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ErÅtopolis, the present state of Betty-land
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Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.
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made him restless for new discoveries which they resolved to prosecute the night following The Sun had now withdrawn himself and it was within an hour of night when Eucolpius and I said Eumolpus entring into one of the Gaming-Houses of the Syrens went up into a private Apartment calling to the chief Syren to bring us a Bowl of her most charming Liquor she that brought it was no sooner sate down by us but she began to talk of these Persons who were the Chiefest Husbandmen in Betty-land in their time at so familiar rate that we wondred how she came by so great an Acquaintance among the Nobler sort of Husbandmen being such an ordinary Syren her self for she can divison upon their Descents and Pedigrees as if she had been bred in the College of Heralds While we were thus taken up with Enchantments of her Discourse a strange lumbring noise invaded our Ears fâ—om the stairs which led into our Apartment The Syren when she heard it flew out of the Room with the swiftness of a shooting-Star clapping the door fast after her But we said Eumolpus big with Curiosity had a longing desire to know the reason of so much Clutter By and by peeping through the door we perceived an old Farmer of Betty-land coming up upon four Legs two Natural and two Artificial a pair of wooden Crutches with which he did so knock and bepestle the Boards that a Horse with 4 Iron shooes would have been thought to have walkt upon Velvet after him so weak and so decrepit so old so worn out with the Labor of â—hat Country that no greater pain could be imagined than the pain which he seemed to endure in his Engine-likeâ— motion with much ado at length he got to the inside of a Table and sate him down with his back against the Wainscot opposite to the Chimny Surely said Eumolpus were the seven Wise Men of Greece now alive it would puzzle their Understanding to know the strange and hidden deâ—ire of this old Farmer I warrant quoth Eucolpius this old Farmer had been an industrious workman in his time and now to see a fertil spot of ground to behold a pleasing Prospect is as delightful to him as the Tillage it self was formerly Age unfit for Action will delight it self in the Memory of what in Youth it has peâ—form'd whether we were addicted to Acts of Honesty or of Villany Repetition sooths the Fancy and dandles it with the remembrance of what a drooping performer has done so setling to our peeping Crannies we observed a young Syren come into the Room with two sable Pots of Enchanting Liquor in her hands which she set down before him The old Farmer drank not so lamely as he went but freely and made the Syren quaff her own Liquor as freely as himself she had a Brow as black as a new Beaver and her Cheeks were as ruddy as the Vermilionâ— Edges of a new Book In a short while betaking her self to the Chimny she stood bolt upright and having the Signal given as they draw the Curtain up from before the Scenes of a Theater she drew the Curtain gently up that was before it and showed the Prospect of a very fair Garden-plot of Maiden-hair not green as in other Countries but growing like a kind of black Fern or rather a spot of Ground looking like a sieve of black Cherries â—overed over with the tops of russet Fennel The Fields about were imbroidered over with white Dasies and yellow Pissabeds but the old Farmer who neither cared for Innocency and had been sufficiently plagued with Jealousie and consequently could endure neither of those Colours caused her to dâ—ub her hands with the Soot of the Chimny to dissigure the whole prospect of those more pleasant Colours not permitting her to leave any thing but what was black within the Horizon of his View Then he pleased his aged Eyes with beholding the whole commending what he thought fit to be commended and reading a Lecture of Betty-land Husbandry over every part till satiated with the Prospect and his Discourse the Curtain again was let down and the Syren sent away for more Enchanting Liquor to requite her kindness certainly said Eumolpus the Fancy of this Farmer was the most Extâ—avagant that was ever known There is some Reason for it said Eucolpius for Betty-land Love as it entâ—ed first into the Eye so at last goes out of the Eye The Eye is the Charriot wherein the Fancy Rides surveying past contents and if that be strong and juvenile it will imploy the Body in something of its former concerns how impotent how unwieldly soever for Reason you must know is not at all permitted to be so much as named in Betty-land where it is Death to make use of it And where the Husbandmen and Huswifes are guided only by Passion and follow only the perswasions of Appetite Again as there is no Reason so there is no Wisdom in Betty-land they seldom hear of it from one end of the Country to the otherâ— or if they chance to hear the least sound of it they count it as fatal as the Romans did to hear the Ravens croak upon the left hand like the young