CHAP. IV.Of theStatureandSizeof Man’sBody.
Of theStatureandSizeof Man’sBody.
As in the Figure, so in the Stature and Size of Man’s Body, we have another manifest Indication of excellent Design. Not too Pygmean[a], nor too Gigantick[b], either of which Sizes would in some particular or other, have been incommodious to Himself, or to his Business, or to the rest of his Fellow-Creatures. Too Pygmean would have rendered him too puny a Lord of the Creation; too impotent and unfit to manage the inferiour Creatures, would have exposed him to the Assaults of the weakest Animals, to the ravening Appetite of voracious Birds, and have put him in the Way, and endangered his being trodden in the Dirt by the larger Animals. He would have been also too weak for his Business, unable to carry Burdens, and in a word, to transact the greater part of his Labours and Concerns.
And on the other hand, had Man’s Body been made too monstrously strong, too enormouslyGigantick[c], it would have rendered him a dangerousTyrant in the World, too strong[d]in some Respects, even for his own Kind, as well as the other Creatures. Locks and Doors might perhapshave been made of sufficient Strength to have barricaded our Houses; and Walls, and Ramparts might perhaps have been made strong enough to have fenced our Cities. But these Things could not have been without a great and inconvenient Expence of Room, Materials, and such Necessaries, as such vast Structures and Uses would have occasioned; more perhaps than the World could have afforded to all Ages and Places. But let us take the Descant of a good Naturalist and Physician on the Case[e]. “Had Man been a Dwarf (said he) he had scarce been a reasonable Creature. For he must then have had a Jolt Head; so there would not have been Body and Blood enough to supply his Brain with Spirits; or he must have had a small Head, answerable to his Body, and so there would not have been Brain enough for his Business—Or had the Species of Mankind been Gigantick, he could not have been so commodiously supplied with Food. For there would not have been Flesh enough of the best edible Beasts, to serve his Turn. And if Beasts had been made answerably bigger, there would not have been Grass enough.†And so he goeth on. And a little after, “There would not have been the same Use and Discovery of his Reason; in that he would have done many Things by mere Strength, for which he is now put to invent innumerable Engines—. Neither could he have used an Horse, nor divers other Creatures. But being of a middle Bulk, he is fitted to manage and use them all. For (saith he) no other cause can be aligned why a Man was not made five or ten Times bigger, but hisRelation to the rest of the Universe.†Thus far our curious Author.
FOOTNOTES:[a]What is here urged about the Size of Man’s Body, may answer one ofLucretius’s Reasons whyNil ex nihilo gignitur. His Argument isDenique cur Homines ramos natura parareNon potuit, pedibus qui pontum per vada possentTransire, & magnos manibus divellere monteis?Lucret.L. 1. Carm. 200.[b]Haud facile fit ut quisquam & ingentes corporis vires, & ingenium subtile habeat.Diodor. Sic. L. 17.[c]Altho’ we read ofGiantsbeforeNoah’s Flood,Gen.vi. 4. and more plainly afterwards inNumb.xiii. 33. Yet there is great Reason to think the Size of Man was always the same from the Creation. For as to theNephilimorGiants, inGen.vi. the Ancients vary about them; some taking them for great Atheists, and Monsters of Impiety, Rapine, Tyranny, and all Wickedness, as well as of monstrous Stature, according as indeed theHebrewSignification allows.And as for theNephiliminNumb.xiii. which were evidently Men of a Gigantick Size, it must be considered, that it is very probable, the Fears and Discontentments of the Spies might add somewhat thereunto.But be the Matter as it will, it is very manifest, that in both these Places,Giantsare spoken of as Rarities, and Wonders of the Age, not of the common Stature. And such Instances we have had in all Ages; excepting some fabulous Relations; such as I take to be that ofTheutobotchus, who is said to have been dug up,Anno1613, and to have been higher than the Trophies, and 26 Feet long; and no better I suppose the Giants to have been, thatOl. Magnusgives an Account of in his 5ᵗʰ Book, such asHarthen, andStarchater, among the Men; and among the Women,reperta