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 (z) those Charms of Musick, by which Men and Beasts, Fishes, Fowls and Serpents, were so frequently enchanted, and their very Natures changed, be really and irrecoverably lost; yet the Art of Musick, that is to say, of Singing, and Playing upon Harmonious Instruments, is, in it self, much a perfecter Thing, though, perhaps, not much pleasanter to an unskilful Audience, than it ever was amongst the Ancient Greeks and Romans.

Fter these Mathematical Sciences, it is convenient to go to those which are more properly Physical, and in our Language alone peculiarly so called. What these want in Certainty, they have made up in Usefulness: For, if Life and Health be the greatest good Things which we can enjoy here, a Conjectural Knowledge, that may but sometimes give us Relief when those are in danger, is much more valuable than a certain knowledge of other Things, which can