-pre-
rogadTe, which Poets yeeld unto our u[»ight
stature, looking towards hearen ivhence her be-
pnniBgis,

Oi hamhi niilmi Jc£t, ithimqut vHin
Jiiak, rt mdia aJ lyirra ttllrre vuhui. -

—Otto. Mttmi. f.'84.
Wliere otker cteatntn on enth loslsc and lie,
A loftie looks God ga<e man, bad him prie
On heav'D, nii'd hit high connt'uaace Co the ikie.
4* meerdy 'poAieall, for, there an mai^ little

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THe beattt, that have their right directly fixed to-
-UBcaf wards heaven: I fiode the Camui and tbe
"'r"^^ Ettridge* neoke much more rai«ed and upright,
than oun. What beaiu hare Dot their &ce
tioh and before, and Jooke not directly offi^
titei a* we ; and in their natural] posture detcrie
.not at much of heaven and earth, ai man doth?
And what qualitie* of our corporall coosatuiioot
both in P/alo and Cieere CaoDOt fit and aerre a
thousand beattt i Snch as most reiemble man
are the vilest and filthieat of all the root: Aa
fot outward ^parance and true shape of the
viuge, it is the Hankie or Ape :

' SImia juam imUii, birfi



.as for inward and vital! part«, it is th^ Hog.
