lord’s DISCOVERY OF THE BAHIANS AND PERSEES.

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Chap. V. — Of Wyfe, the fourth Son of Pourous ; his Travels over feven Seas ; his

Architecture ; he meeteth with the Woman appointed ; his Relations touching Religion ;

Confummation of Love with the Woman ; and their peopling of the South.

Then Wyfe, the youngeft of the four brethren, went to the north, having inftru-ments neceffary with him to effectuate any thing that his well conceited invention couldfind out: therefore whatfoever was convenient for man’s ufe, he had a brain to thinkand contrive, that fo the needs of the world might be ferved by the devifes of his inge-nious fancy or conceit. Thus, he became the original of the handicrafts; for he knewhow to rear the buildings of towns, cities or caftles ; to fet, plant, and till the ground ;how to make all things needful for the ufe of man ; which various difpofition of histo meditate things for man’s convenience gave him the name of Vifkermah, which isas much as the handfman, becaufe he could do any thing to be done by the hand.

Being indued with a genius fit for plantations, he (directed by God , travelled towardsthe fouth, where he met with feven feas, all which he palled over, framing a velfelfor his convoy, and leaving in every place teftimonies of his ingenuity: and pallingover the lalt called Palhcurbatee, he came to the land called Derpe ; there by the feafide he built him a fair houfe of fuch timber as grew by the place, having engines ofart to rear up timber. Thus, having made a comely habitation, with rooms lightlome,and broad terraces or roofs aloft, for pleafure and profpect delightful; where he mightfometimes pleafe his eyes with the rolling fea, which, with renewed affaults, fmote againltthe banks of the Ihore; and directing his fight the other way, might behold the piea-fant woods and fields : he thus for a time folaced himfelf after tedious travel.

But not long had he took fuch comfort as his folitary condition could afford him,but the woman appointed for him wandering through the woods to the fea fide, andpaffmg along the Ihore thereof, fet her eyes upon this new edifice ; and having neverbeheld any before, the rarity of it drew her nearer to fatisfy her admiration with theviews of the fame; on whom Wyfe chancing to caff his eye as Ihe thus came to look onhis habitation, he defeended to take a fuller contemplation of her beauty, whofe featuredeferved his better notice ; for Ihe was of a body amiably white, and her treffes werefcattered with powdered faunders, and other odours, the feent of which the blafts of thewind difperfed in fuch a manner, that he became partaker of them by his approach, whichenkindled his fenfes with new defires to be nearer her, who at fuch diltance gave hima fmell of fo great fweetnefs ; whofe approach ffruck her into a blufh, but her lhamegiving place, Ihe moved the queltion to him, how he came to that place where Ihe only-had lived, to interrupt her in her free walks and wanderings ? He made anfwer, thatGod the maker of light, that makes all objects vifible, had fent him thither to admireher excellency, which was fo rare, that it was not fit it Ihould be (haded in a place fofolitary, but had referved it as a blefling for his eyes to view and admire ; and becaufeit was pity defolation and lonelinefs Ihould be a waiter of fuch lovelinefs, he had, withhazard of his life, adventured over feven feas, to be blelt with the enjoyment thereof,a labour and travel worthy of fo rich a recompence, and a worthy recompence andfatisfadtion for fuch a labour; intreated her therefore to accept of fuch a bleffing asGod had provided for her by his fociety.

But Ihe, that could not be brought to think of a courfe of life different from her former,told him, that in his abfence, Ihe found no need of his prefence, neither did Ihe at thatprefent Hand inclined to accept of his motion ; that therefore he would leave her to theliberty of her own free difpofe. He, loth to lofe the happinefs of his eyes, importuned

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