him said an Anker was a token of safety and not of delay vvhereupon Seleucus euer after vsed an Anker in his signet Alexander returned from India to Babilon sayling in the â—ends a suddaine vvind did blow of his diadem into a place of reeds in which stoode the sepulchre of an ancient King which was held to be a token of his death Of Maiestie The fountaine of all excellent manners 〈◊〉 Maiestie being the whole proportion and figuâ—â— of noble estate and properly a beauty or comlinesse in the countenaunce language gestureâ— which doth cast vpon the beholders bearers a fearefull reuerence THere was in the Emperour Augustus â— natiue maiestie for from his eyes issued raies or beames which pierced the eyes oâ— the beholders Sueto The Frenchman that came to kill Marius when he saw his countenance ran from him crying that he had no power to kil him App VVhen Vlisses ship and men had suffereâ—â— shipwrack and he hardly escaped being caâ—â— all naked vppon the coast of the Pheacaes the Kings daughter sent him a mantle vvho comming to the King presented such a wonâ—derful maiestie in his lookes and speech thaâ— Alcinous vvished Vlisses woulde take his daughter Nausicaa to wife Homer The people wondering at his maiesty honoured him with sundry presents at theyâ— owne charges conueied him to Ithaca Scipio beeing in his manour place called Linternum diuers notorious theeues Pyâ—ats came onely to see his person of vvhose â—ame they had heard so large reports but he not knowing this theyr intent armed hymselfe to make defence vvhich the Captaine perceiuing dispatched his followers layâ—ng downe his vveapons said That they came not as enemies but wondering at his vertue and valour vvhervpon Scipio entertained theÌ„ Calphurnius Crassus conspiring vvith others the death of Nerua he knowing thereof placed them next to him at a publique show and not fearing danger being strengthened with a great mind gaue them swords ready drawne and asked them whether they vvere sharpe enough who taking the swords in their hands had no power to hurt him At the beginning wheÌ„ the multitude of people were oppressed by them that abounded in possessions riches they espying some one which excelled in vertue and fortitude repaired to him who ministing equity when hee had defended the poore froÌ„ iniurie retained together the greater persons with the inferiour in an equall and indifferent order wherfore they called that man a king which is to say a Ruler Belus the sonne of Nemrod vvas the firâ—â— King in the vvorld The auncient Egiptians called theyr kingâ— Epiphanes and had this custome that they should enter the Temple barefooted and because one of them came to the Church otherwise he vvas deposed and that name oâ— dignitie ceased They likewise called theyr Kinges Pharaones the Bithinians Ptolomaei the Latines Murani the Parthians Arsacides the Albanes Syluij the Sicilians Tyrants the Argiues Kings Nabuchad-nezzar intiteled himselfe King of Kings Alexander king of the world Demetrius conquerer of Citties Mithridates restorer of the vvorld Attyla the vvhyp of Nations Tamberlaine the scourge of God Dyonisius the hoast of men Cyrus the last of the Gods Henry the eyght king of England defender of the fayth Charles King of Fraunce the most christian king Alphonso King of Spayne the Catholicke king Thys Alphonso dyd first begin to make Bishops houses ioyning to the Cathedral Churches to the end that neyther colde in VVinter nor heate in Sommer might hinder their residencie In the Country of the Sydonians there vvas Dynastia which vvas called a linage of Kings that endured two hundred twentie fiue yeeres because all those Kings were of a good and vertuous conuersation The authority of Kings hath euer been accounted a thing diuine for Homer and Isocrates write that hee who gouerneth alone representeth a diuine maiestie In Egypt of Phylosophers they did chuse theyr Priests and of Priests their Kings with whom it was a law inuiolable that the King which had beene vvicked in his life shoulde not be buried after his death In the Ile Tabrobana kinges are chosen by election and not by blood Solinus Syllas dictatorship vvas called a negatiue ordained kingdom Appian The olde