condemne him to death Theramenes hearing it fled to the Altar saying I flie to this Altar not that I think it will save my life but that I may shew that these Tyrants are not onely cruel towards men but prophane and wicked towards the gods Critias commanded armed men to fetch him away to his death and as they led him through the City he cried out against the Tyrants cruelty whereupon one of their Captaines said to him Flebis si non silebis Thou shalt weep if thou wile not hold thy peace to whom he answered Annon fleba si tacebo Shall I not weep if I do hold my peace when they put the cup of poison into his hand he drank it off and throwing away the bottome he said I drink this to faire Critias After his death they raged more extremely filling all places with rapines and slaughter and not suffering the friends of the murthered to interre their dead bodies Having amongst others slaine one Phidon they at their feast sent for his daughters to come and dance naked upon the floore that was defiled with their fathers blood but the maides abominating such immanity threw themselves down from an high place and brake their necks And to fill up the measure of the Athenians miseries whereas many thousands of them were â—led or banished into all the neighbouring countreys of Greece their proud insulting adversaries the Lacedemonians forbade all persons to entertaine any of these miserable exiles but to returne them to the Tyrants again and that upon the paine of forfeitting three thousand crowns Diod. Sic. Lysander King of Sparta when the Argives came to Lacedemon to dispute about the borders of their country pleading that they had ajuster cause then the Lacedemonians he drew his sword and said They that can hold this best can best dispute about their coasts Xenoph. Alexander the Tyrant of Thessaly was of such a cruel nature that he buried many of his Subjects alive others he sowed up in the skins of boares and beares and worried them with his dogs others he thrust through with darts and that not for any offences that they had done but meerely to make himself sport and when he had gathered the inhabitants of two confederate Cities about him as if he had something to impart to them he caused his guard to fall upon them and murther them all without distinction of Sex age or condition He slew his own uncle Polyphron and then consecrated the speare wherewith he did it to the gods But not long aâ—ter himself was slaine by the conspiracy of his own wife Plut. Euphron the Lacedemonian having made himself a Tyrant in the City of Cicyon was shortly after murthered by the Senators as he sat in counsel with them who defended themselves by this Apology quòd qui manifesti sceleris proditionis tyrannidis rei sunt non sententiâ âliqua dammandi videantur sed ab omnibus hominibus jam antè dammati sunt quòd nulla Graecorum lex ostendi possit quae proditionibus aut Tyrannis securitatem praestet That those which are guilty of Treason and Tyranny need not to be proceeded against in a legal way for that they are before-hand condemned in all mens judgements neither was there any law amongst the Grecians that gave security to traitours and Tyrants Plut Ochus King of Persia succeeding his father Artaxeâ—xes Mnemon presently after his getting the Kingdome filled and defiled all his palace with blood murthered all the Princes and Royal seed without any respect of age or sex and yet through Gods patience he lived ninety three years and reigned fourty three years Diod. Sic. But in the end growing odious and burthensome to all by reason of his bloodshed and cruelty one of his Eunuches called Bagoas poisoned him and threw his dead body to be devoured of cats AElian Lib. 6. Alexander M. after his great victories grew proud and tyrannical and upon bare suspition he cruelly tortured Philotas one of his brave captaines the sonne of Parmenio who had a chief hand in all his victories and after grievous torments caused him to be slaine and not content therewith thinking that his father might seek to revenge the wrong he caused him to be murthered also Qu. Cur. See Alexander M. also in Anger Alexander M. as he was rowing upon a lake in his galley neer Babylon a sudden tempest arising blew off his hat and crown fastened upon it into the lake whereupon one of his Mariners leaping into the lake swam and fetched it to him and to keep it the drier he put it upon his own head Alexander rewarded him with a talent for saving his Crown but withall caused his head to be cut off for presuming to put his Crown upon it Plut. Dionysius the Sicillian Tyrant was so suspicious of every one that he durst not suffer a Barber to trim him but caused his daughters to do it neither when they were grown to womans estate durst he suffer them to use any sizers or rasour about him but caused them to burn his haire with burning walnut-shells He had two wives and when he lodged with either of them he carefully searched all the chamber before he went to bed He durst not come amongst them when he was to speak to the people but spake out of an high Tower to them When he was going to play at tennis he gave his cloke and sword to a boy that waited on him whereupon one said to him Sir you have now put your life into his hands at which the boy smiled whereupon Dionysius caused them both to be slaine the man for teaching the boy how to kill him and the boy for laughing at it There was one Damocles a great slatterer of his who told him what an happy man he was that did so abound in riches Majesty Power c. affirming that there was never any man more happy then himselfe Well said Dionysius wilt thou O Damocles try how happy a man I am seeing thou doest so admire my condition Yea said Damocles with all my heart Hereupon Dionysius caused him to be cloathed in Kingly apparel to be set upon a golden seat in a room richly hung and curiously adorned with pictures then a table to be furnished with all sorts of dainty dishes with a company of beautifull boyes to waite upon him He had also precious ointments Crownes musick and what not So that Domacles thought himselfe a woundroâ—s happy man But presently Dionysius caused a sharp glittering sword tied in an horse-haire to be hung just over his head the terrour whereof so afflicted Damocles lest it should fall on his head that he durst not stirre nor enjoy any of those felicities whereupon he sent to the Tyrant desiring him to give him leave to go away for he desired that happinesse no longer Citero Antiochus Epiphanes warring against Egypt Ptolomy the King of Egypt sent to the Senate at Rome to make them his Guardians and to desire their help against Antiochus
one of a dangerous disease and seeing that the people almost deified him for the same that he might seem immortal and translated into the number of the gods leaped into the burning mountaine of AEtna Fulgos. Lib. 8. c. 15. Cyrus the first King of the Persians suffered himself to be worshipped with divine honours Alex. ab Alex. l. 2. Antiochus King of Syria would needs be called god and have divine worship given unto him Ibidem Caligula the Emperour commanded that he should be worshipped as a god caused a Temple to be erected for him built his house in the Capitol that so he might dwell with Iupiter but being angry that Iupiter was preferred before him he afterwards erected a Temple in his palace and would have had the statue of Iupiter Olympius in his forme translated thither but the ship that should have fetched it was broken in pieces with a thunder-bolt He used to sit in the midst of the Images of the gods and caused the most costly fowles and birds to be sacrificed to him he had also certaine instruments made whereby he imitated the thunder and lightening and when it thundred indeed he used to cast stones towards Heaven saying Either thou shalt kill me or I will kill thee He caused the heads of most of the Idols in Rome to be broken off and his own to be set in their roomes Sometimes he would sit with a golden beard and a thunder-bolt in his hand like Iupiter other sometimes with a Trident like Neptune He invited the moon like a woman to come and lie with him and boasted that he had got her virginity for which victory he caused himselfe to be crowned He also threatened to banish Iupiter out of the City for that by raine he had hindred his pastime Fulgos. L. 9. c. 5. Domitian the Emperour boasted that he had given the Empire both to his father and brother and that they did but restore his own to him again He commanded that in all writings he should be stiled a god and that all the Images that were made for him should be made of gold or silver at the least which must also be placed in the Capitol amongst the gods Ravisius Heliog ab alus the Emperour would needs be accounted a god sometimes he would be drawn in his chariot with Lions sometimes with Tygres and then he would be called Bacchus Being angry with the Senatours he drove them all out of the City and called them his gowned servants Fulg. L. 9. c. 5 Commodus the Emperour commanded divine worship to be given him calling himselfe the golden Hercules and caused his statues to be made in the habit of Hercules He cut off also the head of the Colossus causing his own head to be set upon it and a club to be put into his hand and a brazen Lion at his feet that so he might be like to Hercules Theat vi hum Dioclesian also caused himself to be called god Idem Sapor King of Persia writing to Constantine the great stiled himself Brother to the Sun and moon and partner with the starres Anitus was the first amongst the Athenians that by heaping up riches ambitiously bribed the people to choose him a Magistrate Alex. ab Alex. L. 3. c. 7. Abimeleck made way for his government by murthering the seventy sonnes of Gideon Iud. 9. Tryphon to make way for his coming to the Kingdome murthered his Master the young Antiochus as he was walking with him 1 Mac. 3. For this Herod murthered the babes of Bethlehem Archelaus King of Macedon had a concubine called Cratevas who out of an ambitious desire after the Kingdome slew Archelaus but within three or four dayes after her selfe was slaine AElian L. 8. Phraates sonne to Orodes King of Parthia to make way for his own coming to the Crown slew his father and all his brethren Theat vitae hum Tarquinius Superbus inflamed with an ambitious desire of rule suborned some souldiers to murther his father in law Servius Tullius a brave and valiant King of the Romans and afterwards assumed the government and Kingdome into his own hands Plinius Ambition caused Romulus to murther his own brother Remus This set Caesar and Pompey together by the ears Non vult Caesárve Priorem Pompeiúsve parem Lucan Tiberius Caesar fearing to be deprived of the Empire caused many to be put to death especially such as excelled in estate and vertues Dion But examples of this kinde are innumerable Alexander when he was returning out of India caused huge armour both for horses and men to be made and left there that so after-ages might think that in every thing he excelled all others Fulg. L. 8. Alexander M. having in his army not above fifty thousand and Darius having a million of men Alexanders Captaines advised him to set upon Darius by night that so his men might not be discouraged with the sight of the number of their adversaries to whom he proudly answered I scorne to steal a victory for I mean to conquer by valour not by subtilty for a victory gotten by stealth is dishonourable Q. Cur. Curius Dentatus the Romane Consul overthrew the Samnites in a great battel and pursuing them to the sea took many prisoners whereupon at his return to Rome he publickly boasted that he had taken so much land as would turne to a waste wildernesse if he had not taken so many men to plant it and that he had taken so many men as that they would perish of famine if he had not taken so much land to maintaine them Aur. Victor Pompey the Great when he heard that Iu. Caesar was coming with his army towards Rome boasted in the Senate that if he did but stamp with his foot he could fill Italy with Armies yet presently after when he heard that Caesar had passed the river Rubicon he fled from Italy into Epyrus Pez Mel. Hist. Agrippina Nero's mother consulting with the southsayers concerning her sonnes fortune they told her that he should reigne but that he should murther his mother whereupon she in the fury of her pride said aloud and Let him kill me so that prove true Nero's Life Nero's wife was excessively proud Her mules had bridles and furnitures of gold were shod with silver and sometimes with gold she kept five hundred female-asses alwayes about her Court in whose milk she often bathed her body for the care of her skin was such that she rather wished death then the decay thereof Suet. Pliny Solon the Athenian Law-giver said concerning one of his prime citizens called Pisistratus that if he could but pluck out of his head the worme of ambition and heale him of his greedy desire to rule there could not be a man of more vertue then he Plut. Themistocles out of an ambitious humour when he was chosen Admiral by the Athenians would dispatch no businesse till the day whereon he was to depart that men might take notice of his dispatching so many businesses and talking with so many
