other meat then the meanest of his Souldiers did The Priests of Aegipt the Sages of 〈◊〉 and Persia and Iupiters Priests seruing 〈◊〉 Gods did neuer eate any flesh nor drink aâ—ny vvine Pausanias Anacharsis a Seithian Phylosopher being demaunded of his estate how he fed how he did lie and how he was cloathed aunswered I feede on hunger I lie on the ground and I am cloathed like a Scithian Laertius Dyonisius made sute to Aristides for his daughter in marriage but he knowing him to be an intemperate Prince soberly answered that he had rather kill his daughter with his owne hand then giue her in marriage vnto Dionysius Valerius Publicola after he had been consull foure times died so poore that he had not sufficient to defray the charge of his Funerals but was buried of the common tresury Valerius The â—â—ke of Menenius Agrippa vvhen by the counsaile of Epimenides of Create the Athenians vvere deliuered from a plague which their neighbours were infected with they in regard of his loue aduice sent him rich rewards which he refused Plato Apollonius Tyanaeus had diuers rich gifts sent him by Vespasian which he would not â—ccept saying that they were for couetous minded men and for those that had neede of them Stobeus The Romaines laughed Sylla to scorne that being a man most intemperate did not withstanding vse to exhort and compell others to sobriety temperance and frugality Suetonius Lisander contrary to him allowed those viâ—es in the Cittizens from the which himselfe refrained Thucidides Pericles when his companion Sophocles and Pretor in Rome commended the beauâ—y of a young woman whom they met said It becommeth a Pretor to haue not onely hands free from corruption but also continent eyes voyde of vnchast lookes Idem Hortensius was much reproued for that at a supper prepared for the Augurs he set before them a boiled Peacock Suetonius Cassius was deemed intemperate because publiquely he drank water and could not for a short time endure the thirst thereof Duronius was remoued from the Senate for that he being Tribune repeated the law concerning the restraint of feasting Patriâ—ius VVhen the Presâ—nts which King Pyrrhus after his ouerthrow were brought to Rome and shewed about the streetes hoping therâ—by to winne good will of the people theâ—â— was not one man seene to put out his hand towards them so as the King found himselfe no lesse vanquished with continency theâ— force of armes Diogenes laughed those to scorne that by sacrifice sought for helpe of the Gods and notvvithstanding led an intemperate lyfe Gellius Cato by prescribing too spare temperate dyet killed his wife and child In the presence of Gorgo the daughter of Cleomenes but 9. yeares old Aristagoras intreated Cleomenes that the Lacedemonians would send an Army into Asia promising to giue him 10. talents which he refusing offered him 50 the wench tooke her Father a side and sayd Father if you get you not hence this guest will corrupt you vvhereat he departed without hearkning to Aristagoras any more Herodotus The Lacedemonians were very temperate in their dyet and had certaine publique places called Phidities where they fed of which came that when men would speake of a small pittance they vvould lyke it to a meale of â—he Phiditie The Esseans a certaine Iewish sect vvho were holier and of better conuersation then â—he Pharisies abstained from wine and vvomen Iosephus The temperance and staiednes of Titus Quintus got more countries to the Romans then al the forces vnder him had done It was felonie for the Magistrates of Locris to drinke wine without the lycence of a Phiâ—ition and the Romans neuer drunke wine before they were twenty yeres old Diodo In the tyme of Saturne the world did neyther eate flesh nor drinke wine wherin they agree with our Diuines who put vs out of doubt that the vse of flesh and wine was vnknowne before the vniuersall flood Of Fortitude The vertue of the mind aduentureth nothing â—â—â—shly neyther in a good cause feareth death be 〈◊〉 in apparaunce neuer so terrible whose extreames are feare and foolish boldnes FOure kinds of people the Romans found hard to ouercome the Mermidons the Gaditanes the Saguntines the Numantines the first were strong the second valâ—â—ant the third fortunate but the Numantine were strong valiant and fortunate Trebeâ—â—lius Pollio Amongst all the Citties of the world onelâ— Numantia did neuer acknowledge her better or kisse the hande of any other for heâ— Lord. The Lacedemonians neuer vsed to aske thâ— number of their enemies but vvhere theâ— vvere Iudas Macchabeus beeing begirt with 2â— thousand men was counsailed to flie 〈◊〉 forbid quoth he that the sunne should seeâ— flie I had rather die then staine my glory by 〈◊〉 ignominious flight The Numantines vvhen they were besiâ—â—ged slew nine Consuls vvherevpon the Romans did capitulate with them that theâ— should be perpetuall friends Liuius Fiue thousand resolute Romans ouercaâ—â— thirty thousande of Methridates souldioâ—â— vvhom hee had chosen throughout all 〈◊〉 kingdom Appian Iulius Caesar entering the Temple of Heâ—â—cules in Gades seeing the heroycall gests 〈◊〉 Alexander set forth vpon the vvalls fell 〈◊〉 the lyke passion for Alexander as he did 〈◊〉 â—â—hilles Plutarch Q. Mutius aduentured alone into the tents 〈◊〉 King Porsenna eyther to kill the King or 〈◊〉 be killed by him for which he purchased 〈◊〉 sirname of Sceuola Liuius Horatius Cocles resisted the whole Armie the same king vntil the cittizens of Rome 〈◊〉 to take vp the drawe bridge and then all armed leapt into the riuer Tyber and escaped his enemies Liuius Perdiccas entered into the dangerous den a Lyonesse and tooke avvay her whelps â—â—rtius Starchaterus to increase his strength fedde â—â— on Beares fleshe and often vsed to drinke â—â—eir blood Olaus Alexander thought himselfe happy if hee â—ight be named Achilles Caesar if he might â—e called Alexander Achilles sought no â—eater name then Theseus Theseus desired 〈◊〉 of Hercules Although Scythia was barren yet was shee oute though rude and barbarous yet was 〈◊〉 very valiant and hard to bee subdued â—iannus Leonides at Thermopyla hauing vnder 〈◊〉 charge but foure thousand souldiours â—â—liantly encountred with the huge Armie of Xerxes and ouercame it to his immortaâ— fame and Xerxes eternall infamie Iustinâ—â— Pyrrhus seeing the fortitude and valourâ— the Romaines sayd If valour were lost thâ— mould thereof might bee founde in a Romans hart adding that hee would quicklie conquer all the worlde if hee were King 〈◊〉 Rome or the Romaine souldiours subiect vnto him Solon made a law that the children whosâ— parents had beene valiantly slaine in battaile should for the prowesse of theyr parents 〈◊〉 euer after maintained of the Common treasurie Thucidides Lucius Dentatus was in sixescore battailes and eyghteene times came away conquereâ— Hee receiued in token of his valour eyghteene Launces twenty Bards for horses foure-score Bracelets and 36. crownes anâ— by his meanes nine Emperours triumpheâ— in Rome It vvas all the manner of the Lacedemonians to
