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ed so much at popery； are now at length resolved shall consecrate M。 Parson； and be dropped by every one of his congregation； while those same whimsical intelligences your surveyors （you will break my heart） give the turn to your primum mobile！ And so I think they will； for you will find that money is the primum mobile） and they will turn you thus out of some ？00；000 or ？00；000： a pretty sum for urns and balls； for boxes and pills； which these same quacksalvers are to administer to the parishes； and for what disease I marvel！ Or how does it work？ Out comes a constable； an overseer； and a churchwarden！ Mr。 Speaker； I am amazed！〃
Never was there goose so stuck with lard as my Lord Epimonus's speech with laughter； the Archon having much ado to recover himself in such a manner as might enable him to return these thanks：
〃In your whole lives； my lords； were you never entertained with so much ingenuity； my Lord Epimonus having at once mended all the faults of travellers。 For； first； whereas they are abominable liars； he has not told you （except some malicious body has misinformed him concerning poor Spy） one syllable of falsehood。 And； secondly； whereas they never fail to give the upper hand in all their discourses to foreign nations； still jostling their own into the kennel； he bears an honor to his country that will not dissolve in Cephalonia； nor be corrupted with figs and melons； which I can assure you is an ordinary obligation； and therefore hold it a matter of public concern that we be to no occasion of quenching my lord's affections； nor is there any such great matter between us； but； in my opinion； might be easily reconciled； for though that which my lord gained by sitting in the house； I steadfastly believe； as he can affirm； was got fairly yet dare I not； nor do I think； that upon consideration he will promise for other gamesters； especially when they were at it so high； as he intimates not only to have been in use； but to be like enough to come about again。 Wherefore say I； let them throw with boxes； for unless we will be below the politics of an ordinary； there is no such bar to cogging。 it is known to his lordship that our game is most at a throw； and that every cast of our dice is in our suffrages； nor will he deny that partiality in a suffrage is downright cogging。 If the Venetian boxes be the most sovereign of all remedies against this same cogging； is it not a strange thing that they should be thrown first into the fire by a fair gamester？ Men are naturally subject to all kinds of passions； some you have that are not able to withstand the brow of an enemy； and others that make nothing of this； are less proof against that of a friend。 So that if your suffrage be barefaced； I dare say you shall not have one fair cast in twenty。 But whatever a man's fortune be at the box； he neither knows whom to thank； nor whom to challenge。 Wherefore （that my lord may have a charitable opinion of the choice affection which I confess to have； above all other beauties； for that of incomparable Venice） there is in this way of suffrage no less than a demonstration that it is the most pure； and the purity of the suffrage in a popular government is the health； if not the life of it； seeing the soul is not otherwise breathed into the sovereign power than by the suffrage of the people。 Wherefore no wonder if Postellus be of opinion that this use of the ball is the very same with that of the bean in Athens； or that others； by the text concerning Eldad and Medad； derive it from the Commonwealth of Israel。 There is another thing； though not so material to us； that my lord will excuse me if I be not willing to yield； which is； that Venice subsists only by her situation。 it is true that a man in time of war may be more secure from his enemies by being in a citadel； but not from his diseases； wherefore the first cause； if he lives long； is his good constitution； without which his citadel were to little purpose； and it is not otherwise with Venice。〃
With this speech of the Archon I conclude the proof of the agrarian and the ballot； being the fundamental laws of this commonwealth； and come now from the centre to the circumferences or orbs； whereof some have been already shown； as how the parishes annually pour themselves into the hundreds； the hundreds into the tribes； and the tribes into the galaxies； the annual galaxy of every tribe consisting of two knights and seven deputies； whereof the knights constitute the Senate； the deputies； the prerogative tribe； commonly called the people； and the Senate and people constitute the sovereign power or Parliament of Oceana。 Whereof to show what the Parliament is； I must first open the Senate； and then the prerogative tribe。 To begin with the Senate； of which （as a man is differently represented by a picture drawer and by an anatomist） I shall first discover the face or aspect； and then the parts； with the use of them。 Every Monday morning in the summer at seven； and in the winter at eight； the great bell in the clock…house at the Pantheon begins； and continues ringing for the space of one hour； in which time the magistrates of the Senate； being attended according to their quality； with a respective number of the ballotins； doorkeepers； and messengers； and having the ensigns of their magistracies borne before them； as the sword before the strategus； the mace before the orator； a mace with the seal before the commissioners of the chancery； the like with the purse before the commissioners of the treasury； and a silver wand； like those in use with the universities； before each of the censors； being chancellors of the same。 These； with the knights； in all 300； assemble in the house or hall of the Senate。 The house or hall of the Senate being situated in the Pantheon or palace of justice； is a room consisting of a square and a half。 In the middle of the lower end is the door； at the upper end hangs a rich state overshadowing the greater part of a large throne； or half…pace of two stages； the first ascended by two steps from the floor； and the second about the middle rising two steps higher。 Upon this stand two chairs； in that on the right hand sits the strategus； in the other the orator adorned with scarlet robes； after the fashion that was used by the dukes in the aristocracy。 At the right end of the upper stage stand three chairs； in which the three commissioners of the seal are placed； and at the other end sit the three commissioners of the treasury； every one in a robe or habit like that of the earls。 Of these magistrates of this upper stage consists the signory。 At either end of the lower stage stands a little table； to which the secretaries of the Senate are set with their tufted sleeves in the habit of civil lawyers。 To the four steps； whereby the two stages of the throne are ascended； answer four long benches； which successively deriving from every one of the steps； continue their respective height； and extend themselves by the side walls toward the lower end of the house； every bench being divided by numeral characters into the thirty…seven parts or places。 Upon the upper benches sit the censors in the robes of barons； the first in the middle of the right hand bench； and the