The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley (Volume 3); Consisting of Those Which Were Formerly Printed and Those Which He Design'd for the Press, Publish'd Out O

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1707. Excerpt: ... Whether there be any such Creatures in Nature as Satyrs, &c. I will no determine. St. Antony seeking St. Paul the Hermite, is reported by Athanafius, to have met with a Monster half Man and Beast, which he drove away with the Sign of the Cross; and St. Hierom in the Life of the Hermite, fays, that such a kind of Mon/ier was in his time brought to Alexandria. Fliny testifies, that he himself saw an Wppocentaur, the Body of which was preserved in Honey, and brought to Claud. C