Themistocles were both by nature vicious but by education vertuous the one made a perfect man by Phylosophy the other by the example of Miltiades M. Portius Cato would needs be Schoolemaister to his owne children which institution did much auaile them not so much because he was Cato as that hee was their Father Plutarch Iulius Caesar adopted his nephew Octauius and brought him vp himselfe Amongst the Heluetians or Switzers wheÌ„ one was condemned to death order was taken that the execution thereof shoulde bee done by the Father who was the cause of his euill education that he might come to hys death by the authour of his life and that the father might in some sort be punished for his negligence vsed towards his child Traianus and Adrianus at theyr own charges caused fiue thousand noble mens Chyldren of Rome to be brought vp in learning vertue and feates of Armes for the profiâ— of the Common-wealth Eutropius Eteocles one of the most noble Euphorie of Lacedemonia freely aunswered Antipater asking 50. pledges that he would not gyue him chyldren least if they were brought vp farre from their Fathers they should change the auncient custome of liuing vsed in theyr owne country and become vicious but of old men women he would giue him double the number if he would be so pleased to accept of them Leo the Emperour wished that Schoolemaisters might receiue the pay of men at Armes Alexander caused thirty thousand children of those nations hee had conquered to bee brought vp vnder professors of sundry Sciences by whose policies if he had lyued he had thought to haue held al the whole world in awe Plutarch Hipperides an Orator of Greece sayde to one who tolde him that hee had sent a slaue with his sonne to gouerne him You haue doone very well for in sted of one slaue at his returne you shall receiue two The Cittizens of Rome dyd throw Scemides with her sonne Heliogabalus aliue into the riuer Tyber to beare him company for that she bare and brought vp such a gulfe of mischiefes Suetrnius Plato had his education among the priest of Egipt where he learned such instructions as made his phylosophie so perfect that whatâ—soeuer proceeded from the mouth of Plato vvas accounted diuine The Lacedemonians vvere wont to make choyse of men of learning and vvisedome for the education of theyr cittizens and them they called Publique Tutors for vvhich respect they were holden vertuous men in action valiant of courage and excellent in martiall discipline The Phylosophers in Greece made certayne playes for the instruction of young men vvhich discipline eternall memorie hath preserued till these our dayes In Iulius Caesar there wanted no fortitude for he ouercame many neyther clemencie for hee pardoned his enemies neyther liberality for hee gaue away kingdoms neither science for he vvrote many bookes neither fortune for hee vvas Lord of all men but he vvanted good manners vvhich is the foundation of a quiet life Suetonius King Philip of Macedon vowed his sonne vnto Aristotle as soone as euer he was born and afterward did put him happily into hys hands and he trained him vp in philosophy Comodus the Emperor was a very vertuous chyld in the beginning and had good education but in the end he prooued a most vvicked Prince Suetonius Nero wanted no good instructions such a maister he had as neuer any had a better yet among all the Emperours of Rome not any one was worse then he Tacitus Iulian the Apostate tooke away all beneuolences and contributions to schooles of â—earning to the end the chyldren might not be instructed in the liberal Arts but brought vp in ignorance Caligula the fourth Emperour of Rome vvas brought vp vvith such cost and delicacie in his youth that they doubted in Rome whether Drusius Germanicus his Father employed more for the Armies in vvarres then Caligula his sonne spent in the cradle for his pleasures Suetonius The Mother of Alexander the twenty sixe Emperour of Rome was so carefull of her sonnes education that shee kept continually a guard of men to take heed that no vicious man came vnto him to corrupt him in euill Herodian Of Wit Memory A good wit hath three degrees of hope of practising of perfection the first is in chyldren the second in young men in beeing perceiued 3. wayes by desire to learne by quicke conceit by a good memory The third of perfection is in the elder sort when they quickly conceiue faithfully remember and fruitfully put in practise those things which they haue learned ESdras the priest had the lawes of the Hebrues at his fingers end Alâ—ibiades wheresoeuer hee vvas and in vvhat country soeuer hee soiourned coulde easily frame himselfe according to the manners of the people Plutarch Such another was Marcus Antonius for at Rome hee vvoulde liue like a Romane and would seeme a right Senator in Egipt vvho more licentious Seuerus the good Emperor because of his stable wit and iudgment was called Seuerus Pertinax Eutropius Clemens the sixt vvas of so good a memory that whatsoeuer he once learned hee neuer after forgot Mithridates was of so great a memory that he could call euery one of his Souldiours by name Appian Anthony of Gueuara sometimes his memory would be so good and wit so quicke and skill so excellent that he could deuide an haire and sweepe a graine at other times he wished not onely 5. but 10. sences which wee call wittes The first lesson that Socrates taught his Schollers was Remember learne to forget that which thou hast ill learned Lirinensis The Sophists of Greece could with theyr eloquence and copiousnes of wit make of a Mouse an Elephant and a mountaine of a molehill The Schollers of Pythagoras learned his precepts by hart vsing their wits memories for bookes Portius neuer forgotte any thing that hee once reade before Seneca could rehearse after one by hearing two hundred verses Aelius Adrianus amongst a great army of Souldiours if any one were missing straight knew who it was Iustinus Scipio could call all his Souldiers by name Plutarch I. Caesar could reade talke heare and aunâ—swere at one time Plinie Carmedes a Grecian neuer heard anie thing but he could repeate it word by word without writing Pythagoras was willed of Mercury to aske what hee would but immortality and hee should haue it of whom he obtained to keep in memory all things that he had heard and seene Laertius Lucullus is recorded of Tully for his excellent memory The Aegiptians vsed characters and figures for their memory which was called locall memory Baptista Hortensius could pronounce out of hand with his tongue what he wrote with his pen. Plinie Cyneas being sent from King Pyrrhus to Rome the second day in the Senate house before all the people of Rome he named all the Senators Cyrus could call euery Souldiour in his campe by name Xenophon Cassius Seuerus sayde that although his bookes were burned hee caried all his learning in mind and
