A SURVEY OF THE WORLD IN TEN BOOKS BY BARTEN HOLYDAY D. D. And Archdeacon of OXFORD 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 OXFORD Printed by Will. Hall for the Authour Anno MDCLXI TO The Worthily Honour'd the Vertuous and Learned Sr. RICHARD BROWN Knight and Baronet one of the Clerkes of his MAJESTIE' 's Most Honourable Privy Council Noble Sr. THe Remembrance of Just Delight delights which as it is an acknowledg'd Truth in Nature so especially in the nature of knowledge This at this time of Joy and Happinesse for our Returne to these blessings under our greatest blessing our most gratious Soveraigne aptly prompts to a Repetition of those Studies to which the Love and Prudence of your Eminent Father promoted your Youth and my Industry about fourty years since in your Academical Institution The Improvement whereof as your Wisdome has showed in additions of Persevering Loyally weighty Employment and Nineteen Years Absence from your dear Country So in the Importunity of the late warres and opinions some addition I have made of After-studies in the defence of Religion and Arts. With a necessary variety therefore from the singularities of the Divine Power and Wisdome I heere present the Theaâ—â—er of Providence in some things strange in All warrantable by testimony of Men famous among Heathens and Christians Which diligence may bee to some a Direction for Choise and Censure to Others no uncourteouâ—â— Recollection of their Owne Thoughts And as they were a Summer's recreations of my Age cast thus into the Fashion of Ancient Memorials so I intend them not as a Laborious Summe of knowledge but only as in the Liberty and Pleasure of a garden as some more pleasing flowers cropp'd for the Complement and Enchridion 〈◊〉 a Posy which by the Novelty may last a Day and by the Art of Friendship may as Friendship should outlaâ—â— the vanity of the Flower Yet as this pleases by Intermission the seeming Neglect renewing the delight I but present not obirude to the leasure of Your great affaires respectfully remaining Noble Sr. The Glad Observer Of Your Choise Accomplishments And Eminent Merits BARTEN HOLYDAY To the Studious Reader AS weary travelour that climbes a Hill Lookes back sitts down and oft if hand have skill Landskippes the Vale with pencil placing here Medow there Arable here Forest there A Grove a City or a Silver-streame As offring to yield beauty to his Scheme Then decks it for the Gallery and Views If th' Eye and Phansy count it Pleasing News So now my Thoughts and Hopes that long have climb'd Learning's Ascents by which True Art 's sublim'd Turne Rest and their owne wandrings View Here Light They see by which they see there deepest Night The World 's New Chaös here a tinsell'd Sky That does with beauty please and pose the Eye There Earth Beast Fowle Mystical Man whose braine A lesse World would the greater world containe These if by Nature's Herald Art well plac'd Present Nature and Art by Union grac'd To view which no new Alpes wee need whose height Shows Europe's dress which Thence may 't Please or Fright Wee need no Ararat to show Asian Glory It selfe having Ark'd-up rich Asia's story No Atlas need wee Africa's proud eye The Mysteries of its Deserts to discry The New world's Andes wee can wisely spare The prospect there but not quick death is rare Wee need no Tenariffa which does shoote So high my eye J'de lend it not my foot No cunning mountaine need wee whence the Devil Would show the whole world's Glory not the Evil Fear'd hee 't would spoile his Bribe But here below From Art not Mountaine Truth enough wee show If then thy Eye venters to bee so kind Scone View the Long View of a Searching Mind Thine BARTEN HOLYDAY The ARGUMENTS Of The Several Books 1. OF Inanimate Creatures 2. Of Living Creatures 3. Of Nations 4. Of Languages and Arts. 5. Of Philosophers and Historians 6. Of Physitians 7. Of Lawiers 8. Of Kings and other Worthies 9. Of Polititians 10. Of Divines BOOK I. OF Inanimate Creatures 1. THe Heav'n is Arch Therefore it selfe Sustaines The Earth is Center Therefore So Remaines 2. â—he World's a Prison no man can get out â—et th' Atheist storme then 't is Heav'n round about 3. â—eav'n is the Silke-worme's Spheare what Art did spinne it â—oes at its pleasure choose to dwell within it 4. â—ow blest was Steph'n whos 's eje Heav'n did permiâ— â—o see who does at th' Father's right hand sit 5. Was Paul more happy at the Third Heav'nâ— sight â—r more Tormented to Delay Delight 6. Who first Mov'd Heav'n Philosopher's halfe-skill â—nquir'd 'T was Hee that made the Sunne stand still 7. 