because_o the_o senate_n will_v not_o ratify_v the_o peacâ—_n which_o the_o say_a consul_n and_o tribune_n have_v make_v with_o they_o cicero_n lib._n 3._o the_o off_o sextus_n pompeius_n pompey_n the_o great_a be_v son_n have_v war_n with_o antonius_n the_o triumvir_n and_o meet_v he_o at_o the_o seaside_n upon_o a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n invite_v he_o to_o supper_n in_o his_o galley_n give_v he_o his_o oath_n for_o his_o assurance_n and_o be_v demand_v secret_o by_o metrodorus_n the_o pirate_n whether_o he_o will_v have_v he_o weigh_v anchor_n and_o set_v sail_n and_o so_o make_v himself_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o world_n he_o answer_v that_o he_o be_v not_o use_v to_o forswear_v himself_o esteem_v it_o neither_o honourable_a nor_o profitable_a to_o gain_v the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n by_o perjury_n plat._n in_o anton._n of_o no_o less_o honour_n and_o fidelity_n be_v lycurgus_n brother_n to_o polydectes_n king_n of_o lacedaemonâ—a_n who_o widow_n offer_v to_o stifle_v the_o child_n in_o her_o womb_n beget_v by_o the_o late_a king_n polydectes_n if_o lycurgus_n will_v marry_v she_o he_o not_o only_o refuse_v it_o but_o also_o proclaim_v the_o young_a child_n his_o nephew_n king_n so_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v bear_v plat._n in_o lyc._n also_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o roman_n no_o less_o famous_a be_v that_o story_n of_o fabricius_n to_o who_o his_o enemy_n physician_n come_v and_o offer_v to_o poison_v the_o king_n his_o master_n and_o thereby_o to_o render_v fabricius_n victorious_a he_o not_o oâ—ly_o refuse_v his_o treason_n but_o also_o seize_v the_o traitor_n and_o sâ—nt_v he_o bind_v in_o fetter_n to_o his_o master_n with_o a_o full_a discovery_n of_o his_o treacherous_a intention_n against_o he_o eutrop._n brev._n romani_fw-la scelerum_fw-la semper_fw-la spreuêre_fw-la ministros_fw-la noxia_fw-la pollicitum_fw-la domino_fw-la miscere_fw-la venena_fw-la fabricius_n regi_fw-la nudat_fw-la a_o fraud_n remisit_fw-la infesto_n quem_fw-la marte_fw-la peâ—it_fw-la bellumque_fw-la negavit_fw-la per_fw-la famuli_fw-la paâ—rare_fw-la nefas_fw-la ductosque_fw-la camillus_n trans_fw-la murum_fw-la pueros_fw-la obsessae_fw-la reddidit_fw-la urbi_fw-la claud._n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la gild._a cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o fides_n est_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la justitiae_fw-la wherefore_o we_o see_v how_o plutarch_n inveigh_v against_o alexander_n the_o great_a for_o kill_v certain_a indian_a soldier_n that_o have_v render_v themselves_o upon_o his_o word_n say_v that_o that_o one_o act_n have_v spot_v and_o stain_v all_o his_o glorious_a conquest_n and_o other_o royal_a virtue_n plat._n in_o al._n also_o in_o thucydides_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la bello_fw-la pelep_n we_o see_v how_o paches_n the_o athenian_a captain_n be_v condemn_v for_o violate_v his_o faith_n with_o hippias_n so_o sacred_a be_v oath_n and_o faith_n give_v among_o the_o ancient_n that_o on_o many_o of_o their_o old_a coin_n for_o testimony_n of_o faith_n keep_v we_o see_v two_o hand_n join_v together_o with_o this_o inscription_n fides_n exercituum_fw-la or_o fides_n legionum_fw-la and_o sometime_o fides_n romanorum_fw-la the_o stoic_n say_v faith_n be_v derive_v of_o the_o verb_n facâ—re_o to_o do_v because_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v faithful_o promise_v aught_o to_o be_v execute_v but_o still_o provide_v there_o be_v no_o compulsion_n for_o if_o a_o thief_n on_o the_o highway_n shall_v with_o a_o sword_n or_o pistol_n at_o my_o throat_n make_v i_o swear_v to_o pay_v he_o on_o such_o a_o day_n all_o the_o money_n i_o have_v in_o the_o world_n i_o think_v no_o man_n will_v presume_v to_o say_v this_o oath_n be_v bind_v either_o in_o honour_n or_o conscience_n neither_o can_v i_o avoid_v take_v it_o without_o run_v into_o a_o great_a evil_n and_o render_v myself_o felo_fw-la de_fw-la se._n quid_fw-la si_fw-mi i_o tonsor_fw-la quum_fw-la stricta_fw-la novacula_fw-la supra_fw-la est_fw-la tunc_fw-la libertatem_fw-la divitiasque_fw-la roget_fw-la promittam_n nec_fw-la enim_fw-la rogat_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la tonsor_fw-la latro_n rogat_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la imperiosa_fw-la timor_fw-la mart._n epig._n lib._n 11._o which_o may_v be_v thus_o paraphrase_a in_o imitation_n of_o martial_a if_o shaver_n howard_n with_o razor_n at_o my_o ear_n the_o author_n of_o buck_n ballad_n shall_v inquire_v a_o rogue_n not_o howard_n impose_v on_o my_o fear_n i_o will_v promise_v but_o not_o grant_v he_o his_o desire_n however_o for_o any_o man_n to_o violate_v his_o faith_n or_o oath_n when_o make_v upon_o just_a ground_n nothing_o can_v be_v more_o dishonourable_a or_o more_o destructive_a to_o humane_a society_n and_o if_o we_o believe_v historian_n those_o violater_n of_o faith_n have_v be_v oftentimes_o severe_o punish_v for_o so_o do_v first_o in_o sacred_a writ_n we_o find_v how_o simeon_n and_o levi_n be_v curse_v by_o their_o father_n jacob_n for_o violate_v their_o league_n with_o sichem_n gen._n 49._o how_o saul_n posterity_n be_v punish_v for_o his_o breach_n of_o the_o league_n with_o the_o gibeonite_n 2_o king_n ch_n 21._o how_o andronicus_n a_o favourite_n of_o king_n antiochus_n be_v punish_v for_o his_o treachery_n to_o onias_n the_o high-priest_n 2_o machab._n ch_n 4._o also_o we_o see_v the_o great_a regard_n that_o joshua_n have_v of_o his_o oath_n and_o league_n with_o the_o gibeonite_n say_v when_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n murmur_v against_o it_o we_o have_v swear_v unto_o they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n and_o therefore_o may_v we_o not_o touch_v they_o lest_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n fall_v upon_o we_o for_o break_v our_o oath_n joshua_n 9_o neither_o be_v profane_a history_n less_o fill_v with_o example_n of_o this_o nature_n for_o plutarch_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n instance_n in_o that_o story_n of_o cleomenes_n king_n of_o lacedaemonia_n who_o make_v a_o truce_n with_o the_o argive_n for_o seven_o day_n set_v upon_o their_o camp_n in_o the_o night_n excuse_v himself_o with_o this_o equivocation_n that_o the_o truce_n be_v make_v for_o the_o day_n and_o not_o for_o the_o night_n however_o this_o perfidiousness_n be_v his_o ruin_n as_o the_o sequel_n of_o the_o story_n show_v plut._n in_o apoth_n lacedaem_n the_o same_o author_n likewise_o tell_v we_o of_o one_o calippus_n who_o be_v just_o charge_v with_o a_o conspiracy_n against_o dion_n of_o sicily_n and_o have_v deny_v it_o with_o many_o solemn_a oath_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o ceres_n be_v deserve_o slay_v with_o the_o same_o dagger_n wherewith_o dion_n be_v kill_v before_o by_o his_o consent_n plut._n in_o dion_n and_o many_o other_o notable_a example_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v record_v among_o the_o write_n of_o the_o ethnic_n who_o be_v high_o sensible_a of_o that_o vice_n in_o so_o much_o that_o when_o tissaphernes_n the_o persian_a break_v his_o truce_n which_o he_o have_v make_v with_o the_o grecian_n agesilaus_n rejoice_v at_o it_o say_v we_o be_v behold_v to_o tissaphernes_n for_o make_v the_o god_n his_o enemy_n and_o our_o friend_n wherefore_o let_v we_o bold_o give_v he_o battle_n which_o he_o do_v and_o overthrow_v he_o polian_n lib._n 2._o ah_o miser_n &_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la primo_fw-la perjuria_fw-la celat_fw-la sera_n tamen_fw-la tacitis_fw-la poena_fw-la venit_fw-la pedibus_fw-la tibull_n eleg._n 9_o lib._n 1._o 6_o then_o apollonius_n look_v on_o he_o with_o a_o stern_a countenance_n this_o chapter_n give_v not_o only_o a_o sufficient_a testimony_n of_o apollonius_n great_a chastity_n but_o also_o of_o his_o wonderful_a patience_n when_o he_o return_v so_o high_a a_o affront_n with_o so_o much_o modesty_n and_o gentleness_n render_v himself_o a_o fit_a pattern_n for_o all_o good_a philosopher_n and_o christian_n to_o imitate_v 7_o oh_o that_o pleasant_a day_n this_o expression_n as_o well_o here_o as_o throughout_o the_o history_n ever_o relate_v to_o the_o time_n to_o come_v 8_o archelaus_n king_n of_o cappadocia_n there_o be_v several_a king_n of_o this_o name_n one_o of_o macedonia_n one_o of_o judea_n and_o two_o of_o cappadocia_n whereof_o one_o be_v overthrow_v by_o sylla_n and_o the_o other_o keep_v prisoner_n at_o rome_n by_o tiberius_n but_o the_o person_n mention_v here_o by_o philostratus_n i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o same_o archelaus_n mention_v by_o josephus_n in_o his_o war_n of_o the_o jew_n lib._n 1._o ch_n 17._o who_o marry_v his_o daughter_n to_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o herod_n and_o mariam_n there_o be_v also_o a_o milesian_n philosopher_n of_o this_o name_n who_o be_v himself_o scholar_n to_o anaxagoras_n and_o master_n to_o socrates_n chap._n x._o of_o the_o death_n of_o apollonius_n parent_n and_o the_o plentiful_a estate_n that_o his_o father_n leave_v he_o also_o by_o what_o mean_n he_o reclaim_v his_o vicious_a brother_n and_o last_o of_o his_o wonderful_a chastity_n so_o soon_o as_o he_o receive_v intelligence_n of_o his_o father_n death_n he_o go_v away_o to_o 1_o tyana_n and_o there_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n inter_v he_o near_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o his_o mother_n who_o die_v not_o
to_o be_v honour_v and_o worship_v with_o the_o same_o honour_n and_o worship_n which_o be_v due_a to_o the_o person_n whereof_o it_o be_v a_o image_n azor._n inst._n moral_a tom._n 1._o lib._n 9_o ch_n 6._o this_o make_v ludovicus_n viveâ—_n a_o learned_a catholic_n confess_v that_o there_o can_v be_v find_v no_o other_o difference_n between_o paganish_a and_o popish_a worship_n before_o image_n but_o only_o this_o that_o name_n and_o title_n be_v change_v comment_n in_o aug._n civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 8._o ch_n 27._o for_o as_o the_o italian_a proverb_n have_v it_o they_o be_v both_o one_o broth_n only_o mutatis_fw-la nominibus_fw-la so_o that_o when_o the_o spaniard_n conquer_v the_o west-indies_n they_o pull_v down_o one_o idolatry_n to_o set_v up_o another_o and_o in_o my_o opinion_n the_o new_a be_v worse_o than_o the_o old_a 2_o darius_n the_o father_n of_o cyrus_n and_o artaxerxes_n this_o be_v darius_n nothus_fw-la the_o 6_o the_o king_n of_o the_o persian_n and_o son_n of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la as_o some_o say_v by_o a_o concubine_n or_o as_o other_o say_v he_o be_v longimaenus_n son-in-law_n by_o marry_v of_o his_o daughter_n parysatis_n philip_n melancthon_n lib._n 2._o p._n 137._o and_o sleidan_n believe_v that_o this_o parysatis_n be_v the_o sister_n of_o longimanus_fw-la and_o according_o that_o darius_n nothus_fw-la be_v by_o marriage_n his_o brother-in_a law_n but_o plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o artaxerxes_n write_v that_o parysatis_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o longimanus_fw-la and_o that_o she_o be_v incestuous_o marry_v to_o her_o brother_n darius_n nothus_fw-la this_o darius_n have_v two_o brethren_n xerxes_n and_o sogdiaâ—us_n that_o reign_v before_o he_o but_o their_o behaviour_n be_v so_o unworthy_a and_o their_o reign_n so_o short_a end_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o one_o year_n that_o there_o be_v little_a notice_n take_v of_o they_o in_o history_n so_o that_o this_o three_o brother_n who_o be_v at_o first_o call_v ochus_n and_o afterward_o darius_n nothus_fw-la take_v possession_n of_o the_o throne_n wherein_o he_o be_v no_o soon_o seat_v but_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o wife_n parysatis_n who_o be_v a_o woman_n of_o great_a cunning_a and_o cruelty_n he_o endeavour_v to_o get_v into_o his_o possession_n another_o of_o his_o brother_n call_v secundianus_n who_o be_v yet_o alive_a as_o think_v it_o his_o safe_a way_n to_o spend_v and_o destroy_v all_o such_o of_o the_o blood_n royal_a that_o may_v contend_v with_o he_o for_o title_n wherefore_o allure_a secundianus_n by_o fair_a promise_n and_o oath_n he_o at_o last_o prevail_v with_o he_o to_o trust_v himself_o in_o his_o hand_n notwithstanding_o mâ—nostanes_n the_o eunuch_n have_v dissuade_v he_o from_o so_o do_v now_o darius_n nothus_fw-la have_v no_o soon_o get_v secundianus_n into_o his_o power_n but_o he_o immediate_o put_v he_o to_o death_n this_o king_n have_v one_o policy_n beyond_o his_o ancestor_n for_o see_v his_o force_n have_v be_v often_o rout_v he_o choose_v rather_o to_o bribe_v and_o conquer_v with_o the_o purse_n than_o to_o fight_v upon_o a_o uncertainty_n with_o the_o pike_n the_o old_a observation_n be_v that_o no_o town_n be_v so_o strong_a but_o a_o ass_n load_v with_o gold_n may_v enter_v therein_o the_o corruption_n of_o man_n nature_n be_v so_o great_a that_o all_o honesty_n depend_v upon_o who_o bid_v most_o this_o will_n i_o fancy_n in_o time_n render_v all_o strong_a hold_n and_o fortify_v place_n useless_a since_o if_o any_o one_o of_o the_o officer_n within_o the_o same_o be_v dishonest_a and_o what_o principle_n can_v such_o man_n have_v who_o live_v upon_o rapine_n fire_n and_o sword_n the_o place_n be_v lose_v moreover_o if_o prince_n consider_v the_o life_n of_o their_o common_a soldier_n when_o lose_v in_o their_o service_n any_o more_o than_o dead_a dog_n or_o crow_n they_o will_v all_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o this_o darius_n and_o rather_o purchase_v a_o fort_n with_o the_o bribe_n of_o 10000_o l._n than_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o 10000_o man_n life_n but_o of_o this_o more_o hereafter_o now_o darius_n by_o this_o mean_v close_v with_o the_o stout_a lacedaemonian_n and_o recover_v most_o of_o what_o his_o predecessor_n lose_v in_o asia_n in_o scripture_n it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o promote_v the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o by_o his_o father_n have_v be_v interrupt_v ezra_n 6._o his_o chief_a favourite_n be_v three_o eunuch_n artoxares_n artibarxanes_n and_o athous_n but_o his_o chief_a counsellor_n be_v his_o wife_n parysatis_n by_o who_o he_o have_v thirteen_o child_n whereof_o only_o his_o daughter_n amistris_n and_o his_o three_o son_n artaxerxes_n his_o first_o cyrus_n his_o second_o and_o oxendras_n his_o three_o outlive_v he_o ctesias_n write_v that_o arsites_n the_o king_n be_v own_o brother_n together_o with_o artyphius_fw-la the_o son_n of_o megabyzus_n join_v with_o the_o greek_n in_o a_o revolt_n whereupon_o they_o be_v both_o take_v by_o darius_n general_n artasyras_n and_o immediate_o by_o parysitis_n advice_n put_v to_o death_n both_o be_v cast_v into_o ash_n which_o manner_n of_o death_n valerius_n maximus_n say_v be_v invent_v by_o darius_n the_o son_n of_o hystaspes_n though_o other_o attribute_v it_o to_o this_o darius_n nothus_fw-la now_o soon_o after_o this_o pâ—sathnes_n governor_n of_o lydia_n begin_v another_o rebellion_n which_o succeed_v as_o the_o former_a for_o darius_n general_n tissaphernes_n by_o corrupt_v with_o money_n some_o of_o pisathnes_n man_n take_v he_o prisoner_n and_o cast_v he_o into_o ash_n whereupon_o darius_n bestow_v the_o government_n of_o lydia_n upon_o tissaphernes_n afterward_o follow_v the_o treason_n of_o artoxares_n a_o great_a favourite_n with_o darius_n who_o conspire_v about_o kill_v he_o and_o transfer_v the_o kingdom_n to_o himself_o for_o which_o purpose_n he_o be_v a_o eunuch_n cause_v his_o wife_n to_o disguise_v he_o with_o a_o counterfeit_a beard_n but_o this_o plot_n be_v detect_v parysatis_n have_v he_o put_v to_o death_n at_o this_o time_n it_o be_v that_o artaxerxes_n darius_n elder_a son_n marry_v statira_n the_o daughter_n of_o idarnes_n a_o man_n of_o great_a quality_n among_o the_o persian_n and_o terituchâ—es_n the_o son_n of_o idarnes_n marry_v amistris_n darius_n daughter_n which_o cross_a match_n prove_v very_o unhappy_a for_o terituchme_n fall_v in_o love_n with_o his_o sister_n roxana_n a_o woman_n of_o great_a beauty_n and_o well_o skilled_a in_o shoot_v detest_v his_o wife_n in_o so_o much_o as_o he_o resolve_v to_o murder_v she_o by_o the_o help_n of_o 300_o man_n with_o who_o he_o also_o practise_v to_o revolt_v in_o the_o mean_a while_n vdiaste_v a_o man_n that_o have_v great_a power_n with_o he_o be_v promise_v a_o high_a reward_n if_o he_o can_v preserve_v amistris_n from_o the_o danger_n of_o her_o husband_n slay_v his_o master_n terituchme_n but_o the_o son_n of_o this_o vdiaste_n who_o be_v armour-bearer_n to_o terituchme_n and_o not_o present_a at_o his_o death_n after_o he_o have_v notice_n thereof_o curse_v his_o father_n and_o seizing_z upon_o the_o city_n zaris_n deliver_v it_o up_o to_o terituchmes_n son_n thereupon_o parysatis_n do_v bury_v alive_a the_o mother_n brethren_n and_o sister_n of_o terituchme_n also_o command_v roxana_n to_o be_v cut_v in_o piece_n alive_a darius_n will_v have_v have_v she_o to_o have_v make_v away_o statira_n his_o daughter-in-law_n as_o well_o as_o all_o the_o rest_n but_o through_o the_o importunity_n of_o her_o husband_n artaxerxes_n she_o give_v she_o her_o life_n of_o which_o darius_n tell_v she_o she_o will_v afterward_o repent_v and_o it_o fall_v out_o according_o against_o this_o darius_n nothus_fw-la the_o mede_n rebel_v but_o be_v after_o some_o time_n reduce_v again_o into_o obedience_n at_o this_o time_n the_o state_n of_o greece_n be_v embroil_v in_o the_o pâ—lâ—ponesian_a war_n he_o make_v great_a advantage_n by_o side_v with_o the_o lacedaemonian_n against_o the_o athenian_n who_o do_v he_o much_o hurt_n in_o asia_n by_o their_o great_a skill_n in_o navigation_n in_o the_o 17_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n he_o dispatch_v away_o his_o second_o son_n cyrus_n who_o be_v bear_v since_o he_o come_v to_o the_o government_n down_o to_o the_o seaside_n as_o satrapa_n or_o lieutenant-general_n over_o all_o his_o force_n which_o be_v use_v to_o muster_v at_o the_o plain_n of_o castolus_fw-la with_o order_n to_o assist_v the_o lacedaemonian_n in_o their_o war_n against_o the_o athenian_n by_o who_o assistance_n they_o recover_v all_o that_o they_o have_v former_o lose_v cyrus_n have_v not_o continue_v in_o this_o employ_v above_o a_o year_n or_o two_o before_o he_o grow_v so_o high_a that_o he_o kill_v his_o two_o cosin-germans_a autobaesaces_n and_o mittraeus_fw-la because_o they_o come_v not_o to_o he_o with_o their_o hand_n fold_v under_o their_o clothes_n which_o ceremony_n be_v only_o observe_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o a_o king_n their_o
parent_n make_v complaint_n of_o this_o cruelty_n to_o the_o king_n his_o father_n he_o summon_v cyrus_n to_o come_v before_o he_o allege_v he_o be_v not_o well_o whereupon_o cyrus_n leave_v the_o command_n of_o all_o his_o city_n treasure_n and_o tribute_n to_o lysander_n the_o spartan_a he_o begin_v his_o journey_n take_v along_o with_o he_o tissaphernes_n as_o his_o friend_n and_o 300_o greek_n for_o his_o guard_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o xenias_n the_o parrhasian_a his_o father_n live_v not_o long_o after_o his_o arrival_n and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o sickness_n parysatis_n his_o wife_n have_v rule_v he_o all_o his_o life_n and_o love_v her_o young_a son_n cyrus_n above_o her_o elder_a endeavour_v to_o make_v her_o husband_n leave_v cyrus_n his_o successor_n as_o darius_n the_o son_n of_o hystaspes_n do_v xerxes_n for_o that_o he_o be_v bear_v to_o he_o when_o he_o be_v a_o king_n and_o the_o other_o when_o he_o be_v but_o a_o private_a person_n however_o darius_n not_o think_v it_o just_a refuse_v to_o do_v it_o and_o therefore_o leave_v cyrus_n only_o those_o city_n whereof_o he_o have_v make_v he_o governor_n but_o his_o kingdom_n he_o leave_v sole_o to_o his_o elder_a son_n artaxerxes_n and_o so_o die_v after_o he_o have_v reign_v 19_o year_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o 93d_o olympiad_n the_o 27_o of_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n then_o end_v a._n m._n 3600._o and_o 403_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ._n from_o the_o 2d_o year_n of_o this_o darius_n nothus_n reign_n sulpicius_n severus_n joseph_n scaliger_n lively_n junius_n and_o other_o learned_a man_n reckon_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o 70_o week_n of_o daniel_n our_o author_n philostratus_n differ_v from_o all_o other_o chronologer_n in_o make_v darius_n possess_v the_o kingdom_n of_o egypt_n 60_o year_n now_o as_o apollonius_n here_o accuse_v darius_n nothus_fw-la of_o his_o indiscreet_a education_n of_o his_o child_n so_o plato_n lib._n 7_o de_fw-fr legib._n do_v condemn_v cyrus_n the_o great_a and_o darius_n hystaspes_n for_o the_o same_o crime_n in_o that_o they_o educate_v their_o child_n so_o weak_o as_o give_v occasion_n for_o their_o future_a animosity_n and_o war_n 3_o cyrus_n and_o artaxerxes_n this_o artaxerxes_n the_o son_n of_o darius_n nothus_fw-la and_o grandson_n of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la be_v in_o his_o minority_n call_v arsaâ—es_n or_o as_o plutarch_n have_v it_o darse_n but_o afterward_o he_o receive_v for_o his_o surname_n artaxerxes_n mnemon_n artaxerxes_n from_o the_o great_a virtue_n of_o his_o grandfather_n and_o mnemon_n or_o memor_n so_o call_v from_o the_o excellency_n of_o his_o memory_n he_o have_v many_o wife_n and_o many_o concubine_n we_o find_v mention_n in_o story_n but_o of_o three_o of_o his_o wife_n viz._n statira_n the_o daughter_n of_o idarnes_n atossa_n and_o amestris_n his_o own_o two_o daughter_n the_o first_o of_o these_o statira_n be_v poison_v by_o her_o mother-in-law_n parysatis_n for_o that_o she_o have_v be_v so_o great_a a_o enemy_n to_o her_o son_n cyrus_n as_o also_o have_v so_o great_a power_n with_o her_o husband_n artaxerxes_n his_o second_o wife_n be_v atossa_n his_o own_o daughter_n who_o be_v move_v by_o the_o excitement_n of_o his_o own_o incestuous_a lust_n as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o obsequious_a recommendation_n of_o his_o impious_a mother_n parysatis_n he_o marry_v plut._n in_o artax_n his_o three_o wife_n be_v another_o of_o his_o own_o daughter_n call_v amestris_n who_o be_v at_o first_o marry_v to_o one_o tirabazus_fw-la but_o afterward_o to_o this_o her_o own_o father_n artaxerxes_n mnemon_n some_o will_v have_v this_o prince_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o ahasuerus_n and_o so_o give_v he_o vasthi_fw-mi or_o esther_n to_o wife_n but_o matthius_n and_o other_o historian_n have_v sufficient_o quash_v this_o error_n for_o esther_n be_v divorce_v from_o ahasuerus_n which_o none_o of_o artaxerxes_n wife_n be_v esth._n ch_n 1.19_o also_o queen_n esther_n be_v a_o hebrew_n by_o birth_n which_o neither_o statira_n atossa_n nor_o amestris_n be_v for_o they_o be_v all_o persian_a woman_n esth._n 2.17_o plutarch_n vitâ_fw-la artax_n write_v that_o artaxerxes_n have_v 360_o concubine_n whereof_o aspasia_n be_v the_o most_o eminent_a for_o beauty_n and_o wit_n be_v the_o only_a one_o that_o be_v mention_v by_o name_n she_o be_v at_o first_o his_o young_a brother_n cyrus_n concubine_n but_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a the_o elder_a brother_n receive_v she_o into_o favour_n to_o the_o misfortune_n of_o his_o whole_a court._n aelian_a lib._n 12._o ch_n 1._o artaxerxes_n mnemon_n have_v many_o child_n as_o well_o legitimate_a as_o illegitimate_a of_o those_o that_o be_v legitimate_a three_o son_n and_o five_o daughter_n darius_n the_o elder_a son_n who_o be_v execute_v for_o a_o rebellion_n ariaspes_n the_o second_o and_o ochus_n the_o young_a plâ—t_fw-la in_o artax_n of_o his_o daughter_n atossa_n be_v the_o elder_a who_o afterward_o he_o marry_v amestris_n the_o second_o who_o he_o also_o marry_v sisygambis_n the_o three_o who_o marry_v her_o natural_a brother_n arsames_n rhodagune_n the_o four_o marry_v to_o orontes_n general_n of_o all_o the_o land-force_n in_o persia_n and_o apame_v the_o five_o marry_v to_o pharnabazus_n admiral_n of_o the_o persian_a navy_n plut._n in_o artax_n oâ—_n his_o illegitimate_a or_o natural_a son_n there_o be_v many_o plutarch_n say_v 160._o and_o justin_n lib._n 10._o say_v 115._o whereof_o only_o arsames_n be_v mention_v by_o name_n the_o ingratitude_n of_o his_o son_n be_v so_o great_a that_o when_o artaxerxes_n have_v make_v his_o son_n darius_n king_n in_o his_o life-time_n think_v to_o make_v he_o sincerer_n to_o his_o paternal_a interest_n nevertheless_o the_o same_o darius_n be_v so_o inhuman_a to_o enter_v into_o a_o conspiracy_n with_o 50_o of_o his_o brethren_n to_o kill_v their_o father_n wherein_o as_o justin_n observe_v lib._n 10._o two_o thing_n be_v most_o prodigious_a first_o the_o occasion_n of_o darius_n conspiracy_n which_o be_v to_o commit_v incest_n with_o aspasia_n who_o have_v be_v former_o a_o concubine_n to_o their_o uncle_n cyrus_n and_o be_v now_o the_o same_o to_o their_o father_n artaxerxes_n and_o the_o second_o thing_n remarkable_a be_v that_o in_o so_o great_a a_o number_n the_o parricide_n shall_v not_o only_o be_v agree_v on_o but_o conceal_v and_o that_o among_o 50_o of_o his_o own_o child_n there_o be_v not_o one_o â—ound_n who_o either_o the_o majesty_n of_o a_o king_n reverence_n of_o a_o ancient_a man_n or_o indulgence_n of_o so_o kind_a a_o father_n can_v recall_v from_o so_o horrible_a a_o act_n buâ—_n this_o execrable_a treason_n be_v detect_v they_o be_v all_o most_o deserve_o put_v to_o death_n together_o with_o their_o very_a wife_n and_o child_n ne_o quod_fw-la vestigium_fw-la tanti_fw-la sceleris_fw-la extaret_fw-la â—aith_o justin_n lib._n 10._o as_o for_o aspasia_n when_o the_o old_a man_n first_o hear_v their_o demand_n he_o have_v put_v she_o into_o a_o religious_a house_n call_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o so_o exasperate_v darius_n into_o this_o unnatural_a revenge_n which_o soon_o after_o break_v his_o father_n heart_n have_v thus_o therefore_o describe_v the_o several_a marriage_n and_o child_n of_o artaxerxes_n give_v i_o leave_v in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o acquaint_v you_o with_o the_o dissension_n betwixt_o his_o young_a brother_n cyrus_n and_o he_o occasion_v as_o i_o say_v before_o by_o the_o legacy_n of_o their_o father_n darius_n nothus_fw-la who_o bequeath_v to_o artaxerxes_n his_o kingdom_n and_o to_o cyrus_n those_o city_n whereof_o he_o be_v before_o lieutenant_n for_o cyrus_n think_v this_o legacy_n unequal_a as_o also_o be_v encourage_v by_o his_o mother_n parysatis_n do_v secret_o prepare_v to_o levy_v war_n against_o his_o brother_n whereof_o artaxerxâ—s_n have_v notice_n send_v for_o he_o who_o pretend_v his_o great_a innocency_n immediate_o surrender_v himself_o and_o be_v by_o his_o brother_n bind_v in_o chain_n of_o gold_n also_o have_v be_v put_v to_o death_n have_v not_o his_o mother_n intercede_v for_o he_o as_o have_v likewise_o design_v to_o have_v murder_v his_o brother_n whilst_o he_o be_v shift_v his_o robe_n in_o the_o temple_n whereof_o tissaphernes_n be_v the_o discoverer_n but_o cyrus_n be_v thus_o dismiss_v do_v now_o again_o begin_v to_o levy_v war_n upon_o his_o brother_n not_o clandestine_o but_o open_o therefore_o with_o some_o auxiliary_a greek_n to_o encourage_v his_o own_o force_n he_o march_v up_o bold_o to_o engage_v his_o brother_n who_o be_v at_o the_o head_n of_o a_o far_o great_a number_n yet_o nevertheless_o cyrus_n his_o man_n and_o especial_o the_o greek_n have_v the_o better_a of_o the_o day_n till_o by_o the_o fatal_a wound_n and_o unhappy_a death_n of_o cyrus_n the_o scale_n be_v turn_v some_o say_v he_o receive_v the_o wound_n from_o artaxerxes_n own_o hand_n but_o ctesias_n cnidius_n who_o be_v the_o king_n