rich crowne of â—old and offer it to Apollo but the common â—reasure being poore the vvomen defaced â—heir Owches and Iewels to make it with all â—or which they had graunted three things to â—eare on their heads garlands of flowers to goe in chariots and openly to the feasts of â—he Gods Theseus asked of the Gods three things good fortune want of inward sorrow such glory as was neither false counterfaite nor â—ained of three other boones which he prayed of Neptune the third was in his fury curâ—ing his sonne Hyppolitus and wishing his violent death which after it was granted he repented him Cicero Demonides hauing crooked feet lost both of his shooes where-vpon he desired God â—hat his shoone might serue his feet that had â—ound them VVhen Alcibiades was condemned by the Athenians they commaunded the religious people of either sexe to curse him which one of them refused to doe saying that they had entered religion not to make vniust but iust prayers Thucydides Sylla Tiberius Caligula and Nero neueâ— could but commaund and kill on the other side Augustus Titus and Traianus could not but pray and pardon in such manner that they ouercame praying as the other fighting The Lacedemonians custome was not to craue any thing of their Gods but what was of importance and consequence saying thaâ— all smal matters were to be obtained by manâ— industry Plinie in an oration he made in the prayse of Traiane commended the custome of the Auntients to make inuocation before the beginning of their work and sayd that there could be no assured nor wise beginning of any enterprise without the especiall ayde and counsaile of God In Athence was a temple dedicated to Mercy which the Athenians kept so well watched and locked that without leaue licence of the Senate none might enter therein in this temple were only the Images of pittiful men and none entered there to pray and doe sacrifice but those that vvere pittifull Macrobius Isocrates prayed God to saue and keepe him from his friends rather then his enemies saying of his enemies he could be wary â—ecause I trust them not so can I not of my â—â—iends because I haue assured confidence 〈◊〉 them Octauius prayed GOD that it might be â—yde that by him the common wealth of â—ome was preserued from all danger and at â—is death to carry with him that hope that 〈◊〉 might remaine many ages in that estate â—e left it Suetonius A poore man craued an almes of the Emâ—erour Maximilian and told him that they â—ame both of one Father to wit Adam and â—o consequently were brethren desiring broâ—herly to deale with him to whom the Emâ—erour gaue a small peece of siluer whereat â—hen he saw the poore man discontented he told him that he ought to take it in good worth saying that if euery one of his breâ—hren would giue him as much he should â—uickly be richer then himselfe Anthony distressed by the King of Parâ—â—ia held vp his hands to heauen saying if aâ—y disdaine of GOD remayned of his forâ—er fortunes hee desired it might fall vpon â—im so the Romaine army might be freed â—nd haue the victory Appian Virginia the daughter of Virginius for that her Father was a Plebeian was forbidden to doe sacrifice with other Romaine matrone in the temple of Chastity wherfore she madâ— a temple of her own house to the Goddesse for which the Senate made her a Patritiaâ— Liuius Claudius defiled the faire matrone Obeâ—â—na as he found her praying in the temple 〈◊〉 Minerua who condemned for sacriledge escaped punishment by bribes Brutus not satisfied in killing Caesar madâ— his prayers vnto Iupiter and the hoast 〈◊〉 heauen to plague Caesar and his posterity VVhen the Cretans were vngently intreated of the Romaines they did not pray 〈◊〉 their Gods to send them pestilence warre and famine or sedition but that they woulâ— suffer new customes manners and fashion to be brought amongst them The praier of old Cato was that the couâ—â— of pleas might bee set with linnes and 〈◊〉 to take the professors of the brawâ—â—â— study of law Plutarch Alexander caused his Horse Bucephalus be buried Augustus his Parrot and Heliogabalus his Sparrow at whose obsequieâ— hee prayed and caused the body to be embalmed Of Vertue The Hebrewes by reason of the tenne Comâ—aundements boasted that they had the cheefest â—od and the summe of all Vertue MArcus Marcellus building a Temple which he called the Temple of Honor 〈◊〉 so place situate the same as none could â—aue any entrance therein except hee came â—â—rough the Temple of Vertue Liuius The Romans did not onely assigne the â—hiefest places to men of vertue but likewise â—ubliquely they gaue them Speares Horse-â—appings and Garlands Tacitus VVhen the Romaine Victors rode in tryâ—mph a slaue sate behind them striking them 〈◊〉 vpon the necke that they shoulde reâ—ember themselues and not be proude and â—hat euery man shoulde hope by vertue to â—ome to the like dignity Plutarch Fabius for his vertues was sirnamed Maxiâ—â—us where before he was called Gurges Alexanders vertues purchased him the sirâ—ame of great Plut. It is recorded of Fabius that it was as hard â—o draw him from his honestie and vertues as the sunne from his course Eutropius Camillus for a disgrace happening to him in Rome was banished into Campania where his vertues and seruice in the vvars oâ— that country succeeded so happily with him that hee returned to Rome not as an offender but in great tryumph No Athenian excelled Alcibiades eytheâ— for vertue or vice Iustinus Socrates made him to weepe for that hee shewed him by liuely reasons that he vvas 〈◊〉 lesse estimation then a base hinde if hee haâ— not vertue and that it behooued him to bâ— sorrowfull The Rhodians and the Lydians had a lawe that those sonnes which followed not they fathers in theyr vertues but liued viciously should be disinherited and theyr lands giue to the most vertuous of that race not admitting any impious heyre vvhat-soeuer Varro For that Artaxerxes Mnemon was a vertuous Prince delighted in peace the succeeding kings of Persia were called by his name Basilius Emperour of Constantinople aâ— his death exhorted Leo his sonne to vertuous actions and not to become slaue to hyâ— owne affections by good lyfe and studie oâ— â—odlines to beautifie his soule shewing himâ—â—lfe the image and Lieuetenant of the Knig 〈◊〉 heauen Theophrastus Demetrius the scholler of Theophrastus 〈◊〉 he had ten yeeres gouerned the state of â—hence hauing in memory of his vertues â—â—ree hundred and threescore statues erected 〈◊〉 Greece yet were they all through enuie â—oken dovvne which when he heard of he 〈◊〉 Though they burne my pictures yet cannot â—â—ey burne the vertuous cause of them Theoprastus Alexander vvilled that the Grecians and Barbarians shoulde no more be disguised by â—â—eyr garments but that the Grecian should be knowne by vertue and the Barbarian by 〈◊〉 accounting all vertuous men Greciâ—ns and all vicious Barbarians Quint. Curâ—â—us Menander King
