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A43906	The history of Prince Erastus, son to the Emperour Dioclesian and these famous philosophers called the seven wife masters of Rome being a full account of all that was ever written of that antient, famous, pleasant, and excellent history / written originally in Italian, then translated into French, and now rendred English by F.K.; Seven sages of Rome. English.	Kirkman, Francis, 1632-ca. 1680.	1674 (1674)	Wing H2136; ESTC R20131	193,262	356

faucets wherewith the vessel was stoped in several places to see if the water would come out but the vertue of the powder had so restrained the fludity of the water that it continued in the vessel without one drop coming out as if it had been frozen at which all the company were astonished yet nevertheless Hipocrates found no good in the flux of his belly very well knowing that to stop it at once on a suddain he should put his life in great danger and therefore leting it take its course he hoped that nature would be assisting yet he had great sorrow for the loss of his Nephew very well knowing that if he had been with him he needed not fear any thing and then he repented of hi fault but to late he sighed and groaned alwayes calling out upon his Nephew but seeing that all was in vain he took it so to heart that he ended his miserable life By this Sir you may judge of the rest of my discourse which is this that none o●ght hastily to doe any thing in anger of which they should afterwards make it irrepai●able with vain repentance you have purposed to put the Prince your Son to death not for any crime that he hath committed of which you can be ass●red but at the report of another but I say once agen to you that you ought to think once and twice what you do and against whom being ●ss●red that if you do not suffer your self to be transported with anger y u will in conclusi●n find your Son the Prince in●ocent of the fact for which he hath been accused and of which you at present think him culpable The Emperour taking good notice of what the Philosopher had said as well by reason of his speeches as for the natural l●ve which he bore to his Son ordered for that day a stay of the execution of the sentence of Erastus CHAP. XI The Empress Aphrodicia induceth the Emperour to the final execution of Prince Erastus by a discou●se which she made of a Wild Boar which was 〈◊〉 by a Herds man who pretended to flatter him THE Empress Aphrodicia certainly believing 〈◊〉 the next morning her Son in law would 〈◊〉 executed according to the Emperours command and supposing that this loss would be some trouble to her husband wherefore to take away the displeasure he should receive by the death of his Son if n t wholly yet in some Part she provided a magnifcent Feast to entertain the Emperour and to po●s away his melancholly for it was usual for the Emperour and Empress to feast one another when they had a mind to pass the time away so that sometimes the Emperour would feast the Ladies the Empress at an other time treating the Emperour when she had a mind to pass over s me mel●nch●lly dinner time being c me the Emperour went into the Q●eens hall where the table was covered a●d being sate down and the Empress by him en●ring into discourse with her he told her that f●r the good cause he had been advised to slay the exe●●tion of Erastus for that day which the Empress understanding all the good cheer was altered and with her usuall disdain and angry countenance she said to the Emperour I see Sir you well shew the little esteem which you have for your honour and if the faith you have promised me and alwayes broken But I hope that Judgment and justice will shew you the great fault you want against them both and I doubt it will happen to you as it did to a wild Boar who was destroyed by flattery which is a very good example and which I would relate to you if I did not think it loss of time whereupon the Emperour said my dear I have directly promised and sworn to stop for this day the execution of Erastus and I may not in point of honour break my word and Oath But I assure you that if some more important cause do not happen I shall to morrow morning let you know that revenge which I know to be reasonable is as pleasing to me as to your self and therefore I desire you to let me know the story of the wild boar whereof you have spoken for on one side you will much please me and on the other side you will it may be make me more resolved then I was Then the Empress began her discourse said There was some time since in a great and spacious forrest a large Wild boar who had no other feeding then the wild fruits which grew naturally without the help of mans art and yet however were very good as well by reason of the fertility of the ground as for the good temperature of the Climate where they grew among other trees there was a great wild pear-tree whose fruit did very much please this wild boar and therefore he came ordinarily thither and shaking the tree with his shoulders to make the fruit fall having filled his belly he would