En. In your eare; I have a cast of the best Marlins[256] in England, but I am resolv'd to goe no more by water but in my Coach. Did you ever see the great ship?[257]
Cap. I have been one of twenty that have dind in her lanterne.
En. It may be so; she is a good sailer. But ile tell you one thing: I intend to have the best pack of hounds in Europe; Sir Richard loves the sport well. And then if I can but find out the reason of the loadstone I were happie and would write Non Ultra.
Cap. The philosophers stone were better in my opinion. Have you no project to gett that?
Cou. That has startled him: I doubt this fellow does but counterfeit.
Un. What thinke you of the Dromedary that was to be seene at the back side[258] of the Bell.
En. I have seene a stranger beast.
Cap. So have I; I have seene you before now, sir.
En. Why then, ile tell you: the strangest beast that ever I saw was an Ostridge that eate up the Iron mynes. But now you talke of birds I saw an Elephant beat a Taylor in the fenceing schoole at his owne weapon.
Tho. The Spanish needle?