artabanus_n who_o story_n we_o read_v in_o tacituâ—â—_n his_o annal_n lib._n 6._o &_o lib._n 11._o artabanus_n die_v leave_v behind_o he_o several_a child_n viz._n arsaces_n darius_n bardanes_n gotarzes_n orodes_n volâ—geses_n pacore_n and_o tiridates_n beside_o one_o daughter_n whereof_o we_o have_v no_o far_o mention_v now_o arsaces_n have_v the_o government_n of_o armenia_n give_v he_o by_o his_o father_n be_v there_o kill_v by_o his_o own_o subject_n be_v suborn_v so_o to_o do_v by_o mithridates_n and_o pharasinâ—â—_n two_o prince_n of_o spain_n darius_n be_v send_v in_o hostage_n to_o rome_n to_o the_o emperor_n tiberius_n whereupon_o the_o three_o son_n bardanes_n of_o who_o philostratus_n here_o speak_v come_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o his_o father_n will_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o two_o old_a brother_n misfortune_n which_o happen_v to_o they_o during_o bardanes_n life_n of_o his_o war_n you_o may_v see_v a_o account_n at_o large_a in_o tacitus_n as_o also_o of_o his_o unlucky_a death_n 3_o babylonish_n wine_n strabo_n lib._n 16._o speak_v of_o the_o fertility_n of_o the_o province_n of_o babylon_n say_v that_o this_o country_n produce_v great_a store_n of_o corn_n than_o any_o other_o in_o so_o much_o that_o it_o be_v say_v to_o render_v 300_o for_o one_o and_o for_o all_o other_o necessary_n requisite_a to_o the_o subsistence_n of_o man_n their_o palm_n supply_v they_o with_o as_o wine_n honey_n vinegar_n and_o clothing_n which_o they_o extract_v from_o the_o palmtree_n together_o with_o nut_n which_o serve_v their_o smith_n and_o such_o as_o make_v use_n of_o fire_n instead_o of_o coal_n also_o these_o nut_n be_v steep_v in_o water_n serve_v to_o fatten_v their_o sheep_n and_o ox_n plâ—ny_n lib._n 14_o write_v that_o all_o the_o east_n use_v no_o other_o wine_n but_o what_o be_v make_v of_o palm_n athenaeus_n lib._n 14._o ch_n 26._o say_v that_o the_o persian_a king_n use_v only_o to_o drink_v the_o calyboniaâ—_n wine_n which_o as_o possidonius_fw-la affirm_v grow_v only_o in_o damascus_n of_o syria_n for_o that_o the_o persian_n have_v there_o plant_v vine_n he_o that_o will_v know_v more_o of_o this_o subject_a let_v he_o peruse_v pliny_n 14_o the_o book_n as_o also_o athenaeus_n wherein_o you_o may_v find_v all_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o wine_n extant_a in_o the_o world_n together_o with_o their_o original_a growth_n and_o increase_n 4_o those_o fruit_n be_v sweet_a that_o grow_v wild_a apollonius_n esteem_v they_o so_o as_o admire_v the_o simple_a work_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n beyond_o all_o the_o art_n and_o improvement_n of_o man._n how_o much_o sweet_a be_v the_o wild_a note_n of_o the_o nightingale_n than_o any_o artificial_a one_o which_o we_o teach_v our_o tame_a bird_n how_o much_o more_o beautiful_a be_v the_o colour_n of_o the_o rainbow_n than_o any_o we_o can_v imitate_v and_o we_o find_v by_o daily_a experience_n how_o much_o sweet_a many_o of_o our_o fruit_n be_v which_o grow_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n than_o such_o as_o we_o nurse_v up_o with_o our_o hot_a bed_n in_o garden_n 5_o wormwood_n be_v call_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d impotabile_fw-la ob_fw-la amaritudinem_fw-la vel_fw-la ingustabile_fw-la quia_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la tangunt_fw-la animalia_fw-la in_o depascendis_fw-la herbis_fw-la dioscorides_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-la profundo_fw-la amarore_fw-la dioscorides_n and_o galen_n make_v mention_v but_o of_o three_o sort_n of_o wormwood_n the_o one_o a_o common_a sort_n well_o know_v by_o all_o man_n whereof_o the_o best_a grow_v in_o pontus_n and_o cappadocia_n the_o other_o sea-wormwood_n or_o seriphium_fw-la and_o the_o three_o santonicum_n of_o the_o country_n beyond_o the_o alps_n in_o france_n nevertheless_o there_o have_v since_o be_v find_v out_o many_o herb_n account_v to_o be_v kind_n or_o sort_n of_o they_o both_o for_o their_o likeness_n of_o face_n and_o virtue_n absinthium_fw-la vulgar_a or_o the_o common_a wormwood_n be_v of_o a_o heat_n and_o bind_v property_n it_o purge_v choler_n that_o cleave_v to_o the_o stomach_n or_o belly_n but_o of_o this_o see_v more_o in_o parkinson_n theatrum_fw-la bâ—tanicum_fw-la tribe_n 1._o ch_n 36._o also_o pliny_n lib._n 27._o ch_n 7._o 6_o barbarous_a language_n charron_n who_o be_v but_o a_o imitator_n of_o montaign_n wear_v his_o thought_n at_o second_o hand_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o treatise_n of_o wisdom_n that_o speech_n be_v the_o interpreter_n and_o image_n of_o the_o soul_n animi_fw-la index_n &_o speculum_fw-la the_o messenger_n of_o the_o heart_n the_o gate_n whereby_o all_o that_o be_v within_o issue_v forth_o in_o so_o much_o that_o a_o ancient_a philosopher_n say_v once_o to_o a_o child_n speak_v that_o i_o may_v see_v thou_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o inside_n of_o thou_o as_o vessel_n be_v know_v whether_o they_o be_v break_v or_o whole_a full_a or_o empty_a by_o the_o sound_n and_o metal_n by_o the_o touch_n so_o man_n by_o the_o sound_n of_o his_o tongue_n or_o speech_n of_o all_o the_o visible_a part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o show_v themselves_o outward_a that_o which_o be_v near_a the_o heart_n be_v the_o tongue_n by_o the_o root_n thereof_o so_o that_o which_o come_v near_a unto_o our_o thought_n be_v our_o speech_n for_o from_o the_o abundance_n of_o the_o heart_n the_o mouth_n speak_v life_n and_o death_n be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o tongue_n so_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o better_a and_o nothing_o worse_o than_o the_o tongue_n hear_v and_o speech_n be_v the_o two_o gate_n whereby_o the_o soul_n do_v traffic_v at_o the_o one_o all_o thing_n enter_v in_o and_o at_o the_o other_o all_o go_v forth_o but_o hear_v be_v the_o first_o gate_n through_o which_o all_o must_v first_o pass_v for_o there_o can_v nothing_o come_v forth_o of_o the_o soul_n but_o that_o which_o first_o enter_v and_o therefore_o he_o that_o by_o nature_n be_v bear_v deaf_a the_o same_o be_v likewise_o dumb_a now_o from_o the_o communication_n of_o these_o two_o as_o from_o the_o stroke_n of_o two_o flint_n or_o iron_n together_o there_o come_v forth_o the_o sacred_a fire_n of_o truth_n the_o tongue_n like_o other_o benefit_n of_o nature_n be_v bestow_v upon_o we_o as_o a_o singular_a blessing_n yet_o nevertheless_o as_o with_o those_o leg_n which_o be_v give_v we_o to_o walk_v about_o our_o necessary_a occasion_n we_o may_v leap_v into_o a_o river_n or_o off_o from_o a_o steeple_n or_o with_o those_o hand_n which_o be_v lend_v we_o by_o providence_n for_o our_o defence_n and_o service_n we_o may_v cut_v our_o own_o throat_n so_o likewise_o our_o tongue_n though_o a_o eminent_a gift_n of_o nature_n may_v if_o irregular_o manage_v prove_v our_o destruction_n as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v in_o the_o 11_o chapter_n of_o this_o book_n a_o man_n wit_n shall_v serve_v rather_o for_o a_o buckler_n to_o defend_v himself_o by_o a_o handsome_a reply_n than_o a_o sword_n to_o wound_v other_o though_o with_o never_o so_o facetious_a a_o reproach_n remember_v that_o a_o word_n cut_v deep_a than_o a_o sharp_a weapon_n and_o the_o wound_n it_o make_v be_v long_a in_o cure_v a_o sudden_a blow_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o a_o inconsiderate_a passion_n but_o a_o disgraceful_a speech_n be_v the_o result_n of_o a_o low_a and_o base_a esteem_n settle_v of_o the_o party_n in_o your_o heart_n therefore_o nothing_o blow_v up_o anger_n into_o mischief_n like_o bitterness_n of_o word_n especial_o if_o they_o be_v aculeate_a and_o proper_a for_o communia_fw-la maledicta_fw-la be_v little_o resent_v no_o sharp_a expression_n be_v so_o much_o allow_v of_o as_o smart_a repartee_n which_o be_v both_o ex_fw-la tempore_fw-la and_o on_o the_o defensive_a part_n be_v not_o only_o pardonable_a but_o commendable_a wherefore_o all_o applaud_v that_o nobleman_n who_o be_v give_v the_o lie_n by_o a_o physician_n tell_v he_o he_o have_v rather_o take_v that_o of_o he_o than_o physic_n i_o must_v confess_v there_o be_v nothing_o for_o the_o which_o i_o have_v a_o great_a aversion_n than_o foul_a word_n in_o so_o much_o that_o i_o can_v soon_o study_v with_o twenty_o drum_n beat_v about_o my_o ear_n than_o with_o two_o people_n a_o scold_a for_o not_o only_o the_o noise_n but_o also_o the_o curiosity_n to_o hear_v what_o they_o say_v too_o much_o command_v my_o attention_n and_o that_o out_o of_o a_o opinion_n i_o have_v that_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o truth_n speak_v any_o where_o as_o at_o billingsgate_n when_o the_o orange-wenche_n call_v one_o another_o whore_n thief_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n induce_v i_o to_o peruse_v those_o polemical_a book_n which_o be_v write_v in_o a_o more_o refine_a billingsgate_n dialect_n such_o as_o the_o friendly_a debate_n its_o several_a part_n the_o book_n in_o answer_n to_o mr._n hobbs_n marvel_n and_o parker_n several_z
in_o so_o much_o that_o appion_n the_o grammarian_n invoke_v his_o ghost_n to_o come_v forth_o from_o the_o dead_a and_o declare_v which_o be_v his_o country_n that_o so_o the_o controversy_n may_v be_v end_v concern_v his_o country_n and_o age_n there_o be_v so_o great_a variation_n among_o author_n that_o no_o question_n about_o antiquity_n seem_v more_o difficult_a to_o be_v resolve_v some_o make_v he_o a_o native_a of_o aeolia_n and_o say_v that_o he_o be_v bear_v about_o 168_o year_n after_o the_o siege_n of_o troy_n aristotle_n in_o 3._o the_o poetic_a affirm_v he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o isle_n of_o io_n michael_n glycas_n place_n he_o under_o solomon_n reign_n but_o cedrenus_n say_v that_o he_o live_v under_o both_o solomon_n and_o david_n as_o also_o that_o the_o destruction_n of_o troy_n happen_v under_o saul_n nevertheless_o that_o book_n of_o homer_n life_n which_o follow_v the_o nine_o muse_n of_o herodotus_n and_o whether_o compose_v by_o he_o or_o no_o be_v very_o ancient_a make_v the_o labour_n of_o those_o man_n very_o ridiculous_a who_o even_o at_o this_o day_n pretend_v to_o so_o much_o certainty_n of_o homer_n country_n which_o be_v not_o then_o know_v but_o of_o this_o leo_n allatius_n have_v write_v a_o distinct_a treatise_n neither_o be_v there_o less_o uncertainty_n concern_v his_o parentage_n aristotle_n affirm_v he_o be_v beget_v in_o the_o isle_n of_o io_n by_o a_o genius_n on_o the_o body_n of_o a_o virgin_n of_o that_o isle_n who_o be_v quick_a with_o child_n for_o shame_n of_o the_o deed_n retire_v into_o a_o place_n call_v aegina_n and_o there_o be_v seize_v on_o by_o thief_n be_v bring_v to_o smyrna_n to_o maeon_n king_n of_o the_o lydian_n who_o for_o her_o beauty_n marry_v she_o after_o which_o she_o walk_v near_o the_o flood_n meletes_n being_n on_o that_o shore_n overtake_v with_o the_o throw_v of_o her_o delivery_n she_o bring_v forth_o homer_n and_o instant_o die_v the_o infant_n be_v receive_v by_o maeon_n and_o bring_v up_o as_o his_o own_o tiâ—l_v he_o himself_o likewise_o die_v alex._n paphius_fw-la say_v eustathius_n make_v homer_n to_o be_v bear_v of_o egyptian_a parent_n dmasagoras_n be_v his_o father_n and_o aetbra_n his_o mother_n also_o that_o his_o nurse_n be_v a_o certain_a prophetess_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o oris_n one_o of_o isis_n priest_n from_o who_o breast_n honey_n often_o flow_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o infant_n after_o which_o in_o the_o night_n he_o be_v report_v to_o utter_v nine_o several_a note_n or_o voice_n of_o bird_n viz._n of_o a_o swallow_n a_o peacock_n a_o dove_n a_o crow_n a_o partridge_n a_o wren_n a_o stare_v a_o blackbird_n and_o a_o nightingale_n also_o that_o be_v a_o little_a boy_n he_o be_v find_v play_v in_o his_o bed_n with_o nine_o dove_n other_o make_v he_o the_o son_n of_o maeona_n and_o ornithus_n and_o other_o the_o offspring_n of_o some_o nymph_n as_o gyraldus_n write_v hist._n poet._n dial._n 2._o but_o the_o opinion_n of_o many_o be_v that_o he_o be_v bear_v of_o critheis_n daughter_n of_o melanopus_n and_o omyris_n who_o after_o her_o father_n and_o mother_n death_n be_v leave_v to_o a_o friend_n of_o her_o father_n at_o cuma_n who_o find_v she_o be_v with_o child_n send_v she_o away_o in_o high_a displeasure_n to_o a_o friend_n house_n near_o the_o river_n meles_n where_o at_o a_o feast_n among_o other_o young_a woman_n she_o be_v deliver_v of_o a_o son_n who_o name_n she_o call_v melesigenes_n from_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v bear_v that_o critheis_n go_v with_o her_o son_n to_o ismenias_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o smyrna_n where_o she_o dress_v wool_n to_o get_v a_o livelihood_n for_o herself_o and_o her_o son_n at_o which_o place_n the_o schoolmaster_n phemius_n fall_v in_o love_n with_o she_o marry_v she_o and_o take_v her_o son_n into_o the_o school_n who_o by_o his_o sharpness_n of_o wit_n surpass_v all_o the_o other_o scholar_n in_o wisdom_n and_o learning_n in_o so_o much_o that_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o his_o master_n homer_n succeed_v he_o in_o teach_v the_o same_o school_n whereby_o he_o acquire_v great_a reputation_n for_o his_o learning_n not_o only_o at_o smyrna_n but_o all_o the_o country_n round_o about_o for_o the_o merchant_n that_o do_v frequent_a smyrna_n with_o corn_n spread_v abroad_o his_o fame_n in_o all_o part_n where_o they_o come_v but_o above_o all_o one_o mentes_n master_n of_o â—_o leucadian_a ship_n take_v so_o great_a a_o kindness_n for_o he_o that_o he_o persuade_v he_o to_o leave_v his_o school_n and_o travel_v with_o he_o which_o he_o do_v and_o be_v plentiful_o maintain_v by_o mentes_n throughout_o their_o travel_n their_o first_o voyage_n be_v to_o spain_n from_o thence_o to_o italy_n and_o from_o italy_n through_o several_a country_n till_o at_o last_o they_o arrive_v at_o ithaca_n where_o a_o violent_a rheum_n fall_v into_o homer_n eye_n prevent_v his_o far_a progress_n so_o that_o mentes_n be_v fain_o to_o leave_v he_o with_o a_o friend_n of_o his_o call_v mentor_n a_o person_n of_o great_a honour_n and_o riches_n in_o ithaca_n where_o homer_n learn_v the_o principal_a matter_n relate_v to_o vlysses_n life_n but_o mentes_n the_o next_o year_n return_v back_o the_o same_o way_n and_o find_v homer_n recover_v of_o his_o eye_n take_v he_o along_o with_o he_o in_o his_o travel_n pass_v through_o many_o country_n till_o they_o arrive_v at_o colophon_n where_o relapse_v into_o his_o old_a distemper_n he_o quite_o lose_v the_o use_n of_o his_o eye_n after_o which_o he_o addict_v himself_o to_o poetry_n when_o be_v poor_a he_o return_v back_o again_o to_o smyrna_n expect_v to_o find_v better_a entertainment_n there_o whereof_o be_v disappoint_v he_o remove_v from_o thence_o to_o cuma_n in_o which_o passage_n he_o rest_v at_o a_o town_n call_v new-wall_n where_o repeat_v some_o of_o his_o veâ—ses_n one_o tichiâ—_n a_o leather-seller_n take_v such_o delight_n to_o hear_v they_o that_o he_o entertain_v he_o kind_o a_o long_a time_n afterward_o he_o proceed_v on_o his_o journey_n to_o cuma_n where_o he_o be_v so_o well_o receive_v that_o some_o of_o his_o friend_n in_o the_o senate_n do_v propose_v to_o have_v a_o maintenance_n settle_v on_o he_o for_o life_n though_o other_o oppose_v the_o reward_v so_o great_a a_o man_n some_o will_v have_v it_o that_o at_o this_o place_n he_o first_o receive_v the_o name_n of_o homer_n now_o be_v deny_v relief_n at_o cuma_n he_o remove_v from_o thence_o to_o phocaea_n where_o live_v one_o thestorides_n a_o schoolmaster_n who_o invite_v he_o to_o live_v with_o he_o by_o which_o mean_v thestorides_n procure_v some_o of_o his_o verse_n which_o he_o afterward_o teach_v as_o his_o own_o at_o chios_n whereupon_o homer_n hear_v how_o thestorides_n have_v abuse_v he_o immediate_o follow_v he_o to_o chios_n and_o by_o the_o way_n fall_v into_o discourse_n with_o a_o shepherd_n who_o be_v keep_v his_o master_n sheep_n the_o shepherd_n be_v so_o take_v with_o homer_n that_o he_o relieve_v he_o and_o carry_v he_o to_o his_o master_n where_o he_o live_v some_o time_n and_o teach_v his_o child_n till_o be_v impatient_a to_o discover_v thestorides_n his_o cheat_n he_o go_v to_o chios_n which_o place_n thestorides_n leave_v when_o he_o hear_v of_o homer_n come_v who_o tarry_v there_o some_o time_n teach_v a_o school_n grow_v rich_a marry_v and_o have_v two_o daughter_n whereof_o one_o die_v young_a and_o the_o other_o he_o marry_v to_o the_o shepherd_n master_n that_o entertain_v he_o at_o bollisus_fw-la when_o he_o grow_v old_a he_o leave_v chios_n and_o go_v to_o samos_n where_o he_o remain_v some_o time_n sing_v of_o verse_n at_o feast_n and_o at_o new-moon_n at_o great_a man_n house_n from_o samos_n he_o be_v go_v to_o athens_n but_o as_o some_o say_v fall_v sick_a at_o jos_n where_o die_v he_o be_v bury_v on_o the_o seashore_n and_o long_o after_o when_o his_o poem_n have_v get_v â—n_o universal_a applause_n the_o people_n of_o jos_n build_v he_o a_o sepulchre_n with_o this_o epitaph_n upon_o it_o â—s_n say_v suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hac_fw-la sacrum_fw-la terra_fw-la caput_fw-la occultatâ—r_fw-la homeri_fw-la qui_fw-la canere_fw-la heroum_fw-la praestantia_fw-la facta_fw-la solebat_fw-la melancthon_n or_o rather_o as_o gyraldus_n render_v it_o sacrum_n hic_fw-la terra_fw-la caput_fw-la divinum_fw-la claudit_fw-la homerum_fw-la herâ—um_fw-la atque_fw-la virum_fw-la cecinit_fw-la qui_fw-la fortia_fw-la facta_fw-la hist._n poet._n dial._n 2._o this_o be_v the_o most_o rational_a account_n of_o his_o death_n and_o not_o that_o he_o pine_v away_o upon_o the_o riddle_n of_o the_o fisherman_n as_o other_o will_v have_v it_o and_o so_o say_v herodotus_n or_o whoever_o it_o be_v that_o write_v that_o book_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la homeri_fw-la exit_fw-la hac_fw-la aegritudine_fw-la inquit_fw-la extremum_fw-la
where_o great_a debate_n arise_v their_o spirit_n grow_v warm_a and_o all_o heaven_n be_v in_o a_o mutiny_n only_o because_o achilles_n mistress_n be_v take_v from_o he_o which_o at_o the_o bottom_n be_v but_o a_o trifle_n it_o be_v likewise_o by_o this_o great_a art_n of_o fiction_n that_o all_o the_o voyage_n and_o indeed_o every_o step_n that_o telemachus_n make_v in_o the_o odyssey_n to_o seek_v his_o father_n ulysses_n become_v considerable_a because_o minerva_n be_v of_o his_o retinue_n and_o of_o his_o council_n and_o all_o become_v remarkable_a by_o the_o impression_n they_o receive_v from_o the_o conduct_n of_o a_o deity_n that_o preside_v over_o wisdom_n rapin_n reflect_v on_o arist._n poes_n but_o to_o conclude_v this_o point_n the_o great_a excellency_n of_o homer_n lie_v in_o his_o invention_n in_o his_o morality_n in_o the_o elegancy_n of_o his_o word_n in_o his_o epithet_n and_o adverb_n wherein_o he_o surpass_v all_o other_o yet_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o that_o have_v be_v say_v some_o exception_n have_v be_v raise_v against_o he_o ex_fw-la gr_n that_o by_o the_o fable_n of_o his_o iliad_n he_o have_v disgrace_v his_o country_n in_o take_v for_o his_o hero_n a_o person_n who_o occasion_v the_o destruction_n of_o so_o many_o gallant_a officer_n who_o he_o sacrifice_v to_o his_o grief_n and_o discontent_n that_o homer_n chief_a hero_n achilles_n be_v make_v subject_n to_o great_a weakness_n and_o imperfection_n below_o his_o character_n when_o according_a to_o the_o pourtraicture_n horace_n have_v leave_v of_o he_o achilles_n be_v a_o bravo_n but_o withal_o hasty_a impetuous_a furious_a passionate_a violent_a unjust_a inexorable_a a_o contemner_n of_o law_n and_o one_o that_o place_v all_o his_o reason_n in_o his_o sword_n impiger_fw-la iracundus_fw-la inexorabilis_fw-la acer_fw-la jura_n negat_fw-la sibi_fw-la nata_fw-la nihil_fw-la non_fw-la arrogat_fw-la armis_fw-la horat._n art_n poet._n achilles_n be_v cruel_a even_o towards_o the_o body_n of_o hector_n so_o far_o as_o to_o take_v pleasure_n in_o exercise_v vengeance_n upon_o it_o and_o out_o of_o a_o unparalleled_a avarice_n sell_v to_o his_o afflicted_a father_n the_o body_n of_o his_o son_n i_o shall_v not_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o his_o quit_n with_o a_o lightness_n not_o to_o be_v pardon_v that_o great_a and_o generous_a enterprise_n make_v by_o a_o general_a combination_n of_o all_o greece_n upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o a_o she-slave_n for_o who_o he_o abandon_v himself_o to_o tear_n and_o complaint_n with_o many_o discovery_n of_o weakness_n that_o if_o the_o action_n and_o principal_a subject_n of_o homer_n iliad_n be_v the_o war_n of_o troy_n according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o hâ—race_n who_o therefore_o call_v he_o trojâ—ni_fw-la belli_fw-la scriptorem_fw-la then_o that_o action_n be_v defective_a and_o imperfect_a in_o as_o much_o aâ—_n that_o war_n have_v not_o in_o the_o iliad_n either_o beginning_n or_o end_n according_a to_o that_o verse_n of_o the_o poet_n infaelix_fw-la operis_fw-la summa_fw-la qui_fw-la ponere_fw-la totum_fw-la nesciat_fw-la horat._n epist._n ad_fw-la pison_n but_o if_o the_o principal_a subject_n be_v the_o anger_n of_o achilles_n as_o be_v more_o likely_a and_o as_o homer_n himself_o acknowledge_v by_o his_o proposition_n that_o anger_n have_v indeed_o a_o beginning_n but_o neither_o end_n nor_o middle_n for_o it_o be_v thrust_v out_o of_o door_n by_o another_o animosity_n of_o the_o same_o person_n against_o hector_n for_o the_o death_n of_o patroclus_n so_o as_o there_o be_v two_o anger_n be_v one_o upon_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o friend_n the_o other_o upon_o the_o take_n away_o of_o his_o mistress_n but_o the_o great_a defect_n be_v that_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o poem_n have_v no_o connection_n with_o that_o anger_n and_o homer_n during_o the_o space_n of_o 18_o book_n think_v no_o more_o of_o it_o as_o if_o he_o have_v clear_o forget_v his_o proposition_n and_o design_n but_o during_o that_o long_a interval_n speak_v only_o of_o sieges_n battle_n surprise_v consultation_n of_o the_o god_n and_o all_o thing_n that_o relate_v to_o the_o siege_n of_o troy_n which_o make_v horace_n as_o i_o say_v before_o think_v that_o the_o subject_a of_o the_o iliad_n be_v the_o war_n of_o troy_n according_a to_o the_o name_n it_o go_v under_o so_o that_o which_o way_n soever_o we_o look_v on_o that_o poem_n it_o will_v in_o that_o part_n appear_v defective_a neither_o be_v the_o odyssey_n a_o action_n more_o correct_a than_o that_o of_o the_o iliad_n it_o begin_v with_o the_o voyage_n of_o telemachus_n and_o end_n with_o those_o of_o ulysses_n all_o be_v make_v for_o telemachus_n in_o the_o four_o first_o book_n menelaus_n nestor_z and_o the_o other_o graecian_a prince_n relate_v to_o he_o the_o adventure_n of_o troy_n without_o any_o thought_n at_o all_o of_o ulysses_n which_o be_v the_o principal_a action_n so_o that_o the_o four_o first_o book_n of_o the_o odyssey_n be_v neither_o episode_n nor_o part_n of_o action_n nor_o have_v any_o connexion_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o work_n in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o fable_n of_o the_o odyssey_n be_v apparent_o double_a take_v they_o as_o they_o be_v and_o one_o know_v not_o what_o to_o make_v of_o they_o in_o the_o representation_n of_o those_o game_n and_o pastime_n which_o achilles_n in_o the_o 23d_o book_n of_o the_o iliad_n make_v upon_o the_o death_n of_o patroclus_n there_o be_v abundance_n of_o thing_n utter_o incredible_a also_o homer_n introduce_v miracle_n and_o machine_n without_o any_o just_a occasion_n when_o priamus_n have_v lose_v hector_n jupiter_n send_v the_o goddess_n iris_n his_o messenger_n to_o caution_n he_o to_o take_v care_n of_o his_o son_n body_n and_o redeem_v it_o from_o achilles_n as_o if_o his_o father_n who_o have_v so_o great_a a_o tenderness_n for_o his_o son_n can_v not_o think_v of_o it_o himself_o without_o a_o machine_n to_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n that_o he_o be_v a_o father_n if_o telemachus_n in_o the_o odyssey_n go_v to_o find_v out_o ulysses_n in_o the_o court_n of_o greece_n he_o can_v stir_v a_o foot_n forsooth_o without_o the_o assistance_n of_o his_o governess_n minerva_n to_o lead_v he_o up_o and_o down_o by_o the_o sleeve_n nay_o this_o machine_n have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o any_o appearance_n of_o probability_n in_o as_o much_o as_o minerva_n conduct_n telemachus_n to_o seek_v for_o ulysses_n all_o over_o greece_n save_v only_o to_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v which_o she_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v be_v ignorant_a of_o upon_o the_o score_n of_o her_o divinity_n from_o which_o nothing_o shall_v be_v conceal_v and_o yet_o this_o be_v homer_n way_n to_o employ_v the_o god_n upon_o all_o trifle_a matter_n as_o so_o many_o porter_n without_o any_o regard_n to_o their_o rank_n thus_o mercury_n become_v coachman_n to_o priamus_n as_o well_o as_o his_o scout_n again_o homer_n episodes_n be_v force_v his_o king_n and_o prince_n speak_v as_o scurrilous_o of_o one_o another_o as_o so_o many_o plowman_n can_v do_v thus_o agamemnon_n in_o the_o iliad_n treat_v chryses_n the_o highpriest_n as_o a_o extravagant_a impious_a person_n when_o he_o only_o demand_v with_o much_o respect_n nay_o and_o with_o present_n his_o own_o daughter_n which_o agamemnon_n have_v take_v away_o from_o he_o by_o force_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o priest_n forget_v all_o charity_n do_v out_o of_o revenge_n implore_v apollo_n to_o destroy_v the_o greek_n ulysses_n who_o homer_n propose_v as_o a_o exemplar_n of_o wisdom_n suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v make_v drink_v by_o the_o pheacian_o for_o which_o aristotle_n and_o philostratus_n condemn_v the_o poet._n how_o extravagant_a be_v it_o in_o that_o accomplish_a sage_n so_o soon_o to_o forget_v so_o virtuous_a a_o wife_n and_o son_n for_o the_o dalliance_n of_o his_o prostitute_n calypso_n to_o run_v after_o the_o famous_a sorceress_n circe_n and_o be_v a_o king_n as_o he_o be_v so_o far_o to_o debase_v himself_o as_o to_o go_v to_o fifty-cuff_n with_o a_o rascally_a beggar_n name_v irus_n priamus_n in_o the_o 24_o iliad_n do_v not_o speak_v like_o a_o father_n when_o he_o wish_v all_o his_o child_n dead_a so_o hector_n be_v alive_a again_o his_o grief_n may_v have_v be_v express_v some_o other_o way_n how_o barbarous_a be_v the_o inhumanity_n of_o achilles_n upon_o the_o dead_a body_n of_o hector_n how_o immodest_a and_o undecent_a be_v the_o long_a though_o accidental_a interview_n between_o ulysses_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o alcinous_n in_o the_o 6_o of_o the_o odyssey_n in_o fine_a there_o be_v but_o little_a observance_n of_o decorum_n in_o homer_n poem_n father_n cruel_a and_o harsh_a hero_n weak_a and_o passionate_a god_n subject_a to_o misery_n unquiet_a quarrelsome_a and_o mutinous_a etc._n etc._n what_o can_v be_v more_o ridiculous_a than_o the_o discourse_n which_o antilochus_n son_n iliad_n 23._o make_n to_o his_o father_n horse_n tell_v they_o his_o father_n nestor_n