by Chilperic King of France whom she caused to banish his Queen Andovera and his other wife called Galsuinda she caused to be murthered that she might enjoy the King alone yet neither was she faithful to him but prostituted her body to Landric Master of the Kings horse On a time the King being to go a hunting went to bid his wife farewell who was combing her haire The King went softly behinde her and with his wand in sport struck her behinde She thinking it had been her Landric said What doest thou do my Landric It 's the part of a good Knight to charge a Lady before and not behinde The King by this means finding her falshood went his wayes on hunting and she finding her self discovered sent for Landric told him what was happened and therefore perswaded him to kill the King for his and her safety which he undertook and effected that night as the King came late from hunting French Hist. Semiramis sought out men to satisfie her brutish lust whom shortly after she used to slay And at last she grew to that abominable impudence that she drew her own sonne to lie with her and to cover her filthinesse enacted a law That propinquity of blood should not hinder marriage Orosius Cambyses King of Persia falling in love with his own sister sent for his Judges and asked them if there were any law that suffered a man to marry with his own sister to whom they answered That they found no such Law but they found another Law that the Kings of Persia might do whatsoever they pleased Whereupon he married her and afterwards he married another of his sisters also Herod Xerxes falling in love with Artaynta his daughter in law often commited incest with her which his wife Amestris taking notice of and supposing that Artaynta's mother was the baude betwixt them she sent for her and put her to grievous torments cutting off her breasts casting them to the dogs she cut off also her nose eares lips and tongue and so dismissed her but shortly after Xerxes going with his innumerable army against the Grecians was plagued by God for his incest and his wives cruelty with the utter overthrow of his forces and himself hardly escaped with life Herod Solon made a law amongst the Athenians that it might be lawful for any man to kill an adulterer taking him in the fact Nerva the Romane Emperour made a law that no man should marry his neece or brothers daughter Suet. Agrippina was of so impudent and lustful a disposition that having formerly traded her self in manifold incests with Caligula her brother and Claudius her Uncle she at last offered her body to the lustful imbraces of her son Nero who scarcely twenty yeares before was bred therein Nero's Life The Egyptians used to punish adultery in a man by giving him a thousand jerks with a reed and in a woman by cutting off her nose And he that violated a free woman had his privy members cut off By the law of Julia amongst the Romanes adulterers were without difference to be put to death Before Moses time it was a custome to burne adulterers in the fire as appears in the case of Thamar Gen. 38. 24. What mischiefs the Levites wife that played the adulteresse brought upon all Israel may be read Judges 19 20 and 21. chapters What misery David brought upon himself and family by committing adultery with Bathsheba may be seen in 2 Sam. 12. 13. and 13. chapters Paris by his adultery with Helena stirred up warres between the Grecians and Trojans which lasted ten yeares and ended in the ruines of that famous City and Kingdome of Troy in the death of Paris and Helen of King Priamus and all his posterity Sextus Tarquinius sonne to Superbus the last King of the Romanes by ravishing Lucretia the wife of Collatinus was the author of manifold mischiefs For Lucretia slew her self in the presence of her husband and kinsfolk the Romanes expelled their King and his family and would never be reconciled to them again The adulterer was slaine by the Sabines and his father also fighting to recover his Kingdom was slaine by the Romanes Valentinian the third Emperour of Rome by dishonouring the wife of Petronius Maximus a Senator of Rome lost his life and was thereby the author of the final destruction of the Romane Empire For Petronius being informed of the wrong which the Emperour had done him by defiling his wife was purposed to revenge it with his own hands but knowing that he could not do it whilest Actius the General of his Army lived a man famous for his valiant exploits against the Burgundians and Gothes he accused him falsely to the Emperour of treason and thereby procured his death then did he stirre up some of Actius friends to revenge his death upon the Emperour which they also performed upon him as he was sitting in judgement then did Maximus not only seize upon the Empire but upon Eudoxia the Emperesse forcing her to be his wife which indignity she not enduring sent privately into Africa to Genserick King of the Vandals to come and deliver her and the City of Rome from the Tyranny of Maximus which occasion he laying hold of came into Italy with a huge Army whereupon the Citizens of Rome were so affrighted that they fled into the Mountains and Maximus flying with them was murthered by the way and hewen in pieces by some of the Senators And Genserick entring Rome found it empty of inhabitants but not of infinite riches all which he exposed as a prey to his Army and carried away into Africk together with a great number of the people and amongst them was Eudoxia the Emperesse and her two daughters Eudocia and Placidia After which the Romane Empire could never recover it self but grew weaker and weaker till it came to utter ruine Childerick King of France was so odious for his adulteries that his Nobility conspired against him and drave him out of his Kingdom Two of the daughters of Philip the fair King of France being found guilty of Adultery were condemned to perpetual imprisonment and they which had committed adultery with them were first slaine and then hanged A certain Seneschal of Normandy suspected the vicious behaviour of his wife with his Steward watched them so narrowly that at last he found them in bed together whereupon he slew them both first the adulterer and then his wife though she was sister to Lewis the eleventh the then King Fulgos. l. 6. c. 1. A Nobleman in Burgundy having in Warre taken a Gentleman Captive his wife being a beautiful Lady came to redeeme her husband The Nobleman promised to free him if she would let him lie with her which by the perswasion of her husband she consented to But the adulterous Nobleman the next day cut off his prisoners head and so delivered his body to his wife which horrible fact being complained of by her to the Duke of Burgundy he caused this Nobleman
16. 19. the Jewes Jer. 6. 13. 8. 10. the young man Mat. 19. 22. the Pharisees Luke 16. 14. Nabal 1 Sam. 25. 11. the rich man Luke 16. 21 c. See some examples of the danger of covetousnesse in my first Part of the Marrow of Eccles. History Julius Caesar was of such a covetous disposition that making Warre in Spaine he picked quarrels with divers rich Cities that he might plunder them He brake also into the Temples of the gods and robbed them of their rich gifts which had been bestowed upon them In his first Consulship he robbed the Capitol of three thousand pound weight of gold In his own and Pompey's name he took six thousand Talents from Ptolemy King of Egypt Theat vitae hum Tiberius Caesar was so overcome by covetousnesse that when Cn. Lentulus a worthy Senatour had in his will declared him to be his heire he sent and killed him that so he might have present possession of his goods Also when Vonorais King of Parthia being expelled out of his Kingdome fled to him for refuge he seeing that he had brought a mighty masse of treasure with him killed him that so he might enjoy his riches Theat vitae hum C. Caligula the Emperour having by profusenesse and prodigality wasted the treasure of the Empire fell afterwards to sordid covetousnesse and rapine whereupon he forced many rich men to make tbeir wills and therein to declare him to be their heir and presently after used to poison them scoffing at them and saying that when men had once made their wills it was fit they should die Having by a tribute raised a mighty masse of money stripping himself naked he rolled himself upon it seeking thereby to satisfie his thirst after gold He sold also the servants and houshold-stuffe Jewels and ornaments of his sisters taking the price of them to himself Theat vitae hum Nero that monster of men when by his profusenesse and Luxury he had wasted the Imperial treasures fell to such covetousnesse that he imposed new tributes on his subjects Injuriously seized upon many rich mens estates and often put the owners to death Robbed many Temples and took away the gold and silver Images Theat vitae hum Sergius Galba to satisfie his covetousnesse imposed great fines upon divers Cities in Spaine and France Took away from the Image of Jupiter a crown of gold that weighed fifteen pound weight and having a plentiful supper set before him he sighed at the consideration of the cost Theat vitae hum Vespasian though he be reckoned amongst the good Emperours yet he was extreame covetous Being blamed by his friends for sending such oppressive officers into the Romane Provinces He answered that he used them but as spunges to squeese them when they were full He imposed a taxe upon every family according to the quantity of urine that was made in it which his son Titus being offended at and blaming him for it as dishonourable to so great an Emperour He answered him little for the present but a while after when his Publicans had brought in the tribute he called his son Titus and bad him smell what ill savour that gold had Titus smelling told him that he found no ill savour in it his father laughing told him that it was urine and withal added Dulcis odor lucri ex re â—ualibet The smell of gaine is sweet out of any thing Yea from the principle of covetousnesse he would publickly do such businesse as a private man would be ashamed of Didius Julianus the Emperour was so extreamly covetous that he made himself hateful to the people and being forsaken of all men was at last slaine in his Palace Guido Bitur Constans Tertius the Emperour going to Rome spoiled all places both holy and prophane carrying away more of the riches ornaments of the City then all the Barbarous Nations that had formerly plundered it He also grievously oppressed his Subjects especially the inhabitants of Sicily whereby many parents were forced to sell their own children which made him so hateful to all that his own souldiers rose up against him and slew him Fulgosus Lib. 9. c. 4. Cardinal Angelot was so basely covetous that by a private way he used to go into the stable and steale the oats from his horses so that on a time the Master of his horse going into the stable in the dark and finding him there taking him for a thief beat him soundly he was also so hard towards his servants that his Chamberlaine watching his opportunity slew him Pontanus lib. de Prin. A certain young man in Lacedaemon having bought an house and land at a very under rate the Magistrates hearing of it sent for him and fined him for that he being a yound man had shewed so much covetousnesse seeking to inrich himself by the losse of another AElian Lib. 14. Semiramis caused to be ingraven upon her sepulchre What King soever shall want money let him open this sepulchre and he shall finde as much as he needs Darius long after finding this inscription brake open the sepulchre but instead of money he only found this inscription within Except thou wert a wicked man and basely covetous thou wouldest never have broken open the sepulchres of the dead Stobaeus Anno Christi 1066. Reginherus Bishop of Misnia being at Goslaria after dinner went into his chamber where he had hid his treasures being an extream covetous man and shut himself in as if he would take a little sleep but his servants thinking him long first knocked at the doore and afterwards brake it open and found him dead with his neck broken and his body of an ugly colour lying in a miserable manner upon his money Lamb. Scaffnaburgensis Caratacus a Prince of the Britaine 's being taken prisoner and carried to Rome when he had throughly viewed the stately magnificence of that City What mean you saith he when you have these and such like buildings of your own to covet our small cottages Camb. Brit. p. 957. The Spaniards in the conquest of Peru told Atabalipa the King thereof that they were sent from an Emperour unto whom the Pope had given all that land to convert them to the Christian faith Whereunto Atabalipa answered That he would gladly be friends with the Emperour because he was so great a Monarch but in no case with the Pope because he gave to another that which was none of his own Pur. Pilgrims Vol. 4. p. 1445. Thira a Dane wife to Godwin Earle of Kent used to make Merchandise of Englands beateous Virgins by selling them at a deare rate into Denmark seeking thereby to satisfie her own covetousnesse and the Danes lusts which practice she continued till a just reward of Gods wrath fell upon her by a thunderbolt from heaven whereby she was slaine Speed Nigh unto the City of Lunenberg in Germany there flowed plentifully a salt spring till such time as the rich men ingrossing all the profit to themselves would not suffer
to man at last it came back to Thales again who sent it to Thebes and dedicated it to the Temple of Apollo Plut. Solon was earnestly solicited by the Athenians to take upon him the sovereignty of the City and countrey His friends also much pressed him to it telling him that he was no better then a beast if for fear of the name of a Tyrant he should refuse the Kingdome which is the most just and honourable estate if it be undertaken by an honest man notwithstanding all which importunity he absolutely refused it Plut. Epaminondas the Thebane General that had gotten so many and great victories and thereby had advanced the honour of his countrey above all other countreys in Greece yet withal was so humble that he refused the governments that were proffered to him and saith one Honores ità gessit ut ornamentum non accipere sed dare ipse dignitati videretur Plin. Philopoemen the victorious general of the Megalopolitans was a great contemner of riches and fine apparel and very humble On a time he sent word to a Citizen of Megara that he would come and sup with him the Citizen told his wife and so went into the market to make some provision in the mean time the good wife hearing that she should have so great a man come to her house bustled about to get all things ready when presently came in Philopoemen cloathed in a mean habit whom the good wife looking upon and supposing him to be a servant sent before she bade him to help her to get supper Philopoemen presently obeyed put off his coat took an axe and fell to cleaving of wood presently came in the Citizen and seeing him about such a businesse said What meane you O Philopoemen by this Philopoemen answered Quid aliud nisi deformitatis poenas luo I am well enough served for coming in such mean apparel Polybius Agesilaus King of Sparta was of such an humble disposition that though he excelled in honour power and in the Kingdome whereby he had gained the love of all men yet he was never observed to boast of his merits or to endure that others should praise him Plut When the Thasian people for some great favours received from him had built Temples to the honour of Agesilaus King of Sparta offered sacrifices to him as to a god they sent Ambassadours to him to certifie him thereof But he said unto them Can your countrimen make gods of men to whom they answered that they could Well then said Agesilaus let them first make themselves gods and then I will believe that they can make me one Xenophon Claudius the Romane Emperour was so humble that he would not suffer any to give him divine worship as his predecessour had done When he chose any to publick offices he would not suffer them to returne him thanks in the Senate as had been used but said You owe me no thanks as if ambitiously you had sought these places but I owe them to you for helping me to governe the Common-wealth which if you performe well I will give you greater thanks When Titus had taken Jerusalem he had many Crowns sent him from Syria Egypt and all the neighbouring countreys all giving him the name of Conquerour but he refused them all saying I have not done this for my self but have only lent my hands to God who hath thus declared his wrath against the Jewes Suidas It was a custome amongst the Romanes that when they had gotten any notable victory the General used to send letters decked with Laurel to the Consuls at Rome and to desire them Decernere supplicationes whereby it seems that they thought that they stood in need of Prayers rather then of Praises The humility of Scipio Affricanus was such that after all his great victories against the Carthaginians and triumphs over Hannibal he was content to serve as a Lieutenant in the Warres of Asia under Lucius Scipio his younger brother Plut. William the Conqueror gave a Mannor and certain yard-lands in Buckingam-shire to one upon this condition that the possessour or occupier thereof marke ye proud and dainty ones should finde litter for the Kings bed whensoever he came that way Camb. Brit. The Emperour Frederick after his victory over the Gunzians in Hungary said thus to his souldiers We have done a great work my souldiers but there remains a greater behinde viz. to use it humbly to bridle our avarice and desire of Revenge Look of the H. War Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty before honour is humility Prov. 18. 