Romaine Kinges did vveare no crownes but held scepters in their hands of the vvhich Tarquinius was the last for that his sonne rauished Lucrecia the vvife of Collatinus Iustinus Plato following the fiction of Homer dyd write that kings children vvere composed of a precious masse to be seperated from the common sort Homer named kings Diogenes that is the generation of Iupiter and Diotrophes nourished by Iupiter and Aristes which Plato interpreteth to be the familiars of Iupiter and his disciples in politicke sciences The Kings of Persia in their priuie Chambers dispatched their greater matters themselues and left those of lesse consequence to their Princes It vvas a custome amongst the auncienâ— kings to put questions one to another to try the abilitie of theyr wits and certaine praiseâ— rewards were appointed to them that excelled Plutarch Salomon sent riddles problemes to king Hiram vvhom it cost very much because he could not assoile them vntill at length hee founde a young man of Tyrus called Abaâ—mon vvho deciphered vnto him the mosâ— part of them Dion The Kings of Persia shewed themselues more subiect to lawes then thir lords Zonaâ— The Kings of Lacedemonia did monthly sweare to guide themselues according to the Lavves and the Ephori tooke an oath in the behalfe of the people to see it executed Antiochus told his sonne Demetrius that their kingdome vvas a noble slauery There vvas foure Kings Princes which â—ad but one eye a peece Philip Alexanders â—ather Antigonus king of Macedonia Haâ—iball of Carthage and Sertorius a Romain The first lost his eye at Methon the second â—t Perinthia the third vpon the Alpes the â—ourth in Pontus Plutarch Alphonsus vvas the first king of Lusitania the sonne of Henry Loraine and Tiretia the â—ase daughter of Alphonsus king of Castile â—n one battaile he ouercame 5. princes of the Sarazines and therefore in his shielde bare 5. seuerall coates of honour Cor. Agrippa Pharamond sirnamed VVarmond vvas the first King of Fraunce vvho came out of Germanie hee bare in his shielde three blacke Toades Of Monarchies A Monarchie most significatly representeth the diuine regiment wherin absolute soueraigntie consisteth in one onely Prince who commaundeth all and is not to be commaunded of any THE latter Romaines had a Duarchie vvhich is comprehended vnder the gouernment Oligarchie their Empire was deuided into two partes the one Emperour of the East the other of the VVest Eutrop. Aristocratie is the rule or power of the best and most vertuous men approued for good lyfe and vvisedome directing their thoughts to no other end then a generall profit Oligarchie is wheÌ„ a fevv noble or rich men gouerne the Common-wealth reiecting the poore and baser sort Timocratie is the power of meane or indifferent vvealth gouerning by some
most dangerous enemies Plut. Antigonus hearing certaine Souldiours railing vpon him hard by his tent who though that he was not so neere shewed himselfe saying can you not goe further to speake ill of me Caesar when he heard that Cato had slaine himselfe at Vtica O Cato said he I enuy thee this thy death seeing thou hast enuied me the sauing of thy life Plutarch Adrian bearing great enuy to a worthy Romaine before he was Emperor the same day he vvas elected meeting his enemy in the streete sayd to him aloud Euasisti meaning that he being now a Prince might in no wise reuenge an iniury P. Diaconus Pythagoras was so pittifull that he abstained from cruelty euen towards vnreasonable creatures that he vvould buy birds of the Fowlers and let them fly againe draught of fishes to cast them againe into the Sea Loncerus Augustus made one his Seruant that would haue killed him Domitian when he was first chosen Emperour did so abhorre cruelty that he would not suffer any beasts to be killed for sacrifice The Snakes of Syria the Serpents of Tyrinthia and the Scorpions in Arcadia are gentle and sparing of theyr naturall soyle though cruell in others Plinius Scipio hauing taken Hasdruball captiue restored him againe without ransome Darius vnderstanding that his Subiects were sore taxed with Subsidies blamed his Counsaile rebuked their Law and in an oration vnto his Subiects signified that he was