white_a than_o if_o it_o have_v be_v wash_v with_o all_o the_o water_n and_o soap_n in_o town_n 4_o perjury_n be_v the_o high_a degree_n of_o lie_v wherein_o we_o vouch_v god_n for_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o we_o say_v each_o man_n oath_n be_v record_v as_o well_o in_o heaven_n as_o upon_o earth_n a_o prince_n that_o be_v make_v mediator_n in_o any_o treaty_n of_o peace_n resent_v the_o violation_n of_o such_o a_o peace_n for_o so_o high_a a_o affront_n to_o his_o mediatorship_n that_o he_o immediate_o think_v his_o honour_n engage_v to_o fall_v upon_o they_o that_o first_o break_v it_o even_o a_o private_a person_n receive_v it_o as_o a_o baffle_n and_o disrespect_n to_o elect_v he_o arbitrator_n and_o afterward_o to_o recede_v from_o his_o arbitrement_n what_o then_o can_v we_o think_v of_o ourselves_o when_o we_o dare_v to_o do_v that_o to_o god_n which_o we_o fear_v to_o do_v unto_o man_n wherefore_o montaign_a well_o observe_v that_o he_o who_o tell_v a_o lie_n be_v bold_a towards_o god_n and_o a_o coward_n towards_o man_n for_o a_o lie_v face_n god_n and_o shrink_v from_o man_n the_o lord_n bacon_n well_o observe_v that_o the_o mixture_n of_o falsehood_n with_o truth_n be_v like_o a_o allay_n in_o gold_n or_o silver_n coin_n which_o may_v make_v the_o metal_n work_v the_o better_a but_o still_o it_o embase_v it_o such_o wind_a and_o crooked_a course_n be_v like_o the_o go_n of_o the_o serpent_n base_o upon_o his_o belly_n and_o not_o on_o his_o foot_n no_o vice_n be_v so_o destructive_a to_o humane_a society_n as_o falsehood_n nor_o will_v the_o great_a liar_n jesuit_n or_o st._n omers_n evidence_n but_o be_v ashamed_a to_o justify_v that_o perjury_n which_o he_o so_o much_o practice_n in_o this_o late_a feign_a presbyterian_a plot_n how_o many_o worthy_a innocent_a gentleman_n have_v lose_v their_o life_n how_o many_o noble_a estate_n have_v be_v unjust_o forfeit_v and_o how_o many_o of_o the_o brave_a protestant_n family_n have_v be_v barbarous_o ruin_v and_o undo_v have_v not_o god_n of_o his_o mercy_n detect_v their_o jesuitical_a forgery_n the_o greek_n who_o in_o opinion_n as_o well_o as_o honesty_n differ_v little_a from_o the_o papist_n have_v almost_o undo_v one_o of_o the_o great_a city_n in_o the_o world_n viz._n grand-caire_a by_o their_o false_a oath_n which_o render_v all_o manner_n of_o commerce_n with_o that_o place_n unsafe_a for_o stranger_n that_o have_v any_o wealth_n to_o lose_v in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o turk_n be_v force_v to_o make_v a_o law_n that_o the_o evidence_n of_o three_o christian_n shall_v but_o equal_v one_o turk_n nor_o will_v it_o be_v unjust_a or_o unreasonable_a if_o we_o have_v the_o same_o law_n here_o among_o we_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o papist_n since_o by_o sad_a experience_n we_o find_v that_o their_o false_a oath_n be_v no_o less_o dangerous_a than_o their_o dagger_n or_o poison_n some_o will_v go_v to_o extenuate_v this_o vice_n of_o lie_v by_o soften_a its_o name_n and_o call_v it_o break_v one_o word_n however_o the_o thing_n be_v the_o same_o no_o better_o or_o worse_o a_o lye_n whoever_o be_v give_v to_o this_o vice_n aught_o to_o have_v both_o prudence_n and_o memory_n leâ—t_v he_o save_v other_o man_n the_o labour_n in_o give_v himself_o the_o lye_n the_o french_a as_o montaigne_n write_v receive_v not_o the_o lie_n from_o any_o man_n without_o duel_v he_o as_o find_v themselves_o more_o conscious_a of_o that_o vice_n than_o any_o other_o nation_n but_o now_o on_o the_o other_o side_n we_o must_v not_o lay_v down_o too_o general_a a_o rule_n in_o this_o case_n in_o make_v all_o falsehood_n alike_o when_o to_o pacify_v my_o child_n i_o tell_v they_o story_n of_o a_o cock_n and_o a_o bull_n or_o when_o to_o illustrate_v my_o discourse_n i_o make_v use_n of_o a_o fable_n in_o aesop_n or_o like_o the_o holy_a writer_n i_o mention_v some_o parable_n for_o argument_n sake_n i_o can_v think_v any_o of_o these_o falsehood_n comprehend_v in_o the_o nine_o commandment_n or_o equal_a to_o a_o oath_n whereby_o i_o endanger_v my_o neighbour_n life_n limb_n or_o estate_n nay_o if_o christianity_n do_v not_o teach_v i_o otherwise_o i_o shall_v think_v i_o may_v in_o some_o case_n do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v of_o it_o and_o save_v my_o friend_n life_n from_o a_o murtlierer_n by_o deny_v even_o upon_o oath_n if_o it_o be_v require_v that_o i_o know_v where_o he_o be_v also_o that_o a_o king_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o keep_v his_o covenant_n with_o a_o foreign_a prince_n when_o it_o be_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o his_o kingdom_n for_o that_o he_o be_v entrust_v only_o with_o the_o power_n of_o do_v his_o people_n good_a but_o not_o with_o power_n to_o ruin_v they_o however_o let_v not_o any_o prince_n break_v his_o word_n with_o hiâ—_n own_o people_n though_o he_o do_v it_o with_o foreigner_n because_o he_o must_v live_v by_o the_o one_o and_o not_o by_o the_o other_o to_o conclude_v this_o subject_n giu_v i_o leave_v to_o cite_v one_o story_n out_o of_o exodus_fw-la chap_n 1._o and_o that_o be_v of_o the_o two_o hebrew_n midwife_n shiphrah_n and_o puah_n who_o to_o save_v as_o well_o their_o own_o life_n as_o the_o life_n of_o the_o young_a male_a child_n pacify_v king_n pharaoh_n with_o a_o lie_n whereupon_o it_o be_v say_v that_o those_o midwife_n fear_v god_n and_o that_o god_n deal_v well_o with_o they_o for_o so_o do_v vers_fw-la 20._o this_o in_o my_o poor_a judgement_n seem_v to_o make_v it_o lawful_a for_o any_o one_o to_o save_v a_o innocent_a person_n life_n though_o by_o a_o false_a testimony_n perjury_n in_o the_o extremity_n can_v produce_v any_o thing_n worse_o than_o murder_n wherefore_o murder_n be_v the_o worst_a of_o the_o two_o and_o if_o so_o then_o nature_n bid_v we_o of_o two_o evil_n choose_v the_o least_o also_o self-preservation_n tell_v i_o it_o be_v all_o one_o whether_o i_o cut_v my_o friend_n throat_n with_o a_o knife_n or_o with_o a_o oath_n 5_o apollonius_n we_o see_v in_o this_o chapter_n refuse_v that_o honourable_a title_n which_o the_o people_n will_v confer_v upon_o he_o of_o be_v jupiter_n son_n now_o whether_o he_o do_v this_o out_o of_o modesty_n like_o mahomet_n who_o say_v that_o god_n have_v no_o son_n whether_o out_o of_o a_o distrust_n of_o succeed_v in_o this_o pretence_n think_v jupiter_n other_a child_n may_v obstruct_v the_o same_o trick_n from_o pass_v twice_o or_o whether_o out_o of_o cowardice_n fear_v lest_o he_o may_v be_v knock_v on_o the_o head_n as_o sarpedon_n be_v i_o shall_v leave_v my_o reader_n to_o judge_v however_o his_o parent_n be_v too_o rich_a and_o too_o well_o know_v to_o suffer_v such_o a_o fiction_n to_o pass_v for_o nothing_o be_v so_o great_a a_o assistant_n to_o a_o divine_a birth_n as_o obscure_v and_o mean_a parent_n this_o make_v alexander_n the_o great_a render_v himself_o ridiculous_a when_o he_o pretend_v himself_o of_o the_o jupitrean_a family_n because_o his_o father_n philip_n be_v so_o well_o know_v nay_o the_o jew_n be_v so_o wicked_a to_o make_v this_o objection_n against_o the_o true_a son_n of_o god_n christ_n jesus_n say_v be_v not_o this_o the_o carpenter_n son_n etc._n etc._n and_o minuâ—ius_n felix_n have_v some_o notable_a passage_n upon_o this_o subject_n where_o octavius_n decry_v the_o heathen_a deity_n say_v of_o those_o that_o die_v none_o be_v god_n because_o god_n can_v die_v and_o no_o god_n be_v bear_v because_o whatsoever_o be_v bear_v must_v die_v and_o that_o only_o be_v divine_a which_o have_v neither_o birth_n nor_o death_n and_o if_o there_o be_v god_n bear_v why_o be_v not_o some_o bear_v in_o our_o day_n unless_o jupiter_n be_v now_o grow_v old_a and_o juno_n leave_v off_o teem_v chap._n v._o apollonius_n be_v 14_o year_n of_o age_n be_v by_o his_o father_n bring_v first_o to_o euthydemus_n the_o rhetorician_n and_o afterward_o to_o euxenus_n when_o he_o be_v arrive_v to_o 14_o year_n of_o age_n his_o father_n bring_v he_o to_o 1_o tarsus_n there_o to_o be_v instruct_v by_o that_o famous_a rhetorician_n euthydemus_n the_o phoenician_n apollonius_n well_o approve_v of_o his_o master_n discipline_n but_o think_v the_o manner_n of_o that_o city_n absurd_a and_o not_o fit_a for_o one_o to_o study_v philosophy_n among_o in_o that_o the_o citizen_n be_v very_o much_o addict_v to_o luxury_n scoff_v and_o insolence_n resemble_v the_o athenian_n only_o in_o their_o outward_a garb_n but_o not_o in_o their_o wisdom_n and_o manner_n the_o river_n two_o cydnus_n run_v through_o this_o city_n on_o who_o bank_n the_o citizen_n be_v use_v to_o fit_a like_o waterfowl_n apollonius_n therefore_o write_v to_o they_o in_o a_o epistle_n that_o they_o shall_v give_v over_o make_v themselves_o drink_v with_o water_n when_o have_v obtain_v leave_v of_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o te_fw-la cydne_n canam_fw-la tacitis_fw-la qui_fw-la leniter_fw-la undis_fw-la caeruleus_fw-la placidis_fw-la per_fw-la vada_fw-la serpis_fw-la aquis_fw-la ovid._n 3._o de_fw-la arte_fw-la am._n well_fw-mi prope_fw-la te_fw-la nato_fw-la lucide_fw-la cydne_n croco_fw-la 3_o aesculapius_n be_v most_o common_o say_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o apollo_n and_o the_o nymph_n coronis_n he_o live_v about_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 2710._o a_o little_a before_o the_o trojan_a war._n he_o be_v so_o famous_a for_o his_o skill_n in_o physic_n that_o he_o be_v worship_v for_o a_o god_n especial_o among_o the_o epidauri_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v call_v epidaurius_n pausanias_n in_o his_o corinthiac_n tell_v we_o that_o phlegya_n the_o father_n of_o coronis_n not_o know_v that_o his_o daughter_n coronis_n have_v conceive_v by_o apollo_n carry_v she_o along_o with_o he_o to_o peloponesus_fw-la and_o that_o she_o be_v bring_v to_o bed_n of_o a_o boy_n in_o the_o confine_n of_o epidaurus_n expose_v the_o young_a child_n in_o a_o mountain_n which_o from_o that_o accident_n be_v afterward_o call_v titthias_n however_o other_o report_v this_o happen_v in_o the_o field_n of_o telphusium_fw-la in_o which_o place_n the_o infant_n be_v suckle_v by_o a_o goat_n be_v discover_v by_o a_o dog_n that_o have_v wander_v from_o the_o flock_n which_o he_o be_v keep_v whereupon_o the_o master_n of_o the_o flock_n return_v and_o find_v many_o of_o his_o herd_n miss_v search_v all_o up_o and_o down_o the_o pasture_n till_o at_o length_n he_o find_v both_o the_o child_n the_o goat_n and_o his_o dog_n and_o that_o observe_v flash_n of_o fire_n to_o evaporate_v out_o of_o the_o head_n of_o the_o infant_n he_o suppose_v it_o to_o be_v of_o a_o divine_a extraction_n and_o soon_o spread_v the_o fame_n thereof_o all_o over_o those_o part_n some_o there_o be_v who_o report_n that_o when_o coronis_n be_v with_o child_n she_o lay_v with_o ischyis_n the_o son_n of_o elaâ—us_n which_o diana_n resent_v as_o a_o high_a affront_n do_v to_o her_o brother_n apollo_n she_o put_v she_o to_o death_n for_o the_o same_o and_o that_o after_o she_o be_v dead_a either_o mercury_n or_o phoebus_n take_v aesculapius_n out_o of_o his_o mother_n belly_n as_o the_o poet_n mention_n non_fw-la tulit_fw-la in_o cineres_fw-la labi_fw-la sua_fw-la phoebus_fw-la eosdem_fw-la semina_fw-la sed_fw-la natum_fw-la flammis_fw-la uteroque_fw-la parentis_fw-la eripuit_fw-la geminique_fw-la tulit_fw-la chironiâ—_n in_fw-la antrum_fw-la ovid._n met._n lib._n 2._o lactantius_n report_v that_o he_o be_v bear_v of_o unknown_a parent_n and_o then_o be_v expose_v be_v find_v by_o some_o huntsman_n and_o commit_v to_o chiron_n care_n who_o instruct_v he_o in_o physic_n and_o that_o by_o birth_n he_o be_v a_o messenian_a but_o dwell_v at_o epidaurus_n from_o whence_o as_o st._n augustine_n write_v he_o come_v to_o rome_n that_o so_o expert_a a_o physician_n may_v practice_v with_o the_o great_a credit_n in_o so_o famous_a a_o city_n he_o be_v number_v among_o the_o god_n say_v celsus_n for_o add_v such_o excellency_n and_o lustre_n to_o that_o art_n which_o before_o be_v but_o rude_a and_o undigested_a the_o epidaurian_o therefore_o consecrate_v a_o temple_n unto_o he_o without_o the_o wall_n of_o their_o city_n where_o he_o have_v his_o statue_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o physician_n hold_v his_o long_a beard_n in_o one_o hand_n and_o a_o staff_n involve_v with_o a_o serpent_n in_o the_o other_o for_o the_o serpent_n be_v sacred_a unto_o he_o not_o only_o as_o macrobius_n say_v for_o the_o quickness_n of_o his_o sight_n but_o because_o he_o be_v so_o restorative_n and_o sovereign_a in_o physic_n serpens_fw-la epidaurius_n horat._n so_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n the_o type_n of_o our_o eternal_a health_n erect_v by_o moses_n cure_v those_o who_o behold_v it_o and_o here_o aesculapius_n be_v say_v to_o have_v convert_v himself_o into_o that_o form_n because_o by_o health_n man_n seem_v to_o renew_v their_o youth_n like_o a_o snake_n that_o have_v cast_v she_o hackle_n in_o this_o shape_n say_v lactantius_n he_o sail_v to_o rome_n and_o be_v say_v by_o pherecides_n to_o have_v serpentine_a foot_n he_o choose_v his_o seat_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o tiber_n and_o then_o vanish_v out_o of_o sight_n where_o his_o temple_n be_v build_v and_o his_o festival_n keep_v in_o the_o calends_o of_o january_n and_o now_o in_o the_o hortyard_n of_o st._n bartholomeus_n at_o rome_n there_o be_v a_o ship_n of_o marble_n to_o be_v see_v with_o a_o serpent_n on_o the_o hatch_n in_o memorial_n of_o his_o transmigration_n epidaurus_n a_o city_n in_o peleponnesus_n be_v famous_a for_o the_o shrine_n of_o aesculapius_n to_o which_o all_o sick_a person_n that_o do_v resort_v be_v as_o both_o strabo_n and_o jamblicus_n write_v inform_v in_o their_o sleep_n what_o medicine_n will_v cure_v their_o distemper_n when_o the_o roman_n be_v afflict_v with_o the_o pestilence_n they_o send_v ogolenus_fw-la to_o consult_v apollo_n oracle_n at_o delphos_n he_o direct_v they_o to_o his_o son_n aesculapius_n at_o epidaurus_n with_o order_n to_o carry_v he_o to_o rome_n but_o the_o epidaure_n be_v unwilling_a to_o part_v with_o their_o god_n or_o rather_o his_o image_n yet_o notwithstanding_o aesculapius_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o serpent_n go_v aboard_o one_o of_o the_o roman_a ship_n and_o so_o along_o with_o they_o to_o rome_n orpheus_n write_v that_o jupiter_n strike_v aesculapius_n with_o his_o thunderbolt_n because_o he_o have_v restore_v to_o life_n hippolytus_n who_o have_v be_v tear_v in_o piece_n by_o his_o own_o chariot-horse_n when_o he_o flee_v from_o the_o fury_n of_o his_o father_n as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o story_n of_o theseus_n and_o that_o apollo_n be_v much_o afflict_v at_o the_o death_n of_o aesculapius_n but_o not_o be_v able_a to_o revenge_v himself_o upon_o jupiter_n he_o kill_v the_o cyclops_n that_o have_v make_v the_o thunderbolt_n wherewith_o his_o son_n have_v be_v slay_v orph._n de_fw-fr aesculapio_n in_o hymn_n heraclit_fw-la de_fw-fr incred_n the_o moral_a of_o this_o be_v that_o aesculapius_n be_v say_v to_o be_v beget_v by_o apollo_n in_o that_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o author_n of_o health_n 4_o heraclea_n ponti_n the_o metropolitan_a city_n of_o bythinia_n call_v at_o this_o day_n penderachi_n it_o lie_v at_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o euxine_a sea_n near_o the_o river_n lycus_n it_o take_v its_o ancient_a name_n from_o hercules_n as_o mela_n inform_v we_o and_o our_o author_n distinguish_v it_o by_o the_o name_n of_o ponti_n for_o that_o there_o be_v divers_a other_o city_n know_v by_o the_o same_o name_n as_o for_o instance_n there_o be_v one_o in_o the_o confine_n of_o europe_n another_o in_o italy_n between_o siris_n and_o aciris_n another_o in_o sicily_n near_o lilibaeum_n another_o in_o narbon_n by_o the_o river_n rhodanus_n another_o in_o caria_n now_o by_o the_o turk_n call_v ergel_n another_o in_o crete_n and_o another_o in_o lydia_n from_o whence_o the_o touchstone_n take_v its_o name_n of_o heracleus_n lapis_n all_o which_o several_a town_n be_v heretofore_o call_v heraclea_n 5_o pontus_n a_o kingdom_n of_o asia_n the_o less_o so_o call_v from_o a_o king_n who_o name_n be_v pontus_n strabo_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v bound_v on_o the_o west_n with_o the_o river_n haly_n on_o the_o east_n with_o colchos_n on_o the_o south_n with_o the_o lesser_a armenia_n and_o on_o the_o north_n with_o the_o euxine_a sea_n but_o ptolemy_n lib._n 5._o say_v it_o be_v limit_v on_o the_o west_n with_o the_o thracian_a bosphorus_n on_o the_o south_n with_o asia_n and_o on_o the_o north_n with_o part_n of_o the_o euxine_a sea·_n sit._n zon_n temp_n clim_n this_o country_n be_v famous_a for_o produce_v poison_n which_o give_v occasion_n to_o medea_n in_o the_o fable_n to_o bring_v all_o her_o poison_n from_o hence_o have_v herbas_fw-la atque_fw-la haec_fw-la ponto_n mihi_fw-la lecta_fw-la venena_fw-la ipse_fw-la dedit_fw-la maeris_n nascuntur_fw-la plurima_fw-la ponto_n virg._n eccl._n 8._o 6_o philostratus_n tell_v we_o that_o euxenus_n know_v no_o more_o of_o pythagoras_n philosophy_n than_o bird_n do_v the_o sense_n of_o those_o word_n which_o they_o learn_v by_o rote_n and_o this_o be_v the_o very_a case_n of_o vulgar_a people_n in_o religious_a matter_n who_o hold_v the_o article_n of_o their_o faith_n like_o their_o temporal_a estate_n from_o their_o predecessor_n have_v a_o title_n of_o tradition_n for_o the_o one_o and_o of_o inheritance_n or_o fee-simple_n for_o the_o other_o most_o man_n like_o carrier_n horse_n follow_v one_o another_o in_o a_o track_n where_o if_o the_o fore-horse_n go_v wrong_a all_o the_o rest_n succeed_v he_o in_o his_o error_n not_o consider_v that_o he_o who_o come_v behind_o may_v take_v a_o advantage_n to_o avoid_v that_o pit_n which_o those_o that_o go_v before_o be_v fall_v into_o if_o the_o primitive_a christian_n have_v be_v
persecuter_n like_o man_n always_o in_o a_o passion_n have_v seldom_o reason_n on_o their_o side_n for_o the_o great_a god_n and_o giver_n of_o reason_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v either_o in_o the_o whirlwind_n of_o passion_n or_o iâ—_n the_o earthquake_n of_o persecution_n but_o in_o the_o still_a voice_n of_o love_n and_o mutual_a forbearance_n grotius_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n &_o pacis_fw-la say_v it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o punish_v any_o man_n for_o not_o assent_v to_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o gospel_n since_o they_o can_v possible_o be_v discover_v by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n but_o must_v be_v make_v know_v by_o revelation_n as_o for_o we_o the_o very_a revelation_n whereby_o we_o have_v a_o knowledge_n of_o they_o be_v not_o so_o clear_a as_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v incur_v civil_a punishment_n for_o doubt_v of_o it_o since_o this_o revelation_n though_o at_o first_o confirm_v by_o miracle_n and_o so_o infallible_a to_o they_o that_o see_v those_o miracle_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o so_o to_o we_o for_o that_o both_o the_o miracle_n and_o doctrine_n come_v down_o to_o we_o only_o by_o tradition_n and_o christ_n say_v have_v i_o not_o do_v these_o thing_n among_o you_o observe_v those_o word_n among_o you_o your_o want_n of_o faith_n have_v not_o be_v impute_v to_o you_o for_o sin_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n speak_v salvianus_n bishop_n of_o marcelles_n who_o concern_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o arrian_n for_o deny_v the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n say_v they_o be_v heretic_n but_o against_o their_o knowledge_n they_o be_v so_o in_o our_o opinion_n but_o not_o in_o their_o own_o for_o they_o think_v themselves_o so_o far_o catholic_n that_o they_o defame_v we_o with_o the_o title_n of_o heretic_n therefore_o what_o they_o be_v in_o our_o opinion_n we_o be_v in_o they_o we_o say_v they_o do_v wrong_a to_o the_o divine_a generation_n in_o say_v the_o son_n be_v less_o than_o the_o father_n and_o they_o believe_v we_o do_v wrong_v unto_o god_n the_o father_n in_o say_v the_o son_n be_v equal_a unto_o he_o we_o say_v the_o truth_n be_v with_o we_o but_o they_o say_v the_o truth_n be_v with_o they_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n be_v with_o we_o but_o they_o think_v they_o honour_v the_o godhead_n more_o they_o be_v impious_a but_o they_o think_v it_o true_a piety_n they_o err_v but_o they_o err_v with_o a_o good_a mind_n not_o out_o of_o hatred_n but_o out_o of_o affection_n to_o god_n believe_v that_o by_o this_o they_o honour_n and_o love_v the_o lord_n though_o they_o have_v not_o the_o right_a faith_n yet_o they_o think_v they_o the_o perfect_a love_n of_o god_n and_o how_o they_o be_v to_o be_v punish_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n for_o this_o error_n of_o a_o false_a opinion_n none_o know_v but_o the_o judge_n himself_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n as_o god_n lend_v they_o his_o patience_n so_o may_v we_o lend_v they_o we_o tertullian_n tell_v we_o that_o nothing_o have_v more_o advantage_v christianity_n than_o persecution_n for_o say_v he_o the_o roman_n by_o every_o cruel_a act_n do_v but_o tempt_v other_o to_o come_v over_o to_o their_o party_n the_o often_o they_o be_v mow_v down_o the_o fast_o they_o spring_v up_o again_o the_o blood_n of_o christian_n make_v the_o church_n soil_n more_o fat_a and_o fertile_a tertul._n apol._n nor_o be_v persecution_n less_o powerful_a to_o advance_v a_o false_a religion_n than_o a_o true_a there_o be_v no_o religion_n say_v lactantius_n so_o erroneous_a which_o have_v not_o somewhat_o of_o wisdom_n in_o it_o whereby_o they_o may_v obtain_v pardon_n have_v keep_v the_o chief_a duty_n of_o man_n if_o not_o in_o deed_n yet_o in_o intention_n three_o it_o do_v no_o way_n advantage_n religion_n for_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o although_o they_o be_v infallible_o assure_v of_o their_o doctrine_n and_o can_v also_o make_v their_o hearer_n assure_v of_o it_o by_o miracle_n yet_o never_o desire_v that_o the_o refractory_a shall_v be_v compel_v to_o embrace_v it_o therefore_o i_o can_v wish_v that_o man_n will_v use_v one_o another_o so_o charitable_o and_o so_o gentle_o that_o no_o error_n or_o violence_n tempt_v man_n to_o hypocrisy_n render_v sincerity_n both_o troublesome_a and_o unsafe_a for_o credulity_n breed_v hatred_n and_o malice_n against_o unbeliever_n whereas_o incredulity_n do_v only_o pity_v believer_n so_o that_o by_o how_o much_o malice_n be_v worse_a than_o pity_n by_o so_o much_o be_v credulity_n worse_o than_o incredulity_n how_o vain_a a_o thing_n be_v it_o for_o man_n to_o pretend_v every_o opinion_n necessary_a in_o so_o high_a a_o degree_n that_o if_o all_o say_v true_a or_o indeed_o any_o two_o of_o they_o in_o 500_o sect_n and_o for_o aught_o i_o know_v there_o may_v be_v 5000_o it_o be_v 500_o to_o one_o but_o that_o every_o man_n be_v damn_v for_o every_o sect_n damn_v all_o but_o itself_o and_o that_o be_v damn_v of_o 499._o and_o it_o be_v excellent_a fortune_n then_o if_o that_o escape_n for_o it_o be_v natural_a to_o all_o zealot_n to_o call_v their_o own_o enemy_n god_n almighty_n enemy_n and_o we_o may_v as_o well_o hang_v all_o man_n that_o be_v not_o like_o we_o in_o feature_n as_o in_o opinion_n chap._n vi_o of_o apollonius_n garment_n and_o of_o the_o wonderful_a concourse_n of_o man_n that_o follow_v he_o after_o he_o have_v be_v commend_v by_o esculapius_n also_o of_o a_o assyrian_a youth_n who_o apollonius_n cure_v of_o a_o dropsy_n after_o such_o a_o retrenchment_n of_o his_o 1_o diet_n he_o also_o regulate_v his_o two_o habit_n so_o as_o to_o go_v barefooted_a and_o to_o wear_v linen_n clothe_v refuse_v all_o such_o as_o come_v of_o live_a creature_n he_o likewise_o suffer_v his_o 3_o hair_n to_o grow_v long_o spend_v most_o part_n of_o his_o time_n in_o the_o temple_n where_o all_o the_o officer_n and_o priest_n admire_v he_o also_o aesculapius_n himself_o rejoice_v to_o have_v apollonius_n a_o 4_o witness_v of_o his_o cure_n there_o resort_v to_o aegas_n the_o cilician_o and_o all_o such_o as_o dwell_v round_o about_o those_o part_n to_o see_v apollonius_n in_o so_o much_o that_o it_o become_v a_o common_a proverb_n among_o they_o whither_o go_v you_o so_o fast_o to_o see_v the_o young_a man_n here_o i_o conceive_v it_o will_v not_o be_v improper_a to_o relate_v what_o then_o happen_v in_o the_o temple_n for_o that_o i_o have_v undertake_v to_o give_v you_o a_o narrative_a contain_v the_o deed_n of_o such_o a_o man_n as_o be_v in_o esteem_n with_o the_o very_a god_n themselves_o a_o assyrian_a youth_n that_o come_v to_o aesculapius_n be_v riotous_a even_o whilst_o he_o be_v sick_a and_o live_v or_o rather_o die_v in_o drunkenness_n he_o be_v take_v with_o a_o dropsy_n but_o please_v himself_o with_o his_o drink_v he_o take_v no_o care_n of_o cure_v his_o drought_n whereupon_o the_o god_n neglect_v he_o and_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o appear_v to_o he_o in_o a_o 5_o dream_v and_o when_o he_o complain_v of_o this_o hard_a usage_n aesculapius_n appear_v to_o he_o say_v if_o thou_o will_v consult_v apollonius_n thou_o shall_v have_v ease_n according_o the_o young_a man_n go_v to_o apollonius_n demand_v of_o he_o what_o benefit_n he_o may_v receive_v from_o his_o wisdom_n for_o say_v he_o aesculapius_n command_v i_o to_o come_v unto_o thou_o to_o who_o apollonius_n answer_v that_o he_o know_v something_o will_v be_v much_o worth_n to_o he_o in_o that_o condition_n for_o that_o as_o he_o think_v it_o be_v only_a health_n which_o he_o want_v whereupon_o the_o man_n reply_v that_o indeed_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o aesculapius_n do_v promise_v but_o not_o perform_v be_v favourable_a in_o your_o word_n i_o pray_v say_v apollonius_n for_o he_o always_o bestow_v health_n upon_o such_o as_o be_v willing_a to_o have_v it_o but_o thou_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o thy_o disease_n for_o addict_v thyself_o to_o debauchery_n thou_o satiate_v thy_o moist_a and_o almost_o rot_a entrail_n with_o delicious_a food_n thereby_o add_v mud_n to_o the_o pre-existent_a water_n and_o herein_o he_o deliver_v his_o mind_n plain_o than_o the_o wisdom_n of_o 6_o heraclitus_n who_o tell_v one_o that_o come_v to_o he_o for_o the_o same_o distemper_n that_o he_o must_v turn_v wet_a wether_n into_o dry_a which_o word_n be_v obscure_a and_o difficult_a to_o be_v understand_v whereas_o apollonius_n do_v more_o easy_o explain_v his_o wise_a advice_n and_o recover_v again_o the_o young_a man_n to_o his_o health_n illustration_n on_o chap._n 6._o 1_n certain_o there_o be_v nothing_o do_v more_o conduce_v to_o the_o study_n of_o philosophy_n than_o a_o thin_a spare_a diet_n which_o give_v the_o old_a rhyme_a monk_n occasion_n for_o that_o jingle_a saying_n impletus_fw-la venture_n non_fw-la vult_fw-la studere_fw-la libenter_fw-la a_o full_a
cupit_fw-la hic_fw-la regi_fw-la proximus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la senec._n in_o herc._n the_o envious_a implore_v revenge_n like_o that_o hot_a angry_a prophet_n who_o curse_v the_o poor_a little_a child_n and_o make_v they_o be_v destroy_v with_o bear_n only_o for_o call_v he_o baldpate_n 2_o king_n 2.23_o the_o lover_n pray_v to_o satisfy_v his_o lust_n and_o he_o that_o have_v purchase_v bishops-land_n or_o crown-land_n pray_v for_o the_o ruin_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o monarchy_n he_o that_o be_v possess_v of_o abby-land_n pray_v devout_o for_o the_o downfall_n of_o antichrist_n as_o i_o do_v myself_o upon_o the_o same_o occasion_n the_o thief_n the_o pirate_n the_o murderer_n nay_o and_o the_o traitor_n all_o call_n upon_o god_n all_o implore_v his_o aid_n and_o all_o solicit_v he_o to_o give_v they_o courage_n in_o their_o attempt_n and_o constancy_n in_o their_o resolution_n to_o remove_v all_o obstruction_n and_o difficulty_n that_o in_o any_o sort_n withstand_v their_o wicked_a execution_n and_o sometime_o they_o give_v he_o thanks_o if_o they_o have_v meet_v with_o good_a success_n the_o one_o if_o he_o have_v meet_v with_o a_o good_a booty_n the_o other_o if_o he_o return_v home_o rich_a the_o three_o if_o no_o man_n see_v he_o kill_v his_o enemy_n and_o the_o last_o if_o his_o treason_n take_v effect_n without_o discovery_n the_o soldier_n if_o he_o go_v to_o fire_v a_o town_n batter_v a_o castle_n force_v a_o religious_a house_n storm_v a_o fort_n or_o enter_v a_o city_n that_o will_v not_o surrender_v to_o put_v man_n woman_n and_o child_n to_o the_o sword_n or_o any_o such_o villainous_a act_n before_o he_o attempt_v it_o pray_v to_o god_n for_o his_o assistance_n though_o his_o intention_n and_o hope_n be_v full_a of_o nothing_o but_o cruelty_n murder_n covetousness_n luxury_n sacrilege_n and_o the_o like_a according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n dam_fw-la mihi_fw-la fallere_fw-la da_fw-la justum_fw-la sanctumque_fw-la videri_fw-la noctem_fw-la peccatis_fw-la &_o fraudibus_fw-la objice_fw-la nubem_fw-la hor._n lib._n 1._o ep._n 16_o 59_o paraphrase_a grant_v i_o to_o play_v the_o rogue_n and_o act_v the_o saint_n conceal_v my_o vice_n with_o grimass_n and_o cant._n margaret_n queen_n of_o navarre_n make_v mention_n of_o a_o young_a prince_n who_o go_v about_o a_o amorous_a assignation_n to_o lie_v with_o a_o advocate_n wife_n of_o paris_n and_o his_o way_n lie_v through_o a_o church_n he_o never_o pass_v by_o that_o holy_a place_n either_o go_v or_o come_v without_o offer_v up_o his_o prayer_n to_o god_n to_o be_v his_o help_n and_o furtherance_n he_o that_o call_v upon_o god_n for_o his_o assistance_n in_o such_o a_o sin_n do_v like_o that_o cutpurse_n who_o shall_v summon_v a_o justice_n of_o peace_n to_o his_o help_n or_o like_o those_o who_o produce_v god_n in_o witness_n of_o a_o lie_n tacito_fw-la mala_fw-la vota_fw-la susurro_fw-la conâ—ipimus_fw-la lucan_n lib._n 5.94_o there_o be_v few_o man_n will_v dare_v to_o publish_v to_o the_o world_n those_o secret_a request_n they_o make_v unto_o god_n wherefore_o the_o pythagorean_n very_o wise_o ordain_v they_o to_o be_v make_v in_o public_a that_o all_o may_v hear_v they_o and_o that_o no_o man_n shall_v dishonourable_o invoke_v god_n or_o require_v any_o undecent_a or_o unjust_a thing_n of_o he_o now_o such_o kind_n of_o petitioner_n be_v not_o only_o unsuccessful_a but_o many_o time_n severe_o punish_v for_o their_o impious_a request_n we_o see_v how_o severe_o the_o god_n deal_v with_o oedipus_n in_o grant_v he_o his_o request_n for_o his_o prayer_n be_v that_o his_o child_n may_v between_o themselves_o decide_v his_o succession_n by_o force_n of_o arm_n and_o he_o be_v take_v at_o his_o word_n dr._n brown_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o ridiculous_a devotion_n to_o say_v a_o prayer_n before_o a_o game_n of_o table_n because_o say_v he_o in_o sortiligy_n and_o matter_n of_o great_a uncertainty_n there_o be_v a_o settle_a and_o pre-ordered_n course_n of_o effect_n and_o so_o there_o be_v in_o murder_n but_o yet_o i_o shall_v think_v it_o a_o presumption_n to_o implore_v the_o divine_a assistance_n either_o in_o one_o or_o the_o other_o again_o some_o there_o be_v who_o without_o any_o evil_a intent_n but_o mere_o out_o of_o their_o own_o ignorance_n pray_v for_o such_o thing_n which_o if_o grant_v will_v certain_o prove_v their_o ruin_n this_o foolish_a desire_n of_o man_n the_o poet_n signify_v by_o the_o fable_n of_o phaeton_n who_o have_v by_o his_o importunity_n obtain_v oâ—_n his_o father_n phoebus_n the_o conduct_n of_o his_o chariot_n set_v both_o the_o world_n and_o himself_o in_o a_o flame_n also_o cicero_n express_v the_o same_o by_o another_o fable_n of_o theseus_n who_o crave_v of_o neptune_n three_o wish_n whereof_o one_o be_v the_o destruction_n of_o his_o own_o son_n hippolytus_n the_o same_o moral_a may_v be_v likewise_o draw_v from_o the_o fiction_n of_o midas_n to_o who_o god_n bacchus_n for_o restore_v to_o he_o his_o foster-father_n silenus_n grant_v his_o wish_n which_o afterward_o prove_v his_o punishment_n in_o have_v all_o thing_n that_o he_o touch_v convert_v into_o gold_n hic_fw-la deus_fw-la optanti_fw-la gratum_fw-la sed_fw-la inutile_fw-la fecit_fw-la muneris_fw-la aâ—bitrium_fw-la gaudens_fw-la altore_fw-la reeepto_fw-la ille_fw-la male_a usurus_fw-la doniâ—_fw-la aâ—t_fw-la effice_n quâ—cquid_fw-la corpore_fw-la contigero_fw-la fulvum_fw-la vertatur_fw-la in_o aurum_fw-la annuit_fw-la optanti_fw-la nocituraque_fw-la munera_fw-la solvit_fw-la libre_fw-la &_o indoluit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la melâ—ora_fw-la petisset_fw-la etc._n etc._n ovid._n met._n lib._n 11._o now_o to_o prevenâ—_n any_o of_o these_o misfortune_n let_v we_o always_o follow_v god_n and_o never_o go_v before_o he_o for_o which_o purpose_n i_o think_v the_o best_a of_o christian_n may_v herein_o follow_v this_o divine_a advice_n of_o the_o poet_n juv._n sat._n 10._o nil_fw-la ergo_fw-la optabunt_fw-la homines_fw-la si_fw-mi consilium_fw-la vis_fw-la permit_v ipsis_fw-la expendere_fw-la numinibus_fw-la quid_fw-la conveniat_fw-la nobis_fw-la rebusque_fw-la si_fw-la utile_fw-la nâ—stris_n nam_fw-la pro_fw-la jucundis_fw-la ap_fw-mi issima_fw-la quaeque_fw-la dabunt_fw-la dii_fw-la charior_fw-la est_fw-la illis_fw-la homo_fw-la quam_fw-la sibi_fw-la nos_fw-la animorum_fw-la impulsu_fw-la &_o coeca_fw-la magnaque_fw-la cupidine_fw-la ducti_fw-la coâ—jugium_fw-la petimus_fw-la partumque_fw-la uxoris_fw-la at_o illis_fw-la notum_fw-la qui_fw-la pveri_fw-la qualisque_fw-la futura_fw-la sit_fw-la uxor_fw-la shall_v man_n wish_v nothing_o be_v advise_v refer_v that_o choice_n unto_o the_o god_n who_o can_v err_v for_o better_a than_o ourselves_o our_o want_n they_o know_v and_o will_v instead_o of_o toy_n thing_n fit_v bestow_v man_n dear_a to_o the_o god_n than_o to_o himself_o move_v by_o the_o strong_a impulse_n of_o love_n or_o wealth_n we_o wife_n and_o son_n desiâ—e_v but_o only_o jove_n know_v what_o this_o wife_n and_o how_o those_o son_n may_v prove_v we_o be_v teach_v by_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_n what_o request_v we_o ought_v to_o make_v at_o prayer_n solomon_n beg_v for_o wisdom_n that_o best_a of_o poet_n juvenal_n advise_v orandum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la mens_fw-la sana_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la sano_fw-la but_o that_o learned_a emperor_n antoninus_n say_v whereas_o one_o pray_v that_o he_o may_v compass_v his_o desire_n to_o lie_v with_o such_o a_o woman_n pray_v thou_o that_o thou_o may_v not_o lust_n to_o lie_v with_o she_o another_o how_o he_o may_v be_v rid_v of_o such_o a_o one_o pray_v thou_o that_o thou_o may_v so_o patient_o bear_v with_o he_o as_o that_o thou_o have_v no_o such_o need_n to_o be_v rid_v of_o he_o another_o that_o he_o may_v not_o lose_v his_o child_n but_o pray_v thou_o that_o thou_o may_v not_o fear_v to_o lose_v he_o to_o this_o end_n and_o purpose_n let_v all_o thy_o prayer_n be_v and_o then_o see_v what_o will_v be_v the_o event_n some_o few_o of_o the_o heathen_n use_v no_o prayer_n at_o all_o as_o we_o may_v gather_v from_o that_o old_a verse_n of_o ennius_n desine_fw-la fat_a a_o deum_fw-la flecti_fw-la sperare_fw-la precando_fw-la or_o at_o least_o no_o other_o then_o thy_o will_v be_v do_v and_o that_o rather_o by_o way_n of_o acquiescence_n than_o petition_n but_o all_o other_o enlargement_n of_o request_n they_o decline_v partly_o because_o they_o think_v not_o the_o deity_n flxanimous_a to_o be_v win_v by_o entreaty_n or_o bribe_v by_o sacrifice_n and_o partly_o because_o they_o hold_v it_o a_o presumption_n in_o man_n to_o direct_v god_n what_o to_o do_v and_o what_o to_o forbear_v think_v that_o such_o a_o boldness_n will_v be_v but_o slender_o excuse_v by_o a_o additional_a clause_n of_o submission_n to_o his_o will._n from_o hence_o cardan_n take_v his_o notion_n when_o he_o write_v deum_fw-la non_fw-la flecti_fw-la precibus_fw-la esset_fw-la quasi_fw-la unus_fw-la è_fw-la nobis_fw-la passionibus_fw-la &_o doloribus_fw-la obnoxius_fw-la of_o this_o boldness_n in_o direct_v god_n i_o know_v not_o any_o among_o we_o so_o
