And here it was I found out that my Lunar Philosopher was only so in
Disguise, and that he was no Philosopher, but the very Man I have
been talking of.

From this Book, and the Treatment its Author receiv'd, for they us'd
him with all possible Rigour, a new Scene of Parties came upon the
Stage, and this Queen's Reign began to be fill'd with more Divisions
and Feuds than any before her.

These Parties began to be so numerous and violent that it endanger'd
the Publick Good, and gave great Disadvantages to the general Affairs
abroad.

The Queen invited them all to Peace and Union, but 'twas in vain;
nay, one had the Impudence to publish that to procure Peace and Union
it was necessary to suppress all the Crolians, and have no Party but
one, and then all must be of a Mind.

From this heat of Parties all the moderate Men fell in with their
Queen, and were heartily for Peace and Union: The other, who were now
distinguish'd by the Title of High Solunarians, call'd these all
Crolians and Low Solunarians, and began to Treat them with more
Inveteracy than they us'd to do the Crolians themselves, calling them
Traytors to their Country, Betrayers of their Mother, Serpents
harbour'd in the Bosom, who bite, sting and hiss at the Hand that
succour'd them; and in short the Enmity grew so violent, that from
hence proceeded one of the subtilest, foolishest, deep, shallow
Contrivances and Plots that ever was hatcht or set on foot by any
Party of Men in the whole Moon, at least who pretended to any Brains,