12. Be ye cloathed with humility for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble 1 Pet. 5. 5. CHAP. XVIII Examples of Anger Wrath Malice Hatred Revenge Anger is sometimes lawfull yea a duty when a man is angry at his own sinnes or others or at whatsoever hindreth the glory of God this is commanded Eph. 4. 26. 2 Cor. 7. 11. Examples of it Moses Exod. 16. 20. and 11. 8. and 32. 19. Lev. 10. 16. Numb 16. 15. Elijah 1 Kings 19. 14. Nehemiah Nehem. 5. 6. Jeremiah Jer. 6. 11. David 2 Sam. 12. 5. Christ Mat. 16. 23. Mark 3. 5. Peter Act. 5. 3. Jacob Gen. 30. 2. But most commonly it's sinfull and therefore forbidden by God Eccles. 7. 9. Mat. 5. 22. Eph. 4. 26. Col. 3. 8. Tit. 1. 7. The evils of it Prov. 14. 17. and 21. 19. and 22. 24. and 25. 8. 23. and 29. 20 22. and 27. 4. Jam. 1. 26. It 's condemned and threatened Gen. 49. 7. Psal. 37. 8. Eccles. 7. 9. Eph. 4. 31. Col. 3. 8. Rom. 12. 19. Jam. 1. 19. 20. Examples of it out of Scripture Simeon and Levi Gen. 49. 6. Ahashuerus Esther 1. 12. Ahab 1 King 22. 26. Ahaziah 2 King 1. 9. Asa 2 Chron. 16. 10. Absalon 2 Sam. 14. 30. Balaam Num. 22. 27. Balak Num. 24 10. Eliab 1 Sam. 17. 28. Haman Est. 3. 5 c. Jehoram 2 King 6. 31. Cain Gen. 4. 5 c. Naaman 2 King 5. 11. Potiphar Gen 39. 19. Pharaoh Exod. 10. 28. Saul 1 Sam. 18. 8. 20 30. Uzziah 2 Chron. 26. 19. Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 2. 12. 3. 13 19. the elder brother Luk. 15. 28. Examples of godly men that have thus sinned Jacob Gen. 31. 36. David 1 Sam. 25. 21 22. 2 Sam. 6. 8. Elijah 1 King 19. 4. Job Chap. 3. 1 c. Jeremiah Jer. 20. 14 c. Sarai Gen. 16. 5. Rachel Gen. 30. 1. Moses Num. 20. 10. Jonah Chap. 4. 8. Iames and Iohn Luk. 9. 54. Paul and Barnabas Act. 15. â—9 Examples out of other Authors Athenodorus the Philosopher when he went to take his leave of Augustus Caesar left him this rule O Caesar saith he remember that when thou art angry thou neither speakest nor doest ought till thou hast repeated over destinctly the Greek Alphabet Eras. Lib. 4. Apophth Cotys King of Thrace having many curious vessels but very brittle presented to him he gave the man that brought
them a great reward and presently brake all the vessels in pieces and being asked the reason of it he answered Because knowing that I am soon angry I may prevent being angry with those that might hereafter break them Eras. Lib. 5. Adag Alexander Magnus being of a cholerick disposition obscured three of his greatest victories with the death of three of his friends causing Lysimachus to be cast to a Lion Clitus to be slaine with a speare and Calisthenes to be put to death Theat vitae hum King Perses being overcome by Paulus AEmilius grew into such a passion that he slew two of his Nobles which came to comfort him which so provoked the rest that they all forsooke him Theat vitae hum L. Sylla who in his anger had spilt the blood of many at last in his fury raging and crying out against one that had broken promise with him thereby brake a veine within him vomiting out his blood soul and anger together Val. Max. lib. 9. Amilcar the Carthaginian did so extreamly hate the Romanes that having four sons he used to say that he bred up those foure Lions whelps for the destruction of the Romane Empire Probus in vita Semiramis as she was dressing her head newes being brought that Babylon rebelled against her she was so incensed that in that habit her haire halfe tied up and half hanging loose she hastened to reduce it and never dressed up her head till she had subdued that great City Polyb. Tomyris Queen of Scythia having overcome and taken Cyrus King of Persia caused his head to be cut off and thrown into a bowle of blood bidding him to drink his fill for that he had so much thirsted after blood and had slaine her sonne in the Warres Val. Max. Lysander the Lacedemonian was noted to be of such an implacable disposition tbat nothing could appease his malice but the death of the person with whom he was angry whereupon it grew to a proverb That Greece could not bear two Lysanders Pez Mel. Hist. Alexander M in a drunken feast that he made after his conquest of Persia began to boast of his great victories and atchievments to the distaste of his own Captaines insomuch as one of them called Clitus speaking to another said He boasts of those victories which were purchased with other mens blood Alexander suspecting that he spake against him asked what he said and when all were silent Clitus spake of the great victories which Philip his father had gotten in Greece preferring them before these which so incensed Alexander that he bade him be gone out of his presence and when Clitus hastened not but multiplied words the King rose up in a great fury and snatching a lance out of his Squires hand therewith he thrust Clitus thorow and killed him This Clitus had formerly saved the Kings life in the battel against Darius He was an old souldier of King Philips and had performed many excellent exploits Besides his mother had nursed Alexander and he was brought up with him as his foster-brother So that Alexander when the heat of his anger was over was so enraged against himselfe for this murther that he was about with the same lance to have murthered himself if he had not been violently restrained by his servants Q. Cur. Caius Caligula was of a most malicious disposition for which end he kept two books which he called his sword and dagger wherein he wrote the names of all such as he had appointed to death He had such a chest of all sorts of the most exquisite poisons that when afterwards it was thrown into the sea by his successor Claudius it poisoned a great multitude of fishes Sueto Amilcar the Carthaginian at what time he did sacrifice being ready to take his journey into Spaine called his young son Hannibal being then but nine years old and caused him to lay his hand upon the Altar and to sweare that being come to mans estate he should pursue the Romanes with immortal hatred and work them all the mischief that possibly he could Sir W. Raw. King Edward the first of England going against Bruce King of Scotland caused his eldest sonne and all his Nobles to swear that if he died in his journey they should carry his corps about Scotland with them and not suffer it to be interred till they had vanquished the Scots and subdued the whole Kingdom Sed ira mortalium debet esse mortalis saith Lactantius Darius being offended with the Athenians for assisting his enemies he called for a bowe wherewith he shot up an arrow towards heaven saying O Jupiter grant that I may be revenged upon the Athenians He appointed also one of his servants every night when he was at supper to say to him Here memento Atheniensium Master remember the Athenians Pez Mel. Hist. Camillus a Noble Romane after many great services done for the Common-wealth was at the instigation of a wicked detractor condemned by the common people to pay a greater summe of money then he was able But he scorning such an open shame resolved to go into voluntary exile and so taking leave of his wife children and friends he went out of the City-gate but then turning again and lifting up his hands towards the Capitol he said O ye gods if it be of spite and malice that the common people thus drive me away then let them have quickly cause to repent and stand in need of me Put. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart Leviticus 19. 17. Cursed be their anger for it was fierce and their wrath for it was cruel Gen. 49. 7. CHAP. XIX Examples of Patience Moderation and Meeknesse SOme of the Heathens have attained to a great eminencie in this vertue of Patience but Christians are to adde it to the number of their graces 2 Pet. 1. 6. And indeed it is that that gives a great lustre to all the rest Humility is the root whence it springs and the fruit of it is both amiable and profitable It puts and keeps a man in possession of his soul Luk. 21. 19. It makes all burthens light and is much improved by exercise Rom. 5. 3. Moses his meeknesse and Jobs patience are exemplary and so held forth in the Scripture And these which follow also may be useful to quicken us to an earnest pursuit after this so excellent a vertue Commanded Luke 21. 19. Col. 1. 11. Rom 12. 12. 1 Thes. 5. 14. Jam. 5. 7 8. c. 1 Tim. 6. 11. Heb. 10. 36. 12. 1. 2 Pet. 1. 6. 1 Pet. 2. 20. Mat. 11. 29. Commanded Eccles. 7. 8. 2 Cor. 6. 4. 12. 12. 1 Tim. 3. 3. 2 Tim. 2. 24. 2 Thes. 1 4. Tit. 2. 2. Heb. 6. 12. Jam. 1 3 4. Rev. 2. 2 3 19 13. 10. 14. 12. Psal. 22. 26. 25. 9. 37. 11. 76. 9. 147. 6. 149 4. Isa. 29. 19. Mat. 5. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 4. Scriptural examples Paul 2 Cor. 6. 4. Moses Num. 12. 3.
to sweare allegiance to his daughter Maud and that she should succeed in his Kingdome they which swore were first William Arch-bishop of Canterbury and the rest of the Bishops and Abbats then David King of Scotland Uncle to Maud now married to the Emperesse of Germany then Stephen Earle of Mortaigne and Bulloigne Nephew to the King c. But so soon as King Henry was dead in Normandy Stephen hasted into England and by the help especially of the Bishops was made King and the Emperesse put by but behold the revenging hand of God following their Perjury Stephen though otherwise a gallant Prince yet found his Crowne to be but a glorious misery Mars and Vulcan never suffering him to be at quiet and as he would not suffer the right heire to inherit so God would not suffer him to have an heire to inherit for his sonne was put by the Crowne which was conferred upon Henry sonne to the Emperesse the rightfull heire Also William Arch-bishop of Canterbury never prospered after his perjury but died within that yeare Roger Bishop of Salisbury fell into displeasure with King Stephen who took him prisoner seized upon his Castles and treasures and so used him that he died for very griefe Alexander Bishop of Lincolne was also taken by the King and led in a rope to the Castle of Newark upon Trent the King swearing that the Bishop should neither eat nor drink till his Castle was surrendered so that there he gat all the Bishops treasure and as for Hugh Bigot he also escaped not long unpunished saith Fabian Rodulph Duke of Sweveh provoked by the Pope rebelled against his Sovereigne the Emperour Henry the fourth but in a battel which he fought against him he lost his right arme whereof he shortly after died acknowledging Gods justice for his disloyalty punishing him in that arme which before was lift up to sweare the oath of allegiance to his Master Act. Mon. Narcissus a godly Bishop of Ierusalem was falsly accused by three men of many foule matters who sealed up with oathes and imprecations their false testimonies But shortly after one of them with his whole family and substance was burnt with fire another of them was stricken with a grievous disease such as in his imprecation he had wished to himselfe the third terrified with the sight of Gods judgements upon the former became very panitent and poured out the griefe of his heart in such aboundance of teares that thereby he became blinde Euseb. The Arians hired a woman to accuse Eustatius a godly Bishop of committing whoredome with her thereby procuring his banishment But shortly after the Lord struck her with a grievous disease whereupon she confessed her perjury the childe being begotten by Eustatius a Smith and not Eustatius the Bishop and so presently after she died Euseb. The Emperour Albert having made a truce with the great Turke and solemnly sworne to the same Pope Eugenius the fourth sent him a dispensation from his oath and excited him to renew the warre against them but in the first battel he was discomfited and slaine to the great shame of Christianity the infidels justly accusing them of Perjury and Covenant breaking sealed by the Name of Christ whom they professe to be their Saviour Turk Hist. Almerick King of Ierusalem having entred into League with the Caliph of Egypt and confirmed the same by an oath afterwards warred upon him contrary to his promise whereupon God raised him up many enemies who miserably wasted the Kingdome of Ierusalem himselfe was beaten out of Egypt and all hopes of succour failing him being wearied with whole volleys of miseries he ended his life of a bloody Flux Hist. holy Warres The Egyptians reputed perjury so capital a crime that whosoever was convinced thereof was punished with death Pausanias noteth this to be one chiefe cause why Philip King of Macedon with all his posterity were so quickly destroyed because he made no account of keeping his oathes but sware and unswere as might stand best with his interest Gregory of Tours makes mention of a wicked varlet in France among the people called Averni that forswearing himselfe in an unjust-cause had his tongue presently so tied that he could not speake but roare till by his inward prayer and repentance the Lord restored him the use of that unruly member Theodor Beza recordeth what befell a perjured person who forswore himselfe to the prejudice of his neighbour He had no sooner made an end of his oath but being suddenly stricken with an Apoplexie he never spake word more till he died Cleomenes King of Lacedemonia making truce with the Argives for seven dayes oppressed them in the third night unawares thinking thereby to avoid perjury But the Argive women their husbands being slaine took up armes like so many Amazones and repelled Cleomenes who afterwards was banished into Egypt where desperately he slew himselfe Plut. Uladislaus King of Hungary having contracted a League with Amurath the great Turke and bound himselfe to it by an oath the Pope sent a Legat to absolve him from his oath and provoke him to warre which he undertaking with a very great Army the victory stood doubtfull a great while together but Amurath seeing a Crucifix in the Christians Ensigne pluckt the writing wherein the late League was contained out of his bosome and with his eyes and hands cast up to heaven said O thou crucified Christ behold this is the League thy Christians in thy Name made with me which they have causelesly violated If thou be a God as they say thou art and as we dream revenge the wrong now done unto thy Name and me and shew thy power upon thy perjured people who in their deeds deny thee their God Immediately afterward the King in the middest of his enemies was slaine and the Christians fled very few ever returning to their own homes but perished miserably Turk Hist. When Harold King of England was ready to joyne in battel with William the Conquerer and his Normans Gyth a younger brother of his advised him that in case he had made promise unto William of the Kingdome he should for his own person withdraw himselfe out of the battel for surely all his forces could not secure him against God and his own conscience who no doubt would require punishment for breach offaith and promise withall assuring him that if he would commit the fortune of that battel into his hands he would not faile to performe the part of a good brother and valiant Captaine but the King contemning this wholesome counsel would needs joyne battel himselfe wherein he lost his Army Kingdome and his own life Camb Brit. p. 149 150. Henry Falmer being accused by his own brother of Heresie as they call it suffered Martyrdome for the same but shortly after his said brother who had borne false witnesse against him was pressed for a Pioner in the voyage to Bulloine where within three dayes as he was exonerating nature a Gun took him and
