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EXTRACTS
��Supplied by a Sub´Sub´Librarian��
It will be seen that this mere painstaking burrower and grub´worm of
a poor devil of a Sub´Sub appears to have gone through the long
Vaticans and street´stalls of the earth�察�picking up whatever random
allusions to whales he could anyways find in any book whatsoever��
sacred or profane。 therefore you must not�察�in every case at least��
take the higgledy´piggledy whale statements�察�however authentic�察�in
these extracts�察�for veritable gospel cetology。 Far from it。 As
touching the ancient authors generally�察�as well as the poets here
appearing�察�these extracts are solely valuable or entertaining�察�as
affording a glancing bird's eye view of what has been promiscuously
said�察�thought�察�fancied�察�and sung of Leviathan�察�by many nations and
generations�察�including our own。
So fare thee well�察�poor devil of a Sub´Sub�察�whose commentator I
am。 Thou belongest to that hopeless�察�sallow tribe which no wine of
this world will ever warm�察�and for whom even Pale Sherry would be
too rosy´strong�察�but with whom one sometimes loves to sit�察�and feel
poor´devilish�察�too�察�and grow convivial upon tears�察�and say to them
bluntly�察�with full eyes and empty glasses�察�and in not altogether
unpleasant sadness´ Give it up�察�Sub´Subs� �For by how much more pains
ye take to please the world�察�by so much the more shall ye for ever
go thankless� �Would that I could clear out Hampton Court and the
Tuileries for ye� �But gulp down your tears and hie aloft to the
royal´mast with your hearts�察�for your friends who have gone before are
clearing out the seven´storied heavens�察�and making refugees of long
pampered Gabriel�察�Michael�察�and Raphael�察�against your coming。 Here ye
strike but splintered hearts together´ there�察�ye shall strike
unsplinterable glasses��
;And God created great whales。;
GENESIS。
;Leviathan maketh a path to shine after him��
One would think the deep to be hoary。;
JOB。
;Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah。;
JONAH。
;There go the ships�察�there is that Leviathan whom thou hast made
to play therein。;
PSALMS。
;In that day�察�the Lord with his sore�察�and great�察�and strong sword��
shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent�察�even Leviathan that
crooked serpent�察�and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea。;
ISAIAH
;And what thing soever besides cometh within the chaos of this
monster's mouth�察�be it beast�察�boat�察�or stone�察�down it goes all
incontinently that foul great swallow of his�察�and perisheth in the
bottomless gulf of his paunch。;
HOLLAND'S PLUTARCH'S MORALS。
;The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are��
among which the Whales and Whirlpooles called Balaene�察�take up as much
in length as four acres or arpens of land。;
HOLLAND'S PLINY。
;Scarcely had we proceeded two days on the sea�察�when about sunrise a
great many Whales and other monsters of the sea�察�appeared。 Among the
former�察�one was of a most monstrous size。 * * This came towards us��
open´mouthed�察�raising the waves on all sides�察�and beating the sea
before him into a foam。;
TOOKE'S LUCIAN。 ;THE TRUE HISTORY。;
;He visited this country also with a view of catching
horse´whales�察�which had bones of very great value for their teeth��
of which he brought some to the king。 * * * The best whales were
catched in his own country�察�of which some were forty´eight�察�some fifty
yards long。 He said that he was one of six who had killed sixty in two
days。;
OTHER OR OCTHER'S VERBAL NARRATIVE TAKEN DOWN FROM
HIS MOUTH BY KING ALFRED�察�A。D。 890。
;And whereas all the other things�察�whether beast or vessel�察�that
enter into the dreadful gulf of this monster's ��whale's�� mouth�察�are
immediately lost and swallowed up�察�the sea´gudgeon retires into it
in great security�察�and there sleeps。;
MONTAIGNE。 ´ APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND。
;Let us fly�察�let us fly� �Old Nick take me if is not Leviathan
described by the noble prophet Moses in the life of patient Job。;
RABELAIS。
;This whale's liver was two cartloads。;
STOWE'S ANNALS。
;The great Leviathan that maketh the seas to seethe like boiling
pan。;
LORD BACON'S VERSION OF THE PSALMS。
;Touching that monstrous bulk of the whale or ork we have received
nothing certain。 They grow exceeding fat�察�insomuch that an
incredible quantity of oil will be extracted out of one whale。;
IBID。 ;HISTORY OF LIFE AND DEATH。;
;The sovereignest thing on earth is parmacetti for an inward
bruise。;
KING HENRY。
;Very like a whale。;
HAMLET。
;Which to secure�察�no skill of leach's art
