A Memorable Fancy， Plates 6-7

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A Memorable Fancy 1

As I was walking among the fires of hell delighted with the enjoyments of Genius which to Angels look like torment and insanity

I collected some of their Proverbs：thinking that as the sayings used in a nation mark its character so the Proverbs of Hell shew the nature of Infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments

When I came home on the abyss of the five senses where a flat sided steep frowns over the present world

I saw a mighty Devil folded in black clouds hovering on the sides of the rock with corroding fires he wrote the following sentence now percieved by the minds of men &read by them on earth

How do you know but ev'ry Bird that cuts the airy way

Is an immense world of delight clos'd by your senses five