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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63788	The country-man's companion, or, A new method of ordering horses & sheep so as to preserve them both from diseases and causalties [sic], or, to recover them if fallen ill and also to render them much more serviceable and useful to their owners, than has yet been discovered, known or practised : and particularly to preserve sheep from that monsterous, mortifying distemper, the rot / by Philotheos Physiologus, the author of The way to health, long life and happiness, &c.	Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.	1684 (1684)	Wing T3176; ESTC R23567	76,055	190

they ruin their own Healths contract various Diseases never before heard of amongst them and besides put themselves to a World of needless Slavery and Toil to procure to themselves these Mischiefs And is it not a shame that it should be said and too truly that where the Christians come in new Plantations they instead of converting have often debauched the old neighbouring Indiane and Heathen-Natives and rendred many of them worse than they were before But still tell us if thou canst O Man wherefore dost thou thus degrade thy self to become a S●…tter a Tr●…pan a Snare a Plague and a Torment to all the rest of the Innocent Inhabitants of the four Worlds wherein yet thou plaguest thy self more than any of them Has not thy Creator made thee in his own Image indued th●… with divine and human Wisdom substituted thee Governor and Deputy-Lievetenant over all and bountifully enricht thee with a thousand Priviledges and Benefits which we poor inferior Graduates are denyed And hast not thou power to command by Understanding and Art the lower Animals to serve and labour for thee as to plough up and till the stubborn Ground but rendered so by thy Sin so that it becomes fruitful and brings thee forth a great number of various sorts of gallant wholsom nurtritive Seeds Grains which being wisely ordered may make variety of curious Food Art thou not endued with Strength and Art to manure cultivate and improve the Earth also by planting innumerable Fruit-Trees which will afford not only good Food but likewise several sorts of delicate and refreshing Drinks Does not that brave Creature the Cow pay thee Tribute twice a day by filling thy Pails with Nectar which of it self is a sublime Food and being altered by Care and Art makes several sorts of excellent Dishes Doth not the bounteous Earth out of her ever-Teeming Womb by Nature and the help of thy Art present thee with a vast Number of various sorts of beautiful fragrant and virtuous Plants and Herbs proper both for Food and Physick In a word has not our benificent and indulgent Creator freely accomodated thee with the Blessings of all the four Worlds which almost surpass in Number the utmost reach of humane Arithmatick Has he not appointed the Coelestials to distill continually their sweet Influences upon thee Dost thou not command the fine soft Wool of that most innocent and useful Creature the Sheep to cover the self-contracted Shame of thy Nakedness and keep thee from the Injuries of the Elements Art not thou possest of all the stately Woods and noble Trees wherein we are content to spond our selves and build our Nests but thou takest liberty to cut them down not only to supply thee with Fires but also to furnish thee with many other Conveniences both of Necessity and Ornament especially to build thee Houses therewith to secure thy self from pinching Frost and violent Rains and offensive Winds and parching Sun shine and yet tho' we are thereby disseized of our antient Freeholds and Habitations we have never been heard to murmur or repine who yet enjoy not a thousandth part of these Priviledges and Felicities We pretend not to command over any of our fellow Creatures ●…or have the use of Fire nor the benefit of Houses we wear none but our own natural Cloathings and are continually exposed to all the Injuries of the Elements neither are we endued with Arts and Sciences Crafts and Mysteries whereby to make any Advantages to our selves so that we have nothing to trust to but only the divine Hand of our Creator when he gives us a Breakfast we know not where we shall have a Dinner nor what it will be so when we Sup we know nothing of what Food or where we shall eat on the Morrow but wholly rely upon our Maker who never faileth to comfort and feed us for a few and simple mean things sufficiently serve our turns and relieve our wants and therefore we need not many our Desires never wandring beyond the necessities of Nature our Food is innocent and our Drink simple Water therefore we are not sick but live our appoint time in perfect Health Wherefore then O Man shouldst thou lie in wait to shorten our days to disturb our Repose and interrupt our Harmony by the hellish Noise of thy Guns Arms Snares and Stratagems Or why dost thou teach thine Off-spring as soon as they are able to handle a Stone to fling it at us as if we were your Enemies Are not those of our winged kind that inhabit the most sweet and sublime Element the Air more Noble than any of the inferior Creatures that grovel upon the Earth or hide themselves in the Waters And do not all