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 in the beginning of it these words, writ in capital letter: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. And indeed, saith the historian, that Scripture did manifestly contain ail the gospel which the beloved disciple, St John, had declared.

Q. is there not an admirab’e story of the great Mogul in the East Indies?

A. Yes, it happened some years before Sir Thomas Row was embassador from James I. to his court, that a Juggler of Bengal brought an ape before the Mogul that did many strange feats. The king, to try his skill, plucked a ring off his finger, and gave it to one of the boys to hide, which he presently discovered. At last this fancy came into his head. There are many disputes, says he, concerning the true prophet that should come into the world. We are for Mahomet; the Persians magnify Martis-Ally; the Hindoos, or Heathens, extol Aramon, Ram, and others; the Jews are for Moses, and the Christians for Christ. Adding several others to the number of twelve, whose names he caused to be writ in twelve scrolls, and put in a bason. This done, the ape put his paw among them, and pulled out the name of Christ. He then caused the names to be written a second time, in other scrolls, and the ape again pulled out the name Christ as before. Upon this one of the Mogul’s favourites said, it was an imposter of the Christians, and desired a third trial, with only eleven names, reserving that of Christ in his hand. The ape searching as before, pulled out his empty paw. Whereupon the Mogul was told, that possibly the thing he looked for was not there. The ape was