as_o also_o his_o eye_n draw_v awry_o with_o squint_v at_o heaven_n his_o nose_n shriul_v up_o with_o speak_v the_o godly_a dialect_n be_v the_o true_a character_n of_o the_o people_n favourite_n who_o think_v gravity_n and_o goodness_n always_o go_v together_o this_o make_v not_o only_a philostratus_n but_o also_o the_o wise_a florentine_a secretary_n write_v that_o nothing_o be_v more_o conducive_a to_o appease_v a_o popular_a tumult_n than_o some_o grave_a person_n of_o authority_n appear_v among_o they_o and_o so_o sing_v virgil_n tum_o pielate_fw-la gravem_fw-la ac_fw-la meritis_fw-la si_fw-la forte_fw-fr virum_fw-la quem_fw-la conspexere_fw-la silent_a arrectisque_fw-la auribus_fw-la adstant_fw-la if_o in_o their_o tumult_n a_o grave_a man_n appear_v all_o be_v hush_v and_o nothing_o stir_v but_o their_o ear_n he_o therefore_o who_o command_v in_o a_o mutinous_a army_n or_o seditious_a city_n and_o desire_n to_o appease_v either_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o aught_o in_o my_o judgement_n to_o present_v himself_o with_o the_o most_o grace_n and_o advantage_n that_o he_o can_v adorn_v with_o all_o the_o ornament_n of_o his_o dignity_n and_o whatever_o else_o may_v render_v he_o venerable_a to_o the_o people_n thus_o in_o the_o year_n 1505._o pope_n julius_n the_o 11_o march_v unarm_v into_o bologna_n be_v accoutre_v with_o all_o his_o pontifical_a habit_n accompany_v by_o his_o cardinal_n array_v in_o scarlet_a and_o carry_v along_o with_o he_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n do_v with_o that_o formality_n and_o ceremony_n overcome_v the_o wicked_a of_o man_n john_n pagolo_n baglione_n who_o have_v be_v guilty_a both_o of_o parricide_n and_o incest_n for_o notwithstanding_o his_o guard_n be_v sufficient_a to_o have_v resist_v the_o pope_n yet_o be_v not_o his_o resolution_n strong_a enough_o to_o withstand_v the_o solemnity_n of_o that_o ceremony_n because_o as_o machiavil_n observe_v man_n be_v as_o seldom_o perfect_o bad_a as_o perfect_o good_a machiav_n discourse_n lib._n 1._o ch_n 27._o 7_o a_o city_n oppress_v with_o famine_n it_o be_v no_o easy_a matter_n to_o appease_v etc._n etc._n the_o cause_n of_o sedition_n and_o tumult_n say_v the_o lord_n bacon_n be_v innovation_n in_o religion_n tax_n alteration_n of_o law_n and_o custom_n break_v of_o privilege_n general_a oppression_n advancement_n of_o unworthy_a person_n stranger_n disband_v soldier_n faction_n grow_v desperate_a and_o dearth_n or_o famine_n bacon_n essay_n ch_n 15._o now_o of_o all_o these_o famine_n be_v the_o most_o prevail_a motive_n and_o that_o be_v occasion_v three_o way_n either_o by_o war_n wether_n or_o ill_a government_n first_o by_o war_n when_o a_o army_n or_o city_n through_o a_o long_a siege_n be_v reduce_v to_o that_o scarcity_n of_o provision_n as_o necessitate_v they_o to_o feed_v upon_o dog_n cat_n rat_n mouse_n man_n flesh_n and_o the_o like_a as_o we_o read_v of_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n when_o besiege_v by_o titus_n wherein_o a_o bushel_n of_o corn_n be_v sell_v for_o a_o talon_n and_o sink_n rake_v to_o find_v old_a dung_n of_o ox_n to_o eat_v also_o of_o a_o certain_a noblewoman_n that_o sod_a her_o own_o child_n for_o meat_n of_o which_o you_o may_v read_v more_o at_o large_a in_o josephus_n the_o bellâ—_n jud._n lib._n 6._o ch_n 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o also_o of_o the_o famine_n among_o the_o carthaginian_a army_n titi_fw-la livii_n decad._n 3._o lib._n 9_o the_o famine_n among_o the_o african_n câ—s._n câ—â—_n lib._n 1._o the_o famine_n in_o câ—esar's_n army_n câ—es_o comment_fw-fr lib._n 7._o the_o famine_n of_o the_o roâ—ans_v besiege_v in_o the_o capitol_n livius_n lib._n 5._o and_o many_o other_o as_o well_o ancient_a as_o modern_a such_o as_o be_v at_o the_o siege_n of_o colchester_n in_o our_o late_a civil_a war_n wherein_o i_o have_v hear_v a_o great_a officer_n say_v he_o once_o dine_v at_o a_o entertainment_n where_o the_o great_a delicacy_n be_v roast_v horseflesh_n a_o starch_n pudding_n and_o a_o dish_n of_o fry_v mouse_n to_o so_o great_a extremity_n do_v war_n oftentimes_o reduce_v second_o unnatural_a season_n or_o wether_n do_v often_o produce_v a_o scarcity_n of_o breadcorn_n even_o to_o a_o famine_n in_o king_n numa_n reign_n the_o poet_n assure_v we_o that_o the_o earth_n answer_v not_o the_o labour_n of_o the_o husbandman_n but_o miscarry_v sometime_o by_o reason_n of_o a_o excessive_a drought_n and_o at_o other_o time_n by_o reason_n of_o too_o much_o wet_a rege_fw-la numa_n fructu_fw-la non_fw-la respondente_fw-la labori_fw-la irrita_fw-la dâ—câ—pti_fw-la uâ—ta_fw-la colentis_fw-la erant_fw-la nam_fw-la mâ—dâ—_n siccus_fw-la erat_fw-la gelidis_fw-la aquilonibus_fw-la annus_fw-la nunc_fw-la agre_z assidua_fw-la luxuriabat_fw-la aqua_fw-la ovid._n lib._n 4._o fast._n during_o the_o reign_n of_o valentinian_n there_o be_v so_o sharp_a a_o famine_n throughout_o italy_n that_o father_n be_v force_v to_o sell_v their_o son_n ut_fw-la discrimen_fw-la mortis_fw-la effugerent_fw-la nou._n titl_n 11._o apud_fw-la cod._n theod._n under_o the_o emperor_n honorius_n so_o great_a be_v the_o scarcity_n of_o victual_n even_o in_o rome_n itself_o that_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o market_n be_v ponâ—_n pretium_fw-la huâ—anâ—_n carni_n set_v a_o price_n upon_o man_n flesh._n zozimus_n 6._o annal._n lib._n 4._o and_o long_o before_o when_o l._n minutius_n be_v first_o make_v overseer_n of_o the_o corn_n livy_n report_v multos_fw-la è_fw-la plebe_fw-la ne_fw-la diutinâ_fw-la fame_n cruciarentur_fw-la capitibus_fw-la oâ—voluâ—is_fw-la seize_v in_o tyberim_n praecipitasse_fw-la what_o a_o miserable_a dearth_n be_v that_o in_o egypt_n hold_v by_o the_o ancient_n to_o be_v the_o granary_n of_o the_o world_n when_o for_o want_v of_o bread_n their_o great_a nobleman_n be_v force_v to_o sell_v not_o only_o their_o estate_n but_o themselves_o and_o become_v bondslave_n to_o pharaoh_n gen._n 47.23_o how_o universal_a be_v that_o which_o agabus_n predict_v and_o come_v to_o pass_v under_o claudius_n caesar_n whereof_o both_o dion_n and_o suetonius_n bear_v record_n with_o st._n luke_n act_v 11.28_o also_o here_o in_o england_n though_o be_v a_o island_n drought_n can_v never_o much_o hurt_v we_o yet_o have_v excessive_a rains_n produce_v as_o ill_a effect_n for_o a._n d._n 1314_o about_o the_o begin_n of_o edward_n the_o second_v reign_v there_o be_v so_o universal_a a_o dearth_n over_o â—his_n land_n that_o a_o parliament_n be_v fain_o to_o be_v summon_v on_o purpose_n to_o moderate_v the_o price_n of_o victual_n and_o upon_o st._n laurence-eve_n there_o be_v scarce_o bread_n to_o be_v get_v for_o the_o king_n be_v own_o family_n also_o the_o year_n follow_v it_o increase_v so_o violent_o that_o horse_n dog_n yea_o man_n and_o child_n be_v steal_v for_o food_n and_o what_o be_v more_o terrible_a the_o thief_n new_o bring_v into_o goal_n be_v tear_v in_o piece_n and_o present_o eat_v half_a alive_a by_o such_o as_o have_v be_v long_o there_o thomas_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr moor._n likewise_o in_o the_o year_n 1317._o in_o the_o 10_o year_n of_o the_o same_o king_n as_o well_o the_o famine_n as_o a_o general_a murrain_n among_o all_o kind_n of_o cattle_n continue_v no_o less_o violent_a than_o before_o sam._n daniel_n but_o to_o conclude_v this_o tragical_a discourse_n the_o three_o and_o last_o thing_n which_o produce_v a_o famine_n and_o scarcity_n of_o victual_n be_v many_o time_n the_o ill_a government_n wherein_o monopoly_n be_v suffer_v by_o which_o mean_v some_o few_o rich_a man_n engross_a all_n the_o rest_n be_v leave_v to_o perish_v for_o want_n as_o be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o poor_a aspendian_o mention_v in_o this_o chapter_n wherefore_o above_o all_o thing_n care_n shall_v be_v take_v that_o the_o treasure_n money_n and_o manufacture_n of_o a_o kingdom_n be_v not_o gather_v into_o a_o few_o hand_n for_o otherwise_o a_o state_n may_v have_v a_o great_a stock_n and_o yet_o starve_v for_o money_n like_o muck_n be_v not_o good_a except_o it_o be_v spread_v now_o this_o be_v do_v by_o suppress_v or_o at_o the_o least_o keep_v a_o strait_a hand_n over_o the_o devour_a trade_n of_o usury_n engross_a great_a pasturage_n and_o the_o like_a bac._n essay_n ch_n 15._o 8_o aspendus_n the_o three_o mosâ—_n eminent_a city_n of_o pamphylia_n suâ—ated_v upon_o the_o river_n eurymedon_n be_v build_v by_o the_o argive_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o this_o city_n use_v to_o offer_v up_o swine_n in_o sacrifice_n to_o venus_n because_o mopsus_n at_o his_o arrival_n there_o vow_v to_o offer_v up_o the_o first_o thing_n he_o meet_v it_o happen_v to_o be_v a_o sow_n stephanus_n as_o also_o dionysius_n vers_fw-la 851._o write_v that_o this_o town_n be_v found_v by_o one_o aspendus_n from_o who_o it_o derive_v its_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v signify_v maritimum_fw-la as_o hen._n stephens_n render_v it_o unless_o there_o be_v manifest_a in_o the_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o
who_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o their_o rite_n and_o custom_n as_o also_o how_o long_o they_o have_v continue_v in_o that_o discipline_n and_o then_o endeavour_v to_o persuade_v they_o to_o change_v for_o the_o better_a afterward_o apply_v himself_o to_o his_o disciple_n he_o command_v they_o to_o ask_v whatsoever_o they_o will_v and_o tell_v they_o that_o whosoever_o will_v philosophize_v so_o as_o he_o do_v shall_v in_o the_o amica_fw-la morning_n first_o converse_n with_o the_o god_n then_o as_o the_o day_n grow_v on_o discourse_n concern_v the_o god_n and_o last_o of_o all_o consult_v of_o humane_a affair_n now_o when_o he_o have_v answer_v all_o such_o question_n as_o be_v ask_v he_o by_o his_o companion_n and_o be_v satisfy_v with_o their_o converse_n he_o will_v then_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o multitude_n yet_o never_o in_o the_o forenoon_n but_o only_o towards_o the_o evening_n and_o when_o he_o have_v discourse_v with_o they_o so_o much_o as_o he_o think_v convenient_a he_o will_v be_v 6_o anoint_n and_o afterward_o be_v rub_v he_o go_v into_o cold_a water_n say_v that_o 7_o hot_a bath_n be_v the_o old_a age_n of_o mankind_n from_o which_o when_o the_o antiochian_o be_v expel_v for_o their_o enormous_a vice_n apollonius_n say_v the_o king_n have_v grant_v to_o you_o long_a life_n for_o your_o wickedness_n also_o the_o 8_o ephesian_n be_v about_o to_o stone_n the_o master_n of_o the_o bath_n for_o not_o make_v they_o hot_a enough_o apollonius_n say_v unto_o they_o you_o accuse_v the_o bath-master_n because_o you_o do_v not_o bathe_v well_o but_o i_o accuse_v you_o for_o that_o you_o bathe_v at_o all_o illustration_n on_o chap._n 12._o 1_n antioch_n surname_v the_o great_a there_o be_v divers_a city_n among_o the_o ancient_n which_o bear_v this_o name_n one_o the_o chief_a city_n of_o pisidia_n lie_v in_o the_o lesser_a asia_n and_o now_o by_o the_o turk_n call_v versacgeli_n long._n 61_o 20._o lat._n 39_o 36._o another_o upon_o the_o mountain_n cragus_n be_v a_o city_n of_o the_o cilician_n shore_n border_v upon_o pisidia_n and_o pamphylia_n and_o lie_v between_o selinunte_n and_o nephelis_n two_o adjacent_a city_n long._n 62_o 30._o lat._n 38_o 30._o another_o of_o margiana_n which_o as_o pliny_n write_v be_v call_v by_o some_o alexandria_n by_o other_o seleucia_n but_o at_o this_o day_n name_v indion_n another_o in_o caria_n now_o call_v pythopolis_n another_o near_o the_o mountain_n taurus_n a_o bishop_n see_v long._n 68_o 40._o lat._n 39_o 20._o this_o city_n take_v its_o name_n from_o antiochus_n the_o great_a who_o flee_v from_o syria_n to_o that_o place_n when_o he_o be_v overcome_v by_o the_o roman_n herein_o st._n luke_n the_o evangelist_n be_v bear_v another_o which_o be_v the_o metropolitan_a city_n of_o mesopotamia_n call_v at_o this_o day_n nisibis_n found_v by_o king_n seleucus_n who_o therefore_o christen_v it_o after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o father_n antiochus_n it_o stand_v upon_o the_o river_n tigris_n there_o be_v likewise_o seven_o other_o city_n call_v by_o the_o ancient_n after_o this_o name_n which_o be_v inconsiderable_a i_o shall_v here_o omit_v but_o antioch_n the_o great_a mention_v in_o this_o place_n by_o philostratus_n be_v a_o famous_a city_n of_o syria_n build_v by_o seleucus_n nicanor_n to_o who_o in_o honour_n of_o his_o memory_n in_o mount_n casius_n they_o observe_v sacred_a solemnity_n as_o to_o a_o demigod_n this_o be_v sometime_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o syrian_a king_n three_o city_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n three_o seat_n of_o the_o christian_a patriarch_n and_o place_n where_o the_o first_o council_n wâ—s_v hold_v also_o wherein_o man_n first_o receive_v the_o name_n of_o christian_n long._n 68.10_o lat._n 36.20_o this_o city_n be_v call_v by_o some_o epiphanâ—_n by_o other_o reblatha_n or_o rebla_n by_o other_o theopolis_n or_o the_o city_n of_o god_n and_o by_o other_o the_o daphnean_a antioch_n because_o it_o be_v but_o five_o mile_n distant_a from_o the_o sacred_a daphne_n villonovanus_n call_v it_o aleppo_n upon_o which_o indeed_o it_o border_v and_o by_o other_o it_o be_v name_v alexandria_n however_o in_o our_o common_a map_n they_o appear_v to_o be_v three_o distinct_a city_n border_v upon_o one_o another_o strabo_n in_o his_o geography_n lib._n 16._o tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v four_o city_n viz._n antioch_n near_o daphne_n seleucia_n in_o pieria_n apamea_n and_o laodicea_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o concord_n be_v call_v sister_n he_o say_v that_o all_o four_o be_v build_v by_o seleucus_n nicanor_n who_o name_v the_o first_o antioch_n the_o great_a from_o his_o father_n antiochus_n the_o second_o seleucia_n from_o his_o own_o name_n the_o three_o apamea_n from_o his_o wife_n and_o the_o four_o laodicea_n from_o his_o mother_n no_o city_n be_v more_o famous_a among_o the_o ancient_n than_o this_o of_o antioch_n and_o none_o at_o present_v more_o desolate_a and_o ruinous_a boterus_n call_v it_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o itself_o and_o niger_n a_o great_a wilderness_n be_v leave_v but_o a_o small_a village_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o its_o own_o wall_n 2_o apollo-daphnaeus_n so_o call_v from_o that_o fable_n of_o daphne_n which_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o ovid_n metamorph._n lib._n 1._o daphne_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o river_n paneus_n or_o ladon_n with_o who_o apollo_n be_v violent_o in_o love_n and_o she_o refuse_v his_o unchaste_a embrace_n he_o pursue_v she_o to_o ravish_v she_o by_o force_n whereupon_o daphne_n be_v unable_a to_o outrun_v he_o pray_v to_o her_o father_n the_o river_n that_o by_o some_o transformation_n he_o will_v rescue_v she_o from_o apollo_n violence_n who_o immediate_o thereupon_o transform_v she_o into_o a_o laurel_n vix_fw-la prece_fw-la finita_fw-la torpor_fw-la gravis_fw-la occupo_fw-la artus_fw-la mollia_fw-la cinguntur_fw-la tenui_fw-la praecordia_fw-la libro_fw-la in_o frondem_fw-la crines_fw-la in_fw-la ramos_fw-la brachia_fw-la crescunt_fw-la pes_fw-la modo_fw-la tam_fw-la velox_fw-la pigriâ—_n radicibus_fw-la haeret_fw-la ora_fw-la cacumen_fw-la habent_fw-la remanet_fw-la nitor_fw-la unus_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la ovid._n metam_fw-la lib._n 1._o have_v pray_v a_o numbness_n all_o her_o limb_n possess_v and_o slender_a film_n her_o soft_a side_n invest_v hair_n into_o leave_n her_o arm_n to_o branch_n grow_v and_o late_o swift_a foot_n be_v stand_v root_n below_o her_o graceful_a head_n a_o leafy_a top_n sustain_v one_o beauty_n throughout_o all_o her_o form_n remain_v thus_o daphne_n be_v say_v to_o be_v change_v into_o a_o never-withering_a tree_n as_o a_o emblem_n of_o what_o immortal_a honour_n a_o virgin_n obtain_v by_o preserve_v her_o chastity_n inviolable_a she_o be_v call_v the_o daughter_n of_o paneus_n because_o the_o bank_n of_o that_o river_n abound_v with_o laurel_n to_o be_v belove_v of_o apollo_n in_o that_o the_o fair_a grow_v about_o his_o temple_n of_o delphos_n to_o fly_v his_o pursuit_n in_o that_o they_o affect_v the_o shadow_n and_o to_o resist_v the_o fire_n of_o lust_n in_o not_o be_v scorch_v by_o the_o sun_n nor_o by_o lightning_n about_o five_o mile_n from_o antioch_n as_o i_o say_v before_o stand_v this_o fair_a and_o sacred_a daphne_n which_o ortelius_n in_o his_o theatre_n have_v present_v to_o the_o view_n of_o his_o spectator_n with_o a_o peculiar_a description_n thereof_o sozom._n lib._n 5._o ch_n 18._o it_o be_v ten_o mile_n about_o be_v on_o all_o side_n environ_v with_o many_o stately_a cypress_n and_o other_o tree_n which_o suffer_v not_o the_o sun_n to_o salute_v the_o earth_n it_o be_v replenish_v with_o variety_n of_o flower_n according_a to_o the_o season_n and_o with_o great_a diversity_n of_o water_n one_o spring_n there_o be_v derive_v as_o man_n suppose_v her_o water_n from_o the_o castalian_a fountain_n to_o which_o superstitious_a antiquity_n attribute_v a_o divine_a faculty_n with_o like_a name_n and_o force_v to_o that_o of_o delphos_n here_o be_v erect_v sumptuous_a building_n the_o temple_n of_o apollo_n daphneus_n with_o a_o stately_a image_n therein_o the_o work_n as_o be_v think_v of_o seleucus_n also_o diana_n chapel_n and_o sanctuary_n niceph._n lib._n 10._o ch_n 18._o evagr._fw-la lib._n 1._o ch_n 16._o strabo_n lib._n 16._o julius_n capitolinus_n write_v that_o verus_n a_o voluptuous_a emperor_n spend_v four_o summer_n here_o and_o wintered_a in_o laodicea_n and_o antioch_n severus_n put_v to_o death_n certain_a tribune_n by_o who_o negligence_n several_a soldier_n be_v suffer_v to_o riot_n here_o the_o oracle_n add_v great_a renown_n to_o this_o place_n which_o be_v deliver_v out_o of_o these_o daphnean_a water_n by_o a_o certain_a breathe_a wind_n from_o hence_o be_v hadrian_n the_o emperor_n report_v to_o have_v receive_v the_o faculty_n of_o divine_a by_o dip_v a_o cypress-leaf_n in_o that_o fountain_n and_o for_o the_o same_o purpose_n julian_n do_v frequent_o resort_v hither_o also_o before_o he_o begin_v his_o war_n against_o the_o persian_n he_o
reason_n be_v in_o most_o thing_n of_o a_o dull_a and_o stupid_a apprehension_n except_o in_o merchandise_n and_o matter_n of_o gain_n wherein_o they_o understand_v nothing_o but_o their_o advantage_n the_o turk_n give_v they_o the_o name_n of_o bokegee_n and_o the_o jew_n esteem_v they_o to_o have_v be_v of_o the_o ancient_a racâ—_n of_o the_o amalekite_n be_v a_o people_n who_o they_o envy_v because_o they_o will_v not_o easy_o be_v cheat_v many_o ascribe_v their_o heaviness_n of_o complexion_n to_o the_o air_n of_o their_o country_n which_o be_v imprison_v in_o the_o vast_a mulberry_n wood_n as_o also_o thicken_v by_o the_o vapour_n of_o their_o fen_n and_o marsh_n and_o wind_n from_o the_o caspian_a sea_n together_o with_o the_o ungrateful_a steam_n arise_v from_o the_o cauldron_n wherein_o they_o boil_v their_o silkworm_n as_o for_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o this_o church_n whilst_o subject_v to_o the_o roman_a empire_n they_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o grecian_a maintain_v the_o same_o doctrine_n and_o acknowledge_v the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n for_o the_o head_n of_o their_o church_n till_o afterward_o difference_n arise_v in_o government_n have_v divide_v they_o both_o in_o doctrine_n and_o discipline_n the_o armenian_a church_n as_o mr._n ricaut_n inform_v we_o be_v at_o present_a govern_v by_o four_o patriarch_n whereof_o the_o chief_a reside_v at_o etchmeasin_n in_o persia_n the_o second_o at_o sis_n in_o armenia_n minor_fw-la the_o three_o at_o canshahar_n and_o the_o four_o at_o achtamar_n for_o those_o armenian_a patriarch_n which_o remain_v at_o constantinople_n be_v only_o titular_a make_v to_o please_v the_o turk_n as_o for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o armenian_a church_n they_o allow_v and_o accept_v of_o the_o article_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a they_o also_o make_v use_n of_o the_o apostle_n creed_n notwithstanding_o they_o have_v make_v a_o creed_n or_o confession_n of_o faith_n of_o their_o own_o which_o be_v as_o follow_v i_o confess_v that_o i_o believe_v with_o all_o my_o heart_n in_o god_n the_o father_n uncreated_a and_o not_o beget_v and_o that_o god_n the_o father_n god_n the_o son_n and_o god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v from_o all_o eternity_n the_o son_n beget_v of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n proceed_v only_o from_o the_o father_n i_o believe_v in_o god_n the_o son_n increated_a and_o beget_v from_o eternity_n the_o father_n be_v eternal_a the_o son_n be_v eternal_a and_o equal_a to_o the_o father_n whatsoever_o the_o father_n contain_v the_o son_n contain_v i_o believe_v in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v from_o eternity_n not_o beget_v of_o the_o father_n but_o proceed_v three_o person_n but_o one_o god_n such_o as_o the_o son_n be_v to_o the_o deity_n such_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n i_o believe_v in_o the_o holy_a trinity_n not_o three_o god_n but_o one_o god_n one_o in_o will_n in_o government_n and_o in_o judgement_n creator_n both_o of_o visible_a and_o invisible_a i_o believe_v in_o the_o holy_a church_n in_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o communion_n of_o saint_n i_o believe_v that_o of_o those_o three_o person_n one_o be_v beget_v of_o the_o father_n before_o all_o eternity_n but_o descend_v in_o time_n from_o heaven_n unto_o mary_n of_o who_o he_o take_v blood_n and_o be_v form_v in_o her_o womb_n where_o the_o deity_n be_v mix_v with_o the_o humanity_n without_o spot_n or_o blemish_n he_o patient_o remain_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o mary_n nine_o month_n and_o be_v afterward_o bear_v as_o man_n with_o soul_n intellect_n judgement_n and_o body_n have_v but_o one_o body_n and_o one_o countenance_n and_o of_o this_o mixture_n or_o union_n result_v one_o composition_n of_o person_n god_n be_v make_v man_n without_o any_o change_n in_o himself_o bear_v without_o humane_a generation_n his_o mother_n remain_v still_o a_o virgin_n and_o as_o none_o know_v his_o eternity_n so_o none_o can_v conceive_v his_o be_v or_o essence_n for_o as_o he_o be_v jesus_n christ_n from_o all_o eternity_n so_o he_o be_v to_o day_n and_o shall_v be_v for_o ever_o i_o believe_v in_o jesus_n christ_n who_o converse_v in_o this_o world_n and_o after_o thirty_o year_n be_v baptize_v according_a to_o his_o own_o good_a will_n and_o pleasure_n his_o father_n bear_v witness_n of_o he_o and_o say_v this_o be_v my_o belove_a son_n in_o who_o i_o be_o well_o please_v and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o form_n of_o a_o dove_n descend_v upon_o he_o he_o be_v tempt_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o overcome_v be_v preach_v to_o the_o gentile_n be_v trouble_v in_o his_o body_n be_v weary_v endure_v hunger_n and_o thirst_n be_v crucify_v with_o his_o own_o will_n die_v corporal_o and_o yet_o be_v alive_a as_o god_n be_v bury_v and_o his_o deity_n be_v mix_v with_o he_o in_o the_o grave_a his_o soul_n descend_v into_o hell_n and_o be_v always_o accompany_v with_o his_o deity_n he_o preach_v to_o the_o soul_n in_o hell_n who_o after_o he_o have_v release_v he_o arise_v again_o the_o three_o day_n and_o appear_v to_o his_o apostle_n i_o believe_v that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n do_v with_o his_o body_n ascend_v into_o heaven_n and_o sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n and_o that_o with_o the_o same_o body_n by_o the_o determination_n of_o his_o father_n he_o shall_v come_v to_o judge_v both_o the_o quick_a and_o the_o dead_a and_o that_o all_o shall_v rise_v again_o such_o as_o have_v do_v good_a shall_v go_v into_o life_n eternal_a and_o such_o as_o have_v do_v evil_a into_o everlasting_a fire_n this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o armenian_a faith_n which_o they_o teach_v their_o young_a child_n and_o scholar_n also_o be_v repeat_v by_o they_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o our_o apostle_n creed_n be_v in_o our_o divine_a service_n but_o he_o that_o will_v read_v more_o of_o their_o fast_n feast_n ceremony_n penance_n etc._n etc._n let_v he_o peruse_v that_o late_a excellent_a treatise_n call_v the_o present_a state_n of_o the_o armenian_a church_n write_v by_o the_o ingenious_a mr._n paul_n ricaut_n who_o converse_v sometime_o among_o they_o 7_o arabia_n be_v call_v by_o the_o hebrew_n arab_n wherefore_o some_o derive_v the_o name_n arabia_n from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arabah_n which_o signify_v a_o desert_n for_o that_o arabia_n be_v full_a of_o desert_n other_o ascribe_v the_o name_n to_o arabus_n the_o son_n of_o apollo_n and_o babylonia_n some_o will_v have_v it_o that_o homer_n call_v the_o arabian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n nigros_fw-la but_o of_o this_o see_v strabo_n and_o magnum_n etymologicum_n arabia_n be_v a_o very_a large_a country_n of_o asia_n lie_v between_o two_o bay_n or_o gulf_n of_o the_o sea_n the_o persian_a on_o the_o east_n and_o that_o which_o from_o hence_o be_v call_v the_o arabian_a on_o the_o west_n on_o the_o south_n be_v the_o ocean_n and_o on_o the_o north_n be_v syria_n and_o euphrates_n it_o confine_n on_o judaea_n on_o the_o one_o hand_n and_o egypt_n on_o the_o other_o now_o arabia_n be_v common_o divide_v into_o three_o part_n petraea_n deserta_fw-la and_o faelix_fw-la and_o the_o forge_a berosus_n of_o annius_n tell_v that_o janus_n pater_n send_v one_o sabus_n into_o arabia_n faelix_fw-la arabus_n into_o arabia_n deserta_fw-la and_o petreius_n into_o petraea_n all_o nephew_n of_o cham_n or_o rather_o son_n of_o annius_n his_o brain_n arabia_n faelix_fw-la call_v at_o this_o day_n by_o some_o aimon_n but_o by_o the_o turk_n gemen_n or_o giamen_n comprehend_v the_o southerly_a part_n of_o arabia_n and_o receive_v the_o epithet_n faelix_fw-la from_o its_o fertility_n arabia_n petraea_n call_v by_o pliny_n and_o strabo_n nabathae_fw-la but_o now_o at_o this_o day_n barraah_o or_o bengaucal_n receive_v the_o name_n of_o petraea_n as_o say_v arrias_n mont._n from_o petra_n the_o seat_n royal_a afterward_o call_v arach_n of_o aretas_n the_o arabian_a king_n last_o arabia_n deserta_fw-la now_o know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o beriara_n be_v so_o call_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o place_n be_v in_o great_a part_n without_o inhabitant_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o barrenness_n of_o the_o soil_n as_o be_v also_o great_a part_n of_o that_o which_o be_v call_v petraea_n of_o this_o read_n at_o large_a in_o purchas_n his_o pilgrimage_n lib._n 3._o ch_n 1._o this_o country_n be_v famous_a for_o rich_a odoriferous_a spice_n and_o unguent_n arabia_n odorum_fw-la fertilitate_fw-la nobilis_fw-la regio_fw-la say_v curtius_n lib._n 5._o likewise_o all_o the_o ancient_a poet_n express_v the_o same_o 8_o barbarous_a nation_n that_o be_v unsubdued_a by_o the_o roman_n for_o the_o roman_n profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o only_a master_n of_o humanity_n do_v as_o we_o may_v find_v by_o their_o historian_n esteem_v all_o
