B~óK
VIII.
Royal
C'otnmentaries;·
. _3}3
" conrrivance; many of chem getcing cogerher, one hangs at che Tail of ano–
" rher, making a kind of a long Chain, wich which fetching a long Swing, the
'' lowermoíl: chrows himfelf with che help
of
che others, co che bough rhey
" aim ar, where hanging by
his
fore fe~c, ílrecdnes out füs Tail to che next com~
" panion, and
fo
one fielps che other, untill ali are come over. The cricks and
" mimical poílures which they have, are matters of greac divertifement, and che
e,
aél:ions whic
h chey perform in obedienc;e
to
their Comrnanclers,, feem effeéts of
'' hurr.mlil@ filnd
~rft:am.lingymher c.fian~0fitrati0nal Creafu'res.
I
fa.w
one 0f chefe
·" Monkies at
C
artagena, inche Houfe of che Governour, of which they relaced
'' fuch íl:range chings as to me feemed alrnoíl: incredible. They faid , chat chey
" fenc him afeen to che Tavern for Wine, with Money in one hand, and
a.
Boc–
,, 'fo!,
m
the
qtoov;',
and
nnar
vt,h"e0t
he
w:rs·.
<!0me·
to th-e
Tavern, he would
''· no1:1deli
ver. hi's Money unri!l. h<rhatl r€reív~"dl his
Wiliie;
if
the B0ys mee with
" hirn·by
ohe.w.ay,
and
ma~e
a:
hou'ting; Gr ooif~ af.tfer
Aim~
h€' w0uH fer:cfown
" kis.Bot
tel am:J-thtrow·
Stromis
a'.f;
crn--ern~
anci
ha1(tig·g
€lbFtti
illJ€w-ay;; he-wbúlti
_
'' mk~ up•his- Bocee] aatf haíl:en
home,.
andithac ~h'©aghi
h~
l
~tl.ilWind
ctxtelftve~
" lv,:
yeti
hij
woul~ not da1te ti!>
r0utJh1
it, u.rrlel.H1js-Mé1i'tl
1
et ga:v
e füm:_Wcence.
'FPfey
" fay alto, that ifJrcdaw a
W<:iin11nr
a:c
éfFiJ
útm@ fine, and: well::clre-fled; he w-61:dd
" prniently
pull lnir
by
cfue
Cl0ths,
and, ruffi.€' chelñ
in
.v
flltarlge1 manher. · ,Per–
" fua
ps fo>1n€ufuin~,may
be
r~ptfüed
cJf
thef<t
Ct:eamtés rndre
'ihan·
'I
fiavé-1.eerr;
"· h(i
)wfoov.el"ic:is
mq'íl:
cemin
that tihere
iil'B0
Atfünal
4l1
eñe WDrld
fo
fJgietous,
"
an d fo," clelighéed1wi'tlb hmmane Sodety as,~bis·
fu11e
andme ofM,0nfúes: and'
ae~
"
e.tau.fech~ Re¡;ior-ts rnncetnin'g ~l.:ie et'l'0etfran'clirtg of thefe Cfelttl!lres aY.:~
fo'
íl:r~nge
"
tifuat che ]mftarlces th€re0t. feijfn int1\edi~le
w
me, and-
woufe'
p'ercia-ps'a-ppe'ár
fa'–
c,
bulous to others, I &aH thertfote emi:c t0
1
rnenti@n thein\ androne'ly blefs ~ad–
" mire-tbie-Auchou!iof
aH
Creatures,1:Ilíat am0rtgfr a,ll his works- madefof tJ/ie u[e
and ,
'' benefü ofMankin0, h:e hadi
fiha,peaaR'Gi
faf'ñiol'l@d aOeac~1-er
fo
rrdkhloús'
in
fts
" fonm and:{il'15ftu~esi a:s
ferves
to
m0ve
latigh1!~r,
a'.Flci-
yi'eld rn'atter
0f
l,le¡:feation
'' ami!,DLv-er.tifümet111
to·
Man, whom
1
he hath máde
LoFa
1
ofthis·Utüverfe;
i:
Sofiíe
" have·wrintan that:
Solomon
bromght his Monkies :fi:om ~he
Wefl!-Jndie1,
tltftl-'áñ'i
'~ @f
alilothe1.1 opi'l1i0n, aadi believe d!iat _they' were fe(chéel
frorn'
dte
El{letii J.!'arts.
'Ihus,far ate the
W01t!S' Gf
.A.iofta,.
t0
whkh may !Je füéhéflackled;, thai cfrefe~M–
an~.
Mmikiies car'.y their yotrag one_s at their -.h~~~s?._untill
~fü~y
au~
~'b]¿
}h
{Mft
fort
d-1emfel:vl:5-
3 ~he
yúl!lmg
ones té,Ik~ng
0:0id w1ththe1~ fore•féét
a~o~~;tie~t
n~cks,
ami!
cbf¡r
thel~
buíd
legs.álbouc che1r m1d~le; all wh1ch, béfid'es
dl.eir,'
tr~c!ks an~
il'lv'<mcrorns
hieÍG>re·r~éited, ferve to d@m'o'tlftrate t!heír fagaciousde:lm!rjty, and.
iliifés
likeéx-pédehted'~~ldiers
iü
time ofm~l\:e{ftty. _And be€au[~ ch~ ~óf~tme~ m'á~.e
!S .
a
Laril'grrage,.
l:>y
whtih Gtle undedlaQds che other; (as fod11y pare
1
bell_ev'e cha,.t
a.111
fürds, arrd Be:rfts do,by tfleir fevera1 vokes- underíl!and thé meaning of theír
OW.lil
fPt!des)
tfierefۖte the
Jndians
fay,
tbat they
cad fpeak, a,nd that 'rhey aifguifé
~hek want
óf
fpeecb toothe
Spaniards,
lefi they
ili.ou!d ferl'd
t-hem
~o
work
in tl\e
Mines,
aad dig f'or Gold and S~lver, and that
i
n imitnion of the
Jndians
tHey car–
ry
cheir young 0n'es
át
trbeir ba€ks. And thus 11¡uoh íball fuffice ro·Fia:ve fpoken
of
Apes aml Monkies.
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CH .AP.