People of Betty-land that when the Bells ring to the Temple run to the Syrens Habitations at Islington believing that the Bells are hung in the City to ring them into the Country Should this Farmer have been so impotent again he would not have been a Rush the wiser and therefore 't is no wonder his predominating Superiors direct and govern him as they please themselves Eucolpius having thus said Eumolpus and he took their way towards a small part of Betty-land near the Temple of St. Buttolphs-Aldgate where upon the first call he was let into a fâ—ir Habitation belonging to one of those Elderly Syrens called Maquerelas The Apartments were fair and well adorn'd through one of which as we passed said Eumolpus we saw a Table spread and furnished as if it had been for the Supper of Trimalcio in Petronius being come into our own Retirement we askt the Syren what Vlysses was to be Entertain'd there that night she answered with a Smile but told Eucolpius more familiarly that we should have a sight of the pastime in due season â—eeing there was none but himself and one whom she saw to be his peculiar Friend tho with a most â—olemn Proviso of Secrecy enjoyn'd In the mean time we call'd for a Syren or two which were immediately call'd up Charming enough we had no sooner drank a Cup or two of the Syrens Liquoâ—s but one of them began to fall into the rehearsal of her Misfortunes that she was the Daughter of one of the Priests of Pan for the most common Huswives of Betty-land â—eign themselves to be either the Daughters Sisters or Huswifes of the Priests of Pan thereby to gain the greater pity of their Sufferings that she had been driven out of doors by the Shepherd whom of all others in
Drinking Whoring to the height of all Excess laying all care of Health aside as altogether needless and frivolous encountring Claps and Pox with that boldness as if they had done it in defiance of Death making Lampoons against that poor Miscreant as if he had not been worthy to wipe their Shooes As for Old Time with his Scyth they bid him go to Harvest-work and labor hard in the Summer lest he is starved in the Winter some askâ— him why he did not make friends to get into the Charterhouse Death and Time too were not a little troubled to hear these things and therefore to understand the truth of their Practices they resolved to take a turn or two about the Town The main Obstacle was to get into Moorfields where the chief heads of the Rebellion liv'd for fear of the Prentices But time being the master of Opportunity bid him leave that to his Care so coming into the Street they beheld to their no small Astonishment all the Posts all the dead Walls all the Posterns all the Arches so be-plaistered so be-smear'd with Bills and printed Papers bidding open defiance against them as if the Bricks and Stone would sink under their several burthens with the Support and Enablement of these potent Sear-Cloths By and by comes a Fellow with a Brush and pot of Past and his Arms full of Quarto's and giving Death such a shoulder as had almost thrown him into the Kennel claps up another brisk Challenge i' th very teeth of him Death let him go as he came for he did not like his Company and when he was gone fell to Reading In the first place No Cure no Mony Cheek by Jowl by that stood At the Gun in Moorfields liveth one that never fails Much ado had Time to keep Death from striking his Dart into his own Breast at the sight of thâ—se two confident piâ—ces of Mortality But when he lift up his Eyes and spy'd the Three Infallible Cures Dii and Pluto guard me quoth Death Three Infallible Cures Then wo is me poor Death I never knew my self till now a whole Crown for one quarter of Brandy for these bold Mortals have almost broke my Heart But time the subtler of the two gave him kind words of Comfort assuring him that he doubted not but in a short time to let these Boasters find how vainly they contested with so great a Prince as he was But as publick as they are abroad they prâ—tâ—nd the greatest Secrecy imagiâ—able at their own Habitations For the People of Betty-land whatever Revel-Rout they make when they get this Distemper yet when they find themselves tainted are the most cautious that can be to let theiâ— Friends Relations or Acquaintance know it They sneak into the Habitations of the Syrens with their Cloaks over their Noâ—es pop out again when tâ—ey see tâ—e Street clear but within doors are ashamed of no Extravagance for pleasure is a kind of drunkenness that makes men mad puts all the Senses and Pastions upon the stretch of duty and when the heat is over lays them tyr'd and â—anguid to sleep leaving none but the usual Centinels upon the Guard Suspicion Fear and Repentance FINIS Books Printed for and Sold by Thomas Fox at the White-Hart â—ver against St. Dunstans-Church in Fleet-Street and at the Angel in Westminster-Hall THe History of the Grecian War by Thâ—yâ—dides and Englisht by Mr. Hobbs of Malmsbury Folio The History of the Life Reign and Death of Edward 2d King of England Lord of Ireland with therise and fall of his great Favorits Gaveston and the Spencers Fol. 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