his bit-maker Iulius Caesar to Rufus his gardener Augustus to Pamphilo his smith Tiberius to Escaulus his miller Tullie to Myrlo his taylour and Seneca to Gipho his rent-gatherer P. Aemilius to his plough-man C. Dentatus to his carpenter such was theyr affability Of Phaleris the tyrant is written that neuer man did him seruice that he did not gratifie either write him a letter that he did not aunswere Herod by humbling himselfe before Augustus saued encreased his kingdome Pyrrhus could very well skill to humble â—imselfe towards great men and this helped â—ery much to the conquest of his kingdom Plutarch Pyrrhus after many victories vvhen his men of warre called him Eagle I am quoth 〈◊〉 an Eagle by your meanes being borne vp by â—our knighthoode and chiualry as the Eagle is â—ast vp by his feathers giuing the honour and â—itle to his Souldierâ— Valerius Xerxes dismissed certayne spyes vvhich â—ame from Athence and pardoning them shewed them notwithstanding his Army and forces Augustus when he entered Rome in a tryumph one in a certaine Comedy said O good Lord and euery man turned that word to Augustus flattering clapping their hands for ioy but he gaue a token that he liked it not and made prohibitions that men should not vse the name of Lord vnto him Caligula denied all mens requests Suetonius After that Pericles had the managing of the publique affaires he was neuer seene abroad in the streets nor at any feasts The Macedonians forsook Demetrius because he was vneasie to be dealt with very hard to be spoken vnto Dion was blamed of Plato for his ineffability and of all the Sicilians Lucullus Souldiers would not follow him because he was so vngentle to them Nicias for his ouer great sternnes was enuied although he was otherwise vertuous so likewise was Coriolanus Liuius Of Liberality Hospitality Liberality giueth with iudgement and is the meane betweene prodigality and auarice hospitality is foure fold glorious onely to be well thought of couetous entertainment for ones money curteous that receiueth our friends and religious which cherisheth those that serue God ALexander sent to Phocion Captaine of the Athenians an hundred talents of siluer for a gift and the names of foure famous Citties to choose and take which he would Curtius The people of Leueani had a law that if any stranger entered into their soile before sun setting and was not receaued into one mans house or other being desirous to be lodged they payd an appointed penalty for their inhumanity this law vvas profitable to the â—ayfairing man and allowable to Iupiter the â—uer of hospitality The Persian Kings gaue to their Embassaâ—ors to euery one a Babilonian talent which â—lxx pounds of Athenian coyne besides Bracelets Iewels a chaine and a Persian word which they called Acinax Curtius All these were valued at a thousand Persian â—eeces of siluer besides all this they gaue a Median royall robe which was called Doroâ—horica Ptolomaeus the sonne of Lagus had a singuler delight and pleasure in making his friends rich saying Better it is to enrich other â—hen a man to enrich himselfe The Apolloniatae expell according to the Lacedemonian law strangers out of theyr Country contrary to the people of Epidamnus who prohibite none Alexander preferred Abdolominus a man of no parentage base condition to a kingdome because that his benefit should rather seeme to haue been bestowed freely then deserued by nobility and that his own greatnes â—ight the more therin be seene Iustinus Plutus the God of riches which at Sparta was kept blind vvith Herod the Sophist was sayd to haue receaued his sight because being very rich he was very bountifull and knew how to vse his wealth to the vse of the pore which caused many to loue and follow him Caerius Lucius Lucullus house was common of receate for all the poore Greekes that trauailed from Athence Sparta and Thebes yea from all Greece to Rome Pomponius Atticus sent to Cicero being banished two hundred thousand Sesterties and vnto Volumnius Brutus as much Phryne a Curtezan of Greece after Alexander had subdued the Citty of Thebes and made the wals therof leuell with the ground she offered to reedifie them vpon this condition that vpon euery gate of the Citty this sentence should be set This Citty Alexander the great threw downe and Phryne the Curtezan builded vpon againe Attaâ—us King of Asia ready to dye bequeâ—thed his kingdome by testament to the Romaines to bestow where they would for that they were so liberall somtime to him when fortune fauoured him not Artaxerxes made those Souldiours that came from Lacedemonia to ayde him which came a foote to goe home a horseback they that came vpon horses he sent back in chaâ—iots he that had a Village when he came to him he gaue a Citty at his departure Alexander maried vpon his owne charges â—he most part of the Nobles of Macedonia â—nto the Ladies of Persia. Aristides hauing all the state of Athence vnder his gouernment gaue his wealth to the poore Cittizens reseruing a small sum to bury him with all Democritus Abderita being very rich as may be gathered by the feast which his Father made to Xerxes army which consisted of more then two thousand millions of men gaue all his patrimony to his Country reseruing a little portion for himselfe that hee might study Philosophy then went to Athence Herodotus Caesar at one time gaue to Paulus Consull 9. hundred thousand crownes for feare least he should oppose himselfe against his enterprises and to Curio the Tribune fifteene hundred thousand that hee should take his part Cymon of Athence gaue a yearely pension to the poore fed the hungry and cloathed the naked Lactantius The Romaines had a lawe that no man should presume to make a publique feast except before he had prouided for all thâ— poore of his quarters Patritius Epaminondas hauing notice of a rich man that had no care of the poore sent a needy fellow vnto him and commaunded him vnder great penalty to giue him presently 600 crownes the Cittizen hearing this came to him and asked him the cause thereof this man said hee is honest and poore and thou which bast greatly robbed the common wealth aâ—t rich compelling him to bee liberall in spight of his teeth Alexander by his liberality made away for his noble plat-formes wherby he became monarch of three parts of the world destributing liberally all his demaines amongst his followers He caused proclamation to be made during his warres that all they that were indebted vpon any occasion whatsoeuer should bring their conditions vnto him and he would discharge them which he performed He gaue at one time to his Maister Aristotle 800. talents as a reward for his paines and expences he had been at in describing the nature and property of lyuing creatures Plutarch He sent to Anaxarchus 50. talents but he â—efused them saying that he knew not what to doe with so great a sum