〈◊〉 weight from the Ninth Spheare Ninety yeares spends â—y two hundred miles an howr e're 't quite Descends 8. â—f Man Ascended still tow'rd the High'st spheare â—ight thousand yeares hee 'd spend e're hee were There 9. â—he white and yelke are closures in a shell Art thus makes Orbes kindly in Orbes to dwell 10. Though Many Heav'ns wee thinke there are below The High'st to This by Those faire stepps wee goe 11. The Low'st Ascents in Heav'n have each their Light The Next is Fill'd with starres No point is Night 12. The Starry Heav'n which Divine power so paints In Figure shews th' Assembly of the Saints 13. Saturne next the fix'd starres wise death may preach Thoughts must bee sober that think Heav'n to reach 14. Jove was in Fiction Joy but in the Skie 'T is the next step to Saturne's Gravitic 15. A Heav'nly Mars what is' t but a stour hand Against the Dragon in Saint Michael's Band 16. The Sunne is a Great Light to all eyes free And yet Heav'n's Greatest Light wee cannot see 17. The Hurry of the Sunne in his Owne Spheare That measures Thrise five Miles each Minute Heere 18. Seemes not the Sunne for Speed of course to merit The name not of a Body but a Spirit 19. Copernicus will have the Sunne stand still To scape doubts Hee makes New This is New skill 20. Some New Astronomers in the Sunne find Spots Heav'n was nere Curs'd The Sunne 's Light knows no Elot 21. Some find of late New starres about the Sunne Needs hee more light God's work with wisdome's donne 22. Venus in Heav'n must needs bee Faire and Pure â—f it Invites it mocks the Epicure 23. â—sercurie's Witt and Tongue doe plainly tell The Witt and Tongue find place in Heaven us'd well 24. The Moone is the World's Glasse in which 't were strange â—f wee saw Hers and saw not our Owne Change 25. The learned Faâ—er has the Journy measur'd Up to the Moone sure wise men he has pleasur'd 26. News from the Moone 't is told by very Fame There 's a strange Man from Adam that ne're came 27. Galilie in the Moone finds yet more Change The Man i' th' Moon once Tale seems Truth That 's strange 28. Trasfique to th' Moone Is' t done by art of Wing To Ascend
prov'd Christ God! what proves this New thing 29. who 'll flie to Heaven must store of Vict ' all 's keepe And sometimes must at once both Flie and sleepe 30. Some think the Starres Holes through which Heav'n sends Light Then into Heav'n might not ascend Our night 31. Some thinke the Earth a starre then should it Light Send forth abroad upon the Heav'n by Night 32. Th' Arabians will the Starres like Letters spell But who did e're Demonstrate what they tell 33. Experience oft Pretends not so True Art That may mistake from Truth This does not start 34. Fore-knowledge is Divine Man's Witt Ambitious What 's Hali Nabod Bonat Alcabitius 35. Goate-witted Man to climbe will venter if Hee may though hee hangs by th' claws against a cliffe 36. The Art of starres who knows but Hee that made them But Man's bold Ghesse to God's wrong would invade them 37. To found an Art on Figurative Grounds Reason without true Art sondly confounds 38. What though to worke on Earth the Starres Indeavour Since what 's receiv'd is chang'd by the Receivour 39. What though the Starres with lower causes close If in Man's Actions Grace does Interpose 40. The Milky Way which does the Heaven imbrace Shews Men of Small Light may in Heaven find place 41. The Milky Way must with the