Dunton, John (1659-1732)

A Voyage Round the World: or, a Pocket-Library, Divided into several Volumes.

London

Printed for Richard Newcome

1691

"I say I've but one little tiney favour to beg, and then--and that is--that he'd maturely Weigh, Swallow, Chew the Cud, and soundly digest this following first Book, before he throw it out agen, for should he make too much hast, and too greedily read it over, as 'tis to be fear'd the pleasantness and rarity on't, will tempt him to be Ravenous, why then 'twill only cause Crudities in the Maw of his Soul, and the next Volume coming upon him before he has concocted this, and turned it into Life, Blood, and Nourishment, they'll only one confound another, and either nauseate or choak him."

It has been said of Accomplished Persons, that they have Read Men as well as Books; and why is there not as great a Commendation belongs to those who have Travell'd Books as well as Men, and brought thence the Gold and precious Jewels, leaving 'em still, as the Bee the Flower, to return to the Metaphor already used, not a jot the worse for wearing. For the gay Feathers I have taken, they may as well call one of the Indian Princes Atabalipa and Montezuma, an Owl, Jay, or Magpy, who borrow Feathers indeed from the Birds to Adorn themselves in their most Royal Robes.--But alas, the Art is all--materiam superabat opus--'Tis the placing 'em, and ordering 'em in such delicate Lights and Shades, that only makes 'em so inimitably Beautiful and Lovely, even so--but I'll spare the t'other Leg o' the Comparison--and let the Reader never trust me more if I desire him to go with me any further than to this next Stile, and then wee'll part, for I scorn to use him like a Quaker, with his false-bottomed Sermons, who Concludes 40 times over, but will never have done. I say I've but one little tiney favour to beg, and then--and that is--that he'd maturely Weigh, Swallow, Chew the Cud, and soundly digest this following first Book, before he throw it out agen, for should he make too much hast, and too greedily read it over, as 'tis to be fear'd the pleasantness and rarity on't, will tempt him to be Ravenous, why then 'twill only cause Crudities in the Maw of his Soul, and the next Volume coming upon him before he has concocted this, and turned it into Life, Blood, and Nourishment, they'll only one confound another, and either nauseate or choak him.
(I, p. 7)

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John Dunton, A Voyage Round the World: or, a Pocket-Library, Divided into several Volumes. The First of which contains the Rare Adventures of Don Kainophilus, From his Cradle to his 15th. Year. The like Discoveries in such a Method never made by any Rambler before. The whole Work intermixt with Essays, Historical, Moral and Divine; and all other kinds of Learning. Done into English by a Lover of Travels. Recommended by the Wits of both Universities. 3 vols. (London: Printed for Richard Newcome, 1691). <Link to EEBO-TCP>

06/18/2013