were apprehended and the deede dooâ—â— chaunce medly in Delphico Domitius alwayes punished the poore those that were of no power but the rich and mighty he pardoned Suetonius Demetrius the besieger hauing receiueâ— many requests and supplications of his subiects threwe them all into the water as heâ— went ouer the bridge wherupon his subiects conceiued such hatred against him that 〈◊〉 Armie forsooke him yeelded to Pyrrhus who draue him out of his kingdome Diodorus The Romaine Censors disfranchised a cittizen of Rome because he breathed yawned a little too loude in theyr presence Valeâ—ius Augustus Caesar beeing desired by Tacitus to come to his house to iudge of an offence which one of his sonnes had committed did 〈◊〉 Tacitus requested but first he commaunâ—â—d that euery one should first set downe his â—inde in writing and then he gaue his cenâ—re fearing that if he had spoken first they â—ould all haue said as he sayd Seneca Ferdinando the fourth adiudging tvvo â—ights to death more through anger then â—â—stice one of them cryed aloude saying O â—niust King we cite thee to appeare within 30. â—â—yes before the tribunall seate of Iesus Christ 〈◊〉 receiue iudgement for thine iniustice vpon 〈◊〉 last of which dayes he dyed Paulus Diâ—conus The name of law was vnknown among the Greekes in the time of Homer Iosephus Minos Zoroastres Trismegistus Caronâ—as Lycurgus Solon Draco Numa oâ—her law-giuers haue euer fathered theyr â—awes vpon some God the better to haue â—hem in authoritie nature teaching theÌ„ that â—t appertained vnto God alone and that otherwise the lawes would not be obserued The Princes of Persia Media gaue couÌ„â—el to Darius that hee shoulde neuer change â—ny law after it was once made Diodorus writ of certaine people among whoÌ„ no man ought to speake of the change of a lawe except hee wore a halter vvith vvhich hee was hanged if his opinion tooâ— not place The Cittizens of Marseills were much renowned for that they remained constant 〈◊〉 their lawes customs without changing Lycurgus after hee had brought the Lacedemonians to receiue his lawes hee maâ—â— them all sweare that they would alter no 〈◊〉 of them during his absence and after that 〈◊〉 neuer returned into his country againe Orpheus was cut in peeces by the womeâ— of Thrace because hee had changed the lawes The Emperour Galba was greatly praise because hee woulde neither change auncieâ—â— law nor create nevv Plutarch exhorted Traiane to take moâ—â— care in seeing his auncient lawes vvell preserued then in making newe and aboue 〈◊〉 things that his life should serue for a law Solon requested that his lawes might 〈◊〉 preserued for an hundred yeres space to the ende that they might neuer be changed In Greece were certaine Officers called Nomâ—thetes who tooke great regard that no man should derogate from any good lawes The Almaines vvere praysed for changing theyr customs which were found to bee but 〈◊〉 before Tacitus VVhen Varus was vanquished in Germaâ—â—e they put out the eyes of all the Lavvyers â—â—ich they could finde and from some they â—â—lled out theyr tongues also Florus Galeaze Duke of Millan caused a Lavvâ—er to be hanged for delaying of a sute aâ—â—inst a manifest and cleere debt Ferdinando the Emperour sending a viceâ—â—â— into the Indies which had beene newlie â—â—scouered forbad him to carry ouer any â—awes vvith him to the end hee should not â—â—we there the seede of sutes French-men in matters of tryall and lavve â—oe so simply behaue themselues that they â—â—icke to theyr first iudgement neuer appeale further P. Aemilius Horace maketh meÌ„tion of a statue of Marâ—â—a which none durst beholde that vndertooke not a iust cause Astraea which maintained good lawes and â—y the equitie of them gaue quiet and conâ—entment to euery one is nowe flowen to â—eauen impatient of such iniquities Ouid. There was an ancient law in Rome that no Bakers Bruers Butchers or such like meâ—hanicall trades might be Senators M. Caelius was saide to haue a good right hand but an euill left because he could pleaâ—â— better against a man then for him Plut. The Romans and the Lacedemonians haâ— a law that no man should sup when hee lyst nor with what he list It was also a lawe among the Lacedemonians that hee which had deliuered three sorâ— to the coÌ„mon wealth should be priuiledgeâ— from watching both by day and night heâ— which deliuered fiue shoulde not be burdened with any publique office so highly esteemed they procreation of chyldren It was not lawfull for the Spartans to take froÌ„ their enemies any thing no not so much as the booty or spoyle in war Aelianus Vlpitian the Lawyer wrote the manneâ— how the Emperors should torment and punish the Christians Lactant. Dracones lawes were written vvith blood and not incke Demost. Draco set downe equall punishment for 〈◊〉 manner of offenâ—es being the first Athenian Law-giuer whose decrees Solon abolished saue onely those which were against murder Aristotle maketh mention of a Countrey where the inhabitants were to assure the safety of the wares and to repay vnto passengers that losse vvhich they had sustained 〈◊〉 theeues and robbers Aristo de repub â—anlius Torquatus caused his sons heade be cut off because hee fought against hys 〈◊〉 body to body coÌ„trary to the Edicts 〈◊〉 out of his ranke although he came away â—ith victory Liuius Vectius vvas presently slaine because he◠〈◊〉 not vvhen the Trybune of the people â—â—ssed before him Plut. Fabius Maximus his sonne beeing one of 〈◊〉 Magistrates of Rome seeing his Father â—arre of comming towards him on horseâ—â—â—ke and that the Sergiants in regarde of â—â—therly reuerence had not caused him to â—â—ght commaunded him to set foote on the â—â—ound which the Father presently obeied 〈◊〉 embraced his sonne making more acâ—â—unt of him then if he had done otherwise â—lutarch Of Prudence The Poets to declare the excellencie of this â—ertue faine VVisedome to be a vvoman and 〈◊〉 be borne of no mortall creature but of Iupiâ—â—r himselfe whoÌ„ Painters so set foorth that on â—hat side soeuer any one beholding it dyd stand either before her or behinde her hee had a 〈◊〉 sight of her GOD inabled Salomon to dispute of 〈◊〉 hearbes and plants euen from the Cedars in Libanus to the Pellitorie roote 〈◊〉 groweth out of the wall The Oracle of Apollo pronounced thâ—â— the Chaldeans and the Hebrewes onely 〈◊〉 vvisedome parted betweene them The Grecians boast that all the vvise meâ— were of Greece Pausanius Socrates beeing according to the iudgâ—â—ment of the Physiognomers giuen to 〈◊〉 wickednes by the study of wisedome refoâ—med himselfe and became a good exampâ—â— of a godly man Plato The wisedome of Fabius Marcellus 〈◊〉 so admired honoured of the Romans thâ—â— the one was called the Buckler the other 〈◊〉 Sword of the Romaine Empire Plut. Among the Romans was a Colledge of 〈◊〉 men called Augures by whose authoritie 〈◊〉 state vvas sometimes gouerned Varro Homer in the vvhole discourse of his 〈◊〉
