The Circe / of Signior Giovanni Battista Gelli of the Academy of Florence. Consisting of ten dialogues between [Ulysses and several] men transform'd into beasts: giving a lively representation of the various passions, and [the] many infelicities of humane life. Done out of Italian, by Mr. Tho. Brown.

  • Gelli, Giovanni Battista, 1498-1563.
Date:
1702
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Credit: The Circe / of Signior Giovanni Battista Gelli of the Academy of Florence. Consisting of ten dialogues between [Ulysses and several] men transform'd into beasts: giving a lively representation of the various passions, and [the] many infelicities of humane life. Done out of Italian, by Mr. Tho. Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Oifler. Why the Cavities and Dens of the Earth ferve them in Winter, and in Summer the Trees and tops of Hills. Vlyffes. Very fine Houfes indeed ! I war¬ rant you they live very commodioufly in them. Oifler. If they have not fo many conveni¬ ences as yours have, to make them amends they have none of thofe Perplexities and Vexations that attend your noble Palaces. Vlyffes. And what perplexities and vexa¬ tions do our Houfes give us, fince we make them with our own Hands, juft we as pleafe our felves ? Oifier. What perplexities and vexations ! Why to maintain, repair, and preferve them from the Injuries of Time and Weather. Be- fides when does any one of you pafs a quiet comfortable Hour in them ? The Noife and Squealing of your Children makes them un- eafie to you in the Day, and in the Night you are perpetually in fear of Thieves, who are of late grown fo Dexterous in their Trade, that no Locks, no Bolts, nor Bars can with- ftand them. And then when any ill-digefted Vapours grumble in the Bowels ot the Earth, I mean when an Earth quake or fo happens, Lord ! to fee how nimbly you Scamper out