be gone to his Den. It happened that a Herds-man that kept a herd of cattle at the entrance of the forrest lost one of the best of them and believing that it was strayed into the forrest as indeed it was considering the difficulty in finding it be was troubled but hoped to light upon it he went to search in the forrest but it was lost labour having spent some dayes in the forrest seeing that it was to no purpose he intended to return but in his way he came to this great pear-tree which I have spoken of and seeing very fair peares and being somewhat an hungry he began to beat them down with his staff he had no sooner tasted of them but finding them better than he expected he th●ught it would not be a miss to carry some to his Master that he might somewhat appease the anger which he had against him for the loss of the Bullock that he might carry them without damage he thought it best to gather them with his hand and thereupon he climbed up the pear-tree but he was no sooner got up when the great Boar which I speak of came to the foot of the pear-tree and began to shake it as he was used The poor Herds-man seeing this furious Animall was afraid and that he might be rid of him he threw many pears to him hoping that when his belly was full he would be gone again as he was used to do but it fell out otherwise for the wild-boar seeing more victuals than he was used to have and that with less paines he eat so many pears that he was ready to burst and not being able to go back he lay down under the tree The poor Herds-man seeing this was more fearful then before for on one side he was in great fear of the wild-boar and on the other side he fore-saw the danger he should be in of other wild beasts if he should stay all night in the forrest being thus reduced between these two in evitable extremities he

which he can raise in these Countries who are very strong and brave warriours as every one knowes And therefore you are not only to advise how to defend your self but to think of Chastiseing his rashness so that he may serve as an Example to other Princes who shall be so hold as to rebel against the Roman Empire and to maintain Rome in its greatness Now to think of chasting him by force of Arms as the case requires it will be very difficult and in a manner impossible for as you very we●● know our Germans are so valiant that all the Forces of your Empire which I confess are very great yet they would be to weak to subdue and conquer this Nation Wherefore that which cannot be done by force may more easily be performed by cunning which if you leave the management to me I will deliver this disloyal King to you either alive or dead provided that you warrant me in the action and will take me into your protection and that of your Empire to which I account my self so much obliged that I rather choose to keep faith with you than with him to whom my person is obleiged some years since wherefore expecting Letters of assurance on your part you may be confident of the sincerity of my heart towards you and your Empire which I will manifest to you in short time more by effect than words Fare you well This Letter being read in full Counsel and the importance of the affair being well considered they were devided in their opinions some advised that Rome ought presently to be fortyfied so that the Enemies might have little mind to come and beseige a place so well provided others on the contrary said that this was not correspondent to the grandeur of the Roman Empire and that this would demonstrate their fear which would be a thing contrary to the honour and reputation of the Roman People who having been Conquerers of the World would not seem to fear the barbarous Germans without great prejudice to their honour and therefore concluded that a potent army should be raised and led withal expedition to chastise the rashness of those who had not only presumed to rebel but also had sworn the ruin of the Empire O her● wh● were disp●●ased with the war disapproved of the German exp●dition alleadging that it w●s not only ●●fficult but in a manner imp●ssible by force of Arms to over run a Nation so populous and Warlike as the Germans were and to this purpose they related the many losses which the Antient R●mans had at divers times susteined and therefore they advised under some pretence to send an Ambssadour to the King who might by fair means remonstrate the duty which he owed to the Roman Empire from which his Crown depended endeavouring to perswade him to desist from making war upon the Empire intimating that if he did prosecute his design it would be his certain ruine Others were of opinion to acccept the Queen Heliodora into the protecti●n of th● Empi●e n t ●●●cept of her offer considering the great aff●ction which she shewed by advertiz●ng them of that which might be of dangerous conseq●ence to her This opinion was contradicted by others in respect that the Romans had alwayes maintained their greatness by a millitary vertue and not by any indirect courses such as those were wherein the Queen proposed and