est(saith he)puella——in capite vulnerata, ac mortua, induta chlamyde purpureâ, longitudinis cubitorum 50, latitudinis inter humeros quatuor.Ol. Mag. Hist. L. 5. c. 2.But as for the more credible Relations ofGoliath(whose height was 6 Cubits and a Span, 1 Sam. xvii. 4. which according to the late curious and learnedLord Bishop ofPeterboroughis somewhat above 11 FeetEnglish,vid.BishopCumberland of Jewish Weights and Measures) ofMaximinusthe Emperor, who was 9 Feet high, and others inAugustus, and other Reigns, of about the same Height: To which we may add the Dimensions of aSkeleton, dug up lately in the Place of aRomanCamp near St.Albans, by an Urn inscribed,Marcus Antoninus; of which an Account is given by Mr.Cheselden, who judgeth by the Dimensions of the Bones, that the Person was 8 Foot high,vid.Philos. Trans.Nᵒ. 333. These antique Examples and Relations, I say, we can match, yea, out-do, with modern Examples; of which we have divers inJ. Ludolph. Comment. in Hist. Æthiop.L. 1. c. 2. §. 22.Magus,Conringius, Dr.Hakewill, and others. Which later relates fromNannez, of Porters and Archers belonging to the Emperor ofChina, of 15 Feet high; and others fromPurchas, of 10 and 12 Feet high, and more. See the learned Author’sApolog.p. 208.These indeed exceed what I have seen inEngland; but in 1684, I my self measur’d anIrishYouth, said to be not 19 Years old, who was 7 Feet near 8 Inches, and in 1697, a Woman who was 7 Feet 3 inches in Height.But for the ordinary size of Mankind, in all Probability, it was always (as I said) the same, as may appear from the Monuments, Mummies, and other ancient Evidences to be seen at this Day. The most ancient Monument at this Day, I presume is that ofCheops, in the first and fairest Pyramid ofÆgypt; which was, no doubt, made of Capacity every Way sufficient to hold the Body of so great a Person as was intended to be laid up in it. But this we find by the nice Measures of our curious Mr.Greaves, hardly to exceed our common Coffins.The hollow Part within(saith he)is in Lengthonly6,488 Feet,andin Breadthbut2,218 Feet: The Depth 2,860 Feet. A narrow space, yet large enough to contain a most potent and dreadful Monarch, being dead; to whom living, allÆgyptwas too streight and narrow a Circuit. By these Dimensions, and by such other Observations, as have been taken by me from several embalmed Bodies inÆgypt, we may conclude there is no decay in Nature (though the Question is as old asHomer) but that the Men of this Age are of the same Stature they were near 3000 Years ago, vid.Greavesof the Pyr. in 1638, in Ray’s Collect. ofTrav.Tom. 1. pag. 118.To this more ancient, we may add others of a later Date. Of which take these, among others, from the curious and learnedHakewill. The Tombs atPisa, that are some thousand Years old, are not longer than ours; so isAthelstane’s inMalmesbury-Church; soSehba’s in St.Paul’s, of the Year 693; soEtheldred’s, &c. Apol. 216,&c.The same Evidence we have also from the Armour, Shields, Vessels, and other Utensils dug up at this Day. The Brass Helmet dug up atMetaurum, which was not doubted to have been left there at theOverthrow of Asdrubal, will fit one of our Men at this Day.Nay, besides all this, probably we have some more certain Evidence.Augustuswas 5 Foot 9 Inches high, which was the just Measure of our famous QueenElizabeth, who exceeded his Height 2 Inches, if proper Allowance be made for the Difference between theRomanand our Foot.Vid.Hakew. ib. p. 215.[d]To the Stature of Men inthe foregoing Note, we may add some Remarks about their unusualStrength. That ofSampson(who is not said to have exceeded other Men in Stature as he did in Strength) is well known. So of old,Hector,Diomedes,Hercules, andAjaxare famed; and since them many others; for which I shall seek no farther than the before commendedHakewill, who by his great and curious Learning, hath often most of the Examples that are to be met with on all his Subjects he undertakes. Of the After-Ages he namesC. Marius,Maximinus,Aurelian,Scanderberge,Bardesin,Tamerlane,Siska, andHunniades. Anno 1529,Klunher, Provost of the great Church atMisnia, carry’d a Pipe of Wine out of the Cellar, and laid it in the Cart.Mayolussaw one hold a Marble Pillar in his Hand 3 Foot long, and 1 Foot diameter, which he toss’d up in the Air, and catched again, as if it were a Ball. Another