THE WORLD. NUMBER I. By ADAM FITZ-A DA M. Nil dulcius eft, bene quam munita tenere Lucret. lib. 2. v.7. To be continued every THURSDAY. THURSDAY, Jannary the 4th, 1753. A T the village of Aronche, in the province of Eftremadura (fays an old Spanish author) lived Gonzales de Caftro, who from the age of twelve to fifty-two was deaf, dumb and blind. His chearful fubmiffion to fo deplorable a misfortune, and the mis"fortune itself, fo endeared him to the village, that to worship the holy virgin, and to love and ferve Gonzales, were confidered as duties of the fame import66 ance; and to neglect the latter was to offend the former. "IT happened one day, as he was fitting at his door, and offering up his mental prayers to St Jago, "that |