“Sir it is well known that the Genii”

Sir ¹ it is well known that the Genii have declared that unless they. ² “perform certain arduous duties every year of a mysterious nature all the worlds in the firmament will be burnt up & gathered together in one mighty Globe which will roll in lonely Grandeur througfh] the vast wilderness of Space inhabited only by the 4 high Princes of the Geni till time shall be succeded by eternity” the impudence of this is only to be parall[el]ed by another of their assertions namely “that by their magic might they can reduce the world to a desert the rivers to streams of livid poison & the clearest lakes to stagnant waters the pestilential vapours of which shall slay all living creatures except the Bloodthirsty Beast of the forest and the ravenous Bird of the rock But that in the midst of this desolation the Palace of the Cheif Geni shall rise sparkling in the wilderness and the horrible howl of their war cry shall spread over the land at morning at noontide & night but that they shall have their anual feast over the bones of the dead & shall yearly rejoice with the joy of victors I think Sir that the horrible wickedness of this needs no remark & therefore I haste to subscribe myself yours &c