daughter of Sp. Tarpeius betrayed her father and the tower whereof he was governour to Tatius King of the Sabines who besiedged it for all that the Sabine Souldiers wore upon their left armes meaning their golden bracelets But when she demanded her reward Tatius badehis souldiers to do as he did and so together with their bracelets throwing their shields which they wore on their left armes upon her they crushed her to death Romulus ordained no punishment for Parrioide because he thought it impossible that any one should so much degenerate from nature as to commit that sin but he called all other murthers Parricides to shew the heinousnesse of them and for six hundred years after his time such a sin as Parricide was never heard of in Rome Plut. Darius the son of Artaxerxes Mnemon King of Persia affecting the Kingdome conspired to take away the life of his father but his treason being discovered he together with his wives and children were altogether put to death that so none might remain of so wicked a breed Diod. Sic. Servius Tullius the 6th King of the Romanes married his daughter to Tarquinius she was a woman of an exceeding ambitious spirit and would not suffer her husband to be at quiet till she had procured him to murther her father and as soon as ever she heard that the fact was committed she hasted in her chariot to salute her husband King and by the way encountring with the dead body of her murthered father she caused her chariot to be driven over it Ovid. Pezel Mel. Hist. Nero sending some to murther his own mother Agrippina when they came into her chamber she seeing one to unsheath his sword and believing what they came for and by whose directions she laid open her bare belly to him bidding him strike that as having deserved it for bringing forth such a monster as Nero. Nero hearing that she was dead came presently to the place caused her body to be stripped and Crowner-like beheld it all over praising this part dispraising that as if he had been to censure a Statue and at last caused her wombe to be opened that he might behold the place of his conception Neros Life Not long after about the neck of one of Nero's Statues was hung a leather sack to upbraid his parricide the punishment whereof by the ancient Laws of Rome was to be trussed in such a sack with a cock a dog and a viper and so all to be thrown quick into Tyber Nero's Life The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother the ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young eagles shall eat it Prov. 30. 17. Every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death he hath cursed his father or his mother his blood shall be upon him Lev. 20. 9. CHAP. XXXI Examples of Parents love to and Care over their Children THey are to bring their children to God Luk. 2. 27. 41. Mark 10. 13. To instruct them Ephes. 6. 4. Prov. 22. 6. Exod. 12. 26. Deut. 6. 7. 11. 19 32. 46. 4. 10. 31. 13. Gen. 18. 19. To lay up for them 2 Cor. 12. 14. Prov. 19. 14. To correct them Prov. 22. 15. 23. 13. 29. 15 17. Heb. 12. 9. 1 Tim. 3. 4. Not to provoke them to anger Col. 3. 21. Eph. 6. 4. Not to give them evil examples Ier. 7. 18. 31. 29. Ezek. 18. 2. Ier. 17. 2. Mothers must instruct them Proverb 31. 1 c. 2 Tim. 1. 5. Numa Pompilius reformed the Law amongst the Romanes which gave liberty to parents to sell their children exempting children that were married provided that they married with their parents consent Plut See Callings Trades Agesilaus King of Sparta a prudent man and brave souldier did exceedingly love his children and on a time a friend coming to his house found him riding upon an hobby-horse amongst them whereupon Agesilaus fearing lest he should speak of it to his disgrace intreated him not to censure him for it nor to speak of it to any till himselfe had some children Plut. Augustus Caesar found out the inclinations and dispositions of his two daughters by observing their company at a publick shew where much people were present at which time his daughter Livia associated herselfe and discoursed with grave and prudent Senators but his daughter Iulia adjoyned herselfe to loose youngsters and riotous persons Sueto Noscitur ex socio qui non cognoscitur ex se. Scillurus who had eighty sonnes when he lay on his death-bed called them all before him presented them with a bundle of speares or sheafe of arrows and bade each of them trie whether he could break that bundle which they assayed to do but were not able Then he pulled out one javlin out of the bundle and bade them break that which they did easily intimating thereby that unity and compacted strength is the bond which preserves families and Kingdomes which bond if it be once broken all runnes quickly to ruine Micypsa when he was on his death-bed called all his sonnes and caused them to write this sentence in golden letters Concordiâ parvae res crescunt Discordiâ magnae dilabuntur By concord small things are increased but by discord the greatest are overthrown Fathers provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Eph. 6. 4. Richard Woodmans father in the reigne of Queen Mary betrayed him into the hands of his bloody persecutors whereby he lost his life See my English Martyrology p. 185. Philip King of Spaine out of an unnatural and bloody zeale suffered his eldest sonne Charles to be murthered by the Fathers Inquisitors because he favoured the Protestant religion which when the Pope heard of he abusively applied that text of Scripture to him He spared not his own Sonne but delivered him up for us all Act. Mon. Alfrith mother of King Edward hearing that her sonne was coming to visit her suborned one of her servants to murther him who accordingly as the King was drinking with her struck him into the body with a two-edged dagger whereof he died and this she did to make way for another of her sonnes to come to the Crowne See my English Martyrology p. 31. Master Iulins Palmer in the reigne of our Queen Mary went to Evesham in Glocestershire to his own mother hoping to obtaine a legacy left him by his father and when he came kneeling down to crave her blessing she said Thou shalt have Christs curse and mine wherever thou goest for saith she thou doest not believe as thy father and I nor as thy fore-fathers but art an Heretick and therefore get thee out of my house and out of my sight and never take me for thy mother any more Faggots I have to burn thee but no money for thee c. Eodem p. 173. Even the sea-monsters draw out the breast they give suck to their young
ones the daughter of my people is become cruel like Ostriches in the wildernesse Lam. 4. 3. CHAP. XXXII Examples of fond Parents and the miseries that they have brought upon themselves thereby FOrbidden Deut. 13. 8 9. Prov. 19. 18. 13. 24. 29. 17. Scriptural Examples Eli 1 Sam. 2. 22 29. David to Adonijah 1 Kings 1. 6. to Absalom 2 Sam. 18. 33. How severely God punished Eli for his indulgence to his wicked sonnes See it in 1 Sam. 2. 27 c. 3. 11 c. David also who cockered Absalom and Adonijah above all the rest of his children was most afflicted by them one breaking out into open rebellion wherein he died the other usurping the Crowne before his fathers death which cost him his life also 2 Sam. 15. 1 King 1. 5 c. A certaine woman in Flanders contrary to the will of her husband used to feed her two sonnes with money to maintaine their riot yea to furnish them she would rob her husband but presently after her husbands death God plagued her for this her foolish indulgence for from rioting these youngsters fell to robbing for the which one of them was executed by the sword and the other by the halter the mother looking on as a witnesse of their destructions Ludo. Vives A young man in our owne Nation as he was going to the gallows desired to speak with his mother in her eare but when she came instead of whispering he bit of her eare with his teeth exclaiming upon her as the cause of his death because she did not chastise him in his youth for his faults but by her fondnesse so imboldened him in his vices as brought him to this wofull end Seleucus marrying Stratonica the daughter of Demetrius shortly after Antiochus the sonne of Seleucus fell in love with his stepmother and not daring to discover it for feare of the displeasure of his father he pined a way from day to day at last one of his Physicians found out the cause of his disease and acquainted his father therewith who out of indulgence to his sonne calling his Nobles and people together said I have decreed to make Antiochus my sonne King of all my superior Provinces and to give him Stratonica for his wife and Queen and if she scruple the unlawfulnesse of the marriage I desire you that are my friends to perswade her that all things are honest and just that a King shall decree for the publick profit Plut. Andronicus one of the Greek Emperours doted with such extream impotency of partial affection upon his Nephew young Andronicus that in comparison of him he disregarded not only the rest of his Nephews but his own children also being unwilling to spare him out of sight either day or night but when this young man was stept further into yeares besides a world of miseries and molestations created to his Grand-father in the mean time at last he pressed without resistance upon his Palace with purpose to surprise his person though the old Emperout intreated him with much affectionate eloquence that he would reverence those hands which had oftentimes so willingly embraced him and those lips which had so oft lovingly kissed him and that he would spare to spill that blood from which himselfe had taken the fountaine of life yet for all this he caused the old Emperour to be polled shaven and made a Monk and not only so but also the very Anvile of much dunghill-scorne and vilest indignities untill the workmanship of death had finished the sorrowful businesse of a wretched lfie Turk Hist. Austine upon a terrible and dreadfull accident called his people together to a Sermon wherein he relates this dolefull story Our Noble Citizen saith he Cyrillus a man mighty amongst us both in work and word and much beloved had as you know one onely sonne and because but one he loved him immeasurably and above God and so being drunke with immoderate doting he neglected to correct him and gave him liberty to do whatsoever he list Now this very day saith he this same fellow thus long suffered in this dissolute and riotous courses hath in his drunken humour wickedly offered violence to his mother great with childe would have violated his sister hath killed his father and wounded two of his sisters to death Adfrat in Eremo Ser. 33. Chasten thy sonne betimes and let not thy soul spare for his crying Prov. 19. 18. CHAP. XXXIII Examples of Brethrens love each to other THey ought to love one another Prov. 17. 17. 1 Pet. 3. 8. Rom. 12. 10. Heb. 13. 1. It 's an excellent thing Psal 133. 1. Scriptural examples Jobs children Job 1. 13. Lazarus Martha and Mary John 11. 19 c. Joseph Gen. 43. 29 c. 45. 14. Joab and Abishai 2 Sam. 3. 27 30. Judah Gen. 37. 26. In the beginning of the reigne of Darius King of Persia one of his Nobles called Intaphernes conspired against him which being discovered to Darius he caused him and all his kindred to be cast into prison But Intaphernes wife exceedingly weeping and houling Darius gave her leave to choose any one of the prisoners whose life she would have spared whereupon amongst them all she chose her brother and Darius asking her why she â—…se her brother rather then her husband or son she answered Because if God please I may have another husband and children but my Parents being dead I cannot have another brother This so pleased Darius that he granted her the life not only of her brother but of her son too Herod Darius King of Persia being dead left two sons Ariamenes or as some call him Artabazanes and Xerxes these both claimed the Kingdome but brotherly love so prevailed with them that they were contented to stand to the judgement of the Persian Nobles yet in the interim Xerxes being in Persia performed all the offices of a King and Ariaments coming out of Media Xerxes sent great presents to him commanding the messengers to tell him Thy brother Xerxes presents thee with these gifts and if by the consent and suffrage of the Nobles he be declared King he promises thee the chiefest place next unto himself To which Ariamenes returned this answer Truly I willingly accept of these gifts yet claim the Sovereignty to belong to me but will reserve the next place of dignity for my brother Xerxes The Persian Nobles referred the determination of this controversie to their Uncle Artabanus who having heard both sides determined for Xerxes because Ariamenes was borne to Darius whil'st he was a private person Xerxes after he was a King the mother of Ariamenes was the daughter of Gobrias a private woman the mother of Xerxes was Atossa a Queen Ariamenes hearing this judgement without any distemper of spirit rose up worshipped his brother and taking him by the hand placed him in the Kingly throne and ever after was very obsequious to him Plut. Herod And he fell upon his brother Benjamins neck and wept and
