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them, and had his ends in their difpofal, had thus brought them together, that fomenearer bond might make them infeparable from each other’s fociety ; and cafting hereye upon the book that Brammon bare in his hand, afked what it was ? who acquaint-ing her with the contents thereof, was defired to fit down, and communicate the re-ligious counfels of the fame unto her, whereunto he condefcended: and being bothperfuaded that God had a hand in this their meeting, they took counfel together fromthis book to bind themfelves together in the inviolable bond of marriage, and with thecourtefies interceding betwix tman and wife, were lodged in one another’s bofom ; forjoy whereof the fun put on his nuptial luftre, and looked brighter than ordinary, caufingthe feafon to fhine on them with golden joy ; and the fiiver moon welcomed theevening of their repofe, w'nilft mufic from heaven (as if God ’s purpofe in them hadbeen determinate) fent forth a pleafing found, fuch as ufeth to fleet from the loudtrumpet, together with the noife of the triumphant drum. Thus, proving the effects ofgeneration together, they had fruitful iflue, and fo peopled the eaft, and the woman’sname was Sauatree.

•Chap. III. — Of Cuttery, the fecond Son of Pourous ; his Travels and the Meeting he hadwith the Woman appointed for him ; their Conflict, Appeafement, Conjunction, and thepeopling of the Weft by them.

SUCCESSIVELY the fecond brother Cuttery was by the Almighty configned to theweft, about the charge of making men ; fo taking the fword in his hand that God hadgiven him, the inftrument on whofe edge lay the hopes of a kingdom, roufing up hiscourage, which hitherto wanted occafion of exercife, from the heart and bofom of theearth, in which his youth had converfed, he turned his back on the rifling fun everymorning, whofe fwifter courfe overtook him, and every day in his decline prefentedhimfelf in his fetting glory before him. As he thus travelled towards the weft hechafed with himfelf as he paffed along, that no adventure prefented itfelf that mightprovoke him to give a probate of his courage, wifliing that an army of men, or a troopof wild beafts, would oppofe him, that he might drew the furface of the earth with deadcarcafes, and give the fowls of heaven flelh to feed on. And not knowing to whatpurpofe God had dire&ed him to bend his courfe that way, as only fenfible of his ownheroic ftomach, he faid, “ To what end hath God infufed fuch magnanimity into mybread, if it (hall want a fubjeft whereon to work my glory and renown ? Shall Ilofe theend of my creation ? God forbid.

Thus carried on with the hopes of fome adventure, he intended that whatfoeverfliould firft cope with him, fhould have the fenfe of his fury; when being come to amountain, whofe height might make things far vifible to the eye, he might perceive acreature of goodly perfonage, like himfelf, (talking forward with a martial ftep, no lefsflow than majeftic in pace ; which two approaching, as defirous to make an experimentof each other’s fortitude, upon their meeting together, it appeared to be a woman, whofetrefies in a comely fertility hung down by her (houlders, which, by motion of the air,turned into a carelefs diforder; every blaft that made an alteration in the fame, gave anew grace to her excellent perfon, and made her prefence more full of majefty. Inher right hand (he bare achuckery, which is an inftrument of a round form, and (harpedged in the fuperfices thereof, fo accommodate for.offence, that by a hole in the tnidftthereof, being whirled about the finger and flung off in the quicknefs of its motion,it is able to deliver or convey death to a far remote enemy. Courage difplayed his

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