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THE ELEPHANT
165 As by the best Accounts we have, appears
Of all our crediblest Discoverers;
And, that those vast and monstrous Creatures there
Are not such far-set Rarities, as here.
Meanwhile th' Assembly now had had a Sight
170 Of all distinct Particulars o' th' Fight;
And, every Man with Diligence and Care,
Perus'd, and view'd of th' Elephant his Share,
Proud of his equal Int'rest in the Glory
Of so stupendous, and renown'd a Story,
175 When one, who for his Fame and Excellence
In heightening of Words, and shadowing Sense,
And magnifying all, he ever writ,
With delicate, and Microscopick Wit,
Had long been magnify'd himself no less
180 In foreign and domestick Colleges,
Began at last (transported with the Twang
Of his own Elocution) thus t' harangue.
Most virtuous, and incomparable Friends,
This great Discov'ry fully makes amends
185 For all our former unsuccessful Pains;
And lost Expences of our Time and Brains:
Of all our crediblest Discoverers;
And, that those vast and monstrous Creatures there
Are not such far-set Rarities, as here.
Meanwhile th' Assembly now had had a Sight
170 Of all distinct Particulars o' th' Fight;
And, every Man with Diligence and Care,
Perus'd, and view'd of th' Elephant his Share,
Proud of his equal Int'rest in the Glory
Of so stupendous, and renown'd a Story,
175 When one, who for his Fame and Excellence
In heightening of Words, and shadowing Sense,
And magnifying all, he ever writ,
With delicate, and Microscopick Wit,
Had long been magnify'd himself no less
180 In foreign and domestick Colleges,
Began at last (transported with the Twang
Of his own Elocution) thus t' harangue.
Most virtuous, and incomparable Friends,
This great Discov'ry fully makes amends
185 For all our former unsuccessful Pains;
And lost Expences of our Time and Brains:
203, 204. Which Archimede, so many Years ago—Durst never venture, but to wish to know.] These two Lines are here inserted in a different and better Place, than they were in the shorter Verse, where
they