brave Captaines because he had been a familiar friend to Calisthenes and thereupon caused him to be cast naked to a most fierce Lion but when the Lion came roaring upon him Lysimachus wrapped his shirt about his arme and thrusting his hand into the Lions mouth and taking fast hold of his tongue he slew the Lion which Alexander being informed of having his valour in admiration he not only forgave him but esteemed him more highly then ever before Q. Cur. Alexander M. being very swift of foot when he was young some of his followers asked him if he would not runne in the Olympick games Yea truly said he of Kings will contend with me therein Justin. When he heard of any great City that his father had taken he used to be very sorrowfull and to say to his companions My father will take away all occasions from me of atchieving any great matters A gallant horse called Bucephalus being proffered to King Philip and prized at eight thousand seven hundred crownes he refused to give it because he would let none get upon his back Alexander being by and seeing their error in setting him so that their shadow frighted him he would needs lay the price of the horse with his father that he would back him and accordingly turning him on the other side where the horse might not see his shadow he mounted on his back and rode him up and down His father wondering at his Magnanimity when he alighted kissed him and said O my sonne thou must seek out some other Kingdomes for Macedonia is too little for thee Diod. Sic. Q. Cur. Porus an Indian King fighting valiantly against Alexander received many wounds and at last falling into his enemies hands they led him to Alexander who hearing of his coming went forth with some of his friends to meet him and asked him what he would have him to do for him Porus answered Only that thou use me like a King Alexander being taken with his Magnanimity said This I will do for mine one sake but what shall I do for thee for thy sake Porus answered That all was contained in his former demand of Kingly usage This so pleased Alexander that he restored him to his Kingdome and gave him another bigger then his own Q Cur. Demetrius the son of Antigonus fighting against Ptolomaeus King of Egypt was overthrowne in the battel and losing his carriages he lost all his furniture and apparel with them but Ptolomaeus sent him back these together with his friends that were taken prisoners saying That he fought with him only for glory and Empire Demetrius was so affected herewith that he prayed to the gods to give him an opportunity that he might not be long in Ptolomaeus his debt but might requite him with the like courtesie which shortly after fell out for in another battel Demetrius overcame Ptolomy and rejoyced not so much for what he had gotten as that hereby he could retaliate Ptolomies kindnesse which accordingly he did by a free release of all his captives Plut. Julius Caesar was of a most magnanimous resolution insomuch as being forewarned of the conspiracy that was made against him in the Senate he answered Morise quà m timere malle that he had rather die then admit of feare Plut. Subrius Flavius a Tribune of the Praetorian souldiers having with others conspired the death of Nero the conspiracy being discovered Nero asked him why contrary to his oath and duty he had made one against him he stoutly answered Because I hated thee and yet there was not one in thine army more loyal then my selfe all the while thou deservedst love but after thou hadst murthered thy mother and wife and hadst turned Charioteer Stage-player and Boutefeux I could no longer endure thee Suet. Sulpicius Afer a Centurian and another of the conspirators to the like question returned this blunt answer Because saith he there was no other way to help thee but to rid thee out of the world Suet. Mardonius being left with a great Army in Greece after Xerxes his returne into Asia he sent Ambassadors to the Athenians perswading them to make peace with him making many golden promises to them if they would do it the Lacedaemonians hearing of it sent their Ambassadors also to them to disswade them from it shewing how dishonourable it would be to them and dangerous to all Greece and the better to prevaile they sent them word that whereas their houses had been burnt and their harvest spoiled by the Persians they would provide for their wives and children so long as the warre lasted To the Persian Ambassadors the Athenians answered that they scorned so long as the Sunne kept his course to make any friendship with the Persians whom they hoped by the assistance of the gods to drive out of their Countrey To the Lacedaemonians they answered that knowing the valour of the Athenians they marvelled why they should suspect their complying with the Persians assuring them that the greatest promises in the world could not make them unfaithful to their Countrey nor to agree with the Persians whil'st there was any one of them alive and for their proffer to provide for their wives and children they gave them hearty thanks for the same but withall told them that they hoped they should be able to provide for them themselves and therefore would not be burthensome unto others Herod King Porsenna making warre against the Romanes the Consul Publicola â—allied out against him betwixt whom began an hot skirmish neer Tyber and the enemies exceeding in number Publicola fighting valiantly was wounded so dangerously that he was carried away by his souldiers which so discouraged his Army that they fled towards the City the enemies pursuing them to the wooden bridge whereby Rome was in danger to be taken But Horatius Cocles with two other young Noblemen made head upon the bridge against them till the bridge was broken down behinde them then Cocles armed as he was and hurt in the hip with a pike leaped into Tyber and swam to the other side of the river Publicola admiring his valour gave him an annual pension for his life and so much land as he could compasse about in a day with a plough Plut. Whil'st Porsenna besieged Rome a citizen called Mutius devising how he might kill him disguised himselfe and went into his army and speaking the Tuscan language perfectly was admitted into the Kings presence but not knowing him he drew his sword and slew one that was neer him mistaking him for the King hereupon he was apprehended and Porsenna calling for a pan of coales caused his right hand to be held over it till the flesh fried and the sinewes shrunk yet did Mutius all the while look upon the King with an undaunted countenance which Porsenna wondering at caused the fire to be removed and his sword to be restored to him which he taking with his left hand was thence called Scaevola Plut. Aristomenes King of the Messenians was a very gallant
the strong City of the Falerians in Italy but it was so well fortified and furnished that the inhabitants made little account of the siege At this time the whole City had but one common Scholmaster who used to lead out his Schoolars into the fields to play and watching his opportunity he at last led them to the Romane Guards delivering them all up into their hands and himself going to Camillus said Sir I am Schoolmaster to all these children yet do I preferre the favour of the Romanes before my honour and office and therefore have I delivered up these children to you by whom you may make the Falerians yield upon your own tearms Camillus answered that indeed in the Warres there were many wrongs done yet a Noble General should rather seek victory by Valour then by wicked or treacherous means and therefore abhorring this vallainy he presently commanded his Sergeants to teare off this Schoolmasters clothes and to binde his hands behinde him and to give the boyes whips and rods to whip back the Traitor into the City that had so basely betrayed them In the meane time the Falerians hearing how their children were betrayed ran up to their City-Walls like distracted persons but there they spied the boyes whipping the Schoolmaster starke naked towards the City which so wrought upon them that they presently sent forth and made peace with the Romanes Plut. Aristomenes King of the Messenians being driven out of his own country by the Lacedemonians was forced to flie to the Arcadians for succour and being a gallant man had purposed with a select band to have invaded Sparta whilest their Army was plundering his Country but the King of Arcadia being privy to his designe discovered it to the Lacedemonians and so prevented it for which treachery his own subjects stoned him and cast him unburied out of their confines setting up a Pillar by him with this inscription Difficile est hominem perjurum fallere Divos Diod. Sic. Ochus King of Persia raising a great Army went against the City of Sidon in Phenicia where one Tennes was King who hearing of Ochus his purpose hired Mentor of Rhodes with some other Grecian Auxiliaries for his aide but when Ochus drew neere with his huge Army he sought to provide for his safety rather then his honour sending one privately to Ochus proffering to betray the City to him Ochus being glad to heare this promised whatsoever he required whereupon Tennes accordingly betrayed the City into his hands But before Ochus came the Sidonians to make their men to fight more desperately had burnt all their ships in the haven that so all hopes of escaping might be taken away so that the City being thus betrayed the Citizens seeing their desperate condition shut up themselves with their wives and children in their houses and so firing them burnt themselves and all that they had by which meanes there perished above fourty thousand persons But Ochus now standing in no further need of Tennes caused him to be murthered A just reward for his treachery Pez Mel. Hist. Philip King of Macedon going to besiege a City one of his Captaines told him that it was so strongly fortified both by nature and art that it was altogether inexpugnable to whom he said But is it impossible for gold 〈◊〉 gâ—t over the walls for I have often seen that other 〈◊〉 which by no other meanes I could conquer yet by my gold I have corrupted some to betray them to me Justin. The same Philip having married the sister of Arysbas King of the Molossians and thereby being chosen Tutour to the young King most perâ—idiously seized upon his Kingdome and 〈…〉 Arysbas who died in 〈…〉 He also treacherously getting the King oâ—… power flew him and annexed his Kingdome 〈…〉 And divers free Cities having chosen Philip for 〈◊〉 Captaine he perfidiously seized upon 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 them 〈◊〉 vassales Also the two Kings of 〈◊〉 â—alling 〈◊〉 between themselves those King Philipâ—o â—o be the Umpire betwixt them whereupon privacely he raised an Army and went into Thrace pretending to come as a Iudge but finding them unprovided to resist him he dispoiled them both of their kingdomes Justin. Before the first great battel that Darius King of Persia fought with Alexander M. he sent the greatest part of his money and rich furniture to Damascus to be kept in safety there but Alexander sending Parmenio against it the Governour betrayed the City and all those infinite riches into his hands which treason he escaped not long with for one of his own consorts slew him and cutting off his head carried it to Darius Q. Cur. Bessus having basely betrayed and murthered Darius Alexander pursued him into Bactria and when he drew neere him Spitamenes one of Bessus's chiefe friends laid hands on him bound him stript him naked and so putting a chaine about his neck led him to Alexander to whom Alexander said What brutish madnesse seized upon thee that thou durst lay hands on thy King and murther him when he had deserved so well of thee Bessus would have made an apology but Alexander delivered him to Darius his brother to do with him as he pleased who leading him to the place where he had murthered Darius cut him in peeces there Q. Cur. Darius having for a long time besieged Babylon in vaine one of his Captaines named Zopyrus cut off his own eares and nose and with his fresh bleeding wounds fled to the Babylonians pretending that he came to them for succour and accused Darius for his cruelty saying that he had so mangled him for counselling him to give over the siege whereupon the Babylonians knowing his prowesse trusted him with the greatest part of their forces which when Zopyrus had obtained after some small colourable overthrowes given to the Persians in â—allies spying his opportunity he betrayed the City and delivered it up into Darius his hand who had laine in siege before it twenty moneths A wicked Varlot betrayed the Isle of Rhodes to the Great Turke upon condition to have his daughter to wife with a great Dowry but when the Turke had gotten the Isle he told him that he must not have a Christian to his son in Law but he must first be a Musselman both within and without and therefore he caused his Baptized skin as he called it to be flayed off and appointed him to be put into a bed strewed with salt that he might get a new skin promising that then he should be his sonne in Law But the wicked wretch ended his life with shame and torment Princes love treason but hate the traytor Turk Hist. Banister servant to the Duke of Buckingham in the reigne of Richard the third upon the promise of a thousand pound basely betrayed his Lord and Master from whom he had formerly received great favours but after his base treachery he never had the reward promised and besides had these judgements befell him His eldest sonne fell madde and so died in a Swine-stiâ— His