the_o fatal_a hour_n again_o if_o i_o know_v i_o shall_v die_v at_o such_o a_o relation_n house_n this_o may_v terrify_v i_o from_o visit_v he_o for_o fear_v of_o make_v his_o habitation_n my_o sepulchre_n so_o that_o the_o all_o wise_a disposer_n of_o all_o thing_n who_o do_v nothing_o in_o vain_a have_v for_o the_o good_a of_o mankind_n conceal_v this_o prescience_n from_o we_o 3_o eretrians_n be_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o eretria_n which_o be_v a_o famous_a city_n of_o euboea_n they_o be_v say_v to_o take_v their_o name_n from_o eretrius_fw-la the_o son_n of_o phaeton_n herodotus_n lib._n 6._o speak_v of_o these_o eretrian_o say_v that_o datys_n and_o artaphernes_n be_v arrive_v in_o asia_n take_v these_o eretrian_o prisoner_n and_o send_v they_o away_o captive_a to_o susa_n for_o that_o they_o have_v exasperate_v darius_n in_o make_v war_n upon_o he_o without_o any_o provocation_n where_o be_v present_v before_o darius_n he_o plant_v they_o at_o anderica_fw-la in_o cissia_n about_o 210_o furlong_n distant_a from_o susa._n 4_o by_o darius_n this_o darius_n be_v the_o son_n of_o hystaspes_n who_o get_v the_o crown_n of_o persia_n by_o the_o neigh_v of_o his_o horse_n at_o sunrising_n for_o his_o groom_n oebares_n have_v the_o night_n before_o let_v his_o horse_n cover_v a_o mare_n at_o that_o place_n the_o horse_n be_v no_o soon_o bring_v thither_o the_o next_o morning_n but_o he_o immediate_o fall_v a_o neigh_v in_o remembrance_n of_o his_o past_a pleasure_n and_o by_o that_o mean_v win_v his_o master_n the_o crown_n after_o the_o death_n of_o cambyses_n he_o marry_v atossa_n the_o daughter_n of_o cyrus_n for_o the_o strengthen_n of_o his_o title_n he_o recover_v rebellious_a babylon_n by_o a_o stratagem_n of_o zopyrus_n one_o of_o his_o nobleman_n who_o cut_v off_o his_o own_o lip_n and_o nose_n and_o miserable_o disfigure_v himself_o get_v in_o with_o the_o babylonian_n to_o be_v their_o leader_n against_o the_o tyrant_n his_o master_n who_o as_o he_o pretend_v have_v so_o martyr_v he_o which_o do_v he_o betray_v to_o his_o master_n darius_n after_o this_o he_o march_v against_o the_o scythian_n who_o in_o derision_n present_v he_o with_o a_o bird_n a_o frog_n a_o mouse_n and_o five_o arrow_n which_o by_o hieroglyphical_a interpretation_n signify_v that_o if_o the_o persian_n do_v not_o speedy_o depart_v from_o they_o fly_v as_o bird_n in_o the_o air_n or_o duck_v themselves_o as_o frog_n in_o a_o marsh_n or_o creep_v as_o mouse_n into_o holes_n than_o they_o shall_v have_v their_o arrow_n in_o their_o side_n to_o send_v they_o pack_v which_o be_v soon_o do_v with_o shame_n upon_o his_o be_v defeat_v by_o the_o scythian_n the_o greek_n rebel_v against_o he_o and_o be_v subdue_v which_o encourage_v he_o to_o think_v of_o conquer_a all_n greece_n and_o thereupon_o march_v with_o 600000_o man_n against_o it_o he_o be_v shameful_o overthrow_v by_o miltiades_n the_o athenian_a who_o bring_v but_o 10000_o against_o he_o in_o the_o field_n of_o marathon_n and_o register_v as_o plutarch_n say_v by_o almost_o 300_o historian_n in_o this_o fight_n themistocles_n the_o athenian_a give_v sufficient_a proof_n of_o his_o valour_n wherein_o also_o one_o cyneris_n a_o common_a soldier_n be_v so_o fierce_a that_o when_o both_o his_o hand_n be_v cut_v off_o he_o fasten_v his_o tooth_n upon_o a_o fly_a ship_n of_o the_o persian_n as_o if_o he_o mean_v to_o stay_v it_o afterward_o darius_n think_v to_o repair_v this_o ignominious_a loss_n the_o rebellion_n of_o the_o aethiopian_n and_o quarrel_n between_o his_o son_n for_o the_o succession_n bring_v he_o to_o his_o end_n for_o artabazanes_n his_o elder_a son_n claim_v it_o as_o heir_n but_o in_o regard_n he_o be_v bear_v whilst_o his_o father_n be_v but_o a_o subject_a the_o young_a son_n xerxes_n carry_v away_o the_o crown_n he_o be_v grandchild_n to_o cyrus_n by_o atossa_n of_o this_o prince_n you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o herodotus_n lib._n 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o also_o in_o justin_n lib._n 1_o 2._o in_o valerius_n maximus_n aelian_a and_o other_o he_o begin_v his_o reign_n an._n mund._o 3431._o 5_o euboea_n a_o isle_n in_o the_o aegean_a sea_n on_o the_o side_n of_o europe_n over_o against_o chios_n it_o be_v sever_v from_o achaia_n by_o a_o little_a euripus_n by_o the_o ancient_n it_o be_v sometime_o call_v macra_n macris_n chalcis_n chalcodontis_n aesopis_fw-la oche_n ellopia_n and_o by_o homer_n abantis_n and_o the_o inhabitant_n abantes_n it_o be_v now_o call_v negropontâ—_n or_o egriponte_n and_o by_o the_o turk_n who_o win_v it_o from_o the_o venetian_n an._n chr._n 1470._o egribos_fw-mi and_o eunya_n 6_o clazâ—menian_a sophist_n so_o call_v from_o clazomenae_n a_o city_n of_o jonia_n in_o asia_n build_v by_o paralus_n it_o be_v afterward_o call_v gryna_n it_o lie_v near_o smyrna_n this_o clazomenae_n be_v the_o country_n of_o anaxagoras_n it_o border_n upon_o colophon_n 7_o sophist_n a_o sophism_n be_v a_o cunning_a evade_n argument_n or_o oration_n in_o logic_n it_o be_v when_o the_o form_n of_o a_o syllogism_n be_v not_o legal_o frame_v or_o false_a matter_n introduce_v under_o colour_n of_o truth_n whence_o a_o sophist_n be_v in_o plain_a english_a but_o a_o subtle_a caviller_n in_o word_n thus_o we_o read_v that_o protagoras_n the_o disciple_n of_o zeno_n as_o also_o of_o democritus_n want_v solidity_n endeavour_v to_o be_v subtle_a and_o come_v short_a of_o a_o philosopher_n set_v up_o for_o a_o sophist_n 8_o nomades_n be_v a_o certain_a people_n of_o scythia_n europaea_n say_v to_o be_v descend_v from_o those_o that_o follow_v hercules_n in_o his_o expedition_n into_o spain_n sallust_n they_o be_v call_v nomades_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v à _fw-la pascendo_fw-la in_o that_o they_o spend_v their_o time_n chief_o in_o feed_v cattle_n and_o lie_v among_o they_o dionys._n vers_fw-la 186._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n also_o virgil_n mention_n the_o same_o aen._n lib._n 4._o &_o 8._o they_o be_v also_o think_v to_o be_v people_n nigh_o polonia_n and_o russia_n as_o likewise_o of_o numidia_n in_o africa_n otherwise_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o numida_n also_o people_n of_o asia_n by_o the_o caspian_a sea_n now_o call_v daae_n and_o parni_n 9_o caphareus_n a_o high_a mountain_n of_o euboea_n towards_o hellespont_n by_o which_o place_n the_o greek_n navy_n be_v sore_o afflict_v for_o the_o death_n of_o palamedes_n son_n of_o nauplius_n king_n of_o that_o place_n who_o be_v slay_v by_o ulysses_n homer_n ody_n 4.11_o and_o ovid_n met._n lib._n 14._o represent_v to_o we_o a_o famous_a shipwreck_n which_o the_o grecian_a navy_n suffer_v in_o their_o return_n from_o troy_n euboicae_fw-la caute_fw-la ultorque_fw-la caphareus_n virg._n aen._n 11._o 10_o forum_n so_o call_v by_o the_o roman_n be_v a_o marketplace_n or_o common_a hall_n wherein_o they_o keep_v their_o court_n of_o judicature_n 11_o xerxes_n this_o xerxes_n be_v the_o son_n of_o darius_n hystaspes_n who_o in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o the_o three_o olympiad_n succeed_v his_o father_n to_o the_o crown_n and_o be_v the_o 4_o the_o king_n of_o the_o empire_n draw_v his_o title_n thereunto_o from_o cyrus_n his_o grandfather_n by_o the_o side_n of_o his_o mother_n atossa_n now_o his_o father_n darius_n have_v at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o death_n prepare_v all_o thing_n in_o readiness_n for_o a_o war_n with_o the_o egyptian_n his_o son_n xerxes_n have_v nothing_o leave_v to_o do_v but_o to_o begin_v his_o march_n wherefore_o his_o first_o expedition_n be_v against_o the_o rebellious_a egyptian_n who_o have_v revolt_v from_o his_o father_n wherein_o prove_v successful_a he_o return_v and_o make_v that_o great_a feast_n mention_v in_o the_o book_n of_o esther_n who_o become_v his_o queen_n in_o place_n of_o vasthi_fw-la his_o second_o undertake_n be_v to_o revenge_v his_o father_n quarrel_n upon_o greece_n against_o which_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v lead_v the_o most_o numerous_a army_n that_o ever_o be_v yet_o hear_v of_o consist_v as_o herodotus_n write_v of_o 1700000_o foot_n and_o 80000_o horse_n beside_o camel_n and_o chariot_n diodorus_n write_v of_o 800000_o foot_n trogus_n justin_n and_o orosius_n mention_v 1000000_o in_o all_o also_o 1207_o ship_n of_o war_n all_o which_o numerous_a army_n be_v entertain_v by_o one_o pythius_n at_o sardis_n who_o beside_o present_v xerxes_n himself_o with_o 2000_o talent_n in_o silver_n and_o in_o gold_n four_o million_o now_o have_v from_o sardis_n send_v into_o greece_n to_o demand_v earth_n and_o water_n in_o token_n of_o subjection_n he_o afterward_o march_v from_o thence_o with_o his_o force_n make_v mount_n athos_n a_o island_n for_o the_o convenient_a passage_n of_o his_o fleet_n also_o pass_v his_o army_n over_o the_o hellespont_n by_o a_o bridge_n of_o boat_n which_o bridge_n happen_v one_o time_n to_o be_v break_v by_o
lib._n 3._o ch_n 4._o herodotus_n pliny_n solinus_n and_o our_o philostratus_n say_v that_o these_o wall_n of_o babylon_n be_v 480_o furlong_n in_o compass_n be_v situate_a in_o a_o large_a foursquare_a plain_n environ_v with_o a_o broad_a and_o deep_a ditch_n full_a of_o water_n strabo_n say_v the_o compass_n of_o the_o wall_n be_v 380_o furlong_n and_o curtius_n will_v have_v it_o but_o 358._o whereof_o only_o 90_o furlong_n inhabit_v and_o the_o rest_n allot_v to_o husbandry_n again_o concern_v the_o thickness_n and_o height_n of_o the_o wall_n they_o also_o disagree_v the_o first_o author_n affirm_v the_o height_n 200_o cubit_n and_o the_o thickness_n 50._o and_o they_o which_o say_v least_o cut_v off_o but_o half_a that_o sum_n so_o that_o well_o may_v aristotle_n esteem_v it_o rather_o a_o country_n than_o a_o city_n be_v of_o such_o greatness_n that_o some_o part_n of_o it_o be_v take_v three_o day_n by_o the_o enemy_n before_o the_o other_o hear_v of_o it_o lyranus_fw-la out_o of_o jerom_n upon_o isaiah_n affirm_v that_o the_o four-squares_a thereof_o contain_v 16_o mile_n apiece_o wherein_o every_o man_n have_v his_o vineyard_n and_o garden_n to_o his_o degree_n wherewith_o to_o maintain_v his_o family_n in_o time_n of_o siege_n the_o fortress_n or_o principal_a tower_n belong_v to_o this_o wall_n be_v say_v he_o that_o which_o have_v be_v build_v by_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n and_o not_o without_o cause_n be_v it_o reckon_v among_o the_o wonder_n of_o the_o world_n it_o have_v a_o 100_o brazen_a gate_n and_o 250_o tower_n this_o bridge_n which_o philostratus_n mention_n be_v 5_o furlong_n in_o length_n the_o wall_n be_v make_v of_o brick_n and_o asphaltum_fw-la a_o shiny_a kind_n of_o pitch_n which_o that_o country_n yield_v she_o build_v two_o palace_n which_o may_v serve_v both_o for_o ornament_n and_o defence_n one_o in_o the_o west_n which_o environ_v 60_o furlong_n with_o high_a brick_n wall_n within_o that_o a_o less_o and_o within_o that_o also_o a_o less_o circuit_n which_o contain_v the_o tower_n these_o be_v wrought_v sumptuous_o with_o image_n of_o beast_n wherein_o also_o be_v the_o game_n and_o hunt_n of_o beast_n display_v this_o have_v three_o gate_n the_o other_o in_o the_o east_n on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o river_n contain_v but_o 30_o furlong_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o city_n she_o erect_v a_o temple_n to_o jupiter_n belus_n say_v herodot_n lib._n 2._o with_o brazen_a gate_n and_o foursquare_a which_o be_v in_o his_o time_n remain_v each_o square_a contain_v two_o furlong_n in_o the_o midst_n whereof_o be_v a_o solid_a tower_n of_o the_o height_n and_o thickness_n of_o a_o furlong_n upon_o this_o another_o and_o so_o one_o high_a than_o another_o eight_o in_o number_n in_o the_o high_a tower_n be_v a_o chapel_n and_o therein_o a_o fair_a bed_n cover_v and_o a_o table_n of_o gold_n without_o any_o image_n neither_o as_o the_o chaldaean_a priest_n affirm_v do_v any_o abide_v here_o in_o the_o night_n but_o one_o woman_n who_o this_o god_n belus_n shall_v appoint_v and_o she_o i_o presume_v a_o very_a handsome_a one_o because_o his_o priest_n have_v the_o custody_n of_o she_o some_o say_v the_o god_n himself_o use_v to_o lie_v there_o which_o report_n i_o conceive_v be_v give_v out_o only_o to_o make_v way_n for_o such_o another_o story_n as_o be_v that_o of_o paulina_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o isis_n record_v by_o josephus_n and_o which_o i_o shall_v mention_v hereafter_o at_o large_a where_o if_o she_o be_v modest_a they_o lay_v with_o she_o in_o the_o dark_a and_o heighten_v her_o fancy_n with_o the_o conceit_n that_o it_o be_v god_n belus_n himself_o have_v get_v her_o maidenhead_n and_o if_o she_o happen_v to_o conceive_v her_o spurious_a issue_n be_v honour_v with_o the_o title_n of_o a_o young_a jupiter_n but_o to_o proceed_v diodorus_n affirm_v that_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o exceed_a height_n of_o this_o temple_n the_o chaldaean_n use_v thereon_o to_o make_v their_o observation_n of_o the_o star_n he_o also_o add_v that_o semiramis_n place_v on_o the_o top_n thereof_o three_o golden_a statue_n one_o of_o jupiter_n 40_o foot_n long_o weigh_v a_o 1000_o babylonian_a talent_n till_o his_o time_n remain_v another_o of_o ops_n weigh_v as_o much_o sit_v in_o a_o golden_a throne_n with_o two_o lion_n at_o her_o foot_n and_o just_a by_o her_o side_n many_o huge_a serpent_n of_o silver_n each_o of_o 30_o talent_n the_o three_o image_n be_v of_o juno_n stand_v in_o weight_n 800_o talent_n her_o right_a hand_n hold_v the_o head_n of_o a_o serpent_n and_o she_o leave_v a_o sceptre_n of_o stone_n to_o all_o these_o be_v in_o common_a one_o table_n of_o gold_n 40_o foot_n long_o in_o breadth_n 12._o in_o weight_n 50_o talent_n also_o two_o standing_z cup_n of_o 30_o talent_n and_o two_o vessel_n for_o perfume_n of_o like_a value_n likewise_o three_z other_o vessel_n of_o gold_n whereof_o one_o dedicate_v to_o jupiter_n weigh_v 1200_o babylonian_a talent_n all_o which_o riches_n the_o persian_a king_n take_v away_o when_o they_o conquer_v babylon_n of_o this_o see_v more_o in_o herodot_n lib._n 2._o pliny_n lib._n 6._o ch_n 26._o solin_n ch_n 60._o diodor_n sic._n lib._n 3._o ch_n 4._o strab._n lib._n 16._o quint._n curtius_n lib._n 5._o aristot._n polit._n lib._n 3._o ch_n 2._o daniel_n 4._o 2_o a_o woman_n of_o the_o median_a race_n who_o this_o woman_n be_v be_v already_o expound_v by_o herodotus_n when_o speak_v of_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n he_o say_v there_o be_v many_o king_n who_o contribute_v to_o the_o adorn_v of_o babylon_n both_o in_o its_o wall_n and_o temple_n and_o among_o they_o two_o eminent_a woman_n whereof_o the_o first_o be_v call_v semiramis_n who_o reign_v five_o age_n before_o nitocris_n the_o other_o and_o from_o a_o level_n raise_v a_o most_o magnificent_a and_o stupendous_a wall_n which_o encompass_v the_o city_n round_o do_v very_o much_o preserve_v it_o from_o those_o frequent_a inundation_n of_o water_n wherewith_o it_o be_v before_o infest_a herod_n lib._n 1._o likewise_o ovid_n confirm_v the_o same_o say_v coctilibus_fw-la muris_fw-la cinxisse_fw-la semiramis_n urbem_fw-la concern_v the_o original_a of_o semiramis_n historian_n vary_v reineccius_n in_o his_o syntagmate_n herâ—ico_n p._n 47_o will_v have_v she_o to_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o sem._n but_o diodorus_n siculus_n write_v that_o she_o be_v bear_v at_o ascalon_n a_o town_n in_o syria_n and_o present_v we_o lib._n 3._o ch_n 2._o with_o this_o fable_n of_o her_o original_a there_o be_v say_v he_o in_o syria_n a_o city_n name_v ascalon_n and_o not_o far_o from_o it_o run_v a_o lake_n well_o store_v with_o fish_n near_o unto_o which_o stand_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o goddess_n derceto_o who_o have_v the_o face_n of_o a_o woman_n be_v all_o over_o her_o body_n like_o a_o fish_n the_o occasion_n whereof_o be_v by_o the_o inhabitant_n fabulous_o relate_v to_o be_v thus_o viz._n that_o venus_n meet_v one_o day_n with_o this_o goddess_n derceto_o make_v she_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o a_o beautiful_a young_a man_n that_o sacrifice_v unto_o she_o who_o beget_v on_o she_o a_o daughter_n but_o the_o goddess_n ashamed_a of_o her_o misfortune_n banish_v the_o father_n from_o her_o sight_n and_o expose_v the_o child_n in_o a_o desert_a place_n full_a of_o rock_n and_o bird_n of_o who_o by_o divine_a providence_n the_o child_n be_v nourish_v yet_o however_o the_o mother_n be_v conscious_a to_o herself_o of_o what_o she_o have_v do_v go_v and_o drown_v herself_o in_o the_o lake_n where_o she_o be_v metamorphose_v into_o a_o fish_n for_o which_o very_a reason_n the_o assyrian_n have_v say_v diodorus_n even_o to_o our_o time_n abstain_v from_o eat_v those_o kind_n of_o fish_n adore_v they_o as_o go_n furthermore_o they_o tell_v another_o miraculous_a narration_n viz._n that_o the_o bird_n sustain_v the_o child_n on_o their_o wing_n feed_v she_o with_o curd_n which_o they_o steal_v from_o the_o shepherd_n adjoin_v cottage_n and_o that_o when_o the_o child_n be_v a_o year_n old_a in_o regard_n that_o she_o then_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o more_o substantial_a meat_n they_o nourish_v she_o with_o cheese_n take_v from_o the_o same_o cottage_n which_o the_o shepherd_n have_v discover_v by_o the_o continual_a peck_v of_o their_o cheese_n they_o soon_o find_v out_o the_o child_n which_o they_o have_v educate_v among_o they_o and_o afterward_o for_o her_o excellent_a beauty_n present_v she_o to_o simma_n the_o king_n be_v superintendent_n over_o the_o shepherd_n of_o that_o province_n who_o have_v no_o child_n of_o his_o own_o with_o great_a care_n educate_v she_o as_o his_o own_o daughter_n call_v her_o semiramis_n after_o the_o name_n of_o those_o bird_n which_o have_v feed_v she_o and_o which_o in_o the_o syrian_a tongue_n be_v so_o call_v and_o be_v from_o that_o time_n
own_o physician_n write_v that_o it_o be_v give_v he_o by_o a_o caunian_a of_o mean_a condition_n now_o cyrus_n be_v thus_o slay_v artaxerxes_n command_v his_o head_n and_o his_o right_a hand_n to_o be_v cut_v off_o after_o which_o march_v to_o plunder_v his_o camp_n he_o there_o seize_v on_o his_o brother_n phocian_n concubine_n aspasâ—a_n and_o take_v she_o for_o his_o own_o as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v after_o this_o the_o king_n beginning_z his_o march_z homeward_o and_o parysatis_n the_o queen-mother_n be_v inform_v of_o her_o belove_a son_n cyrus_n death_n mediâ—ated_v upon_o nothing_o else_o but_o how_o to_o be_v revenge_v on_o those_o that_o be_v the_o chief_a instrument_n of_o it_o wherefore_o the_o caunian_a and_o one_o mithridates_n be_v both_o condemn_a to_o die_v each_o of_o they_o for_o brag_v that_o they_o have_v kill_v cyrus_n with_o their_o own_o hand_n because_o thereby_o they_o rob_v the_o king_n of_o that_o honour_n which_o he_o pretend_v unto_o himself_o parysatis_n beg_v to_o have_v the_o torture_n of_o they_o which_o artaxerxes_n grant_v she_o she_o perform_v with_o such_o feminine_a cruelty_n that_o they_o be_v 17_o day_n in_o die_v the_o next_o tragedy_n she_o act_v be_v upon_o megate_n the_o eunuch_n who_o have_v win_v of_o artaxerxes_n at_o dice_n she_o cause_v to_o be_v flay_v alive_a for_o that_o he_o be_v the_o person_n who_o cut_v off_o the_o head_n and_o hand_n of_o her_o son_n cyrus_n afterward_o her_o revenge_n fasten_v upon_o the_o queen_n statira_n with_o who_o although_o she_o carry_v it_o fair_a outward_o yet_o she_o hate_v mortal_o partly_o by_o reason_n of_o her_o former_a enmity_n to_o cyrus_n partly_o for_o her_o great_a interest_n with_o the_o king_n her_o husband_n and_o partly_o upon_o the_o account_n that_o she_o have_v put_v to_o death_n many_o of_o those_o who_o by_o parysatis_n mean_n have_v former_o murder_v her_o brother_n terituchmes_n and_o her_o other_o relation_n wherefore_o be_v at_o supper_n together_o parysatis_n cut_v a_o bird_n in_o the_o middle_n with_o a_o knife_n that_o be_v poison_v on_o one_o side_n give_v that_o part_n which_o be_v next_o the_o poison_n to_o statira_n who_o see_v parysatis_n herself_o eat_v of_o the_o same_o bird_n suspect_v nothing_o nevertheless_o statira_n die_v of_o the_o same_o with_o great_a torment_n and_o convulsion_n some_o time_n before_o she_o die_v she_o begin_v to_o suspect_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o her_o illness_n and_o acquaint_v the_o king_n with_o it_o who_o know_v the_o implacable_a malice_n of_o his_o mother_n soon_o credit_v it_o and_o thereupon_o torture_v her_o near_a servant_n but_o she_o keep_v one_o gygis_fw-la a_o wait_a woman_n who_o have_v be_v accessary_a to_o the_o fact_n and_o will_v not_o deliver_v she_o up_o to_o he_o till_o at_o length_n have_v notice_n that_o she_o design_v to_o escape_v by_o night_n he_o surprise_v and_o condemn_v she_o to_o have_v her_o head_n bruise_v to_o piece_n between_o two_o stone_n which_o be_v the_o persian_a law_n for_o poisoner_n as_o for_o his_o mother_n parysatis_n he_o hurt_v she_o not_o in_o the_o least_o either_o in_o word_n or_o deed_n but_o she_o desire_v to_o go_v to_o babylon_n he_o send_v she_o only_o with_o this_o farewell_n that_o then_o he_o will_v not_o see_v that_o city_n so_o long_o as_o she_o live_v and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o domestic_a affair_n of_o artaxerxes_n plut._n in_o artax_n xenoph._n exp_v cyri_n lib._n 6._o lib._n 7._o artaxerxes_n after_o the_o overthrow_n of_o cyrus_n send_v down_o tissaphernes_n and_o not_o pharnabazus_n as_o diodorus_n write_v to_o the_o seacoast_n to_o recover_v they_o again_o into_o his_o power_n which_o belong_v to_o he_o both_o by_o inheritance_n from_o his_o father_n and_o by_o conquest_n from_o his_o brother_n all_o which_o ready_o submit_v to_o his_o summons_n soon_o after_o the_o greek_a city_n under_o thymbro_n their_o captain-general_n declare_v against_o the_o king_n and_o from_o a_o small_a power_n grow_v very_o considerable_a and_o successful_a chief_o from_o a_o emulation_n and_o dissension_n between_o the_o two_o persian_a general_n tissaphernes_n and_o pharnabazus_n which_o produce_v frequent_a miscarriage_n abroad_o and_o accusation_n at_o home_n one_o of_o another_o to_o the_o king_n till_o at_o last_o agesilaus_n obtain_v a_o considerable_a victory_n over_o the_o persian_n near_o the_o river_n pactolus_n for_o want_v of_o their_o foot_n which_o be_v occasion_v by_o tissaphernes_n absence_n they_o accuse_v he_o to_o the_o king_n of_o treachery_n which_o accusation_n be_v vigorous_o prosecute_v by_o parysatis_n who_o bear_v he_o a_o mortal_a grudge_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o her_o son_n cyrus_n artaxerxes_n make_v tithraustes_n general_n in_o his_o stead_n with_o a_o particular_a commission_n to_o put_v to_o death_n tissaphernes_n which_o according_o be_v do_v for_o ariaeus_n allure_a he_o to_o colossus_n in_o phrygia_n under_o pretence_n of_o a_o new_a commission_n for_o he_o do_v there_o seize_v tissaphernes_n in_o the_o bath_n and_o send_v he_o prisoner_n to_o tithraustes_n who_o forthwith_o cut_v off_o his_o head_n and_o send_v it_o to_o the_o king_n also_o the_o king_n send_v it_o as_o a_o present_a to_o his_o mother_n parysatis_n who_o great_o rejoice_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o this_o read_v more_o in_o plutarch_n xenophon_n diodorus_n and_o pausanias_n now_o concern_v this_o king_n reign_n historian_n vary_v plutarch_n make_v his_o rule_n to_o be_v 62_o year_n other_o say_v 55_o year_n other_o 49._o and_o other_o 43._o or_o 44._o but_o the_o most_o credible_a opinion_n be_v that_o of_o beda_n in_o his_o six_o age_n of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o eusebius_n in_o his_o chronicle_n who_o say_v that_o artaxerxes_n for_o grief_n of_o his_o son_n wickedness_n die_v in_o the_o 43_o d._n year_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 3610._o ante_fw-la christi_fw-la nativit_fw-la 361._o 4_o artaxerxes_n the_o son_n of_o xerxes_n who_o surname_n be_v longimanus_fw-la so_o call_v à _fw-la longitudine_fw-la manus_fw-la for_o that_o as_o strabo_n tell_v we_o lib._n 15._o his_o hand_n and_o arm_n be_v so_o long_o that_o stand_v straight_o and_o upright_o with_o his_o body_n his_o hand_n reach_v down_o below_o his_o knee_n but_o plutarch_n vita_fw-la artaxerx_n say_v that_o he_o have_v one_o hand_n long_o than_o the_o other_o except_v which_o blemish_n he_o be_v the_o most_o beautiful_a man_n of_o his_o time_n xerxes_n the_o father_n of_o this_o prince_n be_v murder_v by_o his_o uncle_n artabanus_n leave_v behind_o he_o three_o son_n viz._n darius_n hystaspes_n and_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la at_o the_o time_n of_o xerxes_n death_n the_o elder_a and_o the_o young_a be_v resident_a in_o his_o court_n but_o hystaspes_n be_v absent_a as_o be_v then_o governor_n of_o bactria_n now_o artabanus_n have_v murder_v their_o father_n go_v immediate_o in_o the_o dead_a time_n of_o the_o night_n to_o artaxerxes_n the_o three_o son_n and_o make_v he_o believe_v that_o his_o elder_a brother_n darius_n be_v the_o person_n that_o have_v kill_v his_o father_n out_o of_o a_o ambition_n to_o reign_v himself_o as_o also_o that_o he_o have_v a_o design_n upon_o his_o life_n whereupon_o artabanus_n promise_v he_o the_o assistance_n of_o his_o guard_n if_o he_o will_v kill_v his_o brother_n darius_n artaxerxes_n give_v credit_n to_o all_o that_o he_o have_v say_v do_v forthwith_o put_v darius_n to_o death_n when_o this_o be_v do_v artabanus_n call_v his_o son_n together_o tell_v they_o that_o if_o ever_o they_o think_v to_o obtain_v the_o kingdom_n than_o be_v the_o time_n and_o that_o it_o can_v only_o be_v do_v by_o artaxerxes_n death_n hereupon_o they_o draw_v their_o sword_n with_o a_o design_n to_o kill_v he_o artaxerxes_n receive_v but_o one_o slight_a wound_n defend_v himself_o so_o brave_o that_o he_o slay_v artabanus_n on_o the_o place_n as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o though_o other_o with_o more_o reason_n defer_v the_o time_n of_o artabanus_n death_n to_o who_o also_o seven_o month_n in_o the_o empire_n be_v attribute_v by_o eusebius_n now_o by_o this_o mean_n darius_n be_v slay_v artaxerxes_n come_v to_o the_o empire_n in_o his_o youth_n be_v the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o 78th_o olympiad_n or_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o 79th_o lysitheus_n be_v then_o archon_n at_o athens_n a.m._n 3540._o and_o 463_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ._n those_o author_n who_o write_v that_o artabanus_n survive_v his_o first_o conflict_n say_v also_o that_o he_o make_v a_o second_o attempt_n upon_o artaxerxes_n life_n which_o design_n he_o communicate_v to_o megabyzus_n who_o have_v marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o xerxes_n and_o for_o her_o loose_a life_n be_v fall_v into_o a_o discontent_n which_o artabanus_n do_v as_o think_v nothing_o will_v make_v a_o man_n more_o valiant_a and_o desperate_a than_o a_o ill_a wife_n according_o megabyzus_n
