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Nature
And as in Animals the smell
Is plac'd by Nature Sentinell
Upon the Mouth; To pass, or stay,
All Aliments that go that way.
Is plac'd by Nature Sentinell
Upon the Mouth; To pass, or stay,
All Aliments that go that way.
As Pliny's Partridges are sayd to Tread
Another Covey flying 'ore its Head.
Another Covey flying 'ore its Head.
So Beares (some write) are whelpd with Staring eies
As large as when they are at their largest cize,
Altho at first no bigger then a Rat,
Until they have been lickd up to their Height.
As large as when they are at their largest cize,
Altho at first no bigger then a Rat,
Until they have been lickd up to their Height.
Thunder the sole Artillery of Nature
Is Fird with Cold, and chargd with Ice, and water.
Thunder is Natures Demy-Canon-Piece
Dischargd by a Cold Antiperistasis.
It is in vain, and Ignorant to force
What Nature do's beyond her Constant Course,
That, when she's Idly over-chargd, Recoyles,
And all that's meant T' impose upon her, Spoyles.
The sea itself throws up the Beech and sand,
To Keep it from Incroaching on the Land,
And th' Amplest River's never wont to Rise
Above the Level, where it's fountaine Lys.
The smallest Parcel[s] of the universe
To all the Rest o' th' world are Forrainers,
To Human Nature and Mankind within
The Species only Hardly are of kin.
And what the one half's naturally for,
All others as Impetuously abhor.
Is Fird with Cold, and chargd with Ice, and water.
Thunder is Natures Demy-Canon-Piece
Dischargd by a Cold Antiperistasis.
It is in vain, and Ignorant to force
What Nature do's beyond her Constant Course,
That, when she's Idly over-chargd, Recoyles,
And all that's meant T' impose upon her, Spoyles.
The sea itself throws up the Beech and sand,
To Keep it from Incroaching on the Land,
And th' Amplest River's never wont to Rise
Above the Level, where it's fountaine Lys.
The smallest Parcel[s] of the universe
To all the Rest o' th' world are Forrainers,
To Human Nature and Mankind within
The Species only Hardly are of kin.
And what the one half's naturally for,
All others as Impetuously abhor.
For all the Ruggedst and most Desperat
Of Storms at Sea, are in a narrow strait.
Of Storms at Sea, are in a narrow strait.
A single Thumb can equal strength command
To all the Fellow-fingers, of the Hand.
To all the Fellow-fingers, of the Hand.
So lions hunt conducted by Jackalls
And little fishes steare the vastest whales.
And little fishes steare the vastest whales.
As men with little fishes, use to Bayt
Their Hooks, and Lines to tempt and catch the great.
Their Hooks, and Lines to tempt and catch the great.
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Birds have but one Lid, to preserve their sight
From taking Hurt, when upon trees they light.
From taking Hurt, when upon trees they light.
As in the Middle of a River, Tides
Run Counter, to the Current of both Sides,
Against the Streames of Chanels, take their Course,
Where Th' are encounterd with the greater Force.
Run Counter, to the Current of both Sides,
Against the Streames of Chanels, take their Course,
Where Th' are encounterd with the greater Force.
The Sun drinks up the Bottom of the Seas
Before the Top, because it is more Fresh:
From whence it is the upper Superficies
Is only usd to prey on ships by Fishes.
Before the Top, because it is more Fresh:
From whence it is the upper Superficies
Is only usd to prey on ships by Fishes.
Great Rivers th[r]ough as spacious Lakes wil Flow
And never mix their waters, as they go.
And never mix their waters, as they go.
Tides do but Change the Natrall Al[t]itudes
And Constant Elevation of the Fluds.
And Constant Elevation of the Fluds.
As Gold and Silver's in the Basest Mine,
But 'tis not worth the Charges to Refine.
But 'tis not worth the Charges to Refine.
As Thistles satisfy an Ass
And serve for Sallets to his Grass,
Whose Rude, and undiscerning Pallate
Is fit enough, for such a Sallet.
And serve for Sallets to his Grass,
Whose Rude, and undiscerning Pallate
Is fit enough, for such a Sallet.
As by Antipathy Eagyptian Rats
When ere they meet, destroy and Strangle Cats.
When ere they meet, destroy and Strangle Cats.
London's serv'd with Fire by water
That both together serve all Nature.
That both together serve all Nature.
As sure as Tumbling of the sheets
The Death of men in mortal fits.
The Death of men in mortal fits.
As violent windes when th' are most fleet
In Motion, are affirmd to sit.
In Motion, are affirmd to sit.
As Natural as 'tis for Sots
T' Admire Phantastique Idiots.
T' Admire Phantastique Idiots.
Begotten by an Excrement
And born to give ease and Vent.
And born to give ease and Vent.
There is no Doubt of things that are Perpetual
And in a Constant Course of Nature Settle.
And in a Constant Course of Nature Settle.
So all the Backs of Fishes are by Nature
Dyd of the Native Culler of the water,
But all their Bellys, like the Airy Light
Of the upper Superficies, perfect white.
Dyd of the Native Culler of the water,
But all their Bellys, like the Airy Light
Of the upper Superficies, perfect white.
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