starres bee rang'd What 's out of Heav'n continues not Unchang'd 42. Light what it is does Sense nay Wit well know Light is scarce light enough it selfe to shew 43. The World 's a picture Light at first was hurld Upon 't Is it God's shadow in the world 44. The Fire next Heav'n's like zeale but not so Cruel â—t Burnes yet not Devours 't is its Own Fuel 45. Th' Aire 's Highest Region's Hot Cold in the Middle The Low'st by Reflexe Warme See Nature's Riddle 46. Thunder presents God's Majesty to th' Eare Which is the Gate of Faith and Holy Feare 47. When Heare and Cold met in the same cloud jolt The Thunder's Sentence Guilt 's the Thunder-bolt 48. When on Mount Sinai Thunders loud did roare They shooke the Mount and th' Holy Cloud they toare 49. One most strange Meteor has it selfe renound The Sinai-Trumpet which it selfe did sound 50. At the Last-Day when all things down are hurl'd Jehovah's Voice shall Trumpet-up the World 51. Lightning Appeares first Thunder's first The Eie Of Conscience sees Guilt before Judgment 's Nigh 52. Lightning the Mother Sav'd the Child within Has kill'd The Soule sav'd Conscience so kills Sinne 53. A Comet is' t the Carbuncle of Sinne Mass'd-up from th' Earth and Hell whence 't did begin 54. How at a Comet ev'ry one does stare When many who thus Gaze worse Comets are 55. Who Many Sunnes sees sees not his Abuse Unlesse of his Mistake hee makes more Use 56. Clammy Smoakes Fir'd and Falling starres some call Their phansie erres Truth from their witt does fall 57. The Foolish Fire oft that by night does move Does by Mistake or Feare Focles make or prove 58. What Blustring Hott Thick Aire 's This 'T is the Wind Faint Embleme yet of Man's more Troublesome Mind 59. Whirle Wind th' art a Surprize Nothing 's like Thee But Rapture from the Spirit of Prophesie 60. Raine's Cloud Dissolv'd Thus from the Law Sad Feares By warmth of grace descend in fruitfull Teares 61. â—y Red Green Blew which sometimes paint the Aire â—uilt Pardon Heav'n the Raine-bow does declare 62. The Raine-bow to the Sunne yields due respect â—race the Soule 's beauty does to God Reflect 63. When Heav'n rain'd Clouds and did Our World confound The Aire ranne Chanel and All Seas were Drown'd 64. â—ome make Dutch Schuarts Founder of Gunnes and Shot The Volly of Haile and th' Amorites they forgot 65. Th' Earth through great Heat Cold Wind Dew oft does lacke â—y Lust Despaire and Rage Grace is kept-backe 66. Hoare-Frost a Dew congeal'd on high Hills ne're â—s found Presumption unacquainted is with Feare 67. Snow is a Cloud Light but congeal'd Grace Join'd With Doubt may knowledge yet lesse Comfort find 68. At the last Day shall the Saints Meteors bee Their Earth sublim'd shall yet from Change bee Free 69. Sea is the Earth of Water The sunne draines What 's pure sâ—om Grosse Sea that is Salt remaines 70. The Sea is salt Salt's Wisdome That can reare The weight of shippe This the world's burden beare 71. It is the Moone 's Increase that swells the Ocean 'T is the First mover shews the Way o' th motion 72. Vanity does too oft man's large Mind fill But the First mover Guides th'obedient will 73. River is Time in Water as it came Still so it flowes yet never is the same 74. Some think th' Earth starre Indeed starres send forth Beams Wee 'll call it Heav'n the Springs so send forth streams 75. Shoot up an arrow not farre off 't is found Moves th' Earth then swift enough if it turnes round 76. Shall not the Aire turne faster then the Earth To think it moves not so is' t Truth or Mirth 77. Wonders we have on Earth thus wee may know What things there are Above by what 's Below 78. Clay Sand and Rocke seem of a diff'rent birth So men some Stiffe some Loose some Firme All Earth 79. Downe Picke-axe to the Depth for Gold le ts goe Wee 'll undermine Peâ—u Is'nt Heav'n Below 80. Quick-silver Nature's Jugler's Many in One Now it is Fix'd Now 't is Loose now 't is Gone 81. Quick-silver Conscience play not Fast and Loose Fast will the Loose bee to it 's Owne