A Voyage to Cacklogallinia; With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners, of That Country (Paperback)

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. 1727 edition. Excerpt: ...upon superstitious Their Disputes on this Subject: ran so high that they came to Blows, and each Party, as it was victorious, modeled the Globe to his own Humour or Caprice. But the Ball being so often melted, and Part.of the Gold being lost in each Fusion, it was at last almost imperceivable. These Bickerings shed a great deal of Blood, and being at length tired with worrying each other upon this Account, a new Globe was cast, but not exactly round, to satisfy tender Consciences. In procefe of Time, it was thought that a G z brazen brazen Globe might do as well as one of Gold, and and new Disputes beginning to arise, it was decreed, that this Globe should stand in. the Temple, but that every one in particular should have at home an Idol after his own Fashion, provided they wou'd only bow to this, and the Revenues were continued to the Priests to furnish Sacrifices. The Heads of the Priests at last thinking these Sacrifices altogether needless, and a very great Expence, dropp'd 'em by Degrees: However, some say this was done by some of the Grandees, as a Means to make the Priests less respected, and put the Money in their own Coffers, which has made them both rich and insolent. They were formerly a cunning Set, but they are not look'd upon as such now, for they take but little Care, either to cultivate the Interest, or support the Credit and Dignity of their Order; and as some of them are given to Luxury, which they have not taken due Care to conceal, the common Sort do not entertain the fame Respect for them they did in former Times. However, the poor Clergy (for they are not all rich) Affairs of Religion being modelPd after those of the State, the Great devouring the Small) lead moral Lives, Lives, and there is I Sect amongst therm which keeps...