ofMantua, and a little Man, namedRodamas, could break a Cable,&c.Ernando Burg, fetched up Stairs an Ass laden with Wood, and threw both into the Fire. AtConstantinople,Anno 1582, one lifted a Piece of Wood, that twelve Men could scarce raise: then lying along, he bare a Stone that ten Men could but just roll to him.G.ofFronsberge, BaronMindlehaim, could raise a Man off his Seat, with only his middle Finger; stop an Horse in his full Career; and shove a Cannon out of its Place.Cardansaw a Man dance with two Men in his Arms, two on his Shoulders, and one on his Neck.Patacoua, Captain of theCossacks, could tear an Horse-Shoe (and if I mistake not, the same is reported of the present KingAugustusofPoland.) A Gigantick Woman of theNetherlandscould lift a Barrel ofHamburghBeer. Mr.Carewhad a Tenant that could carry a But’s Length, 6 Bushel of Wheaten Meal (of 15 Gallon Measure) with the Lubber, the Miller of 24 Years of Age, on the top of it. AndJ. Romanof the same County, could carry the Carcass of an Ox. Vid.Hakewill, ib. p. 238.Viros aliquot moderna memoria tam à mineralibus, quà m aliis Seuthia & Gothia provinciis adducere congruis, tantâ fortitudine præditos, ut quisque eorum in humeros sublevatum Equum, vel Bovem maximum, imò vas ferri 600, 800, aut 1000 librarum (quale & alique Puellæ levare possunt) ad plura stadia portaret.Ol. Mag. ubi supr.[e]Grew’sCosmol. Sacr.B. 1. ch. 5. §. 25.
[a]What is here urged about the Size of Man’s Body, may answer one ofLucretius’s Reasons whyNil ex nihilo gignitur. His Argument isDenique cur Homines ramos natura parareNon potuit, pedibus qui pontum per vada possentTransire, & magnos manibus divellere monteis?Lucret.L. 1. Carm. 200.
[a]What is here urged about the Size of Man’s Body, may answer one ofLucretius’s Reasons whyNil ex nihilo gignitur. His Argument is
Denique cur Homines ramos natura parareNon potuit, pedibus qui pontum per vada possentTransire, & magnos manibus divellere monteis?Lucret.L. 1. Carm. 200.
Denique cur Homines ramos natura parareNon potuit, pedibus qui pontum per vada possentTransire, & magnos manibus divellere monteis?Lucret.L. 1. Carm. 200.
Denique cur Homines ramos natura parareNon potuit, pedibus qui pontum per vada possentTransire, & magnos manibus divellere monteis?
Denique cur Homines ramos natura parare
Non potuit, pedibus qui pontum per vada possent
Transire, & magnos manibus divellere monteis?
Lucret.L. 1. Carm. 200.
Lucret.L. 1. Carm. 200.
[b]Haud facile fit ut quisquam & ingentes corporis vires, & ingenium subtile habeat.Diodor. Sic. L. 17.
[b]Haud facile fit ut quisquam & ingentes corporis vires, & ingenium subtile habeat.Diodor. Sic. L. 17.
[c]Altho’ we read ofGiantsbeforeNoah’s Flood,Gen.vi. 4. and more plainly afterwards inNumb.xiii. 33. Yet there is great Reason to think the Size of Man was always the same from the Creation. For as to theNephilimorGiants, inGen.vi. the Ancients vary about them; some taking them for great Atheists, and Monsters of Impiety, Rapine, Tyranny, and all Wickedness, as well as of monstrous Stature, according as indeed theHebrewSignification allows.And as for theNephiliminNumb.xiii. which were evidently Men of a Gigantick Size, it must be considered, that it is very probable, the Fears and Discontentments of the Spies might add somewhat thereunto.But be the Matter as it will, it is very manifest, that in both these Places,Giantsare spoken of as Rarities, and Wonders of the Age, not of the common Stature. And such Instances we have had in all Ages; excepting some fabulous Relations; such as I take to be that ofTheutobotchus, who is said to have been dug up,Anno1613, and to have been higher than the Trophies, and 26 Feet long; and no better I suppose the Giants to have been, thatOl. Magnusgives an Account of in his 5ᵗʰ Book, such asHarthen, andStarchater, among the Men; and among the Women,reperta est(saith he)puella——in capite vulnerata, ac mortua, induta chlamyde purpureâ, longitudinis cubitorum 50, latitudinis inter humeros quatuor.Ol. Mag. Hist. L. 5. c. 2.But as for the more credible Relations ofGoliath(whose height was 6 Cubits and a Span, 1 Sam. xvii. 4. which according to the late curious and learnedLord Bishop ofPeterboroughis somewhat above 11 FeetEnglish,vid.BishopCumberland of Jewish Weights and Measures) ofMaximinusthe Emperor, who was 9 Feet high, and others inAugustus, and other Reigns, of about the same Height: To which we may add the Dimensions of aSkeleton, dug up lately in the Place of aRomanCamp near St.Albans, by an Urn inscribed,Marcus Antoninus; of which an Account is given by Mr.Cheselden, who judgeth by the Dimensions of the Bones, that the Person was 8 Foot high,vid.Philos. Trans.Nᵒ. 333. These antique Examples and Relations, I say, we can match, yea, out-do, with modern Examples; of which we have divers inJ. Ludolph. Comment. in Hist. Æthiop.L. 1. c. 2. §. 