Abuse 82. Marble a stately Vanity does show In Natur 's Aâ—â—â— Spots doe for Beauty goe 83. Each Dust Loadstone has two points 't will rise To th' Loadsotone Many at once may fright our eyes 84. Why should the world the Diamond so commend This Constant is the World 's a Crumbling friend 85. The Emerald's the Ey 's Favorite wee doe In One find the Object and Spectacle too 86. The Ruby is an Earth and yet a Fire A Holy Man What Earth to Heav'n comes Nigher 87. The Margarite's compos'd of Heavenly Dew Heav'n is the Pearle that is prepar'd for Few 88. Cedar the Dead from Putresaction keepes The just more safely in Christ's merits sleepes 89. The Oake beares Fruite though Blossome it beares none The just beares fruite though of it is not knowne 90. The Olive loves Hot ground not fat nor leane Grace is the Just Man's Joy in state though Meane 91. The Serpent shunnes the Odour of the Vine A Venom'd Soule flies from the Sacred Wine 92. The Laurell's a perpetual Green wee may See Grace thus flourish Grace is its owne Bay 93. By whom shall Cinnamon's praise bee fully Chanted 'T is as Restorative as Desire Granted 94. The Corne the Grasse for Man for Beast renew God teaches them to Feed and Teach us too 95. Course wonder Garlicke Begger 's Galen Wise Thy Clownes are Nose-coy fooles thy Wit Despise 96. The Pinke by Nature's so refin'd wee dare
does flow 165. Though the Cocke's Musique from his Vigour bee â—an is left pos'd The full cause can hee see 166. â—eese Sav'd Rome's Capitol the Cocke Saint Peter â—o a wise Mind his Musique's sure the sweeter 167. â—er Yong the Pidgeon first with Salt-earth feeds â—ise Education thus a wise man breeds 168. With what a Roare of Fury Lions rage 'T is Halfe a Fright to see the Lions Cage 169. That doe wee talke of Wild beasts more then One The Lion is a Wildernesse Alone 170. The Lion vex'd with taile strikes th' Earth Next blow â—ates his Owne Back The Last Confounds his Foe 171. The Lyâ—ian Lion eates Man Woman Child Eates Him Then Them His Hunger's wisely Mild 172. The Leopard's so strong so Quicke so Fierce As if whiles Nam'd hee 'd Leape too in the Verse 173. As from the Tiger swift and fierce wee 'd runne With greater Care our greatest Foe lets shunne 174. Cruell's the Beare h' has yet but a weake head A blow has kild him by Christ's Death Sinne 's Dead 175. Th' Arabian Fox robbes Houses and steales Shooes Our Foe would us spiritually so abuse 176. The Rav'nous Wolfe will feed on Mice and Moles Sathan does thus devoure darke Earthy soules 177. O mocke of Pride Man can not Change his Shape Though whiles unchang'd hee is but like an Ape 178. The shifting Heare wee pitty scorne the Hart To flie when Arm'd is but the Coward 's part 179. The Sicke Hart eates a Snake and so grows well Repentance Digests Sinne and Man scapes Hell 180. Much 't is the Afrique Camels Long can fast More that they Incest Hate admir'dly chast 181. â—normous Excellency Th' Elephant Nor strength nor wit nor words some say does want 182. â—n the Elephant's Heart is found a mighty Bone Inhappy Man whose Heart is oft All stone 183. The Asse for Burden as the Horse for Speed God has giv'n Man Man's Double helpe at need 184. Th' Aegyptian thought the Dog a God! Hee might Take him a Friend Hee 's Safty or delight 185. Glutton Jew of all men was most cross'd The various dainties of the Hogge hee lost 186. The Cow yields milke the Sheepe cloths both are good Thus both Alive and when Both Dead th' are Food 187. The Catt's Eye's Providence It Sees by Night 〈◊〉 Guard of Angels yields both Joy and Might 188. â—ore Life to Man then to the Crow God gives â—ong lives the Crow Man lives and Dies and Lives 189. â—an's Braine is Curds and Wonder Truth this cleares â—athushelah's was unchang'd nine hundred years 190. Blood Circles from the Heart unto the Heart â—an's New America speakes Harvie's Art 191. I' Wake and so new Live a Night's Protection Is a new Wonder whiles a Resurrection 192. I' Wake and too too soone my Thoughts begin To