of the Church then the head of the Empire Amongst the Lacedemonians men were chosen into the Senate and office of Magistracy not for their riches friends beauty strength c. but for their honesty and vertue Plut. Examples of Marshall Discipline A French souldier in Scotland in the beginning of Queen Elizabeths Reigne who first mounted the bulwark of a Fort that was besieged whereupon ensued the gaining of the Fort The French General Mounsier de Thermes first Knighted him for his valour and then hanged him within an hour after because he had done it without command Holman in his book of Ambass Manlius Torquatus the Roman General beheaded his own sonne for fighting with an enemy without leave although he overcame him Isac Chron. p. 147. Defend the poor and fatherlesse Do justice to the afflicted and needy deliver the poor and needy rid them out of the hand of the wicked Psa. 82. 3 4. CHAP. XLVIII Examples of Injustice Bribery The evil of it Psal. 82. 2. Prov. 11. 7. 28. 8. 29. 27. Zeph. 3. 5. Luk. 16. 10. 2 Pet. 2. 9. 1 Cor. 6. 9. Rom. 1. 31. It 's spoken of Psal. 43. 1. Mat. 5. 45. Isa. 26. 10. Rev. 22. 11. Forbidden Deut. 25. 13 14. Lam. 3. 35 36. Amos 5. 7. 8. 5. Exod. 23. 2 6. Deut. 16. 19. 24. 17. Threatened Prov. 28. 8. 29. 7. Deut. 27. 19. Isa. 5. 7. 59. 8 c. Hosea 10. 4. Amos 5. 7. 6. 12. Mich. 3. 9. It 's a great sinne Amos 5. 12. Prov. 25. 14. Eccles 7. 7. It 's the property of the wicked Psal. 26. 10. Prov. 17. 23. 29. 4. It 's threatened Job 15. 34. The godly are free from it Isa. 33. 15. so was Samuel 1 Sam. 12. 3. Prov. 15. 27. Forbidden Exod. 23. 8. Deut. 16. 19. Prov. 17. 8. 18. 16. Scriptural Examples of injustice in Rulers Samuels sonnes 1 Sam. 8. 3. Princes of Judah Isa. 1. 23. Ezek. 22. 12. Mich. 3. 11. 7. 3. Zeph. 3. 3. Judges in Israel Amos 4. 1. Hos. 4. 18. Pilate Matth. 27. 26. Mark 15. 15. Luk. 23. 24. John 19. 16. Felix Act. 24. 25 c. Ananias Acts 23. 2 3. Gallio Acts 〈…〉 Pharisees Matth. 23. 25. the steward Luk. 16. 3 〈…〉 the Judge Luk. 18. 2. Other Examples Cambyses King of Persia having found corruption by reason of bribery in one of his Judges called Sysamâ—â—â— commanded him to be put to death his skin to be pulled off to be spread upon the Judgment-seat and then making his son Judge in his room caused him to sit thereon withall telling him That the same corruption would deserve the same punishment Themistocles in Athens caused Arthemius and all his children anâ— posterity to be noted with a brand of perpetual infamy because he brought gold from the King of Persia to corrupt the Grecians and to divide them amongst themselves Plut. Harpalus that was made Treasurer by Alexander M. at Babylon whil'st he went to conquer India thinking that Alexander would perish in those warres fell to all manner of loosenesse and impurity ravishing Noble Virgins and defiling Matrous but when he heard of Alexanders returne fearing to be called to account for his viâ—â—ainy he stole five thousand talents of silver and so fled to Athens labouring by his money to corrupt the Citizâ—ns to secure him against Alexander and especially he sough to corrupt their Oratours which had most power with the people But Demosthenes exhorted the people to expell him out of their City and not to bring an unnecessary warre upon themselves in defence of â—o unjust a cause yet afterwards being with Harpalus he spred amongst his treasures one of the Kings cups of gold and began highly to commend it for the beauty and curious workmanship and Harpalus perceiving his coveâ—ous minde thereby bade him take the cup in his hand and guesse what it might weigh Demosthenes answered that he could not guesse But saith Harpalus this cup will bring you twenty talents and accordingly at night he carried him the cup with twenty talents in it Hereupon the next morning when the people were met together to debate the cause of Harpalus Demosthenes came to the Pulpit all muffled about his throat and mouth and when he was called upon by the people to speak his minde he told them that he was troubled with a squinancy and could not speak wherewith some merry fellowes made sport saying that Demosthenes had that night gotten a silvernancy and not a squinancy Diod. Sic. Q. Cur. Some Roman Judges having acquitted Clodius a great malefactor as they were going home wel atended with officers were met by Catulus who knowing what they had done said unto them You do well to be so guarded for your safety lest the money be taken away from you which you took so lately for bribes Plut. in vita Cicer. p. 872. There was a law amongst the Romans That if a Judge took a bribe to pervert justice he should die for it And if any bore false witnesse he should be thrown down from the Tarpeian Rock By the Julian law De Ambitu amongst the ancient Romanes it was enacted That if any attained to honour or offices by bribes he should be punished with a great mulct and also for ever be made infamous Severus the Romane Emperour so hated bribery and Iudges which used it that he would vomit when he saw them and was ready with his two fingers to put out their eyes Tacitus used to say That never any man came to an office or high place by bribery or â—inister meanes but he exercised his authority wickedly and unjustly Great presents being sent to Epaminondas though he was poor yet he refused to receive them saying If the thing you desire be good I will do it without any bribe even because it is good If it be not honest I will not do it for all the goods in the world Lanq. Chron. p. 57. Augustines judgement was that not only gold silver and presents are bribes But the guilt of bribery may also be justly imputed to any exorbitant affection which swayes a man aside from an impartial execution of justice As love fear hatred anger Pusillanimity desire of applause c. Cambyses King of Persia intending to make warre against the King of AEthiopia under pretence of sending Ambassadours imployed some to spie out his Countrey and strength to whom the King of AEthiopia said Go tell your Master that he is an unjust man otherwise he would not affect another mans Kingdome but be content with his own not seeking to bring other men into slavery that never wronged him Pez Mel. Hist. He that by unjust gaine encreaseth his substance shall gather it for him that will pity the poor Prov. 28. 8. CHAP. XLIX Examples of Restitution COmmanded in what cases Exod. 22. 1 3 4 5 6 12. Lev. 6. 4 5 24 21 25 27 28. Deut. 22. 2. Job 20 10 18. Prov. 6. 31. Ezek 33. 15.
Hereupon the Senate sent Popilius to Antiochus requiring him to forbear medling with Egypt or if he was already entred presently to depart out of it Antiochus offered to kisse Popilius in token of his love to him but Popilius answered Let all private friendship cease till thou hast answered my publick Commands Antiochus told him that he would consult with his friends and shortly return an answer Popilius having a stick in his hand drew with it a circle about him and his friends requiring them to returne an answer and either to chuse warre or peace before they went out of that circle This so daunted the King that he told him he would obey the command of the Senate Justin. Vitellius a Tyrant of Rome being overcome by Vespasian the souldiers took him bound his hands behinde him putting a rope about his neck and tearing off his cloaths they led him through the streets of Rome loading him with an infinite number of indignities and disgraces pulling his haire and setting a dagger under his chin that his face might be seen of all some cast filth and dirt in his face others reviled him and so at last they slew him and threw him into Tyber Imp. Hist. Sylla that great Tyrant that stiled himself The happy died miserably of the lowsies for when saith one was it ever seen that the heavy hand of God did not finally infelicitate a Tyrant Poppaea Sabina was first wife to Rufus Crispinus a worthy Knight of Rome by whom she had a sonne afterwards Nero taking her to himselfe caused her little sonne to be drowned for that amongst his pretty sports he would play for Dukedomes and Empires Suet. Laodice the wife of Ariarathis King of Cappadocia her husband being dead seized upon the government raged cruelly against all sorts both of the Nobility and Commons whom she caused to be murthered yea against her own bowels poisoning â—ix of her own sonnes that so she might keep the Kingdome more securely only one little one escaped her fury whom the people at last advanced to the Crowne and slew her Lipsius Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour but shalt fear thy God Levit. 25. 43. CHAP. LII Vanity of all earthly things SPoken of Eccles. 1. 2 14. Isa. 40. 17 23. 41. 29. Eccles. 2. 11. 3. 19. 5. 10. 4. 8. Psal. 39. 5. 41. 9. Scriptural Examples Adonibezek under whose table seventy Kings with their thumbs and great toes cut off gathered their meat was shortly after served in the same sort and died a captive Jud. 1. 6 7. Iosua's Captains put their feet upon the necks of five Kings and slew them Ios. 10. 24. King Eglon slaine in his Parlour Iudg. 3. 21. Siâ—era sâ—aine by Jael Judg. 4. 21. Zeba and Zalmunna Judg. 8. 21. Abimelech Iudg. 9. 53. Goliah 1 Sam. 17. 49. Saul 1 Sam. 31. 4. Ishbosheth 2 Sam. 4. 7. Absolon 2 Sam. 18. 9. Benhadad 1 King 20. 32. Sennacherib 2 King 19. 37. Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 4. 31 c. Belshazzer Dan. 5. 5 c. Herod Act. 12. 23. Other examples Croesus a rich and mighty King of Lydia being overcome by Cyrus the Persian was by him condemned to be burnt and when he was laid upon the Pile of wood he cried out O Solon Solon Solon which being told to Cyrus he sent for him to know what he meant by it Croesus answered that having once entertained wise Solon into his house he told him that no man ought to be accounted happy so long as he lived which said he I never understood till now Cyrus laying this to heart and considering the mutability of all earthly things did not only give him his life but made him his friend and chief Counsellour in all his affaires Herod Not long after Cyrus being to make warre against the Massages Croesus disswaded him from it saying 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mea sunt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 If thou wert immortal thy selfe and haddest an Army of immortal souldiers thou needest not my counsel but seeing thou art mortal thy self and the like are thy souldiers consider that all humane affaires are like a wheele that spoke that is up to day may be down to morrow and think not that thou wilt alwayes be fortunate but Cyrus not taking his advice went against them where himself with twenty thousand of his souldiers were slaine Justi See in Friendship the Example of Psammenitus King of Egypt Xerxes which a little before had led an Army of above a million of men into Greece wherewith he thought himself able to conquer the whole world within a little space saw his Navy destroyed on the sea and multitudes of his souldiers by an handful of the Grecians slaine upon the land and himselfe in great fear accompanied with some few servants fled back to get into Asia again but when he came to the Hellespont he found his great bridge over which he should have passed broken with a tempest so that he was forced to enter into a poore fisher boat in which with much danger hâ—…gat into Asia For being encountred with a great storme in great fear he asked the Pilot if there were any hope of safety No Sir said he except the boate be eased of some of the passengers whereupon Xerxes cried out O ye Persians now I shall see whether you have any care of the safety of your King or no for in you it lies to save or to destroy my life which when they heard some of them leaped over-board drowned themselves to preserve their King But like a Tyrant when he came to land he gave the Pilot a Crowne of gold for saving his life but because he had drowned some of his servants he caused his head to be â—ut off Herod After the battel of Plataea wherein the Grecians had given a mighty overthrow to the Army of Xerxes Pausanias King of Sparta being the Grecian General was exceedingly elated with the glory of that victory and afterwards at a feast in a scorneful manner he bade Simonides a wise man to give him some wholesome counsell Simonides answered Take heed of forgetting that thou wert but a mortal man which though he laughed at for the present yet shortly after he remembred it when being immured in Pallas's Temple he was pined to death Plut. See it in Treachery Solon told Croesus that considering how the life of man is subject to infinite changes wisdome therefore forbids us to trust or glory in worldly riches honours or any outward things or to account any man happy before his death And therefore said he I account Tellus a happier man then thy self in the middest of all thy affluence for he being a Citizen of Athens was a very honest man and left his children in good esteeme and himself died honourably in the field fighting in the defence of his countrey Plut. Artaxeroees Mnemon in that great battel which he fought against his brother Cyrus being wounded in the breast by Cyrus retired
out of the battel and at night the weather being hot he was extreme thirsty and could get nothing to drink whereupon his Eunuches ran up and down to seeke him some water and at last they met with a poore fellow that had gotten some stinking puddle water in a fiâ—thy vessel this they took and carried to the King who drank it all off and when one of them asked him whether that filthy water did not offend him he swore that he never drank such a sweet draught either of wine or water in his life before and therefore he prayed the gods that if he could not reward the poore man that brought it yet that they would make him both blessed and rich for his labour Plut. Philip King of Macedon in the midst of all his glory when he had conquered divers Kingdomes and was chosen by all Greece Captaine General against the Persians upon a festival day at the marriage of his daughter and the Coronation of his sonne Alexander was suddenly stabbed by Pausanias to whom he had formerly denied Justice Diod. Sic. See more of it in Sodomy Alexander M. having overcome Darius went to Babylon where he had the City and Castle delivered up to him and there in infinite treasures from thence he went to Susa which being also surrendred to him he found there fifty thousand Talents in bullion and such abundance of riches as the Persian Kings had for a long time heaped up together leaving it from father to son all which in one houre came into his hands that never cared for it From thence he went to Persepolis which had in it a farre greater Masse of treasure it being the richest City then under the Sunne there he found one hundred and twenty thousand Talents of money and as much other treasures as twenty thousand Mules and ten thousand Camels could carry away much whereof had been reserved there from Cyrus his time Alexander setting himselfe down in the Kings throne it was so high that his feet could not reach the ground whereupon one brough a little table and set under his feet and one of Darius his Eunuches standing by sighed and weeped grievously which Alexander taking notice of asked him what was the cause of it to whom the Eunuch answered I weep to see that table that was so highly prized by my Master Darius to be now made thy footstoole Q. Cur. This Darius flying out of the battel who a little before was Lord of so many Kingdomes and people of so much treasure and riches and was adored as a god by his Subjects was now taken by some of his own servants put into a base waggon covered with hides of beasts and so carried hither and thither as they pleased and to fill up the measure of his wretchednesse they bound him in golden setters and drave all his attendants from him and when they heard that Alexander pursued and was now come neere to them these villaines Bessus Artabazus and others took Darius wounded him in many places and wounded the beasts that drew him and so fled themselves into Bactria In the mean time the beasts that drew Darius being weary hot and wounded turned out of the way into a certaine valley whither one of Alexanders men called Polystratus coming to seek for water as he was drinking out of his helmet he spied the waggon and mangled beasts and going looking into it he spied a man halfe dead with many wounds Darius lifting up his eyes and seeing him said This comfort I have in my