As to _Suessanus_'s
next Argument, that they want Religion, Justice, &c. this, he saith, is
not confirmed by any grave Writer; and if it was, yet it would not prove
that they are not _Men_. For this defect (he saith) might hence happen,
because they are forced to live in _Caves_ for fear of the _Cranes_; and
others besides them, are herein faulty. For this Opinion, that the
_Pygmies_ were _Apes_ and not _Men_, he quotes likewise _Benedictus
Varchius_,[C] and _Joh. Tinnulus_,[D] and _Paulus Jovius_,[E] and several
others of the Moderns, he tells us, are of the same mind. _Imprimis
Geographici quos non puduit in Mappis Geographicis loco Pygmaeorum simias
cum Gruibus pugnantes ridicule dipinxisse._
[Footnote A: _Cardan. de Rerum varietate_, lib. 8. cap. 40.]
[Footnote B: _Suessanus Comment. in Arist. de Histor. Animal._ lib. 8.
cap. 12.]
[Footnote C: _Benedict. Varchius de Monstris. lingua vernacula._]
[Footnote D: _Joh. Tinnulus in Glotto-Chrysio._]
[Footnote E: _Paulus Jovius lib.
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