offered her assistance in this variety of opinions the greatest part of the morning was spent without taking any resolution when the Philosopher Agathus whose turn it was on this sixth day to defend Erastus arose it being his turn to give his opinion and because all the Assembly believed him to be a wise man of good counsel and ready judgment every one kept silence so that he being obs●rved by all he began to remonstrate by a very elegant discourse the little appearance for any suddain motion and less to m●ke any w●●l ke preparati●ns up●n the simple Letter of this Queen since that by the Letter it self wh●ch sh● h●d sent th●re a●peared falsi●y and deceit in the ●d●●rtisements which pr●ceeded rather fr●m the P●ssi●ns and d● rd●nate aff ct●ons of that Prince●s th●n f●o● any z ●l which she had for the co●se●va ion of the Roman Empire and opening all the p●rticulars of ●he Letter he made out the little credit that was to be given to it for as for h●r Orig●nal which she said she was derived from the illustrio●s blood of the Roman Senators he prov'd from the Annuals and Ch●onicles that this was false for he could not finde that any Roman Gentleman had left Rome to marry in Germany or that any Roman Lady ma● married thither further adding that if it had been so which was not to be beleived yet h●wever that it was imp●ssible that any Roman Lady should so long remain in a barbarous Nation without being basterd●z●d her Letter expressing that her Family was descended from the Antient Roman blood and therefore he concluded that this Letter could not be impa●●d to proceed from any good z●al alleadg ng further that there was very l●t●le prob●●ility that this K ng had sollicited the Neig●bou●ing N●●ions to reb●l with him since that if it were so it wo●ld be impossible but that the French Sweedes Hungarians and those of the adj●yning Co●ntries who are alwayes mo●t faithful to the Empire should have some knowledge of it And as for the Practices and intell●g●nces which ●he said her husband had in Italy this m●ght easily be discovered to be untrue in regard the affairs of Italy were as well setled as they had been for a long time and that Italy had not ever been more at the command of the Empire than it was at that present And therefore knowing that the said Letter was composed of falsities and impossible things he concluded that no regard should be had thereto for although the King of Germany should bear such intentions against the Empire which he could not believe esteeming all that the Queen had written to be false yet he could not on a suddain raise such an Army but that their Allies nay the Governours of the Roman Provinces would have knowledg ●f it who would give such timely notice thereof at Rome that they might be well enough provided to stop their pass●ge more especially at the Alps. And now said he these things being thought to be probably false it will be necessary to resolve a doubt which is this what should be the cause and what should move the Queen to write this Letter and thereby to caluminate her Husband As to this the contents of the Letter being considered the resolution is very plain and in short is her Husbands age for there is nothing more displeasant to a young woman than to lye by an old mans side so that if Nature do not take them away as soon as they have a minde to it they never leave then to study some way how to dispateh them and I wish to God

of the crime which they had undertaken they resolved of two evils to choose the least and submit to their Captain who had been graciously pleased to pardon them Archelaus comparing this relation with the contents of the Letter no longer doubted but that the case was just as the trayterous Captain had told him yet he knew not what to resolve upon for on the one h●nd the great treason which he believed his wife to be guilty of drove him on to revenge and on the other hand the love he bore to the innocent Lady staid and hindred him The trayterous Captain perceiving this said Sir when a man is interested in any case and passionate his best course is to take advise of others and therefore I will give you my best counsel which if you please you may follow otherwise you may d●cline it and take your own course If it were my case I would have you send for your wife pretending to conferre with her about s●me case of importance and so soon as she comes h●th●r cause her head to be cut off as a reward for her treason which I think is plain enough proved unto you Archelau approving of the counsel of this tr●yterous and cursed Captain sent to his wife that without any delay she should come to the Castle to acquaint her with some weighty matters the good and virtuous Lady having received her husbands l●t●er suddainly mounted on horse-back and came thither but she was no sooner passed the two first gates of the Castle when she was se●zed on by the seven Soldiers who cut of her head not p●rmitting her to speak one w● d Archelaus would not be present at this miserable execution but remitted all to the Captains discretion who having performed what