22.Magus,Conringius, Dr.Hakewill, and others. Which later relates fromNannez, of Porters and Archers belonging to the Emperor ofChina, of 15 Feet high; and others fromPurchas, of 10 and 12 Feet high, and more. See the learned Author’sApolog.p. 208.These indeed exceed what I have seen inEngland; but in 1684, I my self measur’d anIrishYouth, said to be not 19 Years old, who was 7 Feet near 8 Inches, and in 1697, a Woman who was 7 Feet 3 inches in Height.But for the ordinary size of Mankind, in all Probability, it was always (as I said) the same, as may appear from the Monuments, Mummies, and other ancient Evidences to be seen at this Day. The most ancient Monument at this Day, I presume is that ofCheops, in the first and fairest Pyramid ofÆgypt; which was, no doubt, made of Capacity every Way sufficient to hold the Body of so great a Person as was intended to be laid up in it. But this we find by the nice Measures of our curious Mr.Greaves, hardly to exceed our common Coffins.The hollow Part within(saith he)is in Lengthonly6,488 Feet,andin Breadthbut2,218 Feet: The Depth 2,860 Feet. A narrow space, yet large enough to contain a most potent and dreadful Monarch, being dead; to whom living, allÆgyptwas too streight and narrow a Circuit. By these Dimensions, and by such other Observations, as have been taken by me from several embalmed Bodies inÆgypt, we may conclude there is no decay in Nature (though the Question is as old asHomer) but that the Men of this Age are of the same Stature they were near 3000 Years ago, vid.Greavesof the Pyr. in 1638, in Ray’s Collect. ofTrav.Tom. 1. pag. 118.To this more ancient, we may add others of a later Date. Of which take these, among others, from the curious and learnedHakewill. The Tombs atPisa, that are some thousand Years old, are not longer than ours; so isAthelstane’s inMalmesbury-Church; soSehba’s in St.Paul’s, of the Year 693; soEtheldred’s, &c. Apol. 216,&c.The same Evidence we have also from the Armour, Shields, Vessels, and other Utensils dug up at this Day. The Brass Helmet dug up atMetaurum, which was not doubted to have been left there at theOverthrow of Asdrubal, will fit one of our Men at this Day.Nay, besides all this, probably we have some more certain Evidence.Augustuswas 5 Foot 9 Inches high, which was the just Measure of our famous QueenElizabeth, who exceeded his Height 2 Inches, if proper Allowance be made for the Difference between theRomanand our Foot.Vid.Hakew. ib. p. 215.
[c]Altho’ we read ofGiantsbeforeNoah’s Flood,Gen.vi. 4. and more plainly afterwards inNumb.xiii. 33. Yet there is great Reason to think the Size of Man was always the same from the Creation. For as to theNephilimorGiants, inGen.vi. the Ancients vary about them; some taking them for great Atheists, and Monsters of Impiety, Rapine, Tyranny, and all Wickedness, as well as of monstrous Stature, according as indeed theHebrewSignification allows.
And as for theNephiliminNumb.xiii. which were evidently Men of a Gigantick Size, it must be considered, that it is very probable, the Fears and Discontentments of the Spies might add somewhat thereunto.
But be the Matter as it will, it is very manifest, that in both these Places,Giantsare spoken of as Rarities, and Wonders of the Age, not of the common Stature. And such Instances we have had in all Ages; excepting some fabulous Relations; such as I take to be that ofTheutobotchus, who is said to have been dug up,Anno1613, and to have been higher than the Trophies, and 26 Feet long; and no better I suppose the Giants to have been, thatOl. Magnusgives an Account of in his 5ᵗʰ Book, such asHarthen, andStarchater, among the Men; and among the Women,reperta est(saith he)puella——in capite vulnerata, ac mortua, induta chlamyde purpureâ, longitudinis cubitorum 50, latitudinis inter humeros quatuor.Ol. Mag. Hist. L. 5. c. 2.