present fortune that I shall breath out my last words to one that can understand them therefore saith he I pray thee tell Alexander that though I never deserved any favour at his hands yet I shall die his debtour giving him many thanks for his kindnesse to my mother wife and children Tell him that as he hath shewed favour to them so on the contrary my servants and kinsmen that received their lives and livelihood from me have basely betrayed and murthered me Tell him that I pray that he may Conquer all the World and desire him to revenge this wickednesse both for his own and for the sake of all Kings it being of evil example that such treachery should go unpunished and so fainting he desired a little water which when he had drunk he said to Polystratus Whosoever thou art that hast shewed me this kindnesse in my extreme misery the gods requite thee for so great a benefit and the gods requite Alexander also for all his humanity and clemency and so he gave up the ghost Quin. Cur. Perseus King of Macedon a brave warriour and one who was a terrour to the Romane Empire yet at last being overcome and taken by AEmilius was led in Triumph with his children into Rome where after some four yeeres imprisonment he died and his eldest sonne was in that want that he was forced to learne the occupation of a Smith to get his living Ursp. Basiliseus Emperour of Constantinople being overcome by Zeno who was formerly deposed for his riotouâ—nesse was together with his wife and children banished into Cappadocia and a strict command given that none should relieve them whereupon they miserably perished for want of food each in others armes Suid. Cyrus King of Persia caused this Motto to be engraven upon his tombe O man whosoever thou art that shalt come hither know that I am great Cyrus that first erected the Persian Monarchy Therefore envy me not this little earth that now covers my body This tombe was afterwards defaced by some of Alexander M. his followers which when Alexander saw he was much troubled at it considering the vicissitude and incertainty of all earthly things Qu. Cur. Alexander M. after all his great conquests returning to Babylon had Ambassadours that came to him almost from all Countreys some to congratulate his victories others to tender their homage all bringing great and rich presents but whil'st in the midst of his glory he was feasting of them he caught a surfeit with inordinate drinking which turned to a mortal feavour and a little before his death being asked by his friends to whom he would leave his Kingdome he answered To the most worthy man and he being asked When they should do Divine honours to him he answered When they themselves were happy which were his last words and so he died having lived not thirty three years nor reigned thirteen and assoon as he was dead his great Captaines sought to enrich themselves by his spoiles and whil'st they were contonding to share the world amongst them his dead body lay many dayes in that hot Countrey unburied stinking above ground a notable Embleme of the vanity of all earthly greatnesse Plut. Qu. Cur. Besides this his vast Empire was divided amongst his great Captaines to Ptolomaeus Lagi was allotted Egypt and Affrica To Laoâ—â—don Syria and Phoenicia To Philotas Cilicia To Python Media To Eumenes Paphlagonia and Cappadocia To Antigonus Pamphilia Lycia and Phrygia the great
Dogs Domitian to prove him a lyar commanded him presently to be slaine and his body to be burnt but while it was in burning there fell out a great tempest that quenched the fire and so his body half unburnt was devoured by Dogs Suâ—t Constantine forbad all to ask Counsel at Witches oâ— to use the help of Charmers or Sorcerers upon pain of death Saul when he sought to the Witch at Endor instead of finding comfort was told of his utter ruine and destruction 1 Sam. 28. 19. Natholicus the 31th King of the Scots who had usurped the Crown sent a trusty friend to a famous Witch to know what successe he should have in his Kingdom and how long he should live The Witch answered that he should shortly be murthered not by an enemy but by his friend The Messenger instantly inquired by what friend By thy self said the Witch The Messenger at first abhorred the thought of any such villainy but afterwards considering that it was not safe to reveal the Witches answer and yet that it could not be concealed he resolved rather to kill the King to the content of many then to hazard the losse of his own head Thereupon at his return being in secret with the King to declare to him the Witches answer he suddenly slew him Bucâ—an Cleomedes a great Conjurer in Rome having practised the death of many little children the Parents of them at last sought revenge on him who to shun their fury shut himself up close in a Coffer but when they had broken it open the Divel had carried away the Conjurer Plut. Piso being accused by Tyberius for bewitching Germanicus to death instead of defending himself cut his own throat Taci There was in Denmark one Otto a great Magician and a great Pirat who used to passe the Seas without the help of a ship or any other Vessel and by his divellish Art to raise stormes and drown his enemies but at last being overmatched by one that was more expert in that Art then himself he was by him drowned in the Seas Olaus Mag. There was a Conjurer in Saltzburg who attempted to gather together all the Serpents there abouts into a Ditch and to feed them there but as he was practising of it the old Serpent the Divel drew him into the Ditch amongst them where he perished miserably The Governour of Mascon a great Magician as he was at dinner with some company was snatched away by the Divel hoisted up into the air and carried three times about the Town to the great astonishment of the inhabitants to whom he cried for help but all in vain Hugo de Cluni Anno Christi 1437. in the reign of Charles the 7th King of France Sr. Giles of Britane high-Constable of France was a wicked Magician having murthered above 160. Infants and women great with child with whose blood he wrote Books full of horrible Conjurations which being proved against him he was adjudged to be hanged and burned to death which was accordingly executed Picus Mirandula writes that in his time a great Conjurer promised a certain Prince that he would present to him the Siege of Troy with Hector and Achilles fighting together as when they were alive But as he was about his Conjurations the Divel carried him away that he was never heard of after The Lord of Orue in Lorraine when Noble-men or Gentle-men came to visit him used as they thought to serve them very honourbly with all sorts of daintie dishes and viands but when they departed they found their stomachs empty having eaten nothing On a time a Lords servant going from thence having forgotten some thing behind him went back and suddenly entering the Hall found a Munkie beating the Lord of the house that had feasted them others reported that he hath been seen through the chink of a door lying on his belly along upon a Table and a Munkie scourging him very strongly to whom he would say Let me al ne wilt thou alwayes thus torment me at last he fell into so great misery and beggery that he was fain to get into an Hospital in Paris where he ended his wrethed life Anno Christi 1530. there was in Nuâ—â—mburg a Popish Priest that studied the black Art who coveting riches the Divel shewed him through a Cristal treasures hidden in a part of the City Thither therefore did the Priest go with another companion and having digged an hollow pit he perceived in the bottom a Coffer with a great black Dog lying by it which whilest he beheld the earth fell upon him and crushed him to death Wierus Cornelius Agrippa was a great Necromancer and was alwayes accompanied with a familiar spirit in the shape of a black Dog But when his end approached he took off the Inchanted choller from the Dogs neck saying Get thee hence thou cursed beast which hast utterly destroyed me After which the Dog was never seen and he died a miserable death P. Jovius Zoroastres King of Bactria a great Astrologer and Magician was burned to death by the Divel Theat Anno Christi 1578. one Simon Pembrook of St. Georges Parish in London was suspected to be a Conjurer and used to erect figures for which he was called in question but whilest he was before the Judge he fell down and died having some Conjuring Books found about him Julian the Apostate sending to Delphos to enquire of the Divel the successe of his Parthian War whilest his Ambassadors were there fire came down from heaven and destroyed Apollos Temple and beat his Image all to pieces like to the lightest and smallest powder or dust Mr. Tindal being present in a roome where a Conjurer was hindred him that he could not play his pranks A Saints presence may hinder Satans elbow-roome from doing his tricks See Tindals Life in my first Part And the Like of Athanasius in his Life in the same Book CHAP. LXXIII Examples of Apparitions and Satanical delusions ANno Christi 1228. in a Synod held by the Popish Clergy at Paris in France there was one appointed to make a Sermon who as he was walking abroad and meditating upon what subject to preach the Devil appeared to him asking him what he needed to be so solicitous about that matter Say saith he in thy Sermon The Princes of hell salute you O ye Princes of the Church and gladly give you thanks for that through your default and negligence it comes to passe that so many soules come down to hell Adding that he was enforced by God to declare the same Yea and he gave this Priest a certain token whereby the Synod might evidently see that he did not lie On a time as Luther was walking in his garden the Devil appeared to him in the likenesse of a black Boar But Luther sleighting and not regarding him he vanished away See his Life in my first Part. Luther telleth us that when he was lodged in the Castle of Wartzhurg in a Chamber far from any company he was many times
Earth-quake wherewith the people were so affrighted that many of them forsook their houses and some houses were so shaken that the Chimnies fell down In January Anno Christi 1648. there was seen a great fiery meteor in the air near Bristow on the South-side of the City for divers nights together in form long with fiery streames shooting out East and West which was the week before the beheading of the late King eye-witnesse Also the day before he was beheaded a great Whale ran himself on shore three miles from Dover where he died He was 66 foot long A thing rarely seen in this Island November the 30th Anno Christi 1650. being St. Andrews day a little before or about Sun-rising the skie opened in a fearful manner in the Southwest over Standish a Town five miles from Gloucester and there appeared a terrible fearful fiery shaking sword with the hilt upwards towards the heavens the point downwards towards the earth the hilt seemed to be blue the Sword was of a great length shaking hither and thither and comming lower towards the earth There was a long flame of fire towards the point sparkling and flaming in a fearful manner to the great astonishment of the Spectators who were many At last the heaven closing the Sword vanished and the fire fell to the earth and ran upon the ground This I had from an eye-witnesse In June Anno Christi 1653. a black cloud was seen over the Town of Pool which a while after was dissolved into a showr of blood that fell warm upon mens hands some green leaves with those drops of blood upon them were sent up to London A little before the Civil broiles between the houses of York and Lancaster wherewith England for a long time was rent in pieces the River Ouse in Bedfordshire stood still and by reason that the waters gave back on both sides men might passe on foot in the very chanel for three miles together not without the astonishment of all that saw it who took it as a presage of the divisions ensuing Camb. Brit. p. 399. Not long before the contention between Galba Otho and Vitellius about the Roman Empire there appeared three Suns as it were pointing out that tripatite contention for the Imperial Diadem April the 7th Anno Christi 1233. there appeared here in England four Suns besides the natural Sun and presently afrer fell out the great contention between our King Henry the third and his Barons and the year after England was wasted with fire snd sword from Wales to Salisbury there ensued also a great drought and Pestilence Stow. Anno Christi 1460. three Suns appeared the very day before the three Earles viz. Edward Earl of March with the Earl of Pembrook and the Earl of Wiltshire fought that great battel in Wales at Mortimer's Crosse where the Earl of March put the other two to flight and slew many of their men Idem Anno Christi 1233. a little before the Warres brake forth between King Henry the third and his Barons there appeared in April in Hereford and VVorcestershire five Suns at once and a certain great circle of a Crystal colour of about two foot in breadth as it were compassing all England Matth. Paris CHAP. XCI Remuneration Retaliation Requital COmmanded sometime by God Gen 9. 6. Exod. 21. 23 c. Lev. 24. 19 c. Matth. 5. 38. Psal. 137. 8. Jer. 50. 15. Rev. 18. 6. Thus God threatens to the enemies of his Church Jer. 30. 16. 48. 26 27. 49. 2. Rev. 13. 10. Jer. 51. 49. Ezek. 35. 5 6. 39. 30. Hab. 2. 8. Joel 3. 6 7 8. 1 Thess. 1. 6. To those that sin in his Church Pit for pit Psal. 7. 15 16. Idolatry for Idolatry Jer. 5. 19. Spoil for spoil Isa. 33. 1. Prov 22. 23. Treachery for treachery Isa. 33. 1. Harlots hire for harlots hire Mich. 1. 7. Not to hear shall not be heard Prov. 1. 28. Zach. 7. 13. Altars for sin with Altars to sin Hos. 8. 11. they that judge shall be judged Matth. 7. 2. Scriptural Examples Pharaoh drowned others and was drowned himself Exod. 1. 22. with 14. 27. 30. Abimelech and the Sechemites Judg. 9. 24 56 57. Adonibezek Judg. 1. 7. Levites Concubine Judg. 19. 2 25. Ahab and Jesabel 1 King 21. 19. with 22. 34 38. 18. 13. 22. 23. 2 King 9. 33 36 37. Kings which were traytors and slew others were slain themselves 2 King 15. 10 14 23 25 30. Agag 1 Sam. 15. 33. Joab 1 King 2. 32. Daniel's enemies Dan. 6. 7 12 15 24. Other Examples Orodes King of Parthia who had overcome and slain Crassus the Roman Consul in his old age fell desperately sick for grief at the losse of his son Pacones slain by Venticius yet his younger son Phraates had not patience to expect his death but gave him poison to accelerate it But behold Gods providence the poison proving a strong purge wrought out not onely it self but the disease too so that Orodes recovered beyond expectation which Phraates seeing strangled him and to settle him the surer in his Kingdome obtained by Parricide he entred into league with the Romans sending back the Ensigns of Crassus and other Presents the Romans to requite him sent him great gifts and amongst the rest a beautiful Italian strumpet by whom he had a son which being grown up by the advice and help of his mother poisoned his father to get his Crown Tulit quae meruit et quae docuit Lipsius Mithridates King of Pontus to get the Crown slew his mother brother and her three sons and as many daughters but in his old age his own son Phanacus slow him for the same cause Lipsius Ptolemaeus one of Alexander's Successours expelling Antigonus seizeth upon Macedonia makes peace with Antiochus enters into league and affinity with Pyrrhus now all things were sure but onelyfor his sister Arsinoe and her sons who had been married to Lysimachus King of Macedonia therefore intending to entrap her he sent Ambassadours to her pretending love promising to marry her to make her partner with him in the Kingdom and her sons his heires protesting that he took up armes for no other end proffering to swear upon the holy Altars when and where she pleased that all this was in good faith The poor Lady deceived hereby sent some of her friends to take his oath before whom he went into the most ancient Temple and there touching the gods and the Altar swears That he sincerely purposed to marry her to make her his Queen and her children his heires otherwise he prayes for vengeance upon himself c. Upon this Arsinoe comes to him is married and crowned Queen of Macedonia then she delivers up to him Cassandrea a most strong City where her children and all her treasures were he having now his desire sends men that slew her children in their mothers lap and drave her into exile but God suffered not this wickednesse to go long unrevenged