and_o this_o be_v the_o end_n of_o that_o one_o part_n of_o the_o three_o and_o grecian_a monarchy_n call_v macedonia_n a._n m._n 3803._o ii_o the_o king_n of_o asia_n minor_n be_v 1._o antigonus_n philip_n of_o macedon_n natural_a son_n 2._o demetrius_n poliorcetes_n who_o be_v expel_v this_o kingdom_n by_o his_o son-in-law_n seleucus_n nicanor_n after_o which_o this_o asia_n minor_n be_v annex_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o syria_n a._n m._n 3683._o iii_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n be_v 1._o sâ—leucus_n nicanor_n 2._o antiochus_n sâ—ter_n the_o son_n of_o seleucus_n nicanor_n 3._o antiochus_n the_o second_o surname_v theos_n 4._o seleuchus_fw-la â—â—llinichus_fw-la the_o son_n of_o theos_n 5._o seleucus_n ceraunus_n the_o son_n of_o callinicus_n 6._o antiochus_n magnus_n the_o brother_n of_o ceraunus_n 7._o seleucâ—s_n philopater_n or_o soter_n the_o son_n of_o antiochus_n m._n 8._o antiochus_n epiphanes_n the_o brother_n of_o seleucus_n epiphanes_n 9_o antiochus_n eupator_n the_o son_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n â—0_n demetrius_n soter_n 11._o alexander_n bala_n or_o veles_n 12._o demetrius_n nicanor_n the_o son_n of_o demetrius_n soter_n 13._o antiochus_n entheus_fw-la 14._o tryphon_n 15._o antiochus_n sideteâ—_n alias_o soter_n the_o son_n of_o demetrius_n nicanor_n 16._o demetrius_n ii_o nicanor_n redux_fw-la 17._o alexander_n zebenna_n 18._o antiochus_n grypus_n the_o son_n of_o demetrius_n 19_o antiochus_n cyzicenus_n seleucus_n the_o 5_o antiochus_n eusebes_n philippus_n and_o demetrius_n be_v all_o the_o son_n of_o grypus_n who_o be_v at_o variance_n among_o themselves_o become_v a_o prey_n to_o tigranes_n of_o parthia_n 20._o tigranes_n himself_o be_v soon_o after_o subdue_v likewise_o by_o pompey_n and_o syria_n make_v a_o province_n by_o the_o roman_n a._n m._n 3890._o iv._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v 1._o ptolemaeus_n lagus_n philip_n of_o macedon_n natural_a son_n 2._o ptol._n philadelphus_n that_o marry_v his_o own_o sister_n arsinoe_n 3._o ptol._n evargetes_n 4._o ptol._n philopator_n 5._o ptol._n epiphanes_n 6._o ptol._n philometor_n 7._o ptol._n physcon_n 8._o ptol._n lathurus_n or_o lamyrus_n 9_o ptol._n alexander_n 10._o ptol._n lathurus_n recall_v again_o from_o banishment_n 11._o ptol._n auletes_n 12._o ptol._n dionysius_n 13._o cleopatra_n the_o daughter_n of_o ptol._n auletes_n be_v at_o first_o the_o belove_a mistress_n of_o julius_n caesar_n and_o afterward_o of_o mark_n anthony_n who_o overthrow_n at_o actium_n break_v her_o heart_n so_o that_o she_o voluntary_o throw_v away_o her_o own_o life_n with_o the_o bite_n of_o a_o asp_n after_o which_o egypt_n be_v reduce_v into_o a_o roman_a province_n whereby_o the_o three_o monarchy_n do_v total_o expire_v wherefore_o the_o roman_a power_n have_v in_o this_o manner_n swallow_v up_o the_o four_o several_a division_n of_o the_o three_o monarchy_n the_o four_o monarchy_n must_v by_o consequence_n take_v its_o beginning_n at_o rome_n and_o so_o we_o find_v it_o for_o julius_n caesar_n be_v reckon_v to_o be_v the_o first_o founder_n of_o this_o four_o empire_n which_o derive_v its_o name_n of_o roman_a from_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n itself_o plutarch_n speak_v of_o the_o greatness_n of_o this_o empire_n say_v romanum_fw-la imperium_fw-la velut_fw-la anchora_fw-la fuit_fw-la fluctuanti_fw-la mundo_fw-la the_o city_n of_o rome_n be_v call_v the_o head_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o roman_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o universe_n terrarum_fw-la dea_fw-la gentiumque_fw-la roma_fw-la cuâ—_n par_fw-fr est_fw-fr nihil_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la secundum_fw-la mart_n also_o propertius_n omnia_fw-la romanae_fw-la cedant_fw-la miracula_fw-la terrae_fw-la natura_fw-la hic_fw-la posuit_fw-la quicquid_fw-la ubique_fw-la fuit_fw-la again_o ovid_n gentibus_fw-la est_fw-la aliâ—s_fw-la tellus_fw-la datalimite_fw-la certo_fw-la romanae_fw-la spatium_fw-la est_fw-la vrbis_fw-la &_o orbis_fw-la idem_fw-la lib._n 2._o fast._n likewise_o petronius_n arbit_n orbem_fw-la jam_fw-la totum_fw-la victor_n romanus_n habebat_fw-la qua_fw-la mare_fw-la qua_fw-la terre_fw-fr qua_fw-la sidus_fw-la currit_fw-la utrumque_fw-la this_o roman_a empire_n be_v divide_v into_o several_a period_n whereof_o the_o first_o which_o comprehend_v all_o the_o heathen_a emperor_n and_o last_v about_o 355_o year_n be_v reckon_v from_o julius_n caesar_n to_o constantine_n the_o great_a the_o second_o from_o constantine_n the_o great_a to_o justinian_n the_o three_o from_o justinian_n to_o charles_n the_o great_a and_o the_o four_o from_o charles_n the_o great_a down_o to_o our_o present_a time_n therein_o contain_v the_o government_n of_o the_o western_a frank_n but_o for_o as_o much_o as_o philostratus_n live_v long_o before_o any_o of_o these_o late_a period_n so_o that_o i_o can_v have_v no_o occasion_n to_o mention_v any_o part_n of_o their_o history_n i_o shall_v therefore_o at_o this_o time_n descend_v no_o low_a than_o the_o first_o period_n of_o this_o four_o monarchy_n which_o begin_v with_o julius_n caesar_n and_o end_n in_o constantius_n câ—lâ—â—us_n the_o father_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a and_o so_o conclude_v the_o succession_n of_o this_o empire_n be_v thus_o 1._o caius_n julius_n caesar._n 2._o octavianus_n caesar_n augustus_n 3._o cl._n tiberius_n nero._n 4._o cajus_n caligula_n 5._o claudius_n tiberius_n drusus_n 6._o cl._n domitius_n nero._n 7._o sergius_n galba_n 8._o salvius_n otho_n 9_o aulus_n vitellius_n 10._o flavius_z vespasianus_n 11._o titus_n vespasianus_n 12._o fl._n domitianus_n 13._o nerva_n cocceius_n 14._o ulpius_n traianus_n 15._o aelius_n hadrianus_n 16._o antoninus_n pius_n 17._o m._n aur._n antoninus_n philosoph_n 18._o aurelius_n commodus_n 19_o p._n aelius_n pertinax_n 20._o didius_n julianus_n 21._o septimius_n severus_n 22._o antoninus_n bassianus_n caracalla_n 23._o opilius_n macrinus_n 24._o heliogabalus_n 25._o aur._n alex_n and._n severus_n 26._o maximinus_fw-la thrax_fw-la 27._o gordianus_n father_n and_o son_n 28._o pupienus_n and_o balbinus_n 29._o gordianus_n the_o three_o 30._o philippios_n arab_n and_o his_o son_n 31._o decius_n and_o his_o son_n 32._o treâ—onianus_n gallus_n 33._o p._n licinius_n valerianus_n 34._o p_o licinius_n gallienus_n 35._o claâ—dâ—us_n 36._o valerius_n aurâ—lianus_n 37._o m._n claudius_n tacitus_n 38._o m._n aurelius_n probus_n 39_o m._n aurel._n caâ—us_n 40._o valerius_n dioâ—lerianus_n and_o 41._o constantius_n chlorus_n the_o father_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a this_o compendious_a scheme_n of_o history_n be_v what_o i_o some_o year_n since_o compose_v for_o my_o own_o private_a use_n as_o a_o assistant_n to_o my_o bad_a memory_n and_o whereby_o i_o have_v find_v no_o small_a benefit_n in_o my_o read_n ancient_a story_n for_o without_o some_o such_o general_a knowledge_n of_o the_o succession_n as_o well_o of_o empire_n as_o king_n at_o first_o obtain_v a_o man_n will_v find_v himself_o at_o a_o great_a loss_n when_o he_o read_v any_o one_o prince_n life_n which_o general_o relate_v to_o former_a occurrence_n whereof_o he_o be_v ignorant_a as_o also_o not_o so_o well_o able_a to_o digest_v and_o remember_v what_o he_o then_o read_v to_o be_v first_o well_o acquaint_v with_o the_o rise_n progress_n declension_n and_o final_a subversion_n of_o a_o empire_n be_v above_o all_o thing_n the_o great_a help_n to_o he_o that_o shall_v afterward_o read_v the_o life_n of_o its_o several_a prince_n he_o that_o know_v how_o the_o first_o assyrian_a monarchy_n be_v found_v by_o nimrod_n enlarge_v by_o ninus_n and_o semiramis_n divide_v upon_o the_o death_n of_o sardanapalus_n and_o destroy_v by_o cyrus_n may_v afterward_o launch_v with_o pleasure_n and_o confidence_n into_o the_o chronicle_n of_o that_o first_o monarchy_n he_o that_o understand_v how_o cyrus_n by_o the_o defeat_n of_o belsazer_n and_o by_o his_o uncle_n darius_n medus_n death_n possess_v himself_o of_o the_o whole_a assyrian_a and_o babylonian_a monarchy_n and_o translate_n the_o same_o into_o persia_n do_v there_o begin_v the_o second_o monarchy_n how_o cyrus_n family_n extinguish_v in_o his_o son_n cambyses_n darius_n hystaspes_n win_v the_o empire_n by_o his_o horse_n neigh_v and_o how_o it_o continue_v in_o his_o family_n till_o by_o darius_n codomanus_n luxury_n this_o second_o monarchy_n be_v subvert_v and_o translate_v into_o greece_n by_o alexander_n the_o great_a shall_v very_o easy_o acquaint_v himself_o with_o all_o other_o part_n of_o the_o persian_a story_n also_o he_o that_o be_v at_o first_o acquaint_v with_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o three_o grecian_a monarchy_n by_o alexander_n the_o great_a his_o victory_n over_o darius_n with_o the_o division_n of_o the_o same_o by_o his_o death_n into_o four_o several_a kingdom_n and_o how_o each_o of_o those_o four_o kingdom_n be_v afterward_o subdue_v by_o the_o roman_n will_v be_v able_a the_o more_o easy_o to_o inform_v himself_o not_o only_o of_o the_o several_a decay_n and_o final_a ruin_n of_o the_o three_o empire_n but_o likewise_o of_o the_o many_o advances_n which_o the_o roman_n make_v to_o the_o four_o till_o at_o last_o it_o begin_v under_o julius_n caesar_n and_o extend_v its_o first_o period_n to_o constantine_n the_o great_a so_o that_o nothing_o be_v a_o
it_o be_v sometime_o appropriate_v to_o bacchus_n beside_o there_o be_v dionysius_n alexandrinus_n a_o grammarian_n under_o trajan_n dionysius_n milesius_n a_o historian_n that_o write_v the_o transaction_n of_o persia_n after_o darius_n dionysius_n halicarnasseus_n who_o flourish_v in_o the_o time_n of_o augustus_n a_o famous_a historian_n and_o orator_n dionysius_n a_o philosopher_n of_o heraclea_n and_o one_o of_o zeno_n scholar_n who_o be_v torment_v with_o the_o stone_n exclaim_v against_o his_o master_n for_o teach_v that_o pain_n be_v no_o â—vil_n dionysius_n atticus_n of_o pergamus_n the_o disciple_n of_o apollodorus_n and_o a_o great_a familiar_a of_o augustus_n dionysius_n periegetes_n who_o live_v at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o write_v geography_n in_o hexameter_n greek_a verse_n which_o be_v at_o this_o day_n extant_a dionysius_n areopagita_n who_o being_n in_o egypt_n where_o he_o behold_v the_o unnatural_a and_o wonderful_a eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n at_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o saviour_n cry_v out_o aut_fw-la deus_fw-la naturae_fw-la patitur_fw-la aut_fw-la mundi_fw-la machina_fw-la dissolvetur_fw-la either_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n suffer_v or_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o world_n will_v be_v dissolve_v there_o be_v also_o beside_o many_o other_o two_o eminent_a tyrant_n of_o sicily_n whereof_o the_o latter_a who_o be_v banish_v to_o corinth_n be_v the_o person_n apollonius_n here_o cite_v for_o that_o laertius_n as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v tell_v we_o how_o aeschines_n continue_v with_o he_o till_o the_o time_n of_o his_o exile_n now_o this_o dionysius_n the_o young_a have_v hear_v that_o his_o father_n in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o sickness_n be_v contrive_v with_o dion_n how_o to_o impede_fw-la his_o sole_a succession_n conspire_v with_o the_o physician_n to_o get_v he_o poison_v which_o be_v effect_v the_o government_n devolve_v sole_o upon_o he_o at_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n the_o people_n promise_v themselves_o much_o happiness_n under_o he_o for_o he_o recall_v back_o plato_n from_o banishment_n as_o if_o he_o mean_v to_o follow_v his_o advice_n and_o instruction_n but_o in_o a_o short_a time_n fall_v out_o with_o he_o and_o send_v he_o back_o to_o his_o friend_n at_o tarentum_n in_o italy_n plato_n be_v thus_o dismiss_v the_o next_o thing_n dionysius_n do_v be_v the_o strike_v up_o a_o dishonourable_a peace_n with_o the_o carthaginian_n upon_o who_o his_o father_n have_v begin_v a_o war_n which_o his_o son_n sloth_n and_o luxury_n permit_v he_o not_o to_o prosecute_v he_o likewise_o banish_v his_o uncle_n dion_n to_o corinth_n for_o be_v the_o people_n favourite_n which_o occasion_v the_o fall_v out_o betwixt_o plato_n and_o he_o for_o that_o dion_n have_v be_v plato_n disciple_n now_o dion_n remain_v thus_o discontent_v at_o corinth_n raise_v a_o army_n of_o mercenary_n and_o invade_v sicily_n where_o pretend_v he_o come_v to_o vindicate_v the_o ancient_a liberty_n of_o the_o people_n they_o flock_v into_o his_o assistance_n from_o all_o part_n in_o so_o much_o that_o he_o take_v the_o principal_a city_n syracuse_n with_o little_a or_o no_o opposition_n hereupon_o dionysius_n retire_v into_o a_o strong_a castle_n of_o the_o island_n from_o whence_o be_v likewise_o force_v he_o afterward_o flee_v into_o italy_n nevertheless_o the_o citizen_n of_o syracuse_n fall_v into_o distraction_n for_o want_n of_o money_n and_o grow_v weary_a of_o dion_n government_n several_a plot_n be_v lay_v against_o he_o whereof_o one_o through_o the_o treachery_n of_o his_o pretend_a friend_n callicrates_n cost_v he_o his_o life_n now_o after_o dion_n death_n callicrates_n first_o and_o then_o several_a other_o possess_v the_o government_n of_o sicily_n for_o some_o few_o month_n till_o at_o length_n dionysius_n come_v unaware_o upon_o they_o in_o the_o 10_o year_n of_o his_o expulsion_n recover_v again_o syracuse_n and_o the_o whole_a principality_n which_o he_o have_v former_o lose_v now_o as_o the_o restoration_n of_o a_o prince_n may_v be_v esteem_v the_o more_o secure_a when_o the_o people_n have_v so_o late_o taste_v of_o the_o ruin_n of_o a_o civil_a war_n will_v be_v the_o less_o apt_a to_o run_v speedy_o into_o the_o same_o again_o so_o on_o the_o other_o side_n there_o be_v always_o leave_v remain_v some_o of_o the_o old_a leaven_n that_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o set_v thing_n into_o the_o old_a fermentation_n upon_o any_o slight_a occasion_n and_o thus_o it_o fare_v with_o dionysius_n who_o be_v no_o soon_o return_v to_o his_o old_a dominion_n but_o likewise_o begin_v his_o old_a extravagancy_n be_v in_o less_o than_o four_o year_n time_n after_o his_o restoration_n banish_v by_o timoleon_n a_o second_o time_n to_o corinth_n where_o be_v very_o poor_a and_o necessitous_a he_o turn_v pedagogue_n for_o his_o livelihood_n and_o so_o end_v his_o life_n in_o great_a poverty_n and_o disgrace_n be_v the_o 2d_o year_n of_o the_o 109th_o olympiad_n and_o a._n m._n 3661_o plutarch_n vitâ_fw-la dionys._n aelian_a var._n hist._n justin._n it_o be_v say_v of_o this_o dionysius_n that_o a_o old_a woman_n pray_v very_o much_o for_o his_o life_n and_o he_o ask_v she_o why_o she_o do_v so_o her_o answer_n be_v i_o can_v remember_v say_v she_o one_o cruel_a tyrant_n and_o i_o will_v ever_o be_v wish_v his_o death_n then_o come_v another_o and_o he_o be_v worse_a then_o come_v thou_o who_o art_n worse_a than_o all_o the_o former_a and_o if_o thou_o be_v go_v i_o wonder_v what_o will_v become_v of_o we_o if_o we_o shall_v have_v a_o worse_o from_o this_o prince_n misfortune_n come_v the_o old_a proverb_n dionysius_n corinthi_n which_o signify_v any_o one_o that_o be_v fall_v from_o high_a honour_n into_o contempt_n 3_o charybdis_n be_v a_o gulf_n in_o the_o strait_o of_o sicily_n now_o call_v golofaro_n it_o be_v very_o dangerous_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o whirl_a stream_n flow_v contrary_a each_o to_o other_o it_o be_v situate_v over_o against_o scylla_n no_o less_o dangerous_a for_o its_o rock_n the_o moral_a of_o this_o fable_n teach_v we_o mediocrity_n to_o avoid_v run_v out_o of_o one_o extreme_a into_o another_o wherefore_o incidit_fw-la in_o scyllam_fw-la qui_fw-la vult_fw-la vitare_fw-la charybdim_n be_v no_o more_o than_o our_o common_a english_a proverb_n to_o fall_v out_o of_o the_o frying-pan_n into_o the_o fire_n charybdis_n be_v say_v bochartus_n no_o other_o than_o chor-obdan_a i._n e._n foramen_fw-la perditionis_fw-la the_o poet_n feign_v this_o charybdis_n to_o have_v be_v a_o woman_n of_o a_o savage_a nature_n that_o run_v upon_o all_o passenger_n to_o rob_v they_o also_o that_o have_v steal_v the_o ox_n of_o hercules_n jupiter_n kill_v she_o with_o his_o thunderbolt_n and_o afterward_o convert_v she_o into_o a_o furious_a monster_n he_o cast_v she_o into_o a_o gulf_n which_o bear_v her_o name_n see_v more_o of_o this_o in_o homer_n odyss_n 12._o ovid_n met._n lib._n 7_o 8._o ovid_n pontic_a 4._o and_o virgil_n aen._n 3._o 4_o aristippus_n the_o cyrenean_n a_o disciple_n of_o socrates_n and_o son_n of_o aretades_n after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o master_n socrates_n return_v home_o into_o his_o own_o country_n cyrene_n in_o africa_n from_o whence_o the_o doctrine_n which_o his_o scholar_n retain_v have_v the_o name_n of_o cyrenaick_n suidas_n and_o laertius_n whilst_o he_o be_v under_o the_o instruction_n of_o socrates_n he_o reside_v at_o athens_n afterward_o he_o dwell_v sometime_o at_o aegina_n where_o he_o become_v acquaint_v with_o lais_n the_o famous_a corinthian_a courtesan_n who_o come_v there_o once_o a_o year_n to_o the_o feast_n of_o neptune_n and_o with_o who_o athenaeus_n write_v he_o return_v to_o corinth_n deipn_n 13._o to_o corinth_n love_v the_o cyrenean_n lead_v where_o he_o enjoy_v thessalian_a lais_n bed_n no_o art_n the_o subtle_a aristippus_n know_v whereby_o he_o may_v the_o power_n of_o love_n subdue_v deipnos_n 13._o we_o read_v in_o laertius_n of_o his_o voyage_n to_o dionysius_n court_n which_o philostratus_n here_o mention_n he_o soon_o become_v a_o favourite_n with_o dionysius_n be_v of_o such_o a_o humour_n as_o can_v conform_v itself_o to_o every_o place_n time_n and_o person_n act_v any_o part_n and_o construe_v whatever_o happen_v to_o the_o best_a as_o horace_n speak_v of_o he_o omnis_fw-la aristippum_fw-la decuit_fw-la colour_n &_o status_fw-la &_o res_fw-la lib._n 1._o ep._n 17._o when_o dionysius_n spit_v upon_o he_o he_o take_v it_o patient_o for_o which_o be_v reprove_v fisherman_n say_v he_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v wet_a all_o over_o that_o they_o may_v catch_v a_o gudgeon_n and_o shall_v i_o be_v trouble_v at_o a_o little_a hospital_n who_o mean_v to_o take_v a_o tyrant_n this_o servile_a compliance_n render_v he_o more_o acceptable_a to_o dionysius_n than_o all_o the_o other_o philosopher_n he_o beg_v money_n of_o dionysius_n who_o say_v to_o he_o you_o tell_v i_o a_o wise_a man_n want_v nothing_o give_v it_o i_o first_o say_v he_o and_o
first_o a_o rawish_a austere_a taste_n which_o afterward_o turn_v to_o be_v more_o sweet_a and_o pleasant_a there_o be_v find_v within_o this_o tree_n a_o kind_n of_o cane_n or_o reed_n full_a of_o this_o juice_n next_o to_o this_o storax_n of_o syria_n great_a esteem_n be_v have_v of_o that_o which_o come_v out_o of_o pifidia_n from_o sidon_n cyprus_n and_o cilicia_n but_o least_o reckon_v be_v make_v of_o that_o storax_n which_o come_v from_o candy_n that_o which_o be_v bring_v from_o mount_n amanus_n in_o syria_n be_v good_a for_o physician_n but_o better_a for_o the_o perfumer_n and_o confectioner_n from_o what_o nation_n soever_o it_o come_v the_o best_a storax_n be_v that_o which_o be_v red_a and_o somewhat_o glutinous_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o fattiness_n the_o worst_a be_v that_o which_o have_v no_o consistence_n and_o tenacity_n but_o crumble_v like_o bran_n be_v so_o mouldy_a that_o it_o be_v overgrow_v with_o a_o white_a hoary_a moss_n the_o merchant_n use_n to_o sophisticate_a this_o drug_n with_o the_o rosin_n of_o cedar_n chap._n ii_o of_o prometheus_n and_o the_o bond_n wherewith_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v bind_v why_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o caucasus_n scare_v away_o eagle_n of_o man_n of_o four_o and_o five_o cubit_n and_o of_o a_o hag_n chase_v away_o with_o execration_n anaxagoras_n use_v to_o contemplate_v in_o mimas_n thales_n in_o mycale_n and_o other_o in_o athos_n also_o how_o man_n ought_v right_o to_o contemplate_v the_o barbarian_n relate_v many_o fable_n concern_v that_o mountain_n which_o be_v also_o chant_v by_o the_o greek_n namely_o how_o 1_o prometheus_n for_o the_o kindness_n which_o he_o show_v to_o man_n be_v there_o bind_v and_o that_o one_o 2_o hercules_n not_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v at_o thebes_n be_v trouble_v at_o this_o sad_a spectacle_n shoâ—_n the_o 3_o eagle_n that_o feed_v on_o the_o entrail_n of_o prometheus_n now_o some_o say_v that_o prometheus_n be_v bind_v in_o a_o cave_n that_o be_v show_v at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o hill_n where_o also_o according_a to_o the_o relation_n of_o damis_n you_o may_v yet_o see_v the_o chain_n fasten_v to_o the_o rock_n nor_o be_v it_o easy_a to_o tell_v of_o what_o matter_n they_o be_v make_v other_o say_v that_o he_o be_v bind_v on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o hill_n which_o be_v double_a and_o therefore_o that_o one_o hand_n be_v fasten_v to_o one_o top_n and_o the_o other_o to_o the_o other_o top_n so_o great_a be_v his_o 4_o stature_n the_o space_n between_o the_o two_o top_n be_v no_o less_o than_o a_o furlong_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o caucasus_n esteem_v eagle_n as_o their_o enemy_n burn_v their_o nest_n as_o many_o as_o they_o make_v among_o the_o hill_n and_o to_o that_o end_n shoot_v fiery_a arrow_n at_o they_o moreover_o they_o set_v snare_n to_o take_v they_o say_v that_o by_o so_o do_v they_o revenge_v prometheus_n so_o much_o be_v they_o addict_v to_o the_o fable_n but_o as_o they_o pass_v over_o caucasus_n they_o report_v how_o they_o meet_v with_o black_a man_n of_o four_o cubit_n high_a and_o see_v other_o of_o five_o 5_o cubit_n when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o river_n indus_n also_o in_o their_o journey_n to_o that_o river_n they_o find_v these_o thing_n worthy_a rehearse_n as_o they_o travel_v in_o a_o clear_a moonshine_n they_o see_v the_o apparition_n of_o a_o spirit_n empusa_n one_o while_n turn_v herself_o into_o this_o shape_n another_o while_n into_o that_o and_o sometime_o vanish_v away_o into_o nothing_o but_o apollonius_n know_v what_o it_o be_v both_o reprove_v the_o empusa_n himself_o and_o command_v his_o companion_n to_o do_v the_o same_o as_o be_v the_o proper_a remedy_n for_o such_o a_o occurrence_n whereupon_o the_o apparition_n flee_v away_o with_o a_o shriek_n like_o a_o ghost_n when_o they_o be_v get_v to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n and_o be_v walk_v thereupon_o where_o it_o be_v very_o steep_a apollonius_n ask_v damis_n say_v where_o be_v we_o yesterday_o damis_n answer_v in_o the_o plain_a apollonius_n ask_v he_o again_o but_o where_o be_v we_o to_o day_n damis_n answer_v on_o caucasus_n unless_o i_o have_v forget_v myself_o when_o therefore_o be_v you_o in_o a_o low_a place_n say_v apollonius_n this_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o ask_n reply_v damis_n for_o yesterday_o we_o pass_v through_o a_o hollow_a vale_n whereas_o to_o day_n we_o be_v near_o to_o heaven_n think_v you_o then_o say_v he_o oh_o damis_n that_o yesterday_n journey_n be_v beneath_o and_o to_o day_n above_o yes_o say_v damis_n unless_o i_o be_o out_o of_o my_o wit_n do_v you_o imagine_v then_o reply_v apollonius_n that_o these_o walk_n do_v one_o exceed_v the_o other_o or_o that_o you_o have_v something_o more_o excellent_a to_o day_n than_o you_o have_v yesterday_o i_o conceive_v so_o say_v damis_n for_o yesterday_o i_o go_v where_o the_o many_o use_n to_o go_v but_o to_o day_n i_o travel_v where_o few_o passenger_n ever_o come_v even_o in_o a_o city_n say_v apollonius_n you_o may_v turn_v aside_o out_o of_o the_o common_a road_n and_o go_v where_o few_o man_n pass_v whereto_o damis_n answer_v i_o do_v not_o speak_v to_o this_o purpose_n because_o yesterday_o travel_v through_o town_n and_o village_n we_o converse_v among_o man_n but_o to_o day_n we_o ascend_v into_o a_o divine_a country_n untrodden_a by_o man_n for_o even_o now_o you_o hear_v our_o guide_n say_v how_o the_o barbarian_n report_n that_o this_o place_n be_v the_o seat_n of_o the_o go_n and_o with_o this_o word_n he_o erect_v his_o eye_n to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n wherefore_o apollonius_n bring_v he_o back_o to_o the_o first_o demand_n say_v unto_o he_o can_v you_o damis_n allege_v any_o thing_n that_o you_o have_v understand_v of_o the_o divine_a nature_n since_o you_o come_v near_o to_o heaven_n whereto_o he_o answer_v i_o can_v produce_v nothing_o but_o you_o ought_v say_v apollonius_n in_o as_o much_o as_o you_o be_v mount_v on_o so_o vast_a and_o so_o divine_a a_o frame_n to_o utter_v some_o clear_a opinion_n touch_v the_o heaven_n the_o sun_n and_o the_o moon_n for_o you_o imagine_v yourself_o to_o have_v come_v so_o near_o to_o the_o heaven_n as_o that_o you_o can_v touch_v they_o with_o a_o wand_n damis_n answer_v what_o opinion_n i_o have_v yesterday_o concern_v divine_a thing_n the_o same_o have_v i_o also_o to_o day_n nor_o have_v i_o make_v a_o addition_n of_o any_o new_a one_o then_o you_o be_v still_o beneath_o say_v apollonius_n and_o have_v receive_v no_o new_a light_n from_o so_o great_a a_o altitude_n and_o be_v as_o far_o from_o heaven_n as_o you_o be_v yesterday_o wherefore_o the_o question_n that_o i_o first_o propose_v to_o you_o be_v pertinent_a for_o you_o think_v i_o make_v a_o ridiculous_a enquiry_n certain_o say_v damis_n i_o think_v i_o shall_v come_v down_o far_o wise_a in_o as_o much_o as_o i_o have_v hear_v that_o anaxagoras_n the_o clazomenian_a be_v use_v to_o contemplate_v of_o the_o thing_n in_o heaven_n from_o 6_o mimas_n a_o mountain_n of_o jonia_n and_o 7_o thales_n the_o milesian_n from_o mycale_n that_o be_v not_o far_o from_o thence_o likewise_o some_o be_v report_v to_o have_v make_v use_n of_o 8_o pangeum_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o other_o of_o athos_n but_o i_o be_v get_v up_o into_o a_o mountain_n high_o than_o all_o these_o be_o like_a to_o come_v down_o never_o a_o whit_n the_o wise_a neither_o do_v they_o answer_v apollonius_n for_o such_o watchtower_n may_v perhaps_o show_v the_o heaven_n more_o blue_a the_o star_n great_a and_o the_o sun_n arise_v out_o of_o the_o night_n which_o thing_n be_v manifest_a even_o to_o the_o swain_n and_o shepherd_n but_o how_o god_n take_v care_n of_o mankind_n and_o how_o he_o delight_v to_o be_v worship_v by_o they_o and_o what_o virtue_n what_o justice_n what_o temperance_n be_v neither_o will_n athos_n show_v to_o those_o that_o ascend_v up_o thither_o nor_o the_o olympus_n so_o much_o renown_v of_o the_o poet_n unless_o the_o soul_n contemplate_v and_o pry_v into_o those_o thing_n which_o will_v if_o it_o come_v pure_a and_o untainted_a to_o such_o contemplation_n rise_v high_o in_o my_o opinion_n than_o this_o caucasus_n illustration_n on_o chap._n 2._o 1_n prometheus_n be_v there_o bind_v etc._n etc._n this_o prometheus_n be_v by_o the_o poet_n feign_v to_o be_v the_o father_n of_o deucalion_n and_o son_n of_o japetus_n and_o clymenes_n or_o asia_n as_o herodotus_n call_v she_o lib._n 4._o prometheus_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o that_o make_v man_n of_o clay_n and_o therefore_o call_v the_o father_n of_o men._n fertur_fw-la prometheus_n addere_fw-la principi_fw-la limo_fw-la coactus_fw-la particulam_fw-la undiq_fw-la desectam_fw-la &_o insani_fw-la leonis_fw-la vim_fw-la stomacho_fw-la apposuisse_fw-la nostro_fw-la horat._n have_v artificial_o compose_v man_n of_o
