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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41462	A winter-evening conference between neighbours in two parts.	Goodman, John, 1625 or 6-1690.	1684 (1684)	Wing G1129; ESTC R15705	135,167	242

believe that if there were any such Country as your Intelligence amounts to it should lye undiscovered to these Parts of the World until now What! Drake Candish Columbus Davies none of them in all their Travels take notice of such a place nor give the least intimation of it until now Sebast That is no such strange thing as you make it if you call to mind how long a time it was before the World would believe there were Antipodes and yet it is plain that so long one full half of the World was unknown to the other Or if you remember that time was and that not an ignorant Age neither when the Roman Empire was thought to embrace the whole Earth which as now we are certain took not in one fifth perhaps not one tenth of it Do you not know that Hercules's Pillars were accounted the Boundaries of humane Travels and that for a great many Ages both the torrid and frigid Zones as they are called were esteemed uninhabitable and all that time the World was ignorant of it self besides you know it is not very long since those vast Tracts of Land the West Indies were first discovered by some of those persons you have named and to say no more I pray how many Ages past over the heads of Mankind before this our Native Country of Britain as considerable as it is and we justly esteem it came into any knowledge or consideration with the rest of the World think it not strange therefore if Vrania was so lately discovered Bioph. But that which I principally intended to say was this You afford me matter of great wonder that you should be so much concerned for a place very newly discovered if it be discovered but especially that you should believe so many strange things of it before any one person hath gone from hence and returned hither again to confirm those reports of it Sebast Ifs and Exceptions are endless and I know no way to make a man believe that hath no mind to it yet I will give you all the satisfaction I am able and that which I think is sufficient in such a Case You must know therefore that this Country hath not been wholly undiscovered till now as you suppose for I my self have seen a Book of great Authority and Antiquity which though somewhat obscurely and figuratively written yet certainly pointed at such a place and in some measure described it too to him that attentively read and considered it And besides there are some very credible relations concerning some certain persons that have heretofore made very fortunate Voyages thither But as to that you object that no man hath gone from hence thither and returned again to us to bring us the Tydings you will easily satisfie your self therein if you consider what I intimated before viz. That those who once get thither can have no inclinations to make a Change so much to their disadvantage as it must needs be for them to return hither again Besides though they say the passage is not very long thither yet it is no common Road and therefore very few will at least unnecessarily undertake it Phil. But if it be an untraced Path how shall a man find the way thither if he have a mind to go Sebast O Philander there is no great difficulty in that if a man be well resolved on the business for besides a Chart and very punctual instructions which the Ambassador left behind him for that purpose when he was amongst us there are great store of very skilful and faithful Guides and Pilots who freely offer their service and will not fail with God's Blessing to land us safe there Phil. I cannot tell what Biophilus thinks of this business But for my part Sebastian I am so ravished with your relation that if there be such a place in the World I will find it out by God's help I thank God I am no MaleContent either with my Native Country or my private Fortunes yet I see no reason we should like Mushromes live and dye upon the same spot and be a mere accessio Soli or Heirlomes to the place where we happened to be born especially if we may thus much mend our selves by the change I am a Citizen of the World and that shall be my Country where I an fare best But will you go with me Sebastian Then I shall not only be out of all doubt of the truth of your Narrative when I see you so far believe it your self as to adventure all upon it but I shall with much more cheerfulness change my Country when I do not change my Friend nor forego your Company Sebast Obligingly spoken and bravely resolved Philander By God's Grace I will go with you and to assure you of my intentions I will now acquaint you that I have been this good while in setting things in order and in making preparations for the Voyage Phil. But how shall we dispose of our Estates here and what Commodities had we best to furnish our selves with to carry over with us Sebast As for the disposal of our present Fortunes I can tell you there are very sure Returns betwixt this Country and that for the Prince himself will be your security if you put your Effects into such hands as he hath appointed But as for Merchandise to carry with us there will be no need of that for the Country which we have in our eye is so gloriously rich and plentiful the Prince is so noble and benign and all the Inhabitants so kind and charitable that we shall be sure as soon as ever we come there to be furnished gratis with all that our hearts can wish and moreover if we should put our selves to the trouble of transporting our Baggage with us it would not only incumber us in our Journey but would also seem to be such mere trash and lomber when we come there that we should be ashamed of it and of our selves too for setting such a value upon it But there is another thing and much more material which I must needs tell you of in order to our more favourable reception when we come there that is we must before-hand quite alter our Habit and Garb and not so much as smell of the Earth we came from amongst other things we must disuse our selves from Onions and Garlick and from Flesh too that we may the easier accord with the Diet of the Country and we must refine our spirits that we may be sit to breathe in that pure Air and having so done there needs no more but to carry with us great minds and large souls to qualifie us both for the Society and the enjoyments there Phil. Thank you Dear Friend and Fellow-Traveller for so I will henceforward style you for these instructions I will use the best of my endeavours to be fitted accordingly But is there any thing else that I need to be advised in Sebast O yes there is one thing more which I doubt