men delight to hear our Melodious Consorts and Musical Notes filling the Heavens and Earth with our delightful Songs which we chaun●… forth in honour and praise to our Creator being free from Envy Strife Contention from carking Cares and Vexations all places being our Home and we go freely where we please except when entangled in thy treacherous Gins and Devices for which there is no pretence or provocation nor the least colour of Reason why thou shouldst envy our sin pl●… innocent safe seeing we cannot by our Death cont●…te any thing to thy Happiness who art al●…eady so plentifully stored with the great and gallant Priviledges and Advantages before-mentioned And O! what a brave noble wise Creature would Man be and what Honour and Glory might his Government bring unto his Creator as well as Comfort and Happiness to himself and all his fellow-Creatures if he liv'd innocently and did but as we poor Creatures do viz. answer that end for which he was made and do as he would willingly be done unto I have heard that one of the cunningest of our kind viz. a Iack Daw who like some pretended Christians loves Churches more for conveniency and shelter than Worship having made a Nest in the Steeple or some part of the House where a number of them use to meet for performing their publick exercises of Religious Worship and by means thereof often hearing a great noise below was prompted by curiosity to enquire the occasion thereof so listening attentively he heard the men there met were a reading the Commandments of God where 't is said Thou shalt do no Murder To which all the People answer'd Lord incline our hearts to keep this Law And afterwards they proceeded to read many good Prayers to God to forgive them their Trespasses Mis-deeds all their Violences and Abuse of Gods Creatures c. Which extreamly rejoyced the poor Bird to hear so he returned to his fellows and acquainted every Bird that he met with in the Airial Plains of these glad Tidings That MAN their Tormentor and v●…gilent Enemy did now repent of the Evil of his Ways and would now commit no more Murders nor Acts of Violence on the Innocent Which was receiv'd with an universal Acclamation of the Volatile Troops and now with

redoubl'd Notes began to sing louder Anthems of Joy and Gratitude for so great a Blessing which would give a general Peace to the whole Creation But their Mirth was but short liv'd for the very next day this Daw with some others was abroad seeking for Food and there comes one of the same Persons whom he had seen so devoutly praying in the Church and lying in ambush with a long Gun cramb'd with Brimstone and Nitre and murthering P●…llets of Load as soon as he spy'd his opportunity let flie at the harm●…ess Birds and kill'd several of them upon the place and wounded others those that escaped acquainted their Fellows what they had seen and suffered and bid them look to themselves whatever fair words men might use for they say and do not they pray God would incline their hearts not to commit any Violence and yet the Profession the very Trade of Killing is one of the most Honourable Callings amongst them in their esteem They with their Lips desire the Lord would forgive them their Oppressions and Violences and in their Hearts resolve upon and by their Practices continue the same Outrages Thus vain and depraved Men through their wanton and extravagant Desires after those things which they need not nay which are much more prejudicial than profitable unto them do draw upon themselves a deluge of Calamities the more they have the more they need for as their Possessions and Enjoyments are enlarged so continually in proportion are their greedy Desires augmented like Persons in a Dropsie coveting after more Drink because they have ingurg'd too much already and so through Transgression and Violence that Noble Rational Creature becomes the most miserable of all Animals who was made in the beginning not only the Supream but most Happy and Wisest of all And although we are daily subject to all his Snares and Violences yet still we would not for a thousand Worlds be in some mens condition for they have made themselves not only subject to a thousand Miseries in this Life but more especially in the World to come which has no end whereas both our Joy and Sorrow terminates with this Life and extends not beyond the short horizon of Time And though we do undergo great Inconveniences and often lose our dear Lives sacrificed to irrational and ungodly Violence yet let him know That he himself is and shall be thereby the greatest Sufferer and therefore we advise him to be careful that he do no●… awaken the sierce Jaws and ravenous Mouth of the Wrath for fear he be thereby in the end swallowed up and there be none to deliver him Canst thou O Man accuse us for breaking or transgressing Gods pure Law in Nature Are we guilty of Cheating Lying or bearing false Witness of Gluttony Drunkenness or taking the adorable Name of our Creator in vain Have we usurpt upon thy Priviledges taken away thy Lands or laid waste thy Houses Do we not abominate thy Uncleannesses and observe the proper times of our Couplings Are not our Males tender and loving and our Females so chaste that they will not admit the greatest Courtier