body: He touch'd his Lyra with a very unusual fort of an Harpegiatura, nor were his hopes fruftrated. The odd Equipage, the uncouth Inftrument, the strangeness of the Man and of the Mufick, drew the ears and eyes of the whole Mob that were got about the two female Champions, and at last of the Combatants themselves. They all approach'd the Balcony, in as close attention as Orpheus's first Audience of Cattle, or that of an Italian Opera, when fome favourite Air is juft awakened. This fudden effect of his Mufick encouraged him mightily, and it was observed he never touch'd his Lyre in fuch a truly chromatick and enharmonick manner as upon that occafion. The mob laugh'd, fung, jump'd, danc'd, and used many odd gestures, all which he judged to be caufed by the various ftrains and modulations. "Mark (quoth he) in this, the power of the

Ionian, in that, you fee the effect of the Eolian." But in a little time they began to grow riotous, and threw ftones: Cornelius then withdrew, but with the greatest air of Triumph in the world. "Brother

(faid he) do you obferve I have mixed unawares "too much of the Phrygian; I might change it “to the Lydian, and foften their riotous tempers: "But it is enough: learn from this Sample to speak "with veneration of ancient Mufick. If this

Lyre in my unikilful hands can perform fuch "wonders, what muft it not have done in thofe of "a Timotheus or a Terpander?" Having faid

this, he retired with the utmost Exultation in himself, and Contempt of his Brother; and, it is faid, behaved that night with fuch unusual haughtiness to his family, that they all had reason to wish for fome ancient Tibicen to calm his Temper.

CHA P. Vir.

Rhetorick, Logick, and Metaphyficks.

Ornelius having (as hath been faid) many ways been disappointed in his attempts of improving the bodily Forces of his fon, thought it now high time to apply to the Culture of his Internal faculties. He judged it proper in the first place to inftruct him in Rhetorick. But herein we shall not need to give the Reader any account of his wonderful progress, fince it is already known to the learned world by his Treatise on this subject: I mean the admirable Difcourfe Пegi Babes, which he wrote at this time, but conceal'd from his Father, knowing his extreme partiality for the Ancients. It lay by him conceal'd, and perhaps forgot among the great multiplicity of other Writings, till, about the year 1727, he fent it us to be printed, with many additional examples drawn from the excellent live Poets of this prefent age, We proceed therefore to Logic and Metaphyficks.

The wife Cornelius was convinced, that thefe being Polemical Arts, could no more be learned alone, than Fencing or Cudgel-playing. He thought it therefore neceffary to look out for fome Youth of pregnant parts, to be a fort of humble Companion to his fon in those studies. His good fortune directed him to one of the most fingular endowments, whofe name was Conradus Crambe, who by the father's fide was related to the Crouches of Cambridge, and his mother was Coufin to Mr. Swan, Gamester and Punfter of the City of London. So that from both parents he drew a natural difpofition to fport himfelf with Words, which as they are faid to be the counters of wife Men, and ready-money of Fools, Crambe had great ftore of cash of the latter fort. Happy Martin in fuch a Parent, and fuch a Companion! What might not he atchieve in Arts and Sciences.

Here I must premife a general obfervation of great benefit to mankind. That there are many people who have the ufe only of one Operation of the Intellect, tho', like thort-fighted men, they can hardly difcover it themfelves: They can form/ingle apprehenfions, but have neither of the other two faculties, the judicium or difcurfus. Now as it is wifely ordered, that people deprived of one

When a learned Friend once urged to cu Author the Authority of a famous Lictionary-maker againit the latinity of the expreflion amor public, which he had ufed in an infcrip.ion, he replied, that he would allow a Dictionary-maker to underftand a single word, but not two wo. ds put together.

fense have the others in more perfection, fuch people will form fingle Ideas with a great deal of vivacity; and happy were it indeed if they would confine themselves to fuch, without forming judicia, much lefs argumentations.

Cornelius quickly discovered, that these two laft operations of the intellect were very weak in Martin, and almost totally extinguished in Crambe; however he used to fay, that Rules of Logick are Spectacles to a purblind understanding, and therefore he refolved to proceed with his two Pupils.

Martin's understanding was fo totally immers'd in fenfible objects, that he demanded examples from Material things of the abstracted Ideas of Logick: As for Crambe, he contented himself with the Words, and when he could but form fome conceit upon them, was fully fatisfied. Thus Crambe would tell his Inftructor, that All men were not fingular; that Individuality could hardly be prædicated of any man, for it was commonly said that a man is not the fame he was, that madmen are befide themselves, and drunken men come to themfelves; which shows, that few men have that most valuable logical endowment, Individuality. Cor

"But if it be poffible for the fame man to have distinct in"communicable confcioufnefs at different times, it is without " doubt the fame man would at different times make different "perfons. Which we fee is the fenfe of mankind in not pu-. "nifhing the mad man for the fober man's actions, nor the "fober man for what the madman did, thereby making them "two perfons; which is fomewhat explained by our way of

nelius told Martin that a fhoulder of mutton was an individual, which Crambe denied, for he had fcen it cut into commons; That's true (quoth the Tutor) but you never faw it cut into shoulders of mutton: If it could (quoth Crambe) it would be the most lovely individual of the University. When he was told, a fubftance was that which was fubject to accidents; then Soldiers (quoth Crambe) are the most substantial people in the world. Neither would he allow it to be a good definition of accident, that it could be prefent or abfent without the deftruction of the fubject; fince there are a great many accidents that deftroy the fubject, as burning does a house, and death a man. But as to that, Cornelius informed him, that there was a natural death, and a legical death; that though a man after his natural death was not capable of the leaft parith-office, yet he might ftill keep his Stall amongst the logical prædicaments.

Cornelius was forced to give Martin sensible images; thus calling up the Coachman he asked him what he had feen in the Bear-garden? the man answered, he faw two men fight a prize; one was a fair man, a Sergeant in the Guards; the other black, a Butcher; the Sergeant had red Breeches, the Butcher blue; they fought upon a Stage abour four o'clock, and the Sergeant wound

"fpeaking in English, when they fay fuch an one is not him"Jelf, or is befides himself." Locke's Effay on Hum. Underft, B. ii. c. 27.