where Minerua alwayes accompanieâ— Vâ—â—ses gyueth vs to vnderstand that Prâ—dence ought alwayes to guide a man to aâ—â—â—â—ine to the end of his enterprise Men praised the prudence of Fabius beâ—â—use he broke the point of fortune and hinâ—red the aduancement of Hanibal by cuncâ—â—ion temporising attending his aduanâ—â—ge which is a vertue named long suffeâ—â—nce Cicero Caesar the first Romaine Emperor by his â—â—udence prepared his vvay to so great a â—onarchy by reconciling together Pompey 〈◊〉 Cassius tvvo of the greatest Romaine 〈◊〉 by whose fauour he obtained afterâ—â—rds the dignity of consulship Plut. â—olon with the diuine knowledge of wiseâ—â—m gouerned the Athenians Lycurgus the â—â—cedemonians and Parmenides the Eleati â—ycis the Pythagorian inuented lawes for â—aminondas Plato for Dion Aristotle for â—â—exander Anaxagoras for Pericles Pythaâ—â—ras for the Princes of Italy and Agrippa 〈◊〉 the Emperour Octauius â—ntisthenes bad many guests to the banâ—â—et of wisedome and none would come 〈◊〉 Diogenes vvhere-vpon beeing angry â—t none would tast of his learned cheare 〈◊〉 excluded Diogenes vvho the more hee 〈◊〉 forbidden the more he came in the end â—â—tisthenes beate him thereby to driue him from his company which he constantly 〈◊〉 during Antisthenes entertained him for 〈◊〉 prudent perseuerance Laertius M. Cato when he saw that Pompey hâ— ioyned himselfe with Caesar told him that did put Caesars yoake vpon his necke whâ—â— then he perceaued not but shortly it wouâ—â— weigh heauy vpon him and then should 〈◊〉 finde himselfe taken Themistocles at what time he was 〈◊〉 Athence and inforced to goe into 〈◊〉 being intreated of the King to shew 〈◊〉 estate of his Country he wisely besought 〈◊〉 one yeare to learne the Persian languagâ— and then he would tell him Valerius Peâ—ilius enioyned vpon paine of death his Soueraigne to make an Asse to speaâ— knowing it a matter impossible demaunâ— seauen yeares space hoping in that time 〈◊〉 eyther the King he or the Asse would die Simonides being at a banquet with Pauâ—nias he tooke occasion to desire him to 〈◊〉 some precepts of wisedome at which 〈◊〉 laughed and said Remember thou art a 〈◊〉 vvhich then he not regarded but afterwaâ—â— in his misery with great sorrow remembreâ— Theophrastus Cato for the loue that he beare vnto wiâ—â—dome entertained Athenodorus Vlisses as â—omer saith embraced Carylus Pyrrhus eâ—â—eemed Artemius Traian desired Plutarch â—nd Scipio Panetius who was learned in all â—rts both good and euill Plut. Euclides of Megara desirous to heare the â—isedome of Socrates who read Philosophy 〈◊〉 Athence betweene vvhich two Citties â—â—ere was mortall emnity so that no Cittiâ—â—n of the one durst be seene in the other â—ithout great danger disguised himselfe like woman and so heard Socrates Agesilaus sustaining great losses by Epamiâ—â—ndas commaunded his Souldiours to â—ake head against him onely because that â—ne but wise and prudent men knew how 〈◊〉 conquer Thucidides â—he Athenians being deuided and banded â—o three contrary parts and factions Solon â—ould not ioyne himselfe with any one of â—â—em but kept him indifferent to all seeking 〈◊〉 all meanes to reconcile them together in 〈◊〉 end being chosen their pacifier he reforâ—ed their estate and placed them in greater 〈◊〉 then before â—hales although numbred among the seaâ—â—n wise-men of Greece refused to intermeâ—â— in common wealth matters Demades a man very pollitique and pracâ—tised in state being asked what Tutor he haâ— to instruct him in wisdom answered the trâ—â—bunall of the Athenians meaning the Couâ—â— and experience to excell all the precepts 〈◊〉 Philosophy Valerius Antonius the meeke was a vertuous 〈◊〉 Emperour and so well aduised in all his doâ—ings that hee neuer repented him of anâ— thing he did Eutropius Romulus the first King founder of thâ— Citty of Rome chose 100. of the eldest 〈◊〉 in the same Country by whose wisdom he willed it should be gouerned Patritius Iulius Caesar gloried in his good fortune but yet the bringing of his great enterpriâ—â— to passe was by his wisedom and experienâ—â— in warlike affaires Suetonius The Lacedemonians made more accoâ—â— of an exployt done by pollicy then by arâ— whose Captaines vvhen they had by theâ—â— pollitique stratagems ouercome any sacriâ—â—â—ced to theyr Gods an Oxe if by force Cocke Thucidides Alexander about to destroy the Citty 〈◊〉 Lampsacus Anaxemines his master cam toâ—wards him intending to desire him to 〈◊〉 it but the king imagining wherfore he cam◠〈◊〉 sweare that hee vvould not graunt that â—hich Anaximines should request who desiâ—â—d Alexander to destroy Lampsacus which â—â—quest by his oath he could not graunt and 〈◊〉 by this pollicy he saued his Citty Valerius The Italians vnable to excuse the great â—â—ults treacheries cowardize and dissimulaâ—â—on of their Nation go about to colour their â—â—llanies with the name of Italian prudence One bought a draught of fish of certaine fiâ—â—ers in Milesia whose hap was to take withâ—â— theyr net a golden Tripos which the fiâ—â—er-men refused to giue theyr chap-man â—â—ying that they bargained for fish the matâ—er was brought before the Magistrates who â—ere coÌ„manded by the Oracle to giue it to â—he wisest man first it was giuen to Thales he â—aue it to Bias Bias to Pittacus vntil it came â—o Socrates who gaue it to Apollo Valerius Tully cryed out in his latter age O vtinam â—unquam sapuisseÌ„ would I had neuer knowne â—hat wisedome meant Quintus Catulus did his Country as much good by his wisedome as Cneius Pompeius by valour for of small force is the warre aâ—road vnlesse there be good aduise at home Cicero Phillip of Macedon being in hostage three yeares together learned prudence of Epaminondas by which vertue he got into hiâ— hands the monarchy of all Greece and 〈◊〉 great part of Asia Curtius Caesar when he tooke vpon him the gouernment of the Gaules waged warre there 10. yeares guided by vnspeakable prudence that was accompanied with diligence so that by these he subdued 300. Nations tooke 800. Townes and in many battailes discomfited three millions of men Eutropius The Romaine Kings kept Eagles in theyr campe against thunder and lightning Macrobius The Emperour Tiberius wore in his Hatâ— Bay braunch to keepe him from thunder lightning Idem The Aegiptian mariners were wont in stoâ—â—my and tempesteous weather to hang vpâ—â— saile on the which was sewed the Phocaâ—â— skinne which is a kind of fish called the 〈◊〉 Cowe Plinius Alexander Seuerus was a very wise Prince which he attained vnto by the counsaile and instruction of that learned Lawyer Vlpianus The 7 Sages or wise-men of Greece were renowned throughout al the world of whom the first was Thales Milesius who inuented 〈◊〉 card to saile by Laertius The second was Solon who gaue the first â—â—wes to the Athenians and iudged no man â—â—ppy before his death The third was Chilo of Lacedemon vvho 〈◊〉 Embassadour into the Orient for the Aâ—â—enians The fourth was Pittacus who was not only Philosopher but also Captaine of the Myâ—â—enes The fift was Cleobulus that descended froÌ„
