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 They are great Admirers of right Angles, and wou'd fain make it appear, that right Angles alone have more Efficacy than any other Figures that can be imagin'd; yet they cannot prove that Pythagoras was of that Opinion. In fine, they are so much taken up in admiring their Instructor, that they forget his Instructions. He orders them to worship the Gods; but they will worship him, or any Body else, as they please; nay, sometimes you may find them in so good an Humour, that they won't scruple to pay Divine Worship to a rotten Post.

Pythagoras liv'd in great Repute for a long Time; and having sufficiently establish'd his Doctrine, he shifted his Dwelling, and became a Foot-Soldier; but was oblig'd to forsake that Body by drinking Brandy: He had no sooner left the Army, but he was oblig'd to animate an Oyster, where he was allow'd the Liberty of Thinking, and compos'd his Aurea Carmina. He was soon taken up, and devour'd by a young Lady, who immediately became so Learned, that there was no enduring her. Many pursue him thro' several other Bodies; but their Accounts have so little to support 'em, that I rather chose to omit them, than set down any Thing but that which is founded upon the best Authority.

I shou'd now proceed to what I saw in the Temple; but as all what I saw was mysterious, and Mysteries are not to be divulg'd, I must be excus'd for not discovering what I saw. When the Crowd was gone, TckrffTckbrff [sic] took me to see the Rarities of the Place, and prevail'd upon one that belong'd to it, to shew them to us. We were led into a large Room full of Wonders; to recount all which, would fill a large Volume, yet I will set down a few which I remember above others. The first Thing he shewed us was a Frying-Pan with but