oath his estate should hinder theyrs which gentlenes so wone them that they offered their lands and lyfes at his feet Herodotus The Emperor Aurelian the gates of Tiaeâ—a being shut against him he sent word that vnlesse they yeelded he would not leaue one flogge aliue in the Citty vvhich they notwithstanding refused to doe but he ouercomming them was so pittifull that he spaâ—ed them commaunding to kill all the flogs Porus King of India conquered of Alexâ—nder and being commaunded to aske what â—e would fearing that pitty was farre from Alexander desired clemency which he granâ—ed Brusonius Alexander vvas so famous for clemency that Darius wished that he might ouercome Alexander to shew him curtesie or that Aâ—exander and none else might conquer him Plutarch The Romaines were renowned for the honorable funerals of Siphax king of Numidia whom they tooke prisoner Valerius Prusias King of Bythinia being banished by Nicomedes his owne Sonne came to the Romains who entreated him euery way according to his worthines estate Diodorus So did they with Ptolomey banished by his owne brother and restored him againe to his kingdome Marcellus after his Souldiours had conquered Syracusa not without great slaughter of many mounted vp an high tower of the Castell and with teares lamented the â—â—full fall of Syracuse Valerius Metellus besieging the great Citty Centobrica in the Country of Celtiberia when he saw their miserable condition and their women comming out with theyr children to craue mercy he with-drew his intended forces remoued his campe and spared the Citty to his eternall commendation In Athence there was a temple dedicated to Mercy into which none might enter except he were beneficiall pittifull and then also with licence from the Senate Macrobius Arcagatus a notable Chirurgion was highly esteemed among the Romaines as long as he had pitty vpon his Patients whose cure â—e had promised but when hee began to be â—nmerciful he was not only dispised of graue men but in derision called Vulnerarius Gelâ—ius Rome was called the hauen of succour the â—nker of trust the key of curtesie wher-vnto â—ll helplesse Princes fled Pompey hauing coÌ„quered Tigranes King of Armenia and he kneeling at his feet yeelding his crowne and scepter he tooke him in his armes put his crowne vppon his head and restored him againe to his kingdome Plutarch Iulius Caesar was as willing to reuenge the death of Pompey as L. Paulus was curteous fauourable to his foe Perseus Idem Haniball although a deadly enemy to the Romaines yet in princely clemency he wone more commendacions by the buriall of Aemilius Gracchus Marcellus then he got fame by ouercomming three thousand Romaines Valerius Polycrates the tyrant of Samos was very gentle towards those women that were the wiues of the dead Souldiours restoring them to their liberty and giuing them wherewithall to maintaine their after estate Vespasian after that Vitellius had killed his brother Sabius and long persecuted his sonne being at last subdued he spared his daughter and bestowed a great sum of money with her in mariage Agesilaus after he had ouercome the Corinthians did not so ioy in his conquest as he lamented the death of so many men Plut. Augustus when he had conquered Alexandria the Citty which Alexander built mooued with pitty in sight of the Cittizens expecting nothing but death said for the beauty of your Citty and memory of Alexander and the loue I beare vnto Pyrrhus your philosopher and pitty of all I spare your Citty and graunt you life Aelianus Certain drunkards abused in wanton spech Pisistratus vvife and being sober the next morning came to aske him forgiuenes he gently said learne to be sober another time Camillus rebelled against Alexander Seuerus the Emperour of Rome and for that being condemned to dye by the Senate was pardoned by him Eutropius Fabius forgaue Marius the treasons hee practised against him Cicero said of Iulius Caesar that he extolling dead Pompey and erecting his statues did set vp his owne Alphonsus by his clemency and gentlenes â—one Careta so did Marcellus ouercome Siracusa Diogenes Heraclitus Apermanthus Tiâ—ion of Athence were vngentle and vnciuile persons and for their