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fTHAdNA4S IVS KJ7(CHE Rs,'S 
of                          %0eayen 4oti  nlyneg o  eFrin;  therefore the
h~~ two moltPrlynan 
I two 1 mofi ftately and magnificent Temples in his Palaces of 
Peqkin. the one Dedicated to Heaven, the other to the Earth: 
Forpvrly'sacr~cif  n Almbi~now tl~c noft grave Magi.' 
his Place ; they flay and Offer up Bolls and Sheep in Heca. 
Heaven and the Earth (as the Egyptians did to Ofiris and Ifis) 
._many other Rites. The p4iar Temple of the Learned is 
tius, which is ere&ed by Law in every City, in a Place above 
. This flately tificc adjoyas to the Magifrates Palace, who 
ver thofe that have taken the firft Degree in that Learning. 
)bvious place of the Temple is the Statue of Confutius, full of 
sor in fead of a Statue, his Name infrib'd in Golden Letters 
on n eegat Table : 6on ach 'lick of Which lazid the Statues of fomne of 
"hi Dicipeswhom the Chinefes have Canoniz'd, amongft the Deities of
the, 
~ inf~ri roQdr All the City'Magifirates mecet every $cw ~nd Full-Mooni in
'  thisTemlewith thofecthat have taken the Pegree -pf Batchelors, to hoo
' l~tdi~t  aer wich acculiom'd G ouching, even cq ~roftration, the Ti*M-%
"pi beng llthe while illuminated with lighted Tqtches, and bklxning
of 
............ 
Charaaters ; or in aad of a Statue, his Name infcrib'd in Golden Letters
on an elegant Tabei  oech ie    othe Statues of fome of 
his Difciples, whom the tineso have Canonizd amongf the Deities of the 
lini, ar Ord erAll the City Magirates memuctry e unnd Ful-Mont  i 
vthis Tern per, With thof th e taef  the egree of Bathelos, to  oo 
ccnoi their Mafter'with ac fomd G ouchmn, even tQnrgd uration the Tim 
~t    !I Te being al  o thth hiae wh ighte Tqhwe    , a   bning of 
Muogh e thte manis caner, theo Egypt, on the vugay fda ; the Month 
Tnotb, perform'd their Solemnities unto  Mecurt. 
broThe fro a afoivrious Statues ofths  , fme of them ve grat, others 
f~all, and cafy aied abouth one wams co fmunicated unto me by the Re 
verend Father, Affiftnt of the Portauefe.Soiety. ofs.  ifunnius Mfcarenias,
the which Entgrav'a I thought, god to aijoyn. 
The fcona The fecondt Se&t of the Qhinefi", which anfwereth to,
the Philofophers 
s~.amongft the Egyptians, is caI'dScieq'u a, or 0 y pto, but vulgarly 4maida
; the Ja, 
ponefes erai it Xaca and-.midabu. This La w canto the Cbinefes. from, the
Weft, 
brought from:; Kingdom call'& nrerio or Sciuro, which Regions, as Trigatu
armeth' are concluided undqrthe only. Name of Indoflan, fituate between the
River Indus and Ganges. 
This Sea will eafily appear by their Opinions to have proceeded from the
Gymnofopbijis, Brachmans, Perfians, and &atrians, who anciently inhabited
this 
Indoflan,