But as for the more credible Relations ofGoliath(whose height was 6 Cubits and a Span, 1 Sam. xvii. 4. which according to the late curious and learnedLord Bishop ofPeterboroughis somewhat above 11 FeetEnglish,vid.BishopCumberland of Jewish Weights and Measures) ofMaximinusthe Emperor, who was 9 Feet high, and others inAugustus, and other Reigns, of about the same Height: To which we may add the Dimensions of aSkeleton, dug up lately in the Place of aRomanCamp near St.Albans, by an Urn inscribed,Marcus Antoninus; of which an Account is given by Mr.Cheselden, who judgeth by the Dimensions of the Bones, that the Person was 8 Foot high,vid.Philos. Trans.Nᵒ. 333. These antique Examples and Relations, I say, we can match, yea, out-do, with modern Examples; of which we have divers inJ. Ludolph. Comment. in Hist. Æthiop.L. 1. c. 2. §. 22.Magus,Conringius, Dr.Hakewill, and others. Which later relates fromNannez, of Porters and Archers belonging to the Emperor ofChina, of 15 Feet high; and others fromPurchas, of 10 and 12 Feet high, and more. See the learned Author’sApolog.p. 208.
These indeed exceed what I have seen inEngland; but in 1684, I my self measur’d anIrishYouth, said to be not 19 Years old, who was 7 Feet near 8 Inches, and in 1697, a Woman who was 7 Feet 3 inches in Height.
But for the ordinary size of Mankind, in all Probability, it was always (as I said) the same, as may appear from the Monuments, Mummies, and other ancient Evidences to be seen at this Day. The most ancient Monument at this Day, I presume is that ofCheops, in the first and fairest Pyramid ofÆgypt; which was, no doubt, made of Capacity every Way sufficient to hold the Body of so great a Person as was intended to be laid up in it. But this we find by the nice Measures of our curious Mr.Greaves, hardly to exceed our common Coffins.The hollow Part within(saith he)is in Lengthonly6,488 Feet,andin Breadthbut2,218 Feet: The Depth 2,860 Feet. A narrow space, yet large enough to contain a most potent and dreadful Monarch, being dead; to whom living, allÆgyptwas too streight and narrow a Circuit. By these Dimensions, and by such other Observations, as have been taken by me from several embalmed Bodies inÆgypt, we may conclude there is no decay in Nature (though the Question is as old asHomer) but that the Men of this Age are of the same Stature they were near 3000 Years ago, vid.Greavesof the Pyr. in 1638, in Ray’s Collect. ofTrav.Tom. 1. pag. 118.
To this more ancient, we may add others of a later Date. Of which take these, among others, from the curious and learnedHakewill. The Tombs atPisa, that are some thousand Years old, are not longer than ours; so isAthelstane’s inMalmesbury-Church; soSehba’s in St.Paul’s, of the Year 693; soEtheldred’s, &c. Apol. 216,&c.
The same Evidence we have also from the Armour, Shields, Vessels, and other Utensils dug up at this Day. The Brass Helmet dug up atMetaurum, which was not doubted to have been left there at theOverthrow of Asdrubal, will fit one of our Men at this Day.
Nay, besides all this, probably we have some more certain Evidence.Augustuswas 5 Foot 9 Inches high, which was the just Measure of our famous QueenElizabeth, who exceeded his Height 2 Inches, if proper Allowance be made for the Difference between theRomanand our Foot.Vid.Hakew. ib. p. 215.
