36612New Atlantis.
“and Letter, as if they had been written in his own Language.
And thus
“was this Land ſaved from Infidelity (as the Remain of the old World
“was from Water) by an Ark, through the Apoſtolical and Miraculous
“Evangeliſm of S Bartholomevv. And here he pauſed, and a Meſſenger
came and called him forth ſrom us. So this was all that paſſed in that
Conference.
“was this Land ſaved from Infidelity (as the Remain of the old World
“was from Water) by an Ark, through the Apoſtolical and Miraculous
“Evangeliſm of S Bartholomevv. And here he pauſed, and a Meſſenger
came and called him forth ſrom us. So this was all that paſſed in that
Conference.
The next day the ſame Governor came again to us immediately aſter Din-
ner, and excuſed himſelf, ſaying, “That the day beſore he was called from us
“ſome what abruptly, but now he would make us amends, and ſpend time
“with us, if we held his Company and Conference agreeable. We anſwered,
“That we held it ſo agreeable and pleaſing to us, as we forgot both dangers
“paſt and fears to come, for the time we heard him ſpeak, and that we
“thought an hour ſpent with him, was worth years of our former life. He
bo vved himſelf alittle to us, and after vve vvere ſet again, heſaid, “Well, the Queſti-
“ons are on your part. One of our number ſaid, after a little pauſe, “That there
“was a matter we were no leſs deſirous to know then fearful to ask, leſt we
“might preſume too far; but encouraged by his rare Humanity to wards us,
“(that could ſcarce think our ſelves ſtrangers, being his vowed and profeſſed
“Servants) we would take the hardineſs to propound it: Humbly beſeech-
“ing him, if he thought it not fit to be anſwered, that he would pardon it,
“though he rejected it. VVe ſaid, We well obſerved thoſe his words
“which he formerly ſpake, That this happy Iſland where we now ſtood
“vvas knovvn to fevv, and yet knevv moſt of the Nations of the World;
“vvhich vve found to be true, conſidering they had the Languages of
“Europe, and knevv much of our ſtate and buſineſs; and yet vve in Europe
“(notvvithſtanding all the remote Diſcoveries and Navigations of this laſt
“Age) never heard any of the leaſt inkling or glimpſe of this Iſland. This
“vve found vvonderful ſtrange, for that all Nations have interknovvledge
“one of another, either by Voyage into Forein Parts, or by Strangers
“that come to them: And though the Traveller into a Forein Countrey,
“doth commonly know more by the Eye, then he that ſtaid at home can
“by relation of the Traveller; yet both ways ſuffice to make a mutual
“knowledge in ſome degree on both parts: But for this Iſland, we never
“heard tell of any Ship of theirs that had been ſeen to arrive upon any
“ſhore of Europe, no nor of either the Eaſt or VVeſt-Indies, nor yet of any
“Ship of any other part of the World that had made return for them. And
“yet the marvel reſted not in this; for the ſituation of it (as his Lordſhip
“ſaid) in the ſecret Conclave of ſuch a vaſt Sea might cauſe it: But then,
“that they ſhould have knowledge of the Languages, Books, Affairs of
“thoſe that lie ſuch a diſtance from them, it was a thing we could not tell
“what to make of; for that it ſeemed to us a condition and propriety of
“Divine Powers and Beings, to be hidden and unſeen to others, and yet
“to have others open, and as in a light to them. At this Speech the Go-
vernor gave a gracious ſmile, and ſaid, “That we did well to ask pardon
“for this Queſtion we now asked, for that it imported as if we thought
“this Land, a Land of Magicians, that ſent forth Spirits of the Air into all
“parts to bring them news, and intelligence of other Countreys. It was
anſwered by us all, in all poſſible humbleneſs, but yet with a countenance
taking knowledge, that we knew, that he ſpake it but merrily, “That we
“were apt enough to think, there was ſomewhat ſupernatural in this
“Iſland, but yet rather as Angelical then Magical. But to let his Lord-
“ſhip know truly what it was that made us tender and doubtful to ask
ner, and excuſed himſelf, ſaying, “That the day beſore he was called from us
“ſome what abruptly, but now he would make us amends, and ſpend time
“with us, if we held his Company and Conference agreeable. We anſwered,
“That we held it ſo agreeable and pleaſing to us, as we forgot both dangers
“paſt and fears to come, for the time we heard him ſpeak, and that we
“thought an hour ſpent with him, was worth years of our former life. He
bo vved himſelf alittle to us, and after vve vvere ſet again, heſaid, “Well, the Queſti-
“ons are on your part. One of our number ſaid, after a little pauſe, “That there
“was a matter we were no leſs deſirous to know then fearful to ask, leſt we
“might preſume too far; but encouraged by his rare Humanity to wards us,
“(that could ſcarce think our ſelves ſtrangers, being his vowed and profeſſed
“Servants) we would take the hardineſs to propound it: Humbly beſeech-
“ing him, if he thought it not fit to be anſwered, that he would pardon it,
“though he rejected it. VVe ſaid, We well obſerved thoſe his words
“which he formerly ſpake, That this happy Iſland where we now ſtood
“vvas knovvn to fevv, and yet knevv moſt of the Nations of the World;
“vvhich vve found to be true, conſidering they had the Languages of
“Europe, and knevv much of our ſtate and buſineſs; and yet vve in Europe
“(notvvithſtanding all the remote Diſcoveries and Navigations of this laſt
“Age) never heard any of the leaſt inkling or glimpſe of this Iſland. This
“vve found vvonderful ſtrange, for that all Nations have interknovvledge
“one of another, either by Voyage into Forein Parts, or by Strangers
“that come to them: And though the Traveller into a Forein Countrey,
“doth commonly know more by the Eye, then he that ſtaid at home can
“by relation of the Traveller; yet both ways ſuffice to make a mutual
“knowledge in ſome degree on both parts: But for this Iſland, we never
“heard tell of any Ship of theirs that had been ſeen to arrive upon any
“ſhore of Europe, no nor of either the Eaſt or VVeſt-Indies, nor yet of any
“Ship of any other part of the World that had made return for them. And
“yet the marvel reſted not in this; for the ſituation of it (as his Lordſhip
“ſaid) in the ſecret Conclave of ſuch a vaſt Sea might cauſe it: But then,
“that they ſhould have knowledge of the Languages, Books, Affairs of
“thoſe that lie ſuch a diſtance from them, it was a thing we could not tell
“what to make of; for that it ſeemed to us a condition and propriety of
“Divine Powers and Beings, to be hidden and unſeen to others, and yet
“to have others open, and as in a light to them. At this Speech the Go-
vernor gave a gracious ſmile, and ſaid, “That we did well to ask pardon
“for this Queſtion we now asked, for that it imported as if we thought
“this Land, a Land of Magicians, that ſent forth Spirits of the Air into all
“parts to bring them news, and intelligence of other Countreys. It was
anſwered by us all, in all poſſible humbleneſs, but yet with a countenance
taking knowledge, that we knew, that he ſpake it but merrily, “That we
“were apt enough to think, there was ſomewhat ſupernatural in this
“Iſland, but yet rather as Angelical then Magical. But to let his Lord-
“ſhip know truly what it was that made us tender and doubtful to ask