strange manners termed haters of men Phocion the Athenian would in nothing fulfill the request of the people and therfore he was hated worse then a Toade The Spartans for their obedience and humility vvere more honoured then eyther Thebes renowned for her Gods or Athence for her wisedome Plut. Marius being appoynted by the people of Rome twice to tryumph deuided the glory betweene himselfe and his fellow Catullus Appian Dion after he was made King of the Syracusans would neuer change his accustomed fare and apparell which he vsed as Studient in the Vniuersity Plut. As Alexander was on his voyage to conquer the Indians Taxiles one of the Kings desired him that they might not vvarre one against another If thou said he art lesse then I receaue benefits if greater I will take them of thee Alexander admiring his curteous spech answered At the least we must fight and contend for this whether of vs twaine shal be most beneficiall to his companion Curtius Traianus was so meeke and curteous that he was fellow-like to all men during all his raigne there was but one only Senator condemned who was adiudged to death against his will Eutropius The kingdom wherin the Emperor Augustus most delighted and ioyed was of the Mauritanes and the reason was this because all other kingdoms he got by the sword and this kingdom by intreatance Suetonius Alexander did write to Publian
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
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
and a great deale more beeing now so farre from acknowledging an Emperour that they haue made the Emperour and Gouernours beholding to them The Venetians holde not onely freedoms but Prouinces and are the freest people of the vvorld as it were seperated froÌ„ the Romaine Empire All that appertaineth now to the Empire is inclosed vvithin the confines of Germanie out of vvhose limits there is nothing Thys Romaine Monarchie is and shall bee the last vvhich although it hath greatly decayed yet shall part thereof continue to the vvorlds end wherein shal remaine the name and maiestie of an Emperour These foure Monarchies were prophecied of long since by the Prophet Daniell vnder the figure of a great Image vvhose head was made of golde breast of siluer belly of copper legges of yron and feete of earth and yron mistically described The heade of Gold signifieth the Monarchy of the Assyrians the breast of Siluer the Persians the belly of Brasse the kingdome of the Greekes the legges of Yron the Romaines the feete of yron and earth the moderne estate of the Monarchie beeing much vveaker then it was vvont to be Daniell dreamed that hee sawe 4. beastes come out of the Ocean the first a Lyon the second a Beare the thyrd a Leopard and as touching the fourth he sayd it vvas terrible to behold The first of these figured the kingdome of Assyria the second the kingdome of Persia the third the Empire of the Greekes and the fourth the Romaine Monarchie the tenne hornes are his members or parts as Siria Egypt Asia Grecia Affrick England Spaine Fraunce Italy Germanie for the Romaine Monarchie possessed all these Nations Betweene these tenne hornes sprang vp a little horne which pluckt away three of the other tenne by which is meant the Mahometicall or Turkish Empire the vvhich engendered of small beginning in the Easterne Romaine Monarchie hath now pulled out three hornes therof Egypt Asia Greece This little horne hath eyes which are presumptious against Christ and Christendom sparckling foorth dreadfull blasphemies against the name of GOD. Of the Turkish Empire IN the yeere of our Lord 630. in the 15. yeere of Heraclius Emperour of Rome arose the dreadfull change of al mankinde by reason of the doctrine of Mahomet vvhich then beganne this did the Arabians first embrace who neuer obeyed kingdoms or lawes lawfully appoynted Mahomet himselfe vvas borne of base parentage in Arabia in the yeere of our Lord 591. in the raigne of Mauritius Emperor of the Romaines his father was an Arabian and his mother a Iew vvho beeing brought vp with a rich Merchant after his maisters death married his mistresse and for that he vvas greatly desirous to rise in honour and estimation by the counsell of Sergius