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From Curi9fties Of Literatars.J


A Spaniih author has affirmed, that
brates have no fouls; a French writer
fupports the fame opinion but an /.
Italian, more bold, has ventured to
maintain that the fair fe. have likewiie
10 fouls, and are Of another fpecies of
animal to man. This the author fhews
by various proofs drawn from the Scrip
tuyes, which be explains according to
bis own fancy. While this book was
publifhed 10 Latin, the inquiiition re-
mained filent but, when it was tranf
lated into the vulgar tongue. they cen
fured and prohibited it. The Italian
ladies were divided, on this occaGon,
into two oppoGte parties !: the one was
greatly enraged to be made 70 inferior
10 the other Tex and the other, coniid.
ering themielves only as mae5iae5, were
content to amufe themlelves ir playing
of the fpiings in the manner mott a I
greeable to themfelves.


The author Of the Commentary on
the epilles Of St. Paul, falfely afcribed
to ST. Ambrofe, fays, oa the eleventh
chapter Of the 6ra epifle of the CORN
thians, that u5meu are not made aecor-
ding to the image of the Creator,


The Mahometans are known to hold
the fame opinions concerning the fouls
OF the female iex, and lIkewiie the Jews
Very ung4llantly, each Jew, among bis
morning benedittions, includes one, to
thank God BE b1s not made him q1,man.


1 muf confels, it's a difficult tafk to
relolve if