amongst us to touch them out of their proper Seasons Are either of us ever jealous of each other Where canst thou find amongst all the numerous Inhabitants of the four Worlds so much Abstinence Love Constancy and Chastity as in our kind our Males taking the like care and Industry as the most sober provident well-disposed Man does for the Preservation and Accomodation of his dear Wife and tender Children for during the time of our hatching and breeding up they duly take pains to provide and bring home Food for their Females whilst they sit and also for their Young Ones after they are brought forth neither do they visit the Nests of others but keep close to their first chosen Loves therefore Anger Jealousie and Contention those Thorns which render most of your Down-Beds uneasie enter not into our unbounded Habitations We contend not nor wrangle about our Pedigrees nor trouble our Heads about Noble Birth and State neither have we any Law-suits for Rights Priviledges Lands or Inheritances the whole expanded Ante-Court of Heaven our Creator has given in common amongst us not limiting us by any Land-marks the vast and spacious Air is our natural City whereof we are all born free nor have we forfeited our Charter The Composition and Elements of our Bodies are more brisk lightsom agile and pleasant than any other Creatures as coming nearest to the Coelestial Quires than the heavy dull melancholly Earth-creepers or Phlegmatick Inhabitants of the Ocean therefore we can remove many Miles in a very few hours and mount our selves to the lofty Regions and there behold the wonderful Secrets of our Creator in the generation of Meteors how soft Vapours are cran'd up by the Suns strong Beams and condens'd into Clouds and thence distill'd into Showers to enable the Earth to afford us Nourishment how falling Drops being intercepted in their way congeal into ●…lakes of Srow and how hot Exhalations imprison'd in surrounding Vapours of a cold and contrary Nature force their Passage with bright Flashes and terrible Noises which you call Lightning Thunder whilst in the mean time whilst we survey near hand these Wonders our fallen Prince Man is confin'd to his Earthly Palaces ●…uzling like Swine in Dung and Dirt or rather like Moles always moiling yet always blind This Active Life joyn'd with our innocent simple Diet preserves us from being afflicted with Diseases Your Agues are as unknown to us as their Causes and Cures are to your Physitians We have no Feavers because we never burn with unnatural Lusts nor Dropsies because we never drown our faculties with over-charg'd Bowls neither are our Joynts crampt with the Great Pox nor our Skins deform'd with the Small Our Young Ones are not tortur'd with the Evil or Rickets nor those of riper Age with Trembling Palsies Putrifying Seurvies or any ●…he like cruel Diseases so that rarely any of our kind dye unnatural Deaths unless occasion'd by the T●…eachory or Violence of ●…an but we are by the goodness of our Creator blessed with Health and long Life not subject to Distempers slavish Labours Cares or any other Perturbations either of Body or Mind because we still continue in ●…he constant Observation of that pure inno●…nt Law of God in Nature in which we were first created and do still retain those natural Gifts and Self-preservations which we were endued with in the beginning for the Lord made all Creatures sound and healthful and now if any are otherwise it is because they have forsaken Gods pure Law and depraved themselves the most fatal Instance whereof is Man who was in his Creation adorn'd with wonderful Gifts and Graces both divine and humane and in every respect made more compleat than any other Inhabitants of the material Worlds but behold now how miserably is he degenerated and shut up in Ignorance Folly and Blindness by his stepping out

how many Men we have kill'd in a day And though many of you do not use nor perhaps intend these Martial Instruments for Man-slaughter but only to kill and destroy other inferiour Creatures and Inhabitants of the Elements yet I pray consider why will you arm your selves provide thus to kill those innocent Creatures Does not bounteous Mother Earth furnish us with all sorts of ●…ood necessary for Life Wherefore then will you trouble your selves to kill those Creatures who have a have a Title by Nature's Charter to their Lives as well as you Shall not the groaning of those Creatures call for Vengeance And must not there be a Retaliation Can you think the Noble Race of Man was made to be a Tyrant over and a Scourge unto the inferior Inhabitants of the World No sure he was to treat and govern them in Love and Friendliness But instead thereof he is now become their deadly Enemy Therefore though you will not fight with and kill those of your own Species yet I must be bold to tell you That these lesser Violences as you may call them do proceed from the same Root of Wrath and Bitterness as the greater do there being but one grand Fountain from whence all kinds of Evil Violence Oppression and Cruelty do proceed whether it be towards our Brother Man or any other of our Fellow-Creatures And though Custom hath made the killing and oppressing of Beasts Birds c. to be sa●…liar and consequently easie