left his kingdome to Arnolphus the Sonne of Charlemaine he was brought to great misery and not hauing sufficient whereby to liue dyed at Sweuia in the 7 yeare of his raigne Arnolphus a couetous Prince raigned 12 yeares and dyed of Lyce after him the maiesty of the Empire came to the Germains which continued with the French-men for the space of 100 yeares Lodouicus the sonne of Arnolphus gouerned sixe yeares to vvhom also Conradus Duke of Austria ioyned and raigned seauen yeares Henry the sonne of Otho Duke of Saxony succeed him and ruled eighteene yeares by theyr ambition many tumults arose for the space of 60 yeares from Arnolphus death to Otho the first The Italians created Berengarius Emperour who at Verona ouercame Arnolphus and put out hys eyes hee gouerned foure yeares Berengarius the second succeeded him who was driuen out of the Countrey by Roâ—olphus King of Burgundy this Rodolph â—aigned three yeares and was expulsed his â—ingdome by Hugo a Duke he gouerned â—enne yeares leauing behind him Lothariâ—s his Sonne vvho ruled two yeares after â—hom Berengarius the third with his Sonne Adelbertus gouerned eleuen yeares vvho â—sing themselues vvith all tyrannie vvere by Otho dryuen out of Italy Otho the first the Sonne of Henry the first deposed Pope Iohn the thirteenth he vvas a Prince endued vvith singuler vertue hee dyed vvhen hee had ruled thirty yeares Otho the second restored Nicephorus Emperour of Constantinople beeing put â—ut of his kingdome into it agayne and married Theoponia his sister Henry Duke of Bauiers rebelled agaynst him but hee vvas by force of armes brought to obedience hee fought vvith the Greekes and Sarazens and being ouer-throwne he fled and vvas taken by Mariners who not knowing him for that hee spake the Greeke language redeemed him-selfe for a small price and returned to Rome soone after he dyed when hee had ruled 11. yeares somâ— write he was poysoned by the Italians Otho the third put Crescentius to death and put out the eyes of Pope Iohn the 10 who deposed Gregory the fifth whom he had made Pope and for that there was greaâ— dissention for the succession of the Empire with the assent of Gregory ordayned that 7. Princes of Germany should choose the Emperour 3. ecclesiasticall and 4. secular The Archbishop of Mentz Colein Trier to these were ioyned the Prince of Boheme for as then Bohemia had no King the CouÌ„ty Palatine of the Rhene the Duke of Saxony and the Marquesse of Bradenborough but amongst these the Elector Boheme is appoynted an Vmpeere to breake off all dissension in election if any rise This institution of Otho is farre more profitable then was the ordayning of the Areopagites amongst the Athenians or the Statutes of the Ephories to the Lacedemonians these Electors were appoynted the yerâ— of Christ 1002. Otho was poysoned by the wife of Crescentius whom he put to death when he had raigned 19. yeares his wifes namâ— was Mary daughter to the King of Aragon a woman giuen to all beastlines and intemperancâ—â—f life Henry the 2. sirnamed the haulting D. of â—auier succeeded him he was the first Emâ—eror chosen by the Electors raigned 22. â—eares he was wholy giuen to religion and godly life he brought the Hungarians to the Christian faith gaue his sister to Stephen theyr King in mariage and dyed at Bamâ—rige Conradus the French-man after an Interâ—egnum for 3. yeares was chosen Emperor â—orne of the daughter of Otho the first he â—ad fortunate wars against the Pannonians â—e subdued Burgundy and dyed in the 15. yeare of his raigne Henry the 3. called the Black the sonne of Conradus was elected in his time 3. vsurâ—ing Popes Gregory 6 Syluestes 3 and Benedict 9 were by him deposed and a 4. â—nstalled who was the Bishop of Bambrige called Clement the 2. he dyed when he had â—aigned 17. yeares Henry the fourth his sonne was cursed by Pope Hildebrand and by his treasons ouerthrowne he being very young his mother gouerned the Pope made Rodolphus Emperour and sent him a crowne whereon was written Petra dedit Petro Petrus diadema Râ—â—dolpho but this vsurper was ouercom by HeÌ„â—ry his hand cut off in the battel the whicâ— when he saw ready to die he sayd Loe 〈◊〉 Lords yee Bishops this is the hand where-witâ— I promised my Lorde Henry fayth and loyaltie iudge ye then how well you haue aduised me The Pope set the sonne also against the Father vvho besieged him at Mentz but by meanes of the Princes he departed thence the Father died when he had ruled 50 yeres his body lay vnburied 5 yeares by reason of the Popes curse Henry the fifth his Sonne withstoode the tiranny of Pope Paschalis and tooke his crowne from him he gouerned the Empire 20 yeares and dyed Lotharius the 2. Duke of Saxony raigned 13 yeares against whom Conradus made warre in his time the ciuill law gathered together by Iustinian and neglected through the tumults of warre was called againe to light he dyed of a Feauer Conradus the third Duke of Bauaria and Nephew to Henry the fourth had great wars with the Sarazins in Asia assisted by Richard sirnamed Cordelion and Lewes the French King he died without all glory renowne â—n the fifteene yeere of his Empire Fredericke the first called Oenobarbus or â—ith the red beard vvas a Prince indued â—ith very good qualities of minde and boâ—ie he ouerthrew Millaine to the ground â—hased Pope Alexander out of Rome and â—laced Octauius in his seate but vvhen hee â—ooke his iourney into Syria in the passage â—uer a riuer he vvas drowned vvhen he had â—aigned thirty and seauen yeeres hee made â—he Prince of Bohemia king for his faithfulâ—esse to him at Millaine Henry the 6. the sonne of F. Barbarossa â—ubdued the realme of Apulia he tooke Naâ—les and spoyled it He made his sonne Frederick being a childe Emperour with him â—y consent of the Electors whose wardshyp â—e dying committed to his brother Philip he ruled 8. yeeres Philip the sonne of F. Barbarossa was chosen Emperour for young Frederick raigned tenne yeeres against whom Innocentius the third erected Otho a Saxon but Philip ouercame him and vvas murthered of Otho Prince of Brunsinia in his Chamber this vvas called Otho the fourth who vvas excomunicated by the Pope was murdered in the 4. yeere of his raigne Fredericke the second sonne of Henry the sixt succeeded him and raigned 27. yeeres and yet before hee dyed vvas depriued fiue yeeres of the Empire by Innocentius hee vvas a vertuous and learned Prince in his time the faction arose betweene the Guelphes and the Gibelines the one vvith the Emperour the other with the Pope Conradus the fourth the son of Frederick vvas ouercome by the Lantgraue who wheÌ„ he perceiued himselfe destituted of the Germaine Princes ayde went to his hereditarie kingdome of Naples and there dyed vvhen he had raigned 4. yeeres VVilliam Countie of Holland vvas chosen Emperor after him a Prince of noble and vertuous actions
