“And as for the ordinary sort of men in that part of the world where the emperor resided,
they were of several complexions; not white, black, tawny, olive or ash-colored, but some
appeared of an azure, some of a deep purple, some of a grass-green, osme of a scarlet,
some of an orange-color, etc. which colors and complexions, whether they were amde by the
bare relection of light, wihtout the assistance of small particles; or by the help of well-ranged
And ordered atomsl or by a continual agitation of little globules; or by some pressing and re-
Acting motion, i am not able to determine. The rest of the inhabitants of that world, were
Men of serveral different sorts, shapes, figures, dispositions, and humors as i have already
Made mention, heretofore; some where bear-men, some worm-men, some fish- or mear-
Men, otherwise called sirens; some bird-men, some ant-men, some geese-
Men, some spider-men, some lic-emen, some fox-men, some ape-men, some jackdaw-men
Some magpie-men, some parrot-men, some satyrs, some gaints, and many more, which i
Cannot all remember; and of these several sorts of men, each followed such a profession as
Was most proper for the nature of their species, which the empress encourage them in,
Especially those that had applied thesmelves to the study of several srts and sciences, for they were as ingenious and witty in the invention of profitable and useful arts, as we are in
Our world, nay, more; and to that end she erected schools, and founded several socieities”