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Annatural jargon that ever fince Noah's ark ens tered the world, your brood of Jackanaps, fimple coxcombs, bewitched to your unnatural luft, what is it you with to expofe? why, truly, the fruit and punishment of an unnatural connection which I'am told reigas predominant in you new philofophers, and which is now convincing, look at it, a venereal of the most black kind, a cancer; and without exaggeration, cancer, spider, crab, it bears the face the three, or in troth, the cancerated Spider Crab.

Luther. Sit down and write quick, this is a prophecy of the first magnitude, in which proteftancy and new philofophy are linked, and future harmony and union depend; Spider, emblem of widom, the vitals of philofophy, Crab the most delicious morfel, another, and the moft principle clue, which both proteftancy and new philofophy can be united in, being the ground and main purfuit of both religions. Here it is, I will unite them. Cancer, one of the twelve figns of the Zodiac, limiting the fun's extent and tract in our northern hemifphere, and with her tropical line commands thus far proud luminary, but no farther. In this fupreme fign, Cancer, the fun difplays her brightnefs, brilliancy, luftre, and fuperabundance of all her greatnefs, is force, power, beneficence, and, in brief, the fulnels of bleffings, to the new philofophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemifphere, and community at large. My regulations, on my return to the great capital of the world, will be in the most confpicuous part, fay St. James's or Hyde

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Park, to have erected a magnificent triumphal arch, fixed upon a point near the furface of the earth, on which it can be twirled about; fo that this unparalelled phenomenon, prodigy and grand luminary of the new philofophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemifphere, fhall from one to two o'clock, every Thurfday, throughout the year, unless fome cause prevent the exhibiting, the difplay and full-fraught, fundamental fungency and unknown novelty unto this our new philofophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemifphere. In the centre, over the arch, fhall be a circular hole, of a proper fize, fo as to fit my lower face, from whence will be difplayed the centre of union, as a bright fun, or full moon, expofed with its treasure, or ineftimable jewel, grand link, that unites and binds in brotherly love my two flocks, protestant kids, and philofophic pigs, the treasure of bewitching delights, Cancerated Spider Crab, we may, without any impeachment (of our new philofophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemifphere, call it the wonder of wonders, mystery of myfteries, great bulwark, gordian knot of union.

Which fecret knot, like ferpents, twine
And twift in one, both goats and fwine.
My elder flock, of pretty kids,

And new-born race of lovely pigs.

The whole apparatus fhall be displayed-in the moft gorgeous, fumptuous, and fplendid ap

pearance,

pearance, but without coft; this laft being and ever has been an invariable rule throughout life in my conduct, and I fhould confider it an unpardonable breach to part with money for any matter, cause, or thing whatfoever; it is an inheritance from my forefathers; we place our great relation, as I have fometimes heretofore mentioned, Doctor Tillotfon, as a beacon, from whom we are fworn never to retract. Every handicraft fhall think himself much noticed and well contented. All things fhall be done with exactness and order, beautified, embellifhed, and adorned with trophies of knight-errantry and feats of chivalry, of this our new philofophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemifphere. The prime or impure excrefcence, Cancerated Spider Crab fhall difplay its brilliancy, richness and celeftial glory painted in Arong colours, fay, the outer part or border of the face yellow, in imitation of an immenfe fun-flower, glittering of golden rays, the crab red, with its mouth or centre of union black, which will expose each part fully and to advantage, particularly to the ladies and gentlemen that cannot, through the great concourfe of people, get near; but by glaffes and addition of paint aforefaid, feast and banquet on this delicious object of enchanting delights; during the hour of audience this great luminary fhall with gradual pace be turned round, to grant both kids and pigs, my dearly beloved the heart-felt wifh of their fouls. We next arrive to the most fubftantial and effential point, which is the philofopher's ftone, ftrong guards of the

military to prevent interlopers, tickets half a guinea, to admit one perfon; duty on glafshops, five fhillings each fpying-glafs: the first will nett, by fuppofition, one thoufand guineas each day; the fecond, fay two hundred and fifty; fo that the whole, yearly, will make a pretty faving, &c. ha, ha, ha. That the whole be conducted with princely magnificence and pompofity, which grandeurs will grapple, and, as bird-lime do flies, catch the mind, or fpider, emblem of wisdom, the fame infect, in her curious trammel, beat down and put to dismay all spiritual gainfayers, and bring the whole world under the banner of our great and victorious triumph, when my decrees fhall blaze abroad and fcatter, mift, doubts, megrims and fears, inftal the day-ftar (Cancerated Spider Crab) of this our new philofophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemifphere, and feat it on the throne of Majefty. So be it, or the like of that. That we may give you a feint glimpfe, a grand difplay of various inftruments, military, and all kinds of mufic, both vocal and inftrumental, founds fhall rend the vast regions above, and fet all nature aghaft; the human heart will drop like wax placed before a furnace, from whence, as the terrible vifages of proud Etna and Vefuvius, in their moft violent, frightful, gnafhing, freaks of vengeance, vomit and fpout rivers of fire, whofe vivid and limpid torrents, rolling in rapid ftreams, burn, parch, dry, fcorch and wither away every infectious contagion or diabolical mifchiefs that have hitherto parted my pretty pro

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proteftant and philofophical children, that my heart is in labour with, until I can, as the faying is, bring forth. A happy day, dear children, for you, my new darlings, for this our new philosophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemifphere. The cock, harbinger of our type, the day-ftar, happy prefage of our peace. Fare ye well.

fummon us to end this future glory; depart in Adieu.

End of the Eleventh Conference.

TWELFTH

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