The great Number of Gibbets, Gallows’s, and Places of Execution, which are every where to be seen, shew the _Europeans_ to be People of very bad Dispositions, and subject to many Kinds of Vices. There is a publick Executioner in every City. The _English_ are an Exception to this Rule, amongst whom, I believe, there are no Executioners; for the People in that Country hang themselves. One would suspect the _Europeans_ to be _Anthropophagi_, or Men-Eaters; for it is a Custom amongst them to shut up a great Number of able-body’d Men in Cloisters, which they call Monasteries, for no other End, but that they may grow sleek and fat: And whilst they are kept in these Cells, they are utterly exempted from all Labour, and have nothing to do but to eat and drink. The _Europeans_ have a Custom of drinking Water every Morning, to moderate the Heat of their Stomachs; but before they are well grown cool by this Means, they go to work to warm them again, by swallowing down Draughts of fiery Liquors, which they call Drams. The Religion of the _Europeans_ is divided into two principal Sects, one of which are call’d Protestants, and the other Papists. The former worship one God only; but the latter adore several, for they have as many Gods and Goddesses, as there are Towns and Villages. All these Gods and Goddesses are made by the _Roman_ Pontiff, or High-Priest. This Pontiff himself is made by Presbyters, commonly call’d Cardinals. Hence it appears how great the Power of these Cardinals must be, since they can make him who makes the Gods. The ancient Inhabitants of _Italy_ conquer’d the whole World, and were only subject to their Wives: But the modern ones tyrannize over their Wives, and are Slaves to all Mankind besides. The Animals in _Europe_ are divided into terrestrial and aquatick. There are some amphibious ones likewise, as Frogs, Dolphins, and _Dutchmen_. The last dwell in a marshy Soil, and live upon Land or Water indifferently. The _Europeans_ use much the same Food that we do; But a _Spaniard_ will live upon Air. Trade flourishes much in every Part of _Europe_, and many Commodities are sold there in which we never traffick: Thus, for Example, the _Romish_ Church sells Heaven; the _Swiss_ sell themselves; and in *** Crowns, Scepters, and the Royal Authority itself are set to Sale. In _Spain_, Laziness is the Token of a Gentleman, and nothing is a greater Recommendation of Nobility than sleeping much. Those are call’d good Men and true Believers, who believe what they do not understand, and never think it worth their while to examine what they hear. Some have even been reckon’d Saints merely for their Slothfulness, their Want of Curiosity, and their neglecting to enquire into religious Matters. But those who are sollicitous about their own Salvation, and happen, through a diligent and accurate Enquiry, to dissent from any reigning Opinion, are said to be damn’d to all Eternity.