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 ''puissant Hero, thou Glory of thy Race, and Wonder of the Age, pardon the meanest of thy Servants that attempts to enumerate thy Virtues; but they are so conspicuous, that inanimate Things are ready to proclaim them: With which of thy good Qualities shall I begin; shall I first praise thy wonderful Knowledge in Arts, or rather thy surprizing Humanity towards us; that Humanity to which we owe that we are alive, and have an Opportunity of being astonish'd at thy glorious Mansions. Our greatest Ambition is to serve thee; and if we prove defective in any Thing thou commandest, let our Willingness to undertake it attone for it. But here thy Perfections dazzle me, and thy Virtues ought rather to be admir'd in expressive Silence, than unworthily enumerated''. Never was a Patron better pleas'd with a Dedication from one that scarce knew him: We were immediately set at Liberty, and invited to Dinner. You may believe that this was very acceptable to us, when I tell you that we very hungry.

Our Dinner was of Fish, some of which I knew the Names of, but other Dishes, that were like Olios, I was an entire Stranger to. At Table I first gave a short Account of my Coming to the Moon, and answer'd some Questions concerning the Earth, and then was favour'd with the following Account from him, that entertain'd us. To relate, said he, all the Passages of my Life, would be too tedious, tho' they are, as far as I can see, no way inferior to what you have deliver'd concerning yourself, in being strange and surprizing: I shall only hint at Matters of less Importance, and give you a full Account of Principals.