certain_a part_n take_v from_o other_o creature_n and_o minerva_n be_v delight_v with_o his_o invention_n promise_v to_o grant_v he_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o heaven_n for_o the_o perfection_n of_o his_o work_n whereupon_o prometheus_n be_v by_o her_o mean_n convey_v up_o into_o heaven_n and_o there_o observe_v how_o all_o thing_n be_v animate_v with_o soul_n of_o heavenly_a fire_n do_v with_o a_o bundle_n of_o stick_n which_o he_o kindle_v at_o the_o flame_n of_o the_o sun_n bring_v down_o fire_n upon_o earth_n and_o therewith_o infuse_v life_n and_o soul_n into_o the_o man_n that_o he_o have_v form_v of_o day_n that_o crawl_v insect_n which_o from_o mud_n begin_v warm_v by_o my_o beam_n and_o kindle_v into_o man_n this_o robbery_n be_v often_o mention_v in_o the_o ancient_a writer_n of_o poetical_a fiction_n as_o horace_n lib._n 1._o od._n 3._o post_fw-la ignem_fw-la aethere_fw-la â_fw-la domo_fw-la subductum_fw-la etc._n etc._n also_o virgil_n in_fw-la sileno_fw-it caucaseasque_fw-la refert_fw-la volucres_fw-la furtumque_fw-la promethei_n after_o this_o it_o be_v say_v that_o jupiter_n be_v offend_v at_o prometheus_n for_o his_o theft_n think_v to_o be_v revenge_v on_o he_o by_o lay_v some_o grievous_a affliction_n upon_o mankind_n in_o the_o form_n of_o which_o he_o so_o much_o boast_v for_o which_o purpose_n jupiter_n command_v vulcan_n to_o frame_v a_o beautiful_a woman_n which_o be_v do_v every_o one_o of_o the_o god_n bestow_v a_o gift_n on_o she_o who_o thereupon_o be_v call_v pandora_n to_o this_o woman_n they_o give_v in_o her_o hand_n a_o goodly_a box_n full_a of_o all_o misery_n and_o calamity_n only_o in_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o they_o put_v hope_n with_o this_o box_n she_o go_v first_o to_o prometheus_n think_v to_o catch_v he_o if_o peradventure_o he_o shall_v accept_v the_o box_n at_o her_o hand_n and_o so_o open_v it_o which_o he_o nevertheless_o with_o good_a providence_n and_o foresight_n refuse_v whereupon_o she_o go_v to_o epimetheus_n the_o brother_n of_o prometheus_n and_o offer_v this_o box_n to_o he_o who_o rash_o take_v it_o and_o open_v it_o but_o when_o he_o see_v that_o all_o kind_n of_o misery_n come_v flutter_v about_o his_o ear_n be_v wise_a too_o late_o he_o with_o great_a speed_n and_o earnest_n endeavour_v clap_v on_o the_o cover_n and_o so_o with_o much_o ado_n retain_v hope_n sit_v alone_o in_o the_o bottom_n at_o last_o jupiter_n lay_v many_o and_o grievous_a crime_n to_o prometheus_n his_o charge_n cast_v he_o into_o chain_n and_o doom_v he_o to_o perpetual_a torment_n whereupon_o by_o jupiter_n command_n prometheus_n be_v fast_o bind_v and_o fetter_a to_o a_o pillar_n of_o the_o mountain_n caucasus_n as_o our_o author_n here_o mention_n also_o that_o there_o come_v a_o eagle_n every_o day_n who_o sit_v feed_v upon_o his_o liver_n which_o as_o it_o be_v devour_v in_o the_o day_n so_o grow_v again_o in_o the_o night_n that_o matter_n for_o torment_n to_o work_v upon_o may_v never_o decay_v nevertheless_o it_o be_v say_v there_o be_v a_o end_n of_o his_o punishment_n for_o hercules_n cross_v the_o ocean_n in_o a_o cup_n which_o the_o sun_n give_v he_o come_v to_o caucasus_n and_o set_v prometheus_n at_o liberty_n by_o shoot_v the_o eagle_n with_o a_o arrow_n moreover_o in_o some_o nation_n there_o be_v institute_v certain_a game_n of_o lamp-bearer_n in_o honour_n of_o prometheus_n in_o which_o they_o that_o strive_v for_o the_o prize_n be_v wont_a to_o carry_v torch_n light_v which_o who_o so_o suffer_v to_o go_v out_o yield_v the_o place_n and_o victory_n to_o those_o that_o follow_v so_o that_o whosoever_o come_v first_o to_o the_o mark_n with_o his_o torch_n burn_v win_v the_o prize_n now_o concern_v the_o theogeny_n and_o parallel_n of_o prometheus_n vossins_n make_n he_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o noah_n de_n idololat_a lib._n 1._o ch_n 18._o the_o patriarch_n noah_n say_v he_o be_v adumbrate_v to_o we_o not_o only_o in_o saturn_n but_o also_o in_o prometheus_n etc._n etc._n 1._o because_o as_o under_o noah_n so_o also_o under_o prometheus_n the_o great_a flood_n be_v suppose_v to_o happen_v for_o so_o say_v diodâ—rus_n lib._n 1._o that_o nilus_n have_v break_v down_o its_o bound_n overwhelm_v a_o great_a part_n of_o egypt_n especial_o that_o part_n where_o prometheus_n reign_v which_o destroy_v the_o great_a part_n of_o man_n in_o his_o territory_n nevertheless_o if_o the_o flood_n be_v universal_a this_o parallel_n hold_v not_o 2._o prometheus_n be_v say_v to_o restore_v mankind_n after_o the_o flood_n which_o say_v they_o exact_o answer_v to_o noah_n the_o father_n of_o mankind_n etc._n etc._n 3._o herodotus_n lib._n 4._o tell_v we_o that_o prometheus_n wife_n be_v call_v asia_n and_o indeed_o noah_n wife_n be_v no_o other_o than_o asia_n or_o asiatica_fw-la a_o asiatic_a again_o bochartus_n make_v prometheus_n to_o be_v magog_n the_o son_n of_o japetus_n or_o japhet_n 1._o in_o that_o he_o be_v style_v the_o son_n of_o japetus_n as_o magog_n be_v the_o son_n of_o japhet_n 2._o from_o the_o eat_n of_o prometheus_n heart_n which_o fable_n spring_v from_o the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d magog_n which_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o heart_n imply_v its_o consumption_n or_o waste_v away_o 3._o prometheus_n be_v say_v to_o have_v his_o seat_n in_o caucasus_n because_o magog_n and_o his_o posterity_n plant_v themselves_o there_o 4._o they_o feign_v that_o fire_n and_o metal_n be_v invent_v by_o prometheus_n as_o well_o as_o by_o vulcan_n because_o there_o be_v many_o subterraneous_a fire_n and_o metal_n in_o these_o place_n boch_n phaleg_n lib._n 1._o of_o this_o see_v more_o in_o stillingfleet_n origin_n sâ—c_fw-la lib._n 3._o ch_n 5._o and_o in_o gale_n court_n of_o the_o gentile_n lib._n 2._o ch_n 6._o part_n 1._o 2_o not_o that_o hercules_n that_o be_v bear_v at_o thebes_n there_o be_v several_a man_n of_o 〈◊〉_d name_n the_o ancient_n use_v to_o call_v all_o man_n of_o wonderful_a strength_n hercules_n diodorus_n lib._n 4._o reckon_v up_o three_o of_o this_o name_n arnobius_n six_o and_o cicero_n de_fw-la nat._n deor._n as_o many_o but_o varro_n say_v there_o be_v forty_o three_o several_a man_n so_o call_v whereof_o the_o most_o famous_a be_v hercules_n of_o thebes_n the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n and_o alcmene_n for_o alcmene_n his_o mother_n have_v marry_v amphitrion_n a_o theban_a prince_n upon_o condition_n that_o he_o will_v revenge_v the_o massacre_n of_o her_o brother_n whilst_o amphitrion_n be_v employ_v in_o a_o war_n for_o that_o purpose_n amorous_a god_n jupiter_n give_v a_o visit_n to_o alcmene_n in_o amphitrion_n shape_n and_o that_o he_o may_v enjoy_v the_o satisfaction_n of_o her_o company_n the_o long_o without_o discovery_n he_o make_v that_o night_n to_o continue_v long_o than_o any_o other_o alcmene_n be_v then_o big_a with_o iphiclus_n she_o do_v nevertheless_o conceive_v hercules_n from_o jupiter_n acquaintance_n and_o be_v bring_v to_o bed_n of_o they_o both_o together_o but_o notwithstanding_o amphitrion_n be_v not_o the_o father_n of_o hercules_n yet_o be_v he_o by_o the_o poet_n call_v amphitrioniades_n thus_o when_o alcmene_n do_v her_o bed_n defame_v the_o lech'rous_a god_n belie_v bear_v all_o the_o shame_n cuckold_n or_o bastard_n be_v a_o glorious_a name_n some_o say_v that_o juno_n be_v earnest_o solicit_v by_o pallas_n be_v so_o far_o reconcile_v to_o her_o husband_n jupiter_n that_o she_o give_v his_o spurious_a son_n hercules_n suck_v with_o she_o own_o milk_n and_o that_o the_o little_a hercules_n have_v spill_v some_o of_o her_o milk_n out_o of_o his_o mouth_n he_o white_v all_o that_o part_n of_o the_o sky_n which_o we_o call_v the_o milky_a way_n afterward_o when_o hercules_n be_v come_v of_o age_n the_o oracle_n inform_v he_o it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o the_o god_n that_o he_o shall_v pass_v through_o twelve_o eminent_a danger_n or_o labour_n which_o be_v these_o 1._o he_o slay_v a_o great_a lion_n in_o the_o wood_n nemoea_n who_o skin_n he_o ever_o after_o wear_v theocrit_n idys_n 25._o and_o 2._o he_o slay_v the_o monstrous_a serpent_n hydra_n in_o the_o fen_n of_o lerna_n near_o argos_n who_o many_o head_n he_o cut_v off_o and_o then_o burn_v his_o body_n lib._n 2._o apollod_v 3._o he_o slay_v the_o wild_a boar_n of_o erymanthus_n which_o have_v waste_v arcadia_n 4._o he_o slay_v the_o amazonian_a centaur_n 5._o he_o take_v a_o stag_n run_v on_o foot_n in_o the_o mountain_n menâ—laus_n after_o a_o whole_a year_n pursuit_n the_o deer_n foot_n be_v make_v of_o brass_n and_o horn_n of_o gold_n 6._o he_o slay_v the_o bird_n stymphalides_n which_o be_v so_o numerous_a and_o of_o so_o prodigious_a greatness_n that_o they_o darken_v the_o air_n and_o hinder_v the_o sun_n from_o shine_v upon_o man_n wherever_o they_o flewâ—_n nay_o they_o do_v often_o devour_v man_n 7._o as_o virgil_n inform_v we_o he_o
they_o by_o nature_n in_o that_o they_o learn_v it_o not_o as_o they_o have_v do_v many_o other_o thing_n from_o man_n have_v never_o live_v among_o they_o but_o receive_v it_o from_o nature_n so_o to_o love_v their_o young_a one_o say_v not_o this_o oh_o damis_n only_o of_o elephant_n for_o this_o two_o beast_n i_o rank_n next_o after_o man_n for_o understanding_n and_o prudence_n but_o i_o consider_v likewise_o how_o â—â—en_o beast_n exceed_v other_o beast_n in_o fierceness_n do_v yet_o suffer_v any_o thing_n for_o their_o cub_n also_o how_o 3_o wolf_n be_v continual_o intent_n on_o their_o prey_n make_v the_o female_a keep_v the_o whelp_n whilst_o the_o male_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o her_o young_a bring_v she_o in_o food_n the_o like_a may_v be_v observe_v of_o panther_n who_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o heat_n rejoice_v to_o become_v dam_n for_o that_o they_o then_o rule_v over_o the_o male_n and_o govern_v the_o house_n whilst_o the_o male_n in_o the_o mean_a â—ime_n suffer_v all_o thing_n for_o their_o whelp_n sake_n as_o for_o lioness_n this_o story_n be_v relate_v of_o they_o that_o they_o draw_v the_o 4_o leopard_n to_o love_n they_o and_o take_v they_o into_o the_o bed_n of_o the_o lion_n in_o the_o champain_n field_n but_o afterward_o when_o the_o time_n of_o their_o delivery_n 〈◊〉_d come_v they_o run_v away_o to_o the_o mountain_n and_o to_o the_o den_n of_o the_o leopard_n for_o the_o young_a one_o which_o they_o then_o bring_v forth_o be_v spot_v they_o secret_o nourish_v they_o in_o the_o wood_n make_v 〈◊〉_d if_o they_o absent_v themselves_o from_o the_o male_n that_o they_o may_v â—unt_v for_o if_o the_o lion_n happen_v to_o spy_v the_o whelp_n they_o tear_v they_o in_o piece_n as_o a_o adulterate_a brood_n you_o have_v also_o observe_v in_o some_o of_o 5_o homer_n lion_n how_o stern_o they_o will_v look_v and_o summon_v up_o their_o strength_n to_o fight_v for_o their_o whelp_n furthermore_o they_o report_v that_o a_o 6_o tiger_n be_v a_o most_o fierce_a creature_n will_v in_o this_o country_n as_o also_o about_o the_o red-sea_n run_v to_o the_o very_a ship_n to_o fetch_v back_o their_o young_a one_o and_o have_v get_v they_o will_v return_v with_o much_o joy_n when_o if_o the_o sea_n man_n sail_n away_o with_o they_o she_o will_v howl_v most_o grievous_o on_o the_o shore_n and_o sometime_o die_v for_o grief_n who_o likewise_o do_v not_o observe_v the_o manner_n of_o bird_n how_o eagle_n and_o 7_o stork_n never_o build_v their_o nest_n but_o they_o place_n in_o they_o the_o 8_o eagle-stone_n and_o the_o stork_n the_o lamp-stone_n both_o be_v to_o fâ—rther_v the_o lay_n and_o hatch_n of_o their_o egg_n as_o weâ—â—_n as_o to_o keep_v away_o serpent_n but_o if_o we_o reflect_v on_o the_o live_a creature_n in_o the_o sea_n we_o shall_v not_o admire_v that_o 9_o dolphin_n be_v natural_o very_o kind_a love_v their_o young_a one_o but_o how_o shall_v we_o not_o admire_v at_o 10_o whale_n 11_o sea-calve_n and_o those_o kind_n that_o bring_v forth_o live_v young_a one_o when_o as_o in_o the_o island_n aege_fw-la i_o see_v â—_o sea-calf_n take_v by_o fisherman_n so_o exceed_o to_o bewâ—â—â—_n her_o dead_a young_a one_o who_o she_o have_v bring_v forth_o in_o the_o house_n that_o for_o three_o 〈◊〉_d together_o she_o abstain_v from_o food_n though_o she_o 〈◊〉_d otherwise_o a_o most_o ravenous_a creatâ—â—e_n likewise_o the_o whale_n hide_v her_o young_a one_o in_o the_o cavity_n of_o her_o throat_n if_o she_o fly_v from_o a_o great_a fish_n and_o a_o viper_n have_v be_v also_o see_v to_o lick_v the_o young_a serpent_n which_o she_o have_v bring_v forth_o and_o so_o to_o polish_v they_o with_o her_o tongue_n illustration_n on_o chap._n 7._o 1_n whither_o the_o love_n of_o parent_n in_o theâ—r_a yoâ—ng_n be_v natural_a can_v a_o mother_n forget_v her_o child_n it_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o thing_n impossible_a and_o yeâ—_n we_o see_v there_o be_v too_o many_o evil-disposed_n parent_n in_o â—his_n world_n who_o conrath_v themselves_o no_o further_o than_o with_o the_o get_n of_o they_o such_o of_o old_a be_v those_o unnatural_a lawmaker_n among_o the_o romans_n as_o romuluâ—_n who_o â—nacted_v that_o all_o child_n who_o be_v any_o way_n lame_a or_o imperfect_a shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n diony_n halicarâ—â—ss_v also_o the_o father_n in_o apuleius_n who_o go_v to_o travel_v when_o his_o wife_n be_v big_a with_o child_n command_v she_o be_v it_o prove_v a_o girl_n to_o destroy_v it_o sâ—_n sexus_fw-la sequipris_fw-la edidisset_fw-la faetus_fw-la protinuâ—_n qâ—â—dâ—sset_a editiâ—â—_n necareâ—ur_n the_o same_o command_n do_v chreâ—es_n give_v to_o sâ—straâ—â—_n in_o terâ—â—ce_n autâ—interficâ—â—e_o 〈◊〉_d exponere_fw-la either_o to_o kill_v they_o or_o expose_v they_o to_o wild_a beast_n heaâ—ront_n act._n 4._o scen._n 2._o so_o frequent_a a_o practice_n waâ—_n this_o amongst_o they_o that_o the_o christian_a emperor_n valentinian_n vâ—lens_n and_o graâ—ian_a be_v 〈◊〉_d to_o interdict_v it_o by_o a_o severe_a penal_a law_n si_fw-mi qâ—is_fw-la nâ—candi_fw-la infantis_fw-la piaculum_fw-la aggressus_fw-la aggressive_v â—it_n â—r_o it_o capital_fw-it istud_fw-la malum_fw-la which_o law_n be_v extant_a in_o both_o the_o code_o as_o well_o of_o tâ—eodâ—sius_n as_o justinâ—â—n_n of_o private_a instance_n there_o be_v many_o among_o they_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n as_o lucius_n juniâ—â—_n brutus_n who_o cause_v his_o own_o son_n to_o be_v behead_v for_o that_o they_o favour_v tâ—rqâ—inâ—_n and_o cassius_n who_o put_v his_o own_o son_n to_o death_n out_o of_o a_o jealousy_n that_o he_o affect_v the_o kingdom_n titus_n manlius_n torquatus_n upon_o a_o complaint_n make_v by_o the_o macedonian_a ambassador_n against_o his_o own_o son_n silaâ—us_n condemn_v he_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n at_o which_o unkind_a sentence_n of_o his_o father_n the_o son_n in_o discontent_n hang_v himself_o m._n scaurâ—s_v be_v put_v to_o flight_n by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d his_o father_n command_v he_o to_o fall_v upon_o his_o own_o sword_n ratheâ—_n than_o outlive_v that_o shame_n which_o according_o he_o do_v in_o like_a manner_n do_v a._n fâ—lâ—iâ—s_v put_v his_o own_o son_n to_o death_n for_o join_v with_o catiline_n iâ—_n the_o conspiracy_n against_o his_o country_n valer._n 〈◊〉_d lib._n 5._o the_o cruelty_n of_o these_o be_v mix_v with_o somewhat_o of_o gallantry_n but_o among_o we_o we_o have_v many_o no_o less_o cruel_a only_o out_o of_o selfishness_n and_o ill_a nature_n who_o boaâ—â—â—ng_v that_o they_o will_v not_o put_v off_o their_o clothes_n before_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o go_v to_o bed_n keep_v their_o child_n often_o starve_v till_o they_o be_v as_o fit_v for_o a_o bed_n 〈◊〉_d their_o parent_n common_o we_o be_v better_o please_v with_o the_o little_a prattle_n of_o our_o child_n which_o we_o so_o often_o repeat_v to_o other_o for_o wit_n and_o with_o the_o apish_a gesture_n of_o their_o infancy_n than_o with_o the_o action_n of_o their_o ripe_a year_n as_o if_o we_o only_o love_v they_o for_o our_o pastime_n as_o we_o do_v parrot_n and_o monkey_n how_o often_o have_v i_o hear_v a_o fond_a father_n or_o affect_a mother_n persecute_v a_o whole_a meal_n conversation_n in_o vent_v to_o the_o company_n their_o own_o wittiness_n as_o come_v from_o young_a master_n or_o missâ—_n with_o a_o thousand_o time_n more_o care_n and_o pain_n than_o they_o take_v to_o provide_v they_o poâ—tions_n many_o that_o liberal_o furnish_v they_o with_o toy_n and_o ratiâ—es_n while_o they_o be_v child_n will_v gâ—udge_v at_o every_o small_a expense_n for_o necessary_n for_o they_o when_o they_o be_v man_n and_o woman_n some_o grieve_v to_o see_v their_o child_n follow_v they_o so_o close_o at_o their_o heel_n as_o if_o they_o solicit_v their_o death_n other_o envy_v they_o to_o think_v that_o they_o must_v enjoy_v the_o world_n after_o they_o as_o if_o since_o we_o must_v bequeath_v our_o estate_n to_o some_o body_n we_o have_v not_o better_o bestow_v it_o on_o a_o piece_n of_o ourselves_o than_o on_o a_o stranger_n it_o be_v say_v montaign_a a_o mere_a piece_n of_o injustice_n to_o see_v a_o old_a crazy_a sinew-shrunk_a and_o half-dead_a father_n sit_v alone_o in_o a_o chimney_n corner_n to_o enjoy_v so_o much_o riches_n as_o will_v suffice_v for_o the_o preferment_n of_o many_o child_n when_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n for_o want_n of_o estate_n he_o suffer_v they_o to_o lose_v their_o best_a day_n and_o year_n without_o introduce_v they_o into_o any_o public_a employ_v or_o acquaintance_n whereby_o oftentimes_o be_v cast_v into_o despair_n they_o seek_v by_o any_o mean_n how_o unlawful_a soever_o to_o supply_v their_o own_o necessary_a want_v this_o force_n they_o to_o ply_v woman_n and_o drink_n which_o be_v the_o most_o frequent_a and_o fatal_a ruin_n that_o attend_v the_o young_a gentry_n of_o this_o nation_n tyranny_n in_o a_o parent_n be_v no_o lesâ—_n
greatness_n of_o their_o foot_n whereas_o the_o lesser_a be_v no_o whit_n prejudicial_a to_o the_o passage_n of_o the_o big_a in_o that_o they_o make_v a_o less_o cavity_n in_o the_o river_n furthermore_o i_o have_v find_v in_o the_o write_n of_o juba_n how_o the_o elephant_n help_v one_o another_o in_o their_o be_v hunt_v and_o defend_v he_o that_o faint_v when_o if_o they_o bring_v he_o off_o they_o stand_v about_o he_o and_o anoint_v he_o with_o the_o tear_n of_o aloe_n as_o if_o thâ—y_o be_v physician_n many_o such_o like_a thing_n they_o philosophical_o discourse_v of_o together_o take_v occasion_n from_o such_o passage_n as_o seem_v most_o worthy_a their_o remark_n as_o for_o the_o thing_n relate_v by_o 3_o nearchus_n and_o pythagoras_n concern_v the_o river_n 4_o arcesinus_fw-la how_o run_v into_o the_o river_n indus_n it_o bear_v serpent_n of_o seventy_o cubâ—â—â—_n length_n they_o say_v they_o be_v so_o as_o it_o be_v by_o they_o report_v but_o we_o will_v adjourn_v the_o relation_n of_o this_o matter_n to_o that_o place_n where_o we_o intend_v to_o speak_v of_o dragon_n of_o who_o damis_n discourse_v show_v in_o what_o manner_n they_o be_v take_v now_o be_v arrive_v near_o the_o bank_n of_o indus_n and_o ready_a to_o pass_v the_o river_n they_o ask_v the_o babylonian_a their_o guide_n whether_o he_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o passage_n who_o answer_v he_o have_v never_o ford_v over_o it_o nor_o know_v where_o it_o be_v fordable_a why_o then_o say_v they_o do_v yoâ—_n not_o hire_v a_o guide_n there_o be_v one_o answer_v he_o bâ—ne_o present_a who_o will_v direct_v you_o which_o have_v say_v he_o show_v they_o a_o letter_n that_o shall_v do_v it_o for_o which_o they_o say_v vardanes_n be_v much_o admire_v for_o his_o kindness_n and_o care_n of_o they_o in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o have_v write_v this_o letter_n to_o the_o governor_n that_o be_v set_v over_o the_o river_n indus_n although_o he_o be_v not_o in_o subâ—ection_n to_o his_o jurisdiction_n recount_v therein_o the_o many_o favour_n he_o have_v show_v he_o but_o not_o desire_v any_o recompense_n for_o that_o it_o be_v not_o his_o custom_n so_o to_o do_v only_o tell_v he_o that_o if_o he_o do_v entertain_v apollonius_n and_o convey_v he_o whithersoever_o he_o please_v he_o shall_v acknowledge_v the_o courtesy_n he_o have_v also_o give_v gold_n to_o the_o gâ—ide_n that_o if_o he_o perceive_v apollonius_n stand_v in_o need_n of_o any_o thing_n he_o shall_v furnish_v he_o with_o it_o that_o so_o he_o may_v not_o be_v put_v to_o ask_v it_o of_o other_o wherefore_o the_o indian_a receive_v the_o letter_n say_v he_o do_v much_o esteem_v it_o and_o that_o he_o woâ—ld_v show_v no_o less_o respect_n to_o apollonius_n than_o if_o he_o have_v be_v recommend_v to_o he_o by_o the_o king_n of_o the_o indian_n according_o he_o send_v his_o own_o barge_n wherein_o he_o himself_o be_v use_v to_o be_v wasâ—ed_v together_o with_o vessel_n to_o câ—rry_v over_o his_o camel_n he_o likewise_o furnish_v he_o with_o a_o guide_n for_o all_o that_o country_n which_o hydraotes_n bound_v and_o write_v to_o his_o own_o king_n that_o he_o will_v be_v please_v to_o show_v as_o much_o courtesy_n towards_o this_o greek_a who_o be_v a_o wise_a and_o divine_a man_n as_o king_n vardanes_n have_v do_v by_o this_o mean_n therefore_o they_o pass_v the_o river_n indus_n who_o breadth_n where_o it_o be_v navigable_a reach_v about_o forty_o furlong_n concern_v this_o river_n it_o be_v thus_o relate_v that_o it_o rise_v out_o of_o mount_n caucasus_n and_o run_v with_o a_o great_a current_n than_o anâ—_n river_n in_o asia_n in_o his_o passage_n receive_v in_o many_o river_n thaâ—_n be_v navigable_a likewise_o thâ—â—_n iâ—_n 5_o overflow_v india_n like_a to_o nilus_n leave_v a_o grâ—at_a deal_n of_o mud_n on_o the_o land_n which_o give_v opportunity_n to_o the_o indian_n to_o sâ—we_v their_o seed_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o egyptian_n illustration_n on_o chap._n 8._o viper_n â—re_n breed_v etc._n etc._n the_o viper_n have_v a_o body_n long_o and_o slender_a like_o a_o eel_n or_o snake_n a_o broad_a head_n with_o red_z flame_a eye_n as_o for_o his_o tooth_n they_o be_v enclose_v as_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d little_a bladder_n in_o which_o he_o carry_v his_o poison_n from_o thence_o infuse_v it_o into_o the_o wound_n 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v bite_v pliny_n lib._n 10._o ch_n 62._o write_v that_o when_o the_o viper_n engender_v â—he_n male_a put_v his_o head_n into_o the_o female_n mouth_n which_o â—he_v be_v overcome_v with_o the_o pleasure_n of_o copulation_n bit_v off_o affirm_v moreover_o that_o their_o young_a use_n to_o gnaw_v themselves_o out_o of_o their_o dam_n belly_n which_o put_v a_o end_n both_o to_o male_n and_o female_n the_o one_o â—n_v time_n of_o conception_n the_o other_o in_o time_n of_o birth_n and_o be_v therefore_o call_v viper_n a_o vi_o pa_n riendo_fw-la nevertheless_o aristotle_n hist._n animal_n lib._n â—_o cap._n ultim_a â—aith_o that_o the_o viper_n put_v forth_o her_o young_a one_o enfold_v in_o a_o membrane_n which_o break_v forth_o the_o three_o dayâ—_n and_o that_o also_o sometime_o those_o which_o be_v within_o the_o belâ—y_a issue_n forth_o have_v gnaw_v asunder_o the_o foreâ—aid_n membrane_n nicholâ—us_fw-la damascenus_n as_o also_o strabo_n make_v mention_n of_o viper_n sixteen_o cubit_n long_o of_o this_o serpent_n be_v make_v that_o excellent_a cordial_a wine_n call_v viper-wine_n so_o effectual_a in_o cure_v leprosy_n surfeit_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o viper_n manner_n of_o birth_n see_v brown_n vulg._n err_v lib._n 3._o 2_o to_o commend_v euripides_n the_o verse_n which_o andromache_n speak_v be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v this_o tragedy_n of_o andromache_n in_o euripides_n the_o intrigue_n be_v that_o this_o princesâ—_n after_o she_o have_v lose_v her_o husband_n hector_n have_v see_v her_o father_n priam_n murder_v and_o the_o chief_a city_n of_o his_o kingdom_n burâ—t_o become_v a_o slave_n to_o neopâ—olâ—mus_n now_o hermione_n the_o wife_n of_o this_o prince_n be_v enrage_v with_o jealousy_n against_o andromache_n determine_v to_o kill_v she_o whereupon_o menelaus_n father_n of_o hermione_n cause_v she_o with_o her_o son_n astyaâ—ax_n to_o be_v drag_v to_o execution_n and_o this_o be_v the_o result_n of_o the_o plot._n as_o for_o euripides_n he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o one_o mnesarchus_n and_o clito_n and_o have_v not_o as_o some_o have_v report_v a_o seller_n of_o herb_n for_o his_o mother_n suidas_n vindicate_v he_o from_o the_o disparagement_n of_o so_o mean_v a_o descent_n assert_v that_o he_o be_v of_o noble_a birth_n as_o philochorus_n well_o demonstrate_v he_o be_v bear_v on_o that_o very_a day_n wherein_o xerxes_n be_v defeat_v by_o the_o athenian_n he_o flourish_v in_o the_o time_n of_o archelaus_n king_n of_o macedon_n by_o who_o he_o be_v high_o esteem_v he_o be_v at_o first_o a_o painter_n but_o afterward_o become_v most_o eminent_a in_o write_v tragedy_n for_o rhetoric_n he_o be_v the_o scholar_n of_o prodicus_n and_o for_o philosophy_n the_o auditor_n both_o of_o socrates_n and_o anaxagoras_n he_o sometime_o dispute_v with_o plato_n and_o travel_v into_o egypt_n to_o be_v inform_v of_o the_o wisdom_n of_o their_o priest_n as_o laertius_n testify_v his_o name_n euripides_n he_o take_v from_o euripus_n but_o for_o his_o austerity_n they_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o hater_n of_o woman_n for_o as_o suidasâ—ffirms_v â—ffirms_z he_o be_v a_o marry_a man_n and_o have_v two_o wife_n be_v divorce_v from_o the_o first_o for_o her_o unchastity_n neither_o find_v he_o the_o second_o more_o loyal_a to_o his_o bed_n he_o die_v in_o the_o 75th_o year_n of_o his_o age_n be_v the_o 93d_o olympiad_n and_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n by_o dog_n as_o valerius_n maximus_n and_o gellius_n write_v or_o rather_o as_o suidas_n have_v it_o be_v devour_v in_o the_o night_n by_o barbarous_a and_o bloody_a woman_n the_o athenian_n grievous_o lament_v his_o death_n he_o write_v 75_o tragedy_n for_o every_o year_n he_o live_v a_o tragedy_n whereof_o he_o obtain_v five_o victory_n four_o in_o his_o life-time_n and_o one_o after_o his_o death_n his_o brother_n son_n be_v the_o actor_n of_o that_o tragedy_n it_o be_v a_o great_a question_n which_o be_v the_o better_a poet_n he_o or_o sophocles_n though_o they_o go_v a_o different_a way_n quintilian_n say_v that_o all_o moral_a philosophy_n iâ—_n comprehend_v in_o the_o verse_n of_o euripides_n and_o heinsiâ—s_v speak_v of_o he_o say_v omnium_fw-la oratorum_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la pater_fw-la quam_fw-la optimus_fw-la poeta_fw-la aeschylus_n sophocles_n and_o euripides_n be_v the_o three_o chief_a prince_n of_o the_o tragic_a style_n who_o exhibit_v to_o the_o people_n every_o year_n their_o poem_n at_o some_o public_a solemnity_n strive_v who_o shall_v get_v the_o victory_n by_o the_o approbation_n
the_o daughter_n of_o germanicus_n and_o if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o this_o proceed_v mere_o from_o the_o spite_n of_o messalina_n why_o then_o do_v she_o not_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o well_o as_o she_o do_v the_o other_o who_o be_v her_o husba_n d_n niece_n but_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a whatever_o his_o life_n be_v he_o have_v paginam_fw-la lâ—scivam_fw-la as_o 〈◊〉_d appear_v by_o what_o he_o have_v write_v the_o speculorum_fw-la usu_fw-la l._n 1._o nat._n qu._n cap._n 16._o which_o admit_v it_o may_v in_o a_o poet_n yet_o how_o it_o shall_v be_v excuse_v in_o a_o philosopher_n i_o know_v not_o in_o his_o exile_n he_o write_v his_o epistle_n the_o consolation_n to_o polybius_n claudius_n creature_n and_o as_o honest_a a_o man_n as_o pallas_n or_o narcissus_n wherein_o he_o extol_v he_o and_o the_o emperor_n to_o the_o sky_n seek_v a_o discharge_n of_o his_o exile_n by_o so_o fordo_v a_o mean_n whereby_o he_o lose_v much_o of_o his_o reputation_n upon_o claudius_n marriage_n with_o agrippina_n he_o be_v recall_v from_o banishment_n by_o her_o mean_n and_o make_v praetor_n when_o have_v no_o need_n of_o he_o he_o forget_v the_o emperor_n labour_v all_o he_o can_v to_o depress_v he_o and_o the_o hopeful_a brittanicus_n also_o procure_v his_o pupil_n nero_n to_o be_v adopt_v successor_n and_o the_o emperor_n be_v own_o son_n to_o be_v disinherit_v likewise_o against_o the_o emperor_n who_o he_o so_o much_o praise_v when_o he_o have_v need_n of_o he_o after_o his_o death_n he_o write_v a_o scurrilous_a libel_n in_o nero_n court_n how_o ungrateful_o do_v he_o behave_v himself_o towards_o agrippina_n who_o although_o she_o be_v a_o wicked_a woman_n yet_o she_o deserve_v well_o of_o he_o also_o towards_o nero_n himself_o what_o a_o treacherous_a part_n do_v he_o play_v in_o become_v a_o associate_n in_o piso_n conspiracy_n noâ—_n must_v we_o here_o omit_v his_o vast_a riches_n and_o avarice_n moreover_o he_o do_v in_o extremo_fw-la actu_fw-la deficâ—re_fw-la when_o he_o must_v needs_o persuade_v his_o excellent_a lady_n paulina_n to_o die_v with_o he_o which_o according_a to_o his_o opinion_n for_o he_o believe_v not_o the_o soul_n immortality_n can_v be_v no_o advantage_n to_o she_o last_o of_o all_o the_o philosopher_n theodorus_n who_o be_v honour_v with_o the_o title_n of_o a_o god_n deliver_v iâ—_n as_o his_o opinion_n that_o wise_a man_n will_v not_o stick_v to_o give_v their_o mind_n to_o thieve_v adultery_n or_o sacrilege_n when_o they_o find_v a_o seasonable_a opportunity_n that_o none_o of_o these_o be_v evil_a by_o nature_n and_o that_o set_v aside_o the_o vulgar_a opinion_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n but_o a_o philosopher_n may_v go_v public_o to_o a_o whore_n without_o reproof_n many_o more_o instance_n can_v i_o produce_v to_o show_v not_o only_o the_o ill_a precept_n which_o be_v teach_v but_o likewise_o the_o evil_a life_n which_o be_v lead_v by_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n who_o practice_n have_v continual_o run_v counter_a to_o their_o theory_n now_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o wise_a government_n grow_v to_o manage_v the_o people_n conscience_n rather_o by_o religion_n than_o philosophy_n since_o the_o terror_n of_o hell_n and_o hope_n of_o paradise_n will_v more_o effectual_o reform_a mankind_n than_o any_o philosophical_a notion_n and_o whereas_o the_o philosopher_n be_v so_o multiply_v into_o sect_n as_o st._n austin_n out_o of_o varrâ—_n report_v they_o to_o have_v be_v almost_o 300._o and_o in_o effect_n each_o give_v the_o other_o the_o lie_n now_o religion_n seem_v likely_a to_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o its_o own_o doctrine_n and_o more_o unite_a in_o itself_o yet_o in_o after_o age_n even_o that_o divide_v into_o so_o many_o schism_n as_o make_v a_o kind_n of_o necessity_n of_o set_v up_o one_o supreme_a judge_n who_o dictate_v right_a or_o wrong_n shall_v decide_v all_o controversy_n about_o religion_n and_o regulate_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o clergy_n this_o raise_v the_o pope_n over_o the_o christian_n and_o mafti_n over_o the_o mahometan_n yet_o in_o both_o of_o these_o so_o prone_a be_v flesh_n and_o blood_n to_o corruption_n that_o many_o time_n the_o great_a doctor_n be_v force_v to_o bid_v man_n do_v as_o they_o teach_v and_o not_o as_o they_o do_v which_o nevertheless_o be_v apt_a to_o discredit_v the_o very_a doctrine_n themselves_o among_o vulgar_a people_n who_o be_v more_o incline_v to_o believe_v what_o they_o see_v than_o what_o they_o hear_v but_o to_o speak_v as_o a_o moral_a man_n their_o pretend_a religion_n and_o philosophy_n consist_v in_o this_o compositum_fw-la ius_n fasque_fw-la animi_fw-la sanctosque_fw-la recessus_fw-la mentis_fw-la &_o incoctum_fw-la generâ—so_fw-la pectus_fw-la honesto_fw-la pers._n chap._n xiii_o the_o narration_n of_o king_n phraotes_n touch_v his_o parent_n and_o himself_o namely_o how_o his_o father_n be_v in_o his_o youth_n cast_v out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n study_a philosophy_n among_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o how_o he_o himself_o be_v instruct_v by_o his_o father_n in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n be_v send_v to_o the_o same_o wise_a man_n to_o be_v teach_v philosophy_n but_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n be_v recall_v by_o his_o father_n friend_n to_o the_o kingdom_n as_o for_o myself_o this_o be_v the_o history_n of_o what_o have_v befall_v i_o i_o be_o descend_v of_o a_o grandfather_n who_o be_v a_o king_n and_o of_o the_o same_o name_n with_o i_o but_o my_o father_n be_v a_o private_a man_n for_o be_v leave_v very_o young_a two_o of_o his_o near_a kindred_n be_v according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o india_n make_v his_o guardian_n and_o manage_v the_o government_n for_o he_o very_o tyrannical_o whereupon_o they_o appear_v grievous_a to_o the_o subject_n and_o the_o government_n be_v evil_o speak_v of_o in_o so_o much_o that_o many_o of_o the_o nobility_n conspire_v together_o against_o they_o do_v at_o the_o great_a solemnity_n when_o they_o be_v sacrifice_v to_o the_o river_n indus_n set_v upon_o they_o and_o kill_v they_o when_o seize_v on_o the_o government_n they_o share_v it_o among_o themselves_o wherefore_o my_o father_n kinsman_n be_v very_o solicitous_a of_o his_o safety_n when_o he_o be_v not_o yet_o 16_o year_n old_a send_v he_o to_o the_o king_n that_o reign_v near_o the_o river_n hyphasis_n which_o kingdom_n be_v far_o great_a than_o that_o which_o i_o possess_v and_o the_o country_n much_o more_o pleasant_a when_o the_o king_n will_v have_v adopt_v he_o his_o son_n my_o father_n refuse_v it_o say_v that_o he_o be_v unwilling_a to_o strive_v against_o fortune_n who_o have_v already_o deprive_v he_o of_o rule_n wherefore_o he_o entreat_v the_o king_n to_o give_v leave_n that_o he_o may_v be_v bring_v up_o in_o philosophy_n by_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o that_o country_n which_o will_v make_v he_o the_o better_o undergo_v his_o domestic_a evil_n now_o when_o the_o king_n be_v willing_a to_o restore_v he_o to_o his_o own_o kingdom_n my_o father_n answer_v if_o you_o perceive_v i_o to_o be_v a_o true_a and_o genuine_a philosopher_n you_o shall_v restore_v i_o if_o not_o suffer_v i_o to_o continue_v as_o i_o be_o when_o the_o king_n hear_v this_o he_o himself_o go_v with_o he_o to_o the_o wise_a man_n promise_v to_o bestow_v no_o small_a benefit_n on_o they_o if_o they_o use_v their_o utmost_a diligence_n in_o educate_v that_o youth_n who_o be_v by_o nature_n so_o generous_a they_o discern_v something_o more_o than_o ordinary_a in_o he_o very_o free_o assent_v to_o communicate_v their_o wisdom_n to_o he_o and_o ready_o instruct_v he_o who_o be_v as_o full_o intent_n upon_o learning_n after_o 7_o year_n be_v expire_v the_o king_n fall_v sick_a of_o a_o disease_n which_o end_v his_o life_n send_v for_o my_o father_n and_o make_v he_o copartner_n with_o his_o own_o son_n in_o the_o kingdom_n give_v he_o his_o daughter_n than_o marriageable_a to_o wife_n but_o he_o when_o he_o perceive_v the_o king_n son_n to_o be_v overcome_v by_o flatterer_n drink_v and_o such_o like_a vanity_n as_o also_o to_o have_v a_o suspicious_a eye_n over_o he_o say_v to_o he_o take_v your_o estate_n to_o yourself_o and_o order_v it_o how_o you_o please_v for_o it_o be_v a_o ridiculous_a thing_n that_o he_o who_o be_v not_o able_a to_o recover_v his_o own_o kingdom_n shall_v bold_o intrude_v into_o another_o grant_v 〈◊〉_d only_o your_o sister_n for_o this_o alone_a of_o all_o your_o estate_n will_v satisfy_v i_o wherefore_o take_v his_o wife_n he_o withdraw_v into_o those_o place_n that_o be_v near_o to_o the_o wise_a man_n wherein_o he_o have_v 7_o very_a pleasant_a town_n which_o the_o king_n give_v to_o his_o sister_n for_o her_o privy_a purse_n now_o i_o be_v spring_v from_o this_o marriage_n and_o my_o father_n have_v instruct_v i_o in_o the_o greek_a learning_n he_o