very spacious Piazza's She hath six Hospitals three for the poor and three for Pilgrims She hath a place called Monte de Pieta set up on purpose to root out the Jewes usury who used to demand twenty per Cent for Brocage She hath other two Hospitals for Orphans and poor children There are thirty eight thousand Crowns deposited in the hands of several persons of Quality to whom the poorer sort may repair with their pawnes and if it be under thirty shillings they pay no use for their money if it be above they pay five per Cent for relieving the poor The City of Millan described The City of Millan in Italy lies within a stately Wall of ten miles compasse It 's situated in a great Plain and hath about it green Hills delightfull Medowes Navigable Rivers enjoyes an wholsome ayr and the fertile Countrey about it furnisheth it with all store of necessary provision The City it self is thronged with Artisans of all sorts There be many stately Churches in it and before that of St. Lorenzo there stand sixteen Marble Pillars being a remnant of the Temple of Hercules But of all the Churches the Cathedral is most costly 'T is all of white Marble and about it are five hundred Statues of the same There is a late building added to it which is very glorious especially for the huge Pillars of Granito an excellent sort of Marble Private mens houses also in Millan are not inferiour to those of other Cities in Italy The streets are of a more then common breadth and there are very many Gardens within the Walls The greatest Hospital in Italy is that in Millan which is a square of Columnes and Porches six hundred Roods about seeming fitter to be a Court for some King then an Hospital for the poor The Castle in Millan is accounted by all Engineers the fairest and strongest Citadel in Europe Raimund's Mer. Ital. The City of Naples described Naples the Metropolis of that Kingdome stands upon the shore of the Mediterranean Sea It 's reckoned the third City in Italy and so great are the delights that nature hath allotted to this place that it 's still frequented by persons of great quality The streets of it are generally well paved of free stone large and even The Houses are very uniform built flat on the top to walk on a notable convenience in those hot Countreys Another like accommodation which this City hath against the heat is the Mole which is an Artificial street casting it self into the Sea whither all the Gentry at the evenings resort to take the Fresco. Amongst the Palaces that of the Vice-Kings is the fairest It hath three Castles and the Churches generally are very curious and costly filled with Marble Statues This City is exceeding populous and consequently vicious He that desires to live a chaste life must not set up there For as their Gardens are well filled with Oranges so their houses want not Lemmons there are usually thirty thousand Courtesans Registred that pay taxes for their pleasure Near unto Naples is Virgil's Tomb upon an High Rock And the Crypta Neapolitana in the rocky Mountain Pausylippus cut thorow very high spacious and well paved so that for the space of a mile two Coaches may go on Front under the earth In the middest is a Madonna with a Lamp perpetually burning Not far off is the hill of Brimstone on which neither grasse nor any Herb growes but 't is all white with ashes and ever casts out of several holes a continâ—â—l smoke with Flames making the very earth to boyl The ground is hollow underneath and makes an hideous noise if struck upon with an hammer On the other side Naples is the Mountain of Vesuvius brother to AEtna upon the top whereof is a terrifying spectacle viz. a Vorago or hole about three miles in compasse and half as much in depth and in the middest is a new hill that still vomits thick smoke which the fire within hath raised within these few years and it still daily encreaseth Pliny the Naturalist being too inquisitive after the cause of this fire changed life for death upon this Mountain Idem The City of Florence described Florence is the Capitol City of Tuscany situated at the bottom of very high hills and environed on all sides with the same except on the West side before which lies a Plain Countrey This City is divided into two by the River Arno over which are built four Bridges of stone upon one of the two chief is the Goldsmiths street upon the other which is a very stately structure stand the four quarters of the year in Marble Opposite unto which stands a vast Columne with a Statue of Justice in Porphyrie at the top Hard by is the Palace of Strossie admirable for the immensity of its Fabrick on the left hand whereof is the Merchants Vault supported with many fair Pillars and before it a brazen Boar jetting forth water Before that is the great Place in the middest whereof is the great Duke Cosmus on horseback in brasse neer unto which is a Fountain the like to which Italy affords not Round about the Laver is the Family of Neptune in brasse with his Colosse of Marble in the middest born up by four horses In this same Piazza is a Porch arched and adorned with some Statues amongst which that of Judith in brasse with the rape of the Sabines three persons in several postures cut all out of one stone Just against it is the Palazzo Vechio at the entrance whereof stand two Celossi the one of David the other of Hercules trampling on Cacus excellent pieces Within is a Court set about with Pillars of Corinthian work Above is a very spacious Hall with divers Statues Neer to it is the richest of Treasures the Great Duke's Gallery in the uppermost part whereof are contained as many wonders as things some to be admired for the preciousnesse and Art others for their Rarity and antiquity On each side of the Gallery stand above fourscore Statues One an Idoll brought from the Temple of Apollo in Delphos Another of Scipio Africanus holding up his gown under his Arme Then two curious Triumphant Pillars Over the Statues hang rare pictures the most famous Scholars on the one side and Souldiers on the other At the right hand of this Gallery are severall Stanza's full of curiosities wherewith the spectators are astonished both in regard of the richnesse and rarity thereof In the first Room is an Altar totally compacted of Jewels and precious stones The value inestimable In the next is a Table with Flowers and Birds in their natural colours of precious stones with a Cabinet worth two hundred thousand Crownes covered with Agates Emerauds Amethists c. Within it is the History of Christ's Passion with the twelve Apostles all in Amber In the third is a Cabinet with Calcedonie Pillars filled with ancient Medals of gold Round about this Room are an infinite number of Natural and Artificial
Asse The Queen-Mother of Scotland having received aid from France forced the Protestants for a while to retire towards the High-lands whereupon she scoffingly said Where is now John Knox his God My God is now stronger then his yea even in Fife but her brags lasted not long For within a few dayes six hundred Protestants beat above four thousand French and Scots c. See Master Knox his Life in my first Part. The same Queen-Mother when some English Scots attempted to take Leith by storme and many of them were slaine by reason that the scaling ladders proved too short beholding it from Edenborough Castle where she was burst out into a great laughter saying Now will I go to Masse and praise God for that which mine eyes have seen And when the French had stripped the slaine and laid the naked bodies along the walls the Queen looking on them said scoffingly Yonder are the fairest Tapestries that ever mine eyes beheld I would that the whole fields which are betwixt Leith and this place were all strewed with the same stuffe But this joy lasted not long For presently after a fire kindled in Leith which burnt up their store-houses and provision for the Army and the Queen-Mother fell sick and died Eodem When Christians complained to Julian the Apostate of the abuse and wrongs which his officers did to them he used scoffingly to answer It 's your part when you are injured to take it patiently for so your God commandeth you See my General Martyrology p. 86. In the late Persecution in Bohemia some godly Martyrs in Prague as they were at supper being to suffer the next day comforted themselves saying that this was their last supper upon earth that to morrow they should feast with Christ in heaven whereupon a great Papist flouted them saying Hath Christ Cooks for you in Heaven Eodem p. 170. Now therefore be no more mockers lest your bands be made strong Isa. 28. 22. CHAP. XXIV Examples of Gods judgements against Perjury SWearing Cursing and Perjury are such God-provoking and Heaven-outfacing sinnes that the Lord doth not only reserve wrath for these his enemies in the world to come but many times also even in this world he takes some of the eminentest of these sinners and as it were hangs them up in Gibbets to be monuments of his heavy wrath and indignation for the terrour of others that they may hear and fear and do no more so wickedly as these ensuing Examples may sufficiently evince It 's a great sinne 1 Tim. 1. 9. 10. Lev. 6. 3. Jer. 23. 10 Hos. 10. 4. Forbidden Lev. 19. 12. Mat. 5. 33. Threatened Jer. 5. 2 and 7. 9. Mal. 3. 5. Zach. 5. 3 4 Hos. 10. 4. Scriptural examples Princes and people Jer. 34 10 11 17. Zedekiah Ezek. 17. 18 19. Saul 2 Sam. 21. 1 2. Agesilaus being sent with a great Army from Sparta into Asia Minor against Tissaphernes the King of Persiu's Leiutenant there Tissaphernes desired to know the reason of his coming Agesilaus answered that it was to let the Grecian Cities free Tissaphernes intreated him to make a truce with him till he had sent to the King of Persia to know his pleasure therein Agesilaus consented and so a truce was made with solemne oaths on both sides but Tissaphernes dealt deceitfully and sent to the King for a great Army which being come to him he sent an Herauld to Agesilaus to command him presently to depart out of Asia Agesilaus being nothing daunted with the newes returned this answer That he gave him no small thanks for that by his perjury he had made the gods angry with the Persians and favourable to the Grecians and accordingly it so fell out for coming to a battel he gave the Persians a great overthrow Xenophon Lysander King of Sparta though otherwise a gallant man yet made no conscience of his oaths using to say that boyes used to be deceived with false dice and men with oaths Plut. Eumenes being made General of an Army against Antigonus by the young King of Macedonia Alexander M. his sonne and his protectour they wrote to the two Colonells of the Argyraspides to adjoyne themselves to him These were Alexanders old souldiers whom when he took them with him into India he made them silver shields and called them Argyraspides These Colonells obeying the command went with him into Asia and after some lesser conflicts the two armies met at last in Media where these silvershields of whom none were under sixty and most of them were seventy years old took in such scorne that their sonnes and boyes should fight against them that they charged them with such fury that after the slaughter of many they made Antigonus his infantry wholly to run away but in the mean time Antigonus his Cavalry had routed the Cavalry of Eumenes and seizing upon their carriges had driven them away the Silver shields hearing of it sent presently to Antigonus desiring him to restore them their carriages againe who answered that if they would deliver up Eumenes bound into his hands he would not only restore their carriages but greatly preferre them also Hereupon most treacherously they ran upon Eumenes took away his sword and bound his hands behinde him so that he could scarce get leave to speake before they carried him away but at last having obtained leave he thus spake O my souldiers ye see the habit and ornaments of your General not imposed upon him by his enemies but you your selves of a Conquerer have made him a Captive You that within one yeares space have bound your selves foure times to me by oath do now to redeem your carriages betray me to mine enemies therefore I desire you rather to kill me your selves for Antigonus desires not to have me living but dead and if you will but herein gratifie me I freely absolve you from all the oaths wherewith you have bound your selves to me or if you will not shew me so much favour then loose one of my bands and give me a sword that I may kill my selfe or if you dare not trust me with a sword cast me to the Elephants to be destroyed by them But when he saw that they would gratifie him in none of these he grew into a passion and said Ye cursed villaines I pray the gods who are the revengers of perjury to send you such ends as ye have brought your Generals unto for I am not the first whom you have thus betrayed c. And so being delivered to Antigonus he was shortly after murthered by him But withal he so hated these perjured Silver shields that he burned one of their Colonells and slew the other the rest of them he sent into remote Countreys and put them upon such desperate services that by degrees they were all cut off and never any one of them returned into his own Countrey againe Plut. King Henry the first of England in the twenty seventh year of his reigne caused the Bishops Abbats and Nobles