. The craftsman. N° 452. Saturday, March i, 1734-5. HEN Navigation was in its Infancy, ancnothing but little coajling Veffels were yeinvented, it was lookd upon as a Sort oMadnefs and Prefumption m Mankincto tempt an Element, which was not defignd for Them by Nature, and could arife only fronan infatiable Thirft of Lucre. In this Manner waNavigation treated, not only by the moft celebrate(Roman Poets, particularly Horace and Propertius, bueven by Polydore Vergil, who flourifhd no longer ag(than in the Reign of our Henry the ^th, and lived many Years in England, till the Difturbances broke ©u h

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. The craftsman. N° 452. Saturday, March i, 1734-5. HEN Navigation was in its Infancy, ancnothing but little coajling Veffels were yeinvented, it was lookd upon as a Sort oMadnefs and Prefumption m Mankincto tempt an Element, which was not defignd for Them by Nature, and could arife only fronan infatiable Thirft of Lucre. In this Manner waNavigation treated, not only by the moft celebrate(Roman Poets, particularly Horace and Propertius, bueven by Polydore Vergil, who flourifhd no longer ag(than in the Reign of our Henry the ^th, and lived many Years in England, till the Difturbances broke ©u here N^ 452. T^he C r a f t s m a k, 229 here, on account of Religion. He compares the * Raih-nefs of Mankind in expofing Themfelves to the Mercypf the Waves, upon a few frail Planks of Wood, to theAttempt of Dcedaliis himfelf, and fays that We notonly plough the Sea, but inhabit it; that, driven bythe violent Lull of Gain, We build Ships as large asHoufes^ which almoft cover the whole Ocean; that,by thefe Means, every Nation hath the Boldnefs to

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