bring_v i_o to_o the_o wise_a man_n soon_o perhaps_o then_o be_v fit_v for_o i_o be_v but_o 12_o year_n old_a however_o they_o take_v i_o and_o breed_v i_o up_o as_o their_o own_o child_n for_o they_o show_v far_o great_a kindness_n to_o such_o as_o be_v skilled_a in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n before_o they_o receive_v they_o in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v more_o capable_a of_o their_o instruction_n my_o parent_n afterward_o die_v soon_o after_o one_o another_o the_o wise_a man_n bring_v i_o to_o my_o town_n that_o i_o may_v look_v to_o my_o own_o affair_n as_o be_v now_o about_o 19_o year_n of_o age_n but_o my_o good_a uncle_n have_v by_o this_o time_n take_v away_o the_o 7_o town_n so_o that_o he_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o leave_v i_o the_o field_n which_o my_o father_n have_v purchase_v say_v that_o they_o all_o belong_v to_o his_o kingdom_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o favour_n he_o suffer_v i_o to_o live_v wherefore_o have_v gather_v up_o a_o small_a stock_n from_o my_o mother_n free_a man_n i_o live_v poor_o have_v but_o four_o attendant_n in_o this_o condition_n as_o i_o be_v read_v the_o tragedy_n call_v heraclidae_fw-la there_o come_v a_o messenger_n to_o i_o from_o this_o place_n bring_v a_o letter_n from_o a_o certain_a friend_n of_o my_o father_n who_o bid_v i_o pass_v over_o the_o river_n hydraotes_n and_o consult_v with_o he_o about_o recover_v this_o kingdom_n for_o there_o be_v great_a hope_n for_o i_o that_o i_o may_v easy_o attain_v it_o if_o i_o be_v not_o want_v to_o myself_o i_o think_v that_o some_o of_o the_o god_n have_v bring_v that_o tragedy_n into_o my_o thought_n follow_v the_o presage_v now_o when_o i_o have_v cross_v the_o river_n i_o hear_v that_o one_o of_o they_o who_o have_v usurp_v the_o kingdom_n be_v dead_a and_o that_o the_o other_o be_v besiege_v in_o his_o palace_n wherefore_o comply_v with_o these_o thing_n i_o come_v with_o open_a mouth_n in_o all_o the_o town_n wheresoever_o i_o pass_v cry_v out_o that_o i_o be_v the_o son_n of_o such_o a_o one_o and_o that_o i_o come_v to_o possess_v my_o own_o government_n whereupon_o they_o receive_v i_o with_o very_o great_a joy_n and_o think_v i_o to_o be_v very_o like_o my_o grandfather_n embrace_v i_o and_o accompany_v i_o with_o sword_n and_o bow_n in_o great_a number_n which_o continual_o increase_v wherefore_o come_v to_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n those_o that_o be_v here_o receive_v i_o so_o cheerful_o that_o they_o light_v torch_n at_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o sun_n wherewith_o come_v to_o the_o gate_n and_o conduct_v i_o hither_o sing_v praise_n of_o my_o father_n and_o grandfather_n as_o for_o that_o drone_n within_o they_o thrâ—w_v he_o over_o the_o wall_n notwithstanding_o i_o intercede_v for_o he_o that_o they_o will_v not_o put_v he_o to_o such_o a_o death_n illustration_n on_o chap._n 13._o 1_n to_o strive_v against_o fortune_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o very_a faâ—nâ—_n opinion_n for_o any_o man_n although_o fortune_n have_v give_v he_o one_o shrewd_a blow_n 〈◊〉_d to_o despond_v or_o though_o in_o a_o great_a design_n his_o second_o or_o three_o attempt_v be_v â—oyled_v yet_o the_o work_n of_o destiny_n be_v keep_v so_o secret_a from_o we_o till_o enlighten_v by_o time_n as_o for_o aught_o we_o know_v that_o success_n which_o be_v deny_v to_o our_o first_o second_o or_o three_o attempt_n may_v be_v reserve_v to_o a_o four_o nothing_o be_v more_o â—â—â—ally_o see_v than_o in_o the_o seal_n the_o wall_n of_o strong_a placeâ—_n after_o one_o or_o two_o desperate_a repulse_n a_o obstinate_a perseverance_n carry_v they_o and_o so_o in_o man_n civil_a undertake_n perseveranti_fw-la dabitur_fw-la for_o in_o persevere_v many_o time_n strange_a and_o unthought_a of_o accident_n be_v find_v to_o come_v in_o by_o mean_n whereof_o the_o success_n be_v beyond_o what_o can_v have_v be_v imagine_v for_o god_n do_v as_o well_o disappoint_v our_o fear_n as_o our_o hope_n therefore_o in_o the_o old_a roman_a way_n of_o such_o as_o slay_v themselves_o if_o they_o do_v it_o out_o of_o scorn_n to_o endure_v any_o base_a disgrace_n than_o it_o be_v set_v upon_o the_o score_n of_o magnanimity_n or_o if_o it_o be_v to_o ease_v they_o of_o some_o grievous_a paiâ—_n than_o it_o excuse_v itself_o upon_o that_o dictate_v of_o nature_n of_o evil_n choose_v the_o least_o but_o if_o in_o case_n of_o adverse_a fortune_n and_o a_o overhasty_a despair_n it_o be_v certain_o then_o the_o effect_n of_o a_o pusillanimous_a spirit_n which_o have_v not_o courage_n enough_o to_o hold_v out_o till_o a_o better_a condition_n may_v appear_v 2_o the_o tragedy_n of_o heraclidae_fw-la this_o tragedy_n be_v write_v by_o euripides_n 3_o i_o will_v not_o be_v want_v to_o myself_o etc._n etc._n the_o main_a reason_n why_o there_o be_v so_o few_o gallant_a exploit_n do_v among_o man_n and_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o they_o suffer_v such_o base_a oppression_n as_o they_o do_v be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n because_o they_o be_v want_v to_o themselves_o that_o be_v they_o either_o see_v not_o the_o opportunity_n they_o have_v of_o help_v themselves_o or_o else_o they_o want_v the_o courage_n to_o undertake_v they_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o first_o be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o daily_a diversion_n of_o their_o mind_n upon_o pleasure_n or_o other_o impertinency_n as_o a_o mere_a thoughtlessness_n and_o stupidity_n wherein_o we_o pass_v most_o of_o our_o time_n in_o think_v serious_o upon_o nothing_o this_o perhaps_o be_v a_o great_a cause_n of_o public_a quiet_n in_o not_o observe_v those_o emergency_n which_o more_o vigilant_a and_o hot_a head_n will_v lay_v hold_n of_o for_o turbulent_a attempt_n and_o therefore_o in_o our_o institution_n be_v not_o censure_v but_o mahomet_n have_v by_o a_o express_a edict_n prohibit_v it_o as_o a_o mortal_a sin_n and_o i_o be_o of_o opinion_n that_o his_o strict_a injunction_n for_o such_o perpetual_a meditation_n and_o advertency_n be_v one_o great_a cause_n of_o the_o daily_a growth_n and_o progress_n of_o his_o church_n and_o empire_n yet_o indeed_o be_v i_o a_o prince_n especial_o if_o i_o do_v not_o exact_o govern_v as_o the_o people_n good_a require_v i_o shall_v not_o much_o fancy_n my_o think_a subject_n lest_o observe_v thing_n too_o narrow_o their_o thought_n may_v not_o be_v to_o my_o advantage_n the_o second_o way_n wherein_o man_n usual_o fall_v be_v want_n of_o courage_n magnis_fw-la conatibus_fw-la obstat_fw-la impunitatis_fw-la â—â—pido_fw-la if_o man_n be_v not_o a_o creature_n as_o timid_a as_o he_o be_v crafty_a and_o malicious_a how_o can_v one_o man_n or_o a_o few_o enslave_v a_o whole_a nation_n yet_o most_o certain_o it_o be_v the_o great_a wisdom_n of_o god_n to_o plant_v this_o fear_n of_o death_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n without_o which_o the_o poor_a will_v rifle_v the_o rich_a the_o people_n will_v disobey_v their_o governor_n and_o every_o superstitious_a fool_n will_v to_o escape_v purgatory_n murder_n whosoever_o his_o confessor_n bid_v he_o now_o beside_o these_o two_o deficiency_n man_n be_v want_v to_o themselves_o in_o many_o other_o point_n but_o above_o all_o in_o industry_n how_o many_o appear_v in_o the_o street_n half_o naked_a and_o beg_v for_o a_o farthing_n when_o other_o as_o feeble_a as_o they_o support_v themselves_o by_o labour_n and_o other_o who_o lie_v torture_v with_o disease_n have_v usual_o fail_v themselves_o in_o point_n of_o temperance_n when_o rather_o than_o restrain_v their_o gluttony_n or_o drunkenness_n they_o choose_v as_o the_o easy_a to_o fall_v a_o pray_n poscis_fw-la opem_fw-la nerviâ—_fw-la corpusque_fw-la fidele_fw-la senectae_fw-la esto_fw-la age_n sed_fw-la patinae_fw-la grandes_fw-fr tucetaque_fw-la crassâ—_n annuere_fw-la his_fw-la superos_fw-la vetuere_fw-la jovemque_fw-la morantur_fw-la thus_o in_o all_o kind_n of_o affliction_n that_o man_n endure_v upon_o a_o severe_a scrutiny_n they_o shall_v find_v that_o their_o endurance_n or_o at_o least_o their_o long_a endurance_n proceed_v from_o their_o be_v want_v to_o themselves_o one_o way_n or_o other_o 4_o receive_v i_o with_o great_a joy_n etc._n etc._n the_o case_n in_o brief_a be_v thus_o this_o king_n phraotes_n his_o father_n come_v young_a to_o the_o crown_n which_o be_v by_o some_o great_a man_n usurp_v from_o he_o he_o not_o long_o after_o die_v they_o still_o detain_v it_o from_o his_o young_a son_n phraotes_n who_o thereby_o be_v constrain_v to_o live_v poor_a in_o exile_n till_o after_o that_o the_o usurper_n have_v with_o much_o oppression_n for_o some_o year_n exasperate_v the_o people_n they_o then_o revolt_v from_o the_o usurper_n and_o send_v for_o the_o right_a heir_n phraotes_n and_o settle_v he_o in_o the_o throne_n of_o his_o ancestor_n the_o people_n be_v so_o base_o in_o love_n with_o their_o own_o ease_n and_o safety_n as_o they_o many_o
tabernacle_n and_o priest_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n however_o it_o be_v not_o know_v who_o be_v the_o first_o deviser_n of_o they_o pliny_n and_o solinus_n report_n that_o alexander_n when_o he_o win_v the_o camp_n of_o darius_n find_v among_o other_o jewel_n and_o spoil_n a_o cask_n of_o rich_a ointment_n that_o very_o much_o delight_v he_o but_o herodotus_n do_v declare_v that_o it_o be_v in_o frequent_a use_n before_o darius_n time_n for_o cambyses_n son_n to_o cyrus_n send_v ambassador_n to_o aethiopus_fw-la king_n of_o the_o macrobian_o with_o great_a present_n whereof_o a_o box_n of_o ointment_n be_v one_o i_o know_v not_o the_o certain_a time_n when_o they_o be_v first_o introduce_v into_o rome_n but_o we_o read_v in_o pliny_n lib._n 13._o ch_n 3._o nat._n hist._n that_o the_o 565_o the_o year_n of_o that_o city_n antiochus_n be_v vanquish_v and_o all_o asia_n subdue_v p._n livinius_fw-la crassus_n and_o julius_n caesar_n be_v then_o censor_n command_v that_o no_o foreign_a confection_n of_o ointment_n shall_v be_v sell_v in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n pancirollus_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o roman_n derive_v this_o custom_n of_o anoint_v themselves_o from_o the_o greek_n who_o after_o they_o have_v wash_v the_o body_n with_o water_n ever_o anoint_v it_o over_o with_o perfume_a ointment_n keep_v in_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o vessel_n so_o call_v which_o they_o have_v for_o that_o purpose_n now_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o be_v as_o the_o scholiast_n in_o aristoph_n have_v it_o to_o close_v up_o the_o pore_n again_o after_o they_o have_v be_v open_v by_o the_o hot_a weather_n or_o by_o anoint_v before_o they_o go_v into_o cold_a water_n to_o keep_v out_o the_o cold_a as_o we_o see_v apollonius_n do_v we_o read_v also_o that_o both_o greek_n and_o roman_n use_v to_o anoint_v their_o head_n habent_fw-la unctae_fw-la mollia_fw-la serta_fw-la comae_fw-la ovid._n which_o they_o do_v either_o to_o keep_v out_o any_o fume_n ascend_v thither_o from_o drink_n or_o to_o open_v the_o pore_n that_o so_o they_o may_v evacuate_v the_o soon_o wherefore_o it_o be_v general_o use_v at_o great_a entertainment_n he_o that_o will_v read_v more_o concern_v the_o virtue_n several_a kind_n and_o manner_n of_o use_v these_o ointment_n let_v he_o look_v into_o athenaeus_n dipnos_n lib._n 3._o ch_n 14_o 15_o etc._n etc._n 7_o bath_n be_v use_v by_o our_o forefather_n as_o constant_o before_o meal_n as_o we_o use_v water_n to_o wash_v our_o hand_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o extravagancy_n wherein_o the_o ancient_n do_v more_o excellent_a than_o in_o that_o of_o their_o bath_n so_o magnificent_a be_v the_o roman_a bath_n so_o stately_a and_o glorious_a be_v their_o fabric_n that_o they_o resemble_v so_o many_o city_n but_o above_o all_o the_o two_o most_o famous_a be_v the_o antoninian_n and_o dioclesian_n the_o antoninian_n bath_n as_o palladius_n in_o his_o antiq._n vrb._n rom._n say_v be_v build_v by_o alexander_n be_v of_o a_o prodigious_a height_n and_o adorn_v with_o great_a marble_n pillar_n the_o dioclesian_n which_o be_v also_o of_o a_o vast_a height_n have_v 140000_o man_n employ_v for_o many_o year_n together_o in_o build_v they_o these_o bath_n alone_o be_v so_o capacious_a as_o they_o contain_v for_o the_o use_n of_o wash_v 1600_o several_a seat_n and_o those_o all_o of_o polish_a marble_n a_o accurate_a description_n whereof_o be_v already_o give_v we_o by_o vitruvius_n lib._n 5._o ch_n 10._o agrippa_z as_o witness_v pliny_n build_v during_o his_o aedilship_n for_o the_o free_a use_n of_o the_o public_a one_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o bath_n and_o the_o same_o author_n likewise_o add_v that_o at_o rome_n in_o his_o time_n their_o number_n be_v infinite_a and_o for_o the_o largeness_n some_o of_o they_o say_v olympiâ—dorus_n be_v ingenti_fw-la or_o as_o cassiodorus_n write_v mirabili_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la ammianus_n lib._n 16._o say_v that_o their_o bath_n be_v in_o modum_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la extructa_fw-la build_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o province_n neither_o be_v their_o inside_n less_o glorious_a than_o their_o outside_n for_o seneca_n in_o his_o 86_o ep._n lib._n 13._o describe_v the_o common_a bathing-room_n to_o be_v rather_o like_o the_o palace_n of_o prince_n than_o place_n only_o for_o the_o wash_n off_o sweat_n and_o filth_n of_o their_o body_n and_o according_o statius_n agree_v in_o this_o his_o description_n of_o they_o nil_fw-la ibi_fw-la plebeium_fw-la nunquam_fw-la temesaea_n notabis_fw-la aera_fw-la sed_fw-la argento_fw-la foelix_fw-la propellitur_fw-la unda_fw-la argentoque_fw-la cadit_fw-la labrisque_fw-la nitentibus_fw-la instat_fw-la delicias_fw-la mirâ—ta_fw-la svas_fw-la in_o balneo_fw-la etrâ—sci_fw-la rosinus_n in_o his_o chapter_n de_fw-fr thermis_fw-la affirm_v they_o use_v to_o anoint_v the_o very_a wall_n of_o their_o bath_n with_o rich_a odoriferous_a unguent_n and_o that_o even_o of_o such_o bath_n that_o be_v but_o for_o the_o use_n of_o servant_n rosin_n antiq._n rom._n but_o as_o dr._n hakewell_n observe_v the_o most_o considerable_a expense_n about_o their_o bath_n be_v the_o charge_n which_o they_o be_v at_o in_o heat_n the_o water_n especial_o be_v so_o large_a that_o one_o of_o they_o contain_v at_o least_o ten_o time_n so_o much_o in_o compass_n as_o the_o king_n bath_n in_o bath_n and_o that_o to_o be_v heat_v so_o hot_a as_o they_o can_v hardly_o endure_v their_o body_n in_o it_o which_o plutarch_n testify_v in_o the_o 8_o book_n and_o 9_o the_o chapter_n of_o his_o symposiach_n hakewelâ—_n apol._n for_o provide_v lib._n 4_o ch_n 8._o moreover_o plutarch_n say_v that_o while_o they_o be_v in_o they_o they_o draw_v in_o air_n that_o be_v mingle_v as_o it_o be_v with_o fire_n and_o water_n whereas_o in_o ancient_a time_n man_n can_v sleep_v eat_v and_o drink_v in_o their_o bath_n without_o over-heating_a their_o body_n now_o however_o some_o few_o among_o they_o use_v bathe_v for_o their_o health_n sake_n yet_o artemidorus_n tell_v we_o that_o a_o bath_n in_o his_o time_n be_v little_a else_o but_o a_o passage_n to_o supper_n so_o as_o they_o which_o eat_v often_o wash_v as_o often_o it_o be_v therefore_o observe_v of_o commodus_n the_o emperor_n how_o often_o he_o eat_v by_o his_o bathe_v seven_o or_o eight_o time_n in_o one_o day_n and_o among_o the_o christian_n sisinius_n a_o bishop_n be_v censure_v as_o intemperate_a for_o wash_v twice_o in_o a_o day_n many_o there_o have_v be_v say_v plutarch_n in_o his_o precept_n of_o health_n who_o have_v bring_v themselves_o to_o this_o pass_n that_o they_o can_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v unless_o they_o have_v first_o either_o bathe_v or_o sweat_v in_o a_o stove_n among_o who_o titus_n the_o emperor_n be_v one_o as_o they_o do_v testify_v who_o have_v the_o cure_n of_o he_o when_o he_o lay_v sick_a and_o in_o the_o same_o book_n he_o bring_v in_o zeuxippus_n give_v precept_n of_o diet_n and_o persuade_v man_n not_o to_o think_v it_o strange_a if_o they_o come_v now_o and_o then_o to_o the_o table_n without_o have_v be_v at_o the_o bath_n or_o hot-house_n before_o so_o common_a a_o thing_n be_v it_o in_o those_o day_n at_o rome_n to_o make_v use_n of_o their_o bath_n before_o they_o come_v to_o their_o meal_n many_o have_v declaim_v against_o bathe_v in_o excess_n and_o some_o have_v prefer_v hot_a bath_n and_o other_o cold_a bath_n as_o we_o see_v apollonius_n do_v but_o few_o have_v ever_o decry_v they_o altogether_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n reckon_v up_o the_o several_a good_a effect_n of_o bathe_v as_o cleanse_v warm_a and_o comfort_v the_o body_n beside_o the_o great_a pleasure_n of_o it_o suidas_n say_v that_o bath_n be_v uncertain_a cure_n for_o pain_n but_o certain_a guide_n to_o pleasure_n which_o agree_v with_o that_o old_a inscription_n which_o be_v write_v over_o the_o bath_n balnea_fw-la vina_n venus_n corrumpunt_fw-la corpora_fw-la nostra_fw-la sed_fw-la vitam_fw-la faciunt_fw-la balnea_fw-la vina_n venus_n coel._n rhod._n lib._n 28._o camerarius_fw-la in_o his_o hor._n succisiv_n lib._n 2._o ch_n 14._o demonstrate_v that_o the_o pagan_n have_v be_v more_o modest_a in_o their_o stove_n and_o bath_n than_o many_o of_o the_o christian_n be_v for_o though_o under_o the_o rule_n of_o that_o monster_n heliogabalus_n the_o bath_n of_o rome_n be_v open_a both_o to_o man_n and_o woman_n promiscuous_o yet_o both_o before_o and_o since_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n prohibit_v by_o the_o roman_a law_n and_o be_v then_o only_o practise_v for_o a_o time_n regis_fw-la ad_fw-la exemplum_fw-la for_o romulus_n the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o roman_n ordain_v that_o whatever_o man_n shall_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v see_v naked_a by_o a_o woman_n shall_v die_v plutarch_n speak_v of_o the_o modesty_n of_o m._n cato_n write_v that_o in_o old_a time_n father_n be_v ashamed_a to_o bathe_v before_o their_o child_n and_o the_o father-in-law_n before_o his_o sons-in-law_n he_o further_o add_v that_o
cato_n be_v as_o much_o ashamed_a to_o utter_v a_o unhandsome_a word_n in_o his_o son_n presence_n as_o in_o presence_n of_o the_o vestal_a virgin_n that_o they_o never_o bathe_v together_o for_o that_o the_o sons-in-law_n be_v out_o of_o countenance_n to_o uncover_v their_o body_n before_o they_o never_o meet_v in_o bath_n or_o common_a stove_n with_o their_o fathers-in-law_n to_o this_o we_o may_v annex_v the_o speech_n of_o cyrus_n to_o his_o son_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n if_o any_o of_o you_o say_v cyrus_n desire_v to_o take_v i_o by_o the_o hand_n or_o to_o see_v my_o eye_n let_v he_o come_v while_o the_o breath_n be_v in_o i_o for_o after_o i_o be_o dead_a and_o cover_v i_o command_v you_o my_o son_n not_o to_o let_v my_o body_n be_v uncover_v or_o look_v on_o either_o by_o yourselves_o or_o any_o one_o else_o xenoph._n lib._n 8._o and_o as_o i_o have_v be_v inform_v maximilian_n the_o first_o emperor_n of_o that_o name_n do_v the_o same_o it_o be_v write_v that_o the_o emperor_n adrian_n make_v a_o law_n that_o man_n shall_v have_v their_o bath_n apart_o from_o the_o woman_n which_o law_n be_v confirm_v by_o alexander_n severus_n and_o afterward_o follow_v by_o justinian_n moreover_o the_o ancient_a canon_n admit_v not_o of_o this_o ignominy_n for_o in_o they_o it_o be_v forbid_v that_o man_n shall_v bathe_v and_o wash_v with_o woman_n because_o the_o very_a pagan_n be_v against_o it_o notwithstanding_o to_o our_o shame_n we_o see_v it_o allow_v among_o the_o christian_n of_o this_o age._n final_o now_o to_o conclude_v this_o discourse_n of_o bath_n let_v i_o not_o be_v unmindful_a of_o those_o hot_a one_o at_o bath_n which_o providence_n have_v furnish_v this_o nation_n with_o and_o which_o by_o relation_n be_v no_o way_n inferior_a to_o any_o of_o the_o ancient_n cure_v many_o distemper_n of_o all_o sort_n and_o that_o as_o well_o inward_a as_o outward_a especial_o since_o they_o take_v to_o drink_v they_o which_o of_o late_a year_n they_o have_v do_v in_o so_o much_o that_o necham_n verse_n may_v as_o just_o be_v verify_v of_o their_o goodness_n at_o this_o present_a as_o they_o be_v 400_o year_n since_o about_o which_o time_n he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v write_v they_o in_o these_o word_n bathoniae_fw-la thermis_fw-la vix_fw-la praefero_fw-la virgillanas_n confecto_fw-la prosunt_fw-la balnea_fw-la nostra_fw-la seni._n prosunt_fw-la attritis_fw-la câ—llisis_fw-la invalidisque_fw-la et_fw-la quorum_fw-la morbis_fw-la frigida_fw-la causa_fw-la subest_fw-la 8_o ephesian_n a_o people_n of_o asia_n the_o less_o and_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o great_a and_o famous_a city_n ephesus_n which_o be_v now_o call_v altâ—_n luoco_n but_o of_o this_o more_o hereafter_o chap._n xiii_o what_o kind_n of_o speech_n apollonius_n use_v and_o what_o answer_v he_o make_v to_o the_o question_n of_o a_o logician_n also_o of_o his_o departure_n from_o antioch_n to_o the_o indies_n and_o how_o come_v to_o the_o city_n ninus_n he_o there_o meet_v with_o damis_n who_o admire_v apollonius_n become_v his_o perpetual_a companion_n intend_v accurate_o to_o commit_v to_o write_v all_o his_o say_n and_o deed_n apollonius_n use_v a_o kind_n of_o speech_n neither_o 1_n dithyrambical_a or_o swell_v with_o poetical_a expression_n nor_o on_o the_o contrary_a very_a refine_a and_o two_o hyperattick_n for_o he_o esteem_v such_o expression_n unpleasing_a as_o exceed_v the_o 3_o attic_a mediocrity_n neither_o in_o his_o discourse_n do_v he_o affect_v curious_a nicety_n no_o man_n ever_o hear_v he_o speak_v 4_o ironical_o or_o act_v the_o 5_o peripatetic_a to_o his_o hearer_n but_o as_o out_o of_o the_o 6_o tripos_n when_o he_o discourse_v he_o say_v this_o i_o know_v or_o thus_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o what_o purpose_n be_v these_o thing_n you_o must_v know_v etc._n etc._n his_o sentence_n be_v compendious_a and_o smart_a his_o word_n very_o significant_a and_o fit_v to_o the_o thing_n themselves_o also_o what_o he_o utter_v carry_v the_o sound_n of_o authority_n with_o it_o as_o if_o enact_v by_o the_o sceptre_n be_v ask_v by_o a_o certain_a logician_n why_o he_o do_v not_o seek_v and_o inquire_v his_o answer_n be_v that_o he_o seek_v when_o he_o be_v a_o youth_n and_o that_o now_o it_o become_v he_o no_o long_o to_o seek_v but_o to_o teach_v the_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v find_v when_o he_o further_o ask_v he_o how_o therefore_o a_o wise_a man_n ought_v to_o speak_v he_o answer_v as_o a_o lawgiver_n for_o a_o lawgiver_n must_v make_v those_o thing_n injunction_n to_o the_o people_n which_o he_o himself_o be_v first_o persuade_v of_o this_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o his_o behaviour_n at_o antioch_n whereby_o he_o draw_v unto_o he_o even_o those_o that_o be_v the_o least_o give_v to_o learning_n afterward_o he_o resolve_v to_o take_v a_o long_a journey_n and_o go_v to_o the_o indies_n that_o he_o may_v there_o talk_v with_o those_o wise_a man_n who_o be_v call_v 7_o brahmin_n and_o hyrcanian_n for_o he_o say_v that_o it_o chief_o concern_v young_a man_n to_o travel_v abroad_o into_o the_o world_n he_o likewise_o expect_v to_o learn_v many_o thing_n by_o the_o way_n of_o the_o magician_n of_o babylon_n and_o 8_o susa_n and_o therefore_o discover_v his_o resolution_n to_o his_o disciple_n who_o be_v seven_o in_o number_n they_o endeavour_v to_o divert_v he_o from_o it_o but_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o i_o have_v consult_v with_o the_o god_n about_o this_o affair_n and_o tell_v you_o now_o what_o i_o resolve_v upon_o only_o to_o try_v whether_o you_o be_v hardy_a enough_o to_o undergo_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o i_o therefore_o since_o you_o discover_v yourselves_o to_o be_v soft_a and_o effeminate_a farewell_n do_v you_o study_v philosophy_n but_o i_o must_v go_v whither_o both_o wisdom_n and_o the_o god_n lead_v i_o thus_o have_v finish_v his_o discourse_n he_o depart_v from_o antioch_n with_o only_o two_o servant_n who_o be_v his_o country_n man_n one_o of_o which_o can_v write_v a_o very_a swift_a and_o the_o other_o a_o very_a fair_a hand_n with_o who_o he_o travel_v along_o to_o the_o ancient_a city_n of_o 9_o ninus_n wherein_o he_o behold_v a_o statue_n erect_v after_o a_o barbarous_a fashion_n it_o be_v 10_o to_o the_o daughter_n of_o inachus_n have_v little_a horn_n ready_a to_o shoot_v out_o on_o both_o side_n her_o forehead_n now_o as_o he_o be_v admire_v this_o statue_n and_o various_o contemplate_v about_o that_o and_o other_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v hear_v from_o the_o priest_n and_o prophet_n there_o come_v to_o he_o one_o damis_n a_o citizen_n of_o ninus_n who_o i_o before_o 3._o mention_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o discourse_n say_v that_o he_o travel_v together_o with_o apollonius_n and_o be_v a_o partner_n with_o he_o in_o his_o trade_n for_o all_o kind_n of_o philosophy_n as_o also_o one_o that_o commit_v to_o write_v many_o of_o his_o remarkable_a '_o deed_n and_o say_n now_o this_o damis_n admire_v apollonius_n also_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o travel_v with_o he_o he_o say_v unto_o he_o oh_o apollonius_n let_v we_o travel_v together_o thou_o follow_v god_n and_o i_o follow_v thou_o moreover_o thou_o may_v think_v i_o worthy_a of_o esteem_n for_o though_o i_o shall_v know_v nothing_o else_o yet_o be_o i_o well_o acquaint_v with_o the_o way_n to_o babylon_n know_v both_o how_o many_o city_n there_o be_v and_o the_o town_n wherein_o the_o best_a accommodation_n be_v to_o be_v have_v it_o be_v not_o long_o since_o i_o return_v from_o thence_o likewise_o how_o many_o 11_o language_n be_v speak_v by_o the_o barbarian_n such_o as_o the_o armenian_a median_a persian_a and_o cadusian_a all_o which_o i_o understand_v perfect_o well_o to_o this_o apollonius_n reply_v my_o friend_n i_o be_o well_o skilled_a in_o all_o these_o notwithstanding_o i_o never_o learn_v any_o one_o of_o they_o damis_n be_v in_o admiration_n at_o this_o apollonius_n say_v further_o to_o he_o do_v not_o wonder_v that_o i_o pretend_v to_o 12_o understand_v all_o the_o language_n of_o man_n for_o i_o can_v tell_v even_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o conceive_v in_o their_o very_a thought_n when_o the_o assyrian_a hear_v this_o he_o pray_v unto_o he_o and_o respect_v he_o as_o a_o god_n also_o resign_v up_o himself_o to_o his_o discipline_n commit_v to_o memory_n all_o that_o he_o can_v learn_v this_o assyrian_a have_v a_o reasonable_a talon_n of_o express_v himself_o though_o no_o great_a elegancy_n in_o writing_n be_v educate_v among_o the_o barbarian_n but_o for_o discourse_n converse_n and_o whatsoever_o he_o see_v or_o hear_v he_o can_v well_o enough_o describe_v and_o compose_v memoir_n thereof_o be_v practise_v therein_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o book_n which_o he_o compose_v of_o the_o act_n and_o sentence_n of_o apollonius_n wherein_o he_o omit_v none_o of_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v