the terrestrial Paradise, are people who never eat, and whose mouth is so small that what they drink is conveyed into the stomach by means of a reed. They live upon the odour of apples and flowers; and a bad smell instantly destroys them. (107) These designate abstemious men; and to die of an ill odour is to die of sin.—There are men without a nose; their face is entirely smooth, and whatsoever they see, they think good. (108) Such are the foolish of the world.—And there are some men whose nose and lower lip is so long, that it covers all the face, while they sleep. (109) There are just men[1].—In Scythia are men with ears that completely envelope their whole body. (110). These represent such as listen to the word of God.—Some men there are who walk like cattle (111) and these are the sinful.—There are likewise people who are horned, having short noses and the feet of a goat. (112) These are the proud.—In Æthiopia are men with but one leg, whose velocity nevertheless is such, that they run down the
- ↑ I entreat the reader to imagine why; the explanation is not worth inserting.