Mote him availle�察�but to returne againe
To his wound's worker�察�that with lowly dart��
Dinting his breast�察�had bred his restless paine��
Like as the wounded whale to shore flies thro' the maine。;
THE FAERIE QUEEN。
;Immense as whales�察�the motion of whose vast bodies can in a
peaceful calm trouble the ocean til it boil。;
SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT。 PREFACE TO GONDIBERT。
;What spermacetti is�察�men might justly doubt�察�since the learned
Hosmannus in his work of thirty years�察�saith plainly�察�Nescio quid
sit。;
SIR T。 BROWNE。 OF SPERMA CETI AND THE SPERMA CETI
WHALE。 VIDE HIS V。 E。
;Like Spencer's Talus with his modern flail
He threatens ruin with his ponderous tail。
* * * *
Their fixed jav'lins in his side he wears��
And on his back a grove of pikes appears。;
WALLER'S BATTLE OF THE SUMMER ISLANDS。
;By art is created that great Leviathan�察�called a Commonwealth or
State´ ��in Latin�察�Civitas�� which is but an artificial man。;
OPENING SENTENCE OF HOBBES'S LEVIATHAN。
;Silly Mansoul swallowed it without chewing�察�as if it had been a
sprat in the mouth of a whale。;
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS。
;That sea beast
Leviathan�察�which God of all his works
Created hugest that swim the ocean stream。;
PARADISE LOST。
;There Leviathan��
Hugest of living creatures�察�in the deep
Stretched like a promontory sleeps or swims��
And seems a moving land�察�and at his gills
Draws in�察�and at his breath spouts out a sea。;
IBID。
;The mighty whales which swim in a sea of water�察�and have a sea of
oil swimming in them。;
FULLLER'S PROFANE AND HOLY STATE。
;So close behind some promontory lie
The huge Leviathan to attend their prey��
And give no chance�察�but swallow in the fry��
Which through their gaping jaws mistake the way。;
DRYDEN'S ANNUS MIRABILIS。
;While the whale is floating at the stern of the ship�察�they cut
off his head�察�and tow it with a boat as near the shore as it will
come�察�but it will be aground in twelve or thirteen feet water。;
THOMAS EDGE'S TEN VOYAGES TO SPITZBERGEN�察�IN PURCHAS。
;In their way they saw many whales sporting in the ocean�察�and in
wantonness fuzzing up the water through their pipes and vents�察�which
nature has placed on their shoulders。;
SIR T。 HERBERT'S VOYAGES INTO ASIA AND AFRICA。
HARRIS COLL。
;Here they saw such huge troops of whales�察�that they were forced
to proceed with a great deal of caution for fear they should run their
ship upon them。;
SCHOUTEN'S SIXTH CIRCUMNAVIGATION。
;We set sail from the Elbe�察�wind N。 E。 in the ship called The
Jonas´in´the´Whale。 * * *
Some say the whale can't open his mouth�察�but that is a fable。 * * *
They frequently climb up the masts to see whether they can see a
whale�察�for the first discoverer has a ducat for his pains。 * * *
I was told of a whale taken near Shetland�察�that had above a barrel
of herrings in his belly。 * * *
One of our harpooneers told me that he caught once a whale in
Spitzbergen that was white all over。;
A VOYAGE TO GREENLAND�察�A。D。 1671 HARRIS COLL。
;Several whales have come in upon this coast ��Fife�� Anno 1652�察�one
eighty feet in length of the whale´bone kind came in�察�which ��as I
was informed���察�besides a vast quantity of oil�察�did afford 500 weight
of baleen。 The jaws of it stand for a gate in the garden of
Pitferren。;
SIBBALD'S FIFE AND KINROSS。
;Myself have agreed to try whether I can master and kill this
Sperma´ceti whale�察�for I could never hear of any of that sort that was
killed by any man�察�such is his fierceness and swiftness。;
RICHARD STRAFFORD'S LETTER FROM THE BERMUDAS。 PHIL。
TRANS。 A。D。 1668。
;Whales in the sea
God's voice obey。;
N。 E。 PRIMER。
;We saw also abundance of large whales�察�there being more in those
southern seas�察�as I may say�察�by a hundred to one�察�than we have to
the northward of us。;
CAPTAIN COWLEY'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE�察�A。D。 1729。
* * * * * ;and the breath of the whale is frequendy attended with
such an insupportable smell�察�as to bring on a disorder of the brain。;
ULLOA'S SOUTH AMERICA。
;To fifty chosen sylphs of special note��
We trust the important charge�察�the petticoat。
Oft have we known that seven´fold fence to fail��
Tho' stuffed with hoops and armed with ribs of whale。;
RAPE OF THE LOCK。
;If we compare land animals in respect to magnitude�察�with those that
take up their abode in the deep�察�we shall find they will appear
contemptible in the comparison。 The whale is doubtless the largest
animal in creation。;
GOLDSMITH�察�NAT。 HIST。
;If you should write a fable for little fishes�察�you would make
th