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It is a large one, far more great^[1]
Than e'er was bred in Afric yet;
From which we boldly may infer,
The Moon is much the fruitfuller.
135 And, since the mighty Pyrrhus brought
Those living Castles first, 'tis thought,
Against the Romans, in the Field,
It may an Argument be held
(Arcadia being but a Piece,
140 As his Dominions were of Greece,)
To prove, what this illustrious Person
Has made so noble a Discourse on;
And amply satisfy'd us all
Of th’ Privolvans Original.
145 That Elephants are in the Moon,
Though we had now discover'd none,
Is easily made manifest;
Since, from the greatest to the least,
All other Stars and Constellations
150 Have Cattle of all sorts of Nations;^[2]
And Heav'n, like a Tartar's Horde,
With great and numerous Droves is stor'd

as being to effeminate and soft for a judicious Palate.

1. 130. Should cause the startled Beast t' imboss.] To imboss is to hide himself, taken from the Italian imboscare to run into cover.
2. All other Stars and Constellations—Have Cattle of all sorts of Nations;] See much the same Thought in Hudibras, where Sidrophel speaking about the new Star, which he took the Paper-lanthorn to be, says,
   I'm certain 'tis not in the Scrowl
   Of all those Beasts, and Fish and Fowl,
   With which like Indian Plantations
   The Learned stock the Constellations.P. II. C. 3. ver. 429.