himself, in the great hall of the Pantheon or palace of justice,
situated in Emporium, the capital city, was created by the
universal suffrage of the army, Lord Archon, or sole legislator
of Oceana, upon which theatre you have, to conclude this piece, a
person introduced, whose fame shall never draw its curtain.

The Lord Archon being created, fifty select persons to assist
him, by laboring in the mines of ancient prudence, and bringing
its hidden treasures to new light, were added, with the style
also of legislators, and sat as a council, whereof he was the
sole director and president.

PART II

THE COUNCIL OF LEGISLATORS

OF this piece, being the greater half of the whole work, I shall
be able at this time to give no further account, than very
briefly to show at what it aims.

My Lord Archon, in opening the Council of legislators, made
it appear how unsafe a thing it is to follow fancy in the fabric
of a commonwealth; and how necessary that the archives of ancient
prudence should be ransacked before any councillor should presume
to offer any other matter in order to the work in hand, or toward
the consideration to be had by the Council upon a model of
government. Wherefore he caused an urn to be brought, and every
one of the councillors to draw a lot. By the lots as they were
drawn,