after Ages many Colonies dispersed, and some thereof upon the coasts of _Africa_, and prepossessions of his elder brothers. Fourthly, To take away all doubt or any probable divarication, the curse is plainly specified in the Text, nor need we dispute it, like the mark of _Cain_; _Servus servorum erit fratribus suis_, Cursed be _Canaan_, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren; which was after fulfilled in the conquest of _Canaan_, subdued by the _Israelites_, the posterity of _Sem_. Which Prophecy _Abraham_ well understanding, took an oath of his servant not to take a wife for his son _Isaac_ out of the daughters of the _Canaanites_; and the like was performed by _Isaac_ in the behalf of his Son _Jacob_. As for _Cham_ and his other sons, this curse attained them not; for _Nimrod_ the son of _Chus_ set up his kingdom in _Babylon_, and erected the first great Empire; _Mizraim_ and his posterity grew mighty Monarchs in _Egypt_; and the Empire of the _Æthiopians_ hath been as large as either. Nor did the curse descend in generall upon the posterity of _Canaan_: for the _Sidonians_, _Arkites_, _Hamathites_, _Sinites_, _Arvadites_, and _Zemerites_ seem exempted. But why there being eleven Sons, five only were condemned and six escaped the malediction, is a secret beyond discovery. Lastly, Whereas men affirm this colour was a Curse, I cannot make out the propriety of that name, it neither seeming so to them, nor reasonably unto us; for they take so much content therein, that they esteem deformity by other colours, describing the Devil, and terrible objects, white. And if we seriously consult the definitions of beauty, and exactly perpend what wise men determine thereof, we shall not apprehend a curse, or any deformity therein. For first, some place the essence thereof in the proportion of parts, conceiving it to consist in a comely commensurability of the whole unto the parts, and the parts between themselves: which is the determination of the best and learned Writers. Now hereby the Moors are not excluded from beauty: there being in this description no consideration of colours, but an apt connexion and frame of parts and the whole. Others there be, and those most in number, which place it not only in proportion of parts, but also in grace of colour. But to make Colour essential unto Beauty, there will arise no slender difficulty: For _Aristotle_ in two definitions of pulchritude, and _Galen_ in one, have made no mention of colour. Neither will it agree unto the Beauty of Animals: wherein notwithstanding there is an approved pulchritude. Thus horses are handsome under any colour, and the symmetry of parts obscures the consideration of complexions. Thus in concolour animals and such as are confined unto one colour, we measure not their Beauty thereby: For if a Crow or Black-bird grow white, we generally account it more pretty; and in almost a monstrosity descend not to opinion of deformity. By this way likewise the Moors