A Paradox. Prooving, That the Inhabitants of the Isle, called Madagascar, or St. Lavrence, (In Temporal Things), are the happiest People in the World. Whereunto is prefixed, a briefe and true Description of that Island: The Nature of the Climate, and condition of the Inhabitants, and their speciall affection to the English above other Nations. With most probable Arguments of a hopefull and fit Plantation of a Colony there, in respect of the fruitfulnesse of the Soyle, the benignity of the Ayre, and the relieving of our English Ships, both to and from the East Indies

[1640] Hamond, Wa[lter]. A Paradox. Prooving, That the Inhabitants of the Isle, called Madagascar, or St. Lavrence, (In Temporal Things), are the happiest People in the World. Whereunto is prefixed, a briefe and true Description of that Island: The Nature of the Climate, and condition of the Inhabitants, and their speciall affection to the English above other Nations. With most probable Arguments of a hopefull and fit Plantation of a Colony there, in respect of the fruitfulnesse of the Soyle, the benignity of the Ayre, and the relieving of our English Ships, both to and from the East Indies. London: Ptd. for Nathaniell Butter. Rpt. as “A Paradox: Proving the Inhabitants of the Island, called Madagascar; or St. Lawrence (in Things temporal) to be the happiest People in the World.” The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, As Well in Manuscript as in Print. Found in the Late Earl of Oxford’s Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes. With a Table of Contents, and an Alphabetical Index. 10 vols. (London: Ptd. For T. Osborne, 1744), 1: 256-62. Later ed. as The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, As Well in Manuscript as in Print. Selected from the Library of Edward Harley, Second Earl of Oxford, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Annotations, By William Oldys, and Some Additional Notes by Thomas Park. 10 vols. (London: Ptd. for John White and John Harding, and John Murray, 1808-13), 1: 263-69; and as “An edition of A paradox prooving that the inhabitants of . . . Madagascar (in temporall things) are the happiest people in the world. Presented by William Webster Newbold.” MA thesis. 2 vols. University of Birmingham--Shakespeare Institute, 1975. L

Eutopia that presents the Noble Savage as being in a better situation than the supposedly civilized.