an ancient Monck an Arrian he coyned a new religion deriued out of sundry Sects mingled with some part of the Iewes some part of the Christians some of the Arrians The Prophet Ezechiell and S. Iohn call the Turks Gog and Magog Gog signifyeth a Tent and Magog the people vvithout the Tents for the Tartarians vsually dvvell in Tents and the Turkes are Tartaries vvho came out of Tartarie into Asia when the Sarazens warred against the Persians by theyr King Hormisda desired in ayde Mahomet is interpreted rage or indignation Turke signifieth a souldiour or a vvrastler in the Tartarian tongue one that is accursed or a vagabond Methodius calleth thys people red Iewes eyther because they vvere cruell thirsting after blood or els for that Mahomet vvas borne of Edom in Arabia and Edom signifieth redde Besides the same Author vvriteth that Gog and Magog vvere closed in beyond the hyll Caucasus and that a subtile Foxe should make them a passage vvhich Foxe is Mahomet VVhen the Sarazens serued vnder Heraclius against the persians being denied their pay they fledde from him and in theyr returne homewards they spoyled many villages and townes about Damascus in Syria then vnderstanding Mahomet to be of great power by reason of his vvealth and the opinion vvhich vvas helde of his religion they made choyse of him for theyr Gouernour and by the consent of the Sarazens Arabians and a great part of the Egyptians they so proclaimed him The beginning of his kingdome vvas in â—523 yeeres after Christ vvho making hys â—eate in Syria vvrote the Alcoran a booke of all the lawes ceremonies and traditions of his religion vvith a number of idle tales and faigned miracles hee vvas poysoned by Albunor one of his owne disciples to the inâ—ent hee might see if his maister Mahomet vvoulde rise againe the thirde day after hys death according to his prophecy but hys body was torne in peeces of dogges he raigned tenne yeeres Ebebuzer or Amiras that is a Prince or successor his sonne in law succeeded him hee tooke Damascus making that his princely seate and after 2. yeeres siedge spoiled Gaza Ierusalem raigning 3. yeeres Ahumar succeeded hee subdued all Syria and Egypt conquering Persia and hauing added Cilicia Cappadocia Mesopotamia and the Ile of Cyprus vnto his conquests he made Babylon the seate of his Empire whoÌ„ the Sarazens called the Calipha of Babilon which signifieth the chiefe Prince of empire and religion he raigned 12. yeeres Muhauiar tooke Caesaria and Palestine ouercame Horimasda the sonne of Cosroes he made them keepe Mahomets lawes vvhich the Persians obserue at this day after thys the Sarazens possessed Affrica vvent forward into Asia vvhere they flourished 200 yeeres The Turkes as long as the Empire of the Sarazens flourished in Asia they did most firmly sticke vnto them but after that they began to decrease by their ciuill dissention they encroched vppon them and their territories and by little and little wrought themselues at length wholy into the gouernment of the Empire In the yeere of our Lord one thousand fifty one they elected Zadoc to bee theyr King he laid the first foundation of the Turkish empire in Asia After 5. discents of them in the yeere one thousand foure hundred and eyght vvhen Godfrey of Bullaine vvith other Christan Princes made theyr holy expedition into Palestine the Christians in Armenia perceiuing that the Turkes were deuided and that they had murdered theyr last Emperor Belchâ—aior suddainly assailed them and draue them out of Persia enforcing them to keepe in the lesser Asia In the yeere of our Lorde one thousand three hundred Ottoman restored their Empire by his rare wit and fortune in martiall affaires he gaue names to the Emperors first appointed theyr king hee conquered Bithinia and Cappadocia and tooke many places lying vpon Mare ponticum and ruled 28. yeeres Orchanes his sonne sacked Prusia made â—t the head of his kingdome he was slayne by â—he Tartarians Amurath his sonne was the first that came out of Asia into Europe hee tooke Callipoâ—is Cherronesus Abydus Philippolis Adrianapolis Seruia and Bulgaria but entering into the vpper part of Misia hee was slayne in the 23. yeere of his Empire Baiazeth his brother