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Description give me my Spectacles, not without good cause hath our Sovereign sent unto us to draw out for him the pedigree, which is a true lineal descent of all the chiefest inhabitants within these provinces, and view their ancient possessions, which are be Dominions and Lands, conveyed them by their Ancestors, lest here it should come to pass, which is happened in all other Countries, that the dignity and jurisdiction depart from the noblest houses, which are families retaining in many generations, the impression of some heroical virtue, and pass to upstarts, who are such as Fortune, not Desert hath made gracious. Nay fear not that; while Opposition lives, there shall be always some to resist that confusion. With which Province will you begin, with Substance, or with Quantity? Best I think with Substance, right, and here is the roll: The first Duke that reigned here, and gave his name to the Country was Substance; I cannot well say what he was, his antiquity was so great. He was the eldest son of Ens, was he not Opposition? No, he was his eldest child, the rest were Daughters. It should seem so, for accidents are of a feminine nature, they cannot exist alone by themselves. Well, howsoever this Realm was equally divided amongst them; I have heard, Pythagoras was employed in assigning them their portions. It is not so, it was his Scholar Archetas Tarentinus, he measured out the Provinces by his Geometry. Hence we may gather of what antiquity this Kingdom was, it is sure as ancient as the Roman Empire, for Architas and Numa were Schoolfellows. Fie no, Pythagoras lived long before him. This Country was then called Decaphylia, till afterward subdued by Mercury, was by him called Hermenia. Well, howsoever let us proceed: Substance matching with the Lady Corporea, had by her a son called Corpus. My Lord, there were two Dukes of that name, one in the Province of Substance, another in the Province of Quantity. But we mean him of Substance. Good Lord, what odds there is betwixt the men that were in those days, and the men that are now in this latter declining Age of the World. This Duke Substance was a monstrous, tall, huge, big man; he had a head greater than any Horse, a neck like a Bull, larger sides than the Western Hog; Legs like Windmill posts, and feet proportionable: His son Corpus was very like unto him; the Aldermen of the Corporation, that are scarce able 'to come in at our College-gates, might have shown tricks like Tumblers in a hoop, through his Thumb-ring; King Arthur's tallest Knight would have scarce trust his points. The Bullhide, that cut out in Thongs, compassed as much ground as the walls of Carthage, could not make him a Girdle. I wonder how any man had so much leisure as to look about him, and draw his description. O sir ex pede Herculem. Him succeeded Corpus, surnamed Animatum; him Animal, who was named Rationale, and begat Homo. He had two wives, the other was Irrationale.
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Description give mee my Spectacles, not without good cause hath our Soveraigne sent unto us to draw out for him the pedigree, which is a true lineall discent of all the chiefest inhabitants within these provinces, and view their ancient possessions, which are be Dominions and Lands, conveighed them by their Ancestors, least here it should come to passe, which is happened in all other Countries, that the dignity and jurisdiction depart from the noblest houses, which are families retaining in many generations, the impression of some heroicall vertue, and passe to upstarts, who are such as Fortune, not Desert hath made gratious. Nay feare not that; while Opposition lives, there shall be alwaies some to resist that confusion. With which Province will you beginne, with Substance, or with Quantity? Best I thinke with Substance, right, and here is the rolle: The first Duke that reigned here, and gave his name to the Country was Substance; I cannot well say what he was, his antiquity was so great. Hee was the eldest sonne of Ens, was he not Opposition? No, he was his eldest child, the rest were Daughters. It should seeme so, for accidents are of a feminine nature, they cannot exist alone by themselves. Well, howsoever this Realme was equally divided amongst them; I have heard, Pythagoras was employed in assigneing them their portions. It is not so, it was his Scholler Archetas Tarentinus, he measured out the Provinces by his Geometry. Hence we may gather of what antiquity this Kingdome was, it is sure as ancient as the Romane Empire, for Architas and Numa were Schoole-fellowes. Fye no, Pythagoras liv'd long before him. This Country was then called Decaphylia, till afterward subdued by Mercury, was by him called Hermenia. Well, howsoever let us proceed: Substance matching with the Lady Corporea, had by her a sonne called Corpus. My Lord, there were two Dukes of that name, one in the Province of Substance, another in the Province of Quantity. But we meane him of Substance. Good Lord, what odds there is betwixt the men that were in those dayes, and the men that are now in this latter declining Age of the World. This Duke Substance was a monstrous, tall, huge, bigge man; hee had a head greater than any Horse, a necke like a Bull, larger sides than the Westerne Hogge; Leggs like Winde-mill posts, and feete proportionable: His sonne Corpus was very like unto him; the Aldermen of the Corporation, that are scarse able'to come in at our Colledge-gates, might have shewne tricks like Tumblers in a hoope, through his Thumb-ring; King Arthurs tallest Knight would have scarse trust his points. The Bull-hide, that cut out in Thongs, compast as much ground as the walls of Carthage, could not make him a Girdle. I wonder how any man had so much leasure as to looke about him, and draw his description. O sir ex pede Herculem. Him succeeded Corpus, surnamed Animatum; him Animal, who was named Rationale, and begat Homo. He had two wives, the other was Irrationale.