their lifes he dyed a Martir 243. Fabian a Romaine as hee was returning home out of the field and with his Countrâ— men present to elect a new Byshop there was a Pidgeon seene standing on his head and sodainly he was created Pastour of the Church which he looked not for as Eusebius writeth hee suffered martirdome vnder Decius 150. Some write that he baptized Philippus the first Emperour and that hee was the first that acknowledged the Christian faith Cornelius a Romaine was Bishop in the time of Decius the seauenth persecutour of Rome vnder whom he was martyred hee condemned the heresie of Nouatius Lucius a Romaine driuen into Exile by Gallus Hostilianus the persecutors of Christianity was comforted of S. Cyprian by letters he after his death returned to Rome and was put to death by Valerianus commaundement 255. Stephen a Romaine borne succeeded him who in the raigne of Galienus after he had conuerted many of the Gentiles to the faith of Christ was beheaded 257. Sixtus the second a Grecian of a Philosoâ—her became a Disciple of Christ and with many thousands of Martyrs was slaine in the â—ersecution of Decius and Valerius 267. â— Lawrance loued this Bishop euen to the â—eath of the which the one was slaine with â—he sword the other broyled to death vpon â— Gridiron In his time anno 260 one Paule terrified with the persecution got him into the VVildernes and solitary places and so became the first Eremite for that time as Eusebius sayth many Christians for feare of death denied their faith vpon this Monks had theyr beginning as Hierome writeth in the life of this Paule the Eremite Dionysius a Grecian as appeareth by the Church of Antioche 273. did conuince of error Paulus Samosatenus notwithstanding he could not be there himselfe by reason of his age hee conuerted to Christianity the daughter of the Emperour Decius and Triphonia her mother with 46. thousand more and at the length was martyred with them and many other at Salarie gate 277. Felix a Romaine beeing a good man and of vpright conuersation preached the Gospell vvhen Aurelianus did persecute the church vnder whom he sufferd martirdom Eutichianus a Thuscane wholy giuen to godlines saued many by his preaching the Gospell he buried with his own hands 342. Martirs and appoynted afterward an order for burying of them he in the end was a martyr himselfe 283. Caius borne in Dalmatia neere in blood to Dioclesian the Emperor was a most worthy president in the church of God he made the difference of Clergy amongst theÌ„ by degrees so that froÌ„ one degree to another they should arise to the estate of a Bishop in time of the persecution he with his brother Gabinius hid themselues in a Caue from whence being taken they were both slaine with the sword Marcellinus a Romain being terrified with the persecutors tirany vnder Dâ—oclesian and MaximiniaÌ„ he offered vnto the Idols a grain of Frankensence but after this deede repenting reproued Dioclesian to his face offering himselfe willingly to death for the truth of Christ he preuailed receauing the crowne of martirdome 303. Marcellus a Romain endeuored to remoue Maximianus froÌ„ persecuting the Saints but his hart being hardned coÌ„manded him to be â—eaten with cudgels to be driueÌ„ out of the City wherupon he went to the house of Lucina a widow there he kept the congregation secretly which Maximilianus hearing made a stable for Cattle of the same house coÌ„mitted the keeping of it to Marcellus after this he gouerned the churches by his epistles being thus daily tormeÌ„ted with stink noisomnes he gaue vp the ghost 308. Eusebius a Grecian gouerned the Church in the great storme of persecution vnder Maxentius vntill he died by martirdome as Massaeus writeth 309. Melchiades for preaching the truth suffered death vnder Maximinianus Galerius the Emperour 314. Syluester the first for feare of the persecution of Maximinianus liued solitarily in the hill Soracte but it pleased god to lay his hand vpon the persecutor forcing him to reuoke his dedly decrees against the Christians who died a miserable death in his torments acknowledged Christ Iesus repenting his bloody persecuting the cause of this his wofull end Siluester returned to Rome was the first romain Bishop that escaped martirdom he died a confessor 234. He condemned the heresie of Arrius in the counsell of Nice Constantine for the loue and zeale that he beare to the Church with other Christian Princes did endue the Pastours therof with many large benefits riches and possessions who lyuing in wealth and ease began to aduance themselues in dignity aboue their former estate putting rich miters vppon theyr heads and taking vppon them the name of Archbishops At the first in the Church deuotion bred wealth but the daughter choaked the mother engendered the monster Ambition who also like the cursed Impe of the bastard her mother did at the ende deuoure her Grandmother Religion Marcus a Romaine commanded that the people and the Clergy should on Sondayes after the Gospell were reade sing the Nicean Creede he builded Churches and gaue many gifts vnto them and dyed a Confessour 335. Iulius the first a Romaine as Platina wryteth appoynted certaine notaries to write the actts of other men the which office is yet about the Pope he caused also Churchyards to be made died a Confessour 351. Liberius a Romaine as Hierome witnesseth for ambition became an Arrian forsooke the true faith and subscribed to Arrius â—rticles dyed a Confessour 366. Faelix the second a Romaine was preferred by the Arrians who deposed Liberius aduanced him because they hoped he agreed with them in opinion but in the second yere he was depriued of his seate and Liberius restored and in the yeare of our Lord 359. he with other spyrituall persons was slaine in a tumult Damasus a Spaniard allowed Hieromes translation of the Bible whose notary he had beene in his youth he writ the lifes deeds of the Byshops of Rome and dyed a Confessour 384. Siricius a Romaine was the first that admitted Monkes into orders for pretence of single life who before were neuer reckoned to be as Clarks he mingled the Antiphones with the Psalmes dyed a Confessor 399. Anastasius a Romayne appoynted that whilst the Gospell was reading the people should stand he dyed a Confessour 404. Innocentius borne in Albania would haue the Sea of Rome to be iudged of none and died a Confessour 416. Sozimus a Grecian suppressed the Nouatian heretiques in Rome and dyed a Confessour 420. Boniâ—acius a Romaine decreed that Saints euenings should be kept and dyed a confessour 426. Caelestinus borne in Campania sent Germanus into England Paladius into Scotland and Patricke with a certaine Segetian into Ireland to roote out the Pelagian heresie he dyed a confessour 435. Sixtus the third a Romain called the enricher of Churches appoynted a yearely feast day in honor of Peters chaines to be kept at midsommer dyed