[d]To the Stature of Men inthe foregoing Note, we may add some Remarks about their unusualStrength. That ofSampson(who is not said to have exceeded other Men in Stature as he did in Strength) is well known. So of old,Hector,Diomedes,Hercules, andAjaxare famed; and since them many others; for which I shall seek no farther than the before commendedHakewill, who by his great and curious Learning, hath often most of the Examples that are to be met with on all his Subjects he undertakes. Of the After-Ages he namesC. Marius,Maximinus,Aurelian,Scanderberge,Bardesin,Tamerlane,Siska, andHunniades. Anno 1529,Klunher, Provost of the great Church atMisnia, carry’d a Pipe of Wine out of the Cellar, and laid it in the Cart.Mayolussaw one hold a Marble Pillar in his Hand 3 Foot long, and 1 Foot diameter, which he toss’d up in the Air, and catched again, as if it were a Ball. Another ofMantua, and a little Man, namedRodamas, could break a Cable,&c.Ernando Burg, fetched up Stairs an Ass laden with Wood, and threw both into the Fire. AtConstantinople,Anno 1582, one lifted a Piece of Wood, that twelve Men could scarce raise: then lying along, he bare a Stone that ten Men could but just roll to him.G.ofFronsberge, BaronMindlehaim, could raise a Man off his Seat, with only his middle Finger; stop an Horse in his full Career; and shove a Cannon out of its Place.Cardansaw a Man dance with two Men in his Arms, two on his Shoulders, and one on his Neck.Patacoua, Captain of theCossacks, could tear an Horse-Shoe (and if I mistake not, the same is reported of the present KingAugustusofPoland.) A Gigantick Woman of theNetherlandscould lift a Barrel ofHamburghBeer. Mr.Carewhad a Tenant that could carry a But’s Length, 6 Bushel of Wheaten Meal (of 15 Gallon Measure) with the Lubber, the Miller of 24 Years of Age, on the top of it. AndJ. Romanof the same County, could carry the Carcass of an Ox. Vid.Hakewill, ib. p. 238.Viros aliquot moderna memoria tam à mineralibus, quà m aliis Seuthia & Gothia provinciis adducere congruis, tantâ fortitudine præditos, ut quisque eorum in humeros sublevatum Equum, vel Bovem maximum, imò vas ferri 600, 800, aut 1000 librarum (quale & alique Puellæ levare possunt) ad plura stadia portaret.Ol. Mag. ubi supr.
[d]To the Stature of Men inthe foregoing Note, we may add some Remarks about their unusualStrength. That ofSampson(who is not said to have exceeded other Men in Stature as he did in Strength) is well known. So of old,Hector,Diomedes,Hercules, andAjaxare famed; and since them many others; for which I shall seek no farther than the before commendedHakewill, who by his great and curious Learning, hath often most of the Examples that are to be met with on all his Subjects he undertakes. Of the After-Ages he namesC. Marius,Maximinus,Aurelian,Scanderberge,Bardesin,Tamerlane,Siska, andHunniades. Anno 1529,Klunher, Provost of the great Church atMisnia, carry’d a Pipe of Wine out of the Cellar, and laid it in the Cart.Mayolussaw one hold a Marble Pillar in his Hand 3 Foot long, and 1 Foot diameter, which he toss’d up in the Air, and catched again, as if it were a Ball. Another ofMantua, and a little Man, namedRodamas, could break a Cable,&c.Ernando Burg, fetched up Stairs an Ass laden with Wood, and threw both into the Fire. AtConstantinople,Anno 1582, one lifted a Piece of Wood, that twelve Men could scarce raise: then lying along, he bare a Stone that ten Men could but just roll to him.G.ofFronsberge, BaronMindlehaim, could raise a Man off his Seat, with only his middle Finger; stop an Horse in his full Career; and shove a Cannon out of its Place.Cardansaw a Man dance with two Men in his Arms, two on his Shoulders, and one on his Neck.Patacoua, Captain of theCossacks, could tear an Horse-Shoe (and if I mistake not, the same is reported of the present KingAugustusofPoland.) A Gigantick Woman of theNetherlandscould lift a Barrel ofHamburghBeer. Mr.Carewhad a Tenant that could carry a But’s Length, 6 Bushel of Wheaten Meal (of 15 Gallon Measure) with the Lubber, the Miller of 24 Years of Age, on the top of it. AndJ. Romanof the same County, could carry the Carcass of an Ox. Vid.Hakewill, ib. p. 238.
Viros aliquot moderna memoria tam à mineralibus, quà m aliis Seuthia & Gothia provinciis adducere congruis, tantâ fortitudine præditos, ut quisque eorum in humeros sublevatum Equum, vel Bovem maximum, imò vas ferri 600, 800, aut 1000 librarum (quale & alique Puellæ levare possunt) ad plura stadia portaret.Ol. Mag. ubi supr.
[e]Grew’sCosmol. Sacr.B. 1. ch. 5. §. 25.
[e]Grew’sCosmol. Sacr.B. 1. ch. 5. §. 25.