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Island of Ireland would afford them all, not only Footing to stand upon, but Graves to lye down in, for that whole Number; and that two Mountains in that Countrey were as weighty as all the Bodies that had ever been from the beginning of the World to the Year 1680, when this Dispute happened. For which purpose I have digressed from my intended purpose, to insert |24| this Matter, intending to prosecute this hint further, upon some more proper Occasion.

 

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A Table showing how the People might have doubled in the several Ages of the World.

 

Anno after the Flood.

Periods of	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1	8 persons.
doubling		10	16
		20	32
		30	64
		40	128
In 10 Years		50	256
		60	512
		70	1024
		80	2048
		90	4096
		100	8000 and more.
	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	120 Years after
In 20 Years		⁠ the Flood.	16 Thousand.
		140	32
	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	170	64
⁠30
		200	128
⁠40		240	256
⁠50		290	512
⁠60		350	1 Million and more.
⁠70		420	2 Millions.
⁠100		520	4 Millions.
⁠190		710	8 Millions.
⁠290		1000	16 In Moses Time.
⁠400		1400	32 About Davids Time.
⁠550		1950	64
⁠750		2700	128 About the Birth of Christ.
⁠1000		3700	256
⁠300	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$
In		4000	320 |25|
⁠1200