stray Can Sleepe halfe-Rescue us from Sinne 193. The Sunne 's up yet My selfe and God most bright I can't see J 'me too Darke and Hee 's too Light 194. Cloths which Hide shame shame us sinne they present Wee 're Cloth'd yet in the Grave when Innocent 195. Hand wash thy fellow yet the washing's vaine Wee are Sinne 's Black-Moores though wee wash againe 196. Let devout Prayer cast me to the Ground So shall I yet to Heaven bee Neerer found 197. What shall I Doe to day I pray'd to shunne All Sinne but from my Prayer 't is I runne 198. Hunger says Feed Feed says Temperance Through Food Sloth Sleepe and Lust Life 's but a Dance 199. The Holy Book is my Receite a Sure Cordial a Pow'rful Trouble and a Cure 200. Advance My Taske Thy Praise Spirit Divine I 'le Slight the Aide then of Poëtique Wine BOOK III. OF Nations 201. T Is Morning therefore Night This Order keepes The world still One Halfe wakes the Other Sleepes 202. â—ow Nations fill the Earth like Diff'rent Seeds â—â—ch Country unlike Men and Manners breeds 203. â—he Spanjard's Sober Wise Constant Devout 〈◊〉 Avarice Pride Lust Blood Th' Indian cri'd out 204. â—aine's the Third Indies Spice and Gold it sleights 〈◊〉 Deeper Mines of Counsaile it delights 205. 〈◊〉 the French wine of Orleans Flame Wounds Scarres â—â—ates hee the Chronicle by Civil warres 206. â—h ' Italian's the World's Gentleman A Court â—o which Thrift Witt Lust and Revenge resort 207. â—hey erre who Rome's Hills by the Old names call â—he Vatican is now the Capitol 208. â—alie's Church is Rome Naples the Court â—ononia the Great Schoole Venice the Port. 209. â—ame does for wisdome Venice highly reare â—he Turke suspects their Wisdome is Halfe Feare 210. â—ybaris once for Vice was the World's Blot â—he World's a staine Sybaris now 's no Spot 211. When from the Alpes the Afrique-General View'd Italy their Top was Hannibal 212. Britans yee are stout men bee also wise They'd need bee so on whom are all mens eyes 213. Fashions and Prophesies are England's staine Le ts not bee Mad too though wee have been vaine 214. Bogges Purgatory Wolves and Ease by Fame Are counted Ir'land's Earth Mistake Curse Shame 215. Earthquake is scarce acquainted with Scotch Ground Yet many Jolts of State have There been found 216. The Belgian's the World's Scout Water 's his Land His Fleete's his Country and his Art 's his Hand 217. The Portly Alman if wine says not Nay Beares his Head high as if his head bare sway 218. Of Danish kings Christian 's a Name and Riches Could they make Christians of their Norway-Witches 219. Whom more then the First Suede did Fame e're cloy This made Lutzen more Griefe then His Life Joy 220. Russia is wilderness the Man is Furre Thatch is his House his Winter 's One Long Murre 221. Against his Owne Foes the Polonian's bold 〈◊〉 Gainst Heav'n's has his Owne Winter been more Cold 222. Can the Racovian thinke troubles can cease â—f with Socinus God's Foe hee 's in peace 223. Hungarie's king is also Damocles His Right gives Throne th' Impendent Sword no Ease 224. Th' Old Greeke was Mirth and Wine now wretched feares May make him drinke in Silence his own teares 225. The Turke sells Liberty The Turke does prize it Though't's Above price The poorest Greâ—ke yet Buyes it 226. The Owle Athens held Sacred sure a soule Mistake of phansy Athens was the Owle 227. Th' Athenian Wit scorn'd to bee Paul's Witt 's Debter â—ust Paul n'ere grac'd th' Athenians with a Letter 228. Candie's the Christian Weere the Seas oft racke Amaine from Hellespont yet oft rowle backe 229. The Turke 's Mad to bee Mad Hee 's a Darke Mind Which can no Heav'n but his Owne Body find 230. To Homer's Muse but first to its Owne shame And Ruine Troy owes its Unhappy Fame 231. Caesar once thought to make Troy a New Rome Bysantiâ—um got the Name Hee got a Tombe 232. A stately Shrine the Dev'l at Ephesus Did raise he would supply a Lost Heav'n Thus 233. Paradise o're Granada hangs Spaine boasts But Heav'n Saint John saw o're the Pathmian Coasts 234. When