and done without any Remorse or Bowels of Pity yet it is still from the dark Root 'T is true we read in Scripture frequently of the Killing both Men and Beasts and 't is true the Lord did give the Nations liberty to kill and eat the Flesh of Inferior Creatures But note That this was not done until Mankind had departed out of his holy Law and goverment of his divine Principle into his sierce Wrath out of which wrathful Principle he permitted the killing and eating of Flesh so the Scripture saith The Wickedness of Man had corrupted the Earth and then the Lord said My Spirit shall no longer strive with Man Threescore and ten years shall be the term of his Life c. That is Man would not submit unto and be governed by his holy friendly Principle of Love and Light therefore the Lord in his fierce Wrath which man had rather chosen to precipitate himself into shortned mans Life and gave him Flesh to eat which sort of Food had the nearest Affinity to that Wrathful Spirit that had then gotten the Government in Man But in Paradise that is whilst man continued under the sweet Conduct of the divine Principle his Bill of Fare allowed by his Creator in love was only Every Herb bearing Seed and every Tree in which is the Fruit of a Tree yielding Seed to you it shall be for Meat Gen. 1. 29. Thus far the Children of Israel in the Wilderness as long as they were Obedient God provided and fed them with Angels Food pure and delicious Manna but when they grew Disobedient and Murmured and nothing would serve them but Flesh God gave them Flesh in his Wrath and Quails in his Displeasure which fitted them for Destruction Furthermors though you will not kill those of your own kind yet your Children seeing and learning these Preparations of Oppression and Violence they may come to be of different Opinions and by degrees kill one another with their Fathers Guns and Swords for we know not what sort of People will come after us nor what Spirit they may be of Therefore it will be highly convenient for us to prevent the Growth of all Fierceness Wrath and Violence even in the bud by our Laws and wholsome Customs for there is no way or means that can or will so powerfully disarm the Rage of Men and other Creaturs as Clemecy and Well-doing Has not the Lord by his divine Hand of Providence brought us into a pleasant and fruitful Country that flows as one may say with Milk and Honey that is all things necessary for sustaining Life and rendering it delightful as far as Nature desires or Innocency will admit why then should we by our Intemperance make i●… slow with Blood Oppression and Violence Will not a little Labour cause the Earth to bring forth a great number of brave fragrant Herbs Fruits and Grains which will readily supply us with both dry and moist Nourishment and preserve our Health and Strength without the use of Guns Swords Powder Shot or the like Engines and Utensils of War which have their Original from the fierce Wrath of God in Nature and let men pretend what they will of Necessity cannot be used but only by the same Spirit Wherefore should we Christians whose Laws and the Doctrines of our Saviour engage us to live in love unity that we may be rendred capable to understand and enjoy that glorious Liberty of the Sons of God which the whole Creation groans to be deliver'd into why I say should we with wrathful Weapons and breathing Death and Destruction terrifie amaze and alarm not only one another but also all the Inhabitants of the four Elements meerly to gratifie our extravagant Desires and wanton Appetites or furious Passions and all the while to suffer the friendly Law and good Principle of Gods eternal Love to languish sigh and groan under the burthens of those intollerable Evils in which slate Man often finds himself in great Trouble and Discontent and wonders very much what may be the occasion thereof not considering the true cause viz. That their Hearts and Souls do move in the fierce Wrath and that they do not do unto all as they would be done unto nor live in Innocency and Concord with all Creatures which is the true Christian Doctrine Therefore to prevent all these Troubles Dangers and Annixities it will become us to be wise and Innocent in our Laws and Customs that our Youthful Settlements may be a means to preserve us and our Posterity and then our Childrens Children will bless our Souls and we shall as naturally attract the sweet Influences of the Coelestials and also the benovelent Aspects of all Creatnes as the Load-stone doth Iron for every Like draws to its self its Likeness for therein consists its highest Ioy. III. A Third thing I would offer to your Consideration is That you will not suffer it to become a Custom or to be lawful for any amongst you to wear any sort of Garments or Clothing save only such both Woolen and Linnen as our own Country does or may produce nor of any other Colours but such as the Woods Seeds Earths and Minerals of our own Land affords By which we shall encourage not only all Ingenious People but also our own Commodities and altogether discourage Forreigners Also let it be a Custom amongst us for all our Superiors or Magistrates to wear White Garments made of Wool which is not only more serviceable but natural whereby they will