he had intended and resolving to adde one treason to another returned to Archelaus to whom he said that Eufrosena se●ing her life to be at the latest account and that her treasons were discovered for which she had deserved death she therefore charged him to tell her Husband that she prayed him to pardon those crimes she would have committed therefore confessing her self worthy of a more cruel death than she was to suffer also acknowledging that she knew not wherefore such a Treason had entred into her mind but that God by his just judgement had bereaved her of her sense and understanding for the great wrong which she had done to the innocent Philemon having so calumniated and accused him having hyred a Gentleman who complained against him pretending that he had forced his daughter which was a thing counterfeited that she might remove her Son in Law from the management of affairs and be her self the sole Governness This the poor old man easily believed so that he caused the traiterous Philemon to be immediately taken out of Prison making excuses to him for the hard usage which he had receaved and he instantly out him into the same capacity he had bin in giving him greater authority than before so that all dispatches depended absolutely upon him and passed through his hands Philemon then seeing himself in the condition he desired for some time managed the affairs with such dexterity that he in short time obtained the good will of the People yet considering that Archelaus was not so old but that he might be married again and that then there would be an alteration in his condition he purposed to assure himself and be peaceable Lord of all the Lands of Archelaus whilest it was in his power and not to delay his design lest some new trouble should arise wherefore being experienced in the dexterity of his Father in law in wicked actions he declared his intention to him desireing his assistance This Traytor had often thought of this matter as well as Philemon and was so ambitious of seeing himself great that every day seemed a year to him till his Son in law should be absolute Lord and Master of th●se Lands and therefore he told Philemon that he should leave the management of that affair to him for at Archelaus his next coming to the Castle such order should be taken that for the future he should not be hindred of being absolute Lord and having conferred his intention with those Soldiers that had murthered Eufrosena that the next day he should leave the Castle and go ● dayes journey from thence to mannage his aff●irs that his abse●ce should not cause him to be in the least suspected and that he should be r●ady to return thither as to the chief place of residence and to s●ize on all his other houses before any trouble should happen Philemon takeing his Father in laws advice departed f●om the Castle and not long after Archelaus came thither who one day walking with the Captain in a private place of the Castle two of those murderours Soldiers threw a girdle about his neck and there immediately strangled him The poor Archelaus being dead the rascal Captain made an out-cry so that all the Soldiers did run to see what was the matter and he holding the dead body in his arms with feigned tears told them that while he was talking a Gatarhe had seised on him so that he f●ll down dead in the place and then he caused him to be laid in his bed applying perfumes and other remedies to see if he would come to himself but all was to no purpose which he seeing without any delay sent in Post to Philemon and after he had counterfeited lamentations for the death of his Lord he caused him to be interred in the most sumptuous manner that he could Philemon understanding of the death of Archelaus was very well pleased but in appearance shewed much discontent and sorrow but soon returned to the Castle where with tears he was received of the Captain and all others of the Town for their lawful Lord and having taken order for mourning he took poss●ssion of the Lordships thus wickedly usurped before the time beginning at the cheif City and from thence going from place to place without any contradiction The time of mourning being over Philemon was solemnly married to the Captains daughter and he gave large rewards to the Soldiers who had served him in his designs but in conclusion he caused them all to be privately murthered He himself did not long enjoy his estate for the justice of Heaven which leaves no evil action unpunished raised an English Lord against him to be his Enemy who having intelligence with certain o●●er French Lords who although they were Philemons Neighbours yet they hated him for his tyranny necessitated him to retire to an inconsiderable Cittie where being taken by the English he was burnt alive and as they led him to execution he confessed that he had deserved not only to be burnt but a far w●rse punishment not for the wrong which he had done to the English but for the great treason which he had committed against Archelaus and the innocent Eufrosena declaring particularly how all things had