36511New Atlantis.
we now ſee before our eyes is thy Finger, and atrue Mi-
racle. And foraſmuch as we learn in our Books, that thou
never workeſt Miracles but to a Divine and excellent End,
(for the Laws of Nature, are thine own Laws, and thou
exceedeſt them not but upon good cauſe) we moſt humbly be-
ſeech thee to proſper this great Sign, and to give us the Inter-
pretation, and uſe of it in mercy, which thou doſt in ſome part
ſecretly promiſe, by ſending it unto us.
racle. And foraſmuch as we learn in our Books, that thou
never workeſt Miracles but to a Divine and excellent End,
(for the Laws of Nature, are thine own Laws, and thou
exceedeſt them not but upon good cauſe) we moſt humbly be-
ſeech thee to proſper this great Sign, and to give us the Inter-
pretation, and uſe of it in mercy, which thou doſt in ſome part
ſecretly promiſe, by ſending it unto us.
When he had made his Prayer, he preſently found the Boat he was
in, moveable and unbound, whereas all the reſt remained ſtill fiſt; and
taking that for an aſſurance of leave to approach, he cauſed the Boat to be
ſoftly, and with ſilence, rowed towards the Pillar; but ere he came near it,
the Pillar and Croß of Light brake up, and caſt it ſelf abroad, as it were, into
a Firmament of many Stars; which alſo vaniſhed ſoon after, and there was
nothing leſt to be ſeen but a ſmall Ark or Cheſt of Cedar, dry, and not wet
at all with Water, though it ſwam; and in thefore end of it, which was
towards him, grew a ſmall green Branch of Palm. And when the Wire-
man had taken it with all reverence into his Boat, it opened of it ſelf, and
there was found in it a Book and a Letter, both written in fine Parchment,
and wrapped in Sindons of Linnen. The Book contained all the Canonical
Books of the Old and New Teſtament, according as you have them, (for we
know well what the Churches with you receive;) and the Apocalypſe it ſel,
and ſome other Books of the New Teſtament, which were not at that time
written, were nevertheleſs in the Book. And for the Letter, it was in theſe
words.
in, moveable and unbound, whereas all the reſt remained ſtill fiſt; and
taking that for an aſſurance of leave to approach, he cauſed the Boat to be
ſoftly, and with ſilence, rowed towards the Pillar; but ere he came near it,
the Pillar and Croß of Light brake up, and caſt it ſelf abroad, as it were, into
a Firmament of many Stars; which alſo vaniſhed ſoon after, and there was
nothing leſt to be ſeen but a ſmall Ark or Cheſt of Cedar, dry, and not wet
at all with Water, though it ſwam; and in thefore end of it, which was
towards him, grew a ſmall green Branch of Palm. And when the Wire-
man had taken it with all reverence into his Boat, it opened of it ſelf, and
there was found in it a Book and a Letter, both written in fine Parchment,
and wrapped in Sindons of Linnen. The Book contained all the Canonical
Books of the Old and New Teſtament, according as you have them, (for we
know well what the Churches with you receive;) and the Apocalypſe it ſel,
and ſome other Books of the New Teſtament, which were not at that time
written, were nevertheleſs in the Book. And for the Letter, it was in theſe
words.
IBartholomew, a Servant of the Higheſt, and
Apoſtle of FESVS CHRIST, was warn-
ed by an Angel that appeared to me in a
Viſion of Glory, that I should commit this
Ark to the Flouds of the Sea. Therefore I
do teſtifie and declare unto that People, where
GOD shall ordain this Ark to come to Land,
that in the ſame day is come unto them Salva-
tion, and Peace, and Good Will from the
FATHER, and from the LORD FESVS.
Apoſtle of FESVS CHRIST, was warn-
ed by an Angel that appeared to me in a
Viſion of Glory, that I should commit this
Ark to the Flouds of the Sea. Therefore I
do teſtifie and declare unto that People, where
GOD shall ordain this Ark to come to Land,
that in the ſame day is come unto them Salva-
tion, and Peace, and Good Will from the
FATHER, and from the LORD FESVS.
“There was alſo in both theſe Writings, as well the Book as the
“Letter, wrought a great Miracle, conform to that of the Apoſtles in the
“Original Gift of Tengues. For there being at that time in this Land Hebrews,
“Perſians, and Indians, beſides the Natives, every one read upon the
“Letter, wrought a great Miracle, conform to that of the Apoſtles in the
“Original Gift of Tengues. For there being at that time in this Land Hebrews,
“Perſians, and Indians, beſides the Natives, every one read upon the
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