who with a Cup of Poyson intended to deprive him of the succession to the Kingdom The most part of the Princes and great Lords of that time were Robbers who made their greatness consist in a Tyrannical Dominion over their miserable Subjects and over all those that were so unhappy as to fall into their hands Phalaris King of Sicily was one of them he was wont to shut men alive into the body of a Brazen Bull hollow within causing fire to be put under it that it might oblige them to send forth groans and cryes out of the throat of this Instrument of his cruelty In the mean while he did take a singular delight to hear the Bull bellow thus Theseus that wanted neither courage nor goodness resolved to give a check to the insolency of all these Tyrants and to treat them as they had treated others before First he marched against one Scirron who took pleasure in drowning all Passengers in the Sea Thus he punished Procustes because he was wont to cut in pieces all those that came into his hands Sometimes he did cut off their Legs even with the Bed where he did lye Thus he encountred with all the Monsters that came into the World as with the Bull of Marathon that was of a prodigious bigness and as with the Boar of Calydonia that Meleager had undertaken but could not overcome him without the help of Theseus from whence riseth the Proverb Non sine Theseo The most famous and notable of all his exploits was the victory that he obtained of the Minotaurus who was half a man and half a Bull whose birth we have mentioned in the former Book speaking of Pasiphae the Wife of Minos who was the Mother of this Monster begot by a Bull on her body And that we may know how Theseus was engaged in this business we must understand that King Minos did make War upon the people of Attica to revenge the Death of his Son Androgeus massacred by them in a treacherous manner In this War he took the City of Megara and overcame the Athenians so that he obliged them to send unto him as a Tribute every year a certain number of young men whom he did give to this Minotaurus to be devoured by him Theseus requested to be sent amongst the other young men that he might destroy this Monster that had devoured already so much of the blood of his Citizens The Labyrinth was the place where this Minotaurus was kept This Edifice had been built by Dedalus in such a manner that there were in it so many windings and turnings that it was a difficult matter for one within to find the way out again Theseus wisely gave order to this inconveniency for he won the good liking of Ariadone the Kings Daughter and she delivered to him a Thred by its assistance he fo nd a way out of the Labyrinth after that he had killed the Minotaur in it Ariadne he took with him promising unto her wonderful advantages in his Kingdom of Athens Nevertheless he left her by the way in the Island of Naxos to comply with the desires of the God Bacchus who wished to have her in Marriage and therefore he presented her with a Crown that hath been since placed amongst the Stars The Ship in which Theseus was carried into the Island of Crete had no other sails but Black and Mourning But he had promised to his Father Aegeus that in case he obtained the Victory he would come home with White Sails which the excess of joy proceeding from the consideration of his happy return from so imminent a danger caused him to forget Therefore it happened that his Father who was always expecting with much impatience his coming back when he saw the black sails the signs of sadness and of sorrow approaching with the Ship he was taken with so piercing a grief that he cast himself headlong into the Sea at the same moment and there was drowned This Ship was afterwards kept by the Athenians as the Remembrancer or Monument of the happy Victory that had freed them from so much misery and apprehension They did therefore repair iâ— when any part of it was decayed by long standing and did nail unto it new Planks in lieu of those that Time did consume and â—ot This Ship saith Plutarchus was always a President in the disputes of Philosophy in the Schools brought to express the means that Nature imploys to preserve the Elemental Bodies and particularly those that are maintained by nourishment After this Pirithoâ—s King of the Lapithes a people of Thessaly desired to see so famous a Person therefore to obtain his desire he began to spoil the borders of his Kingdom to oblige him to come to defend himself When both met together they were so much taken with the beautiful countenance with the courage and generous behaviour one of the other that they did swear to be for ever Friends and to lend a mutual assistance in all difficult affairs Immediately after Pirithoüs being â—ssisted by Theseus did punish severely the Centaurs when he invited them to the Feastival that was kept at his Marriage with Hippodamia because they had most insolently affronted his people the Lapithes and massacred multitudes of them Now the Centaurs were the first people that had found out the art of riding upon Horses and for that cause they were esteemed half Men and half Horses of those that met them on Horse-back From hence comes their name H ppocentauri Another effect of the alliance between Pirithoüs and Theseus was the Rape of the fair Helena of whom we shall speak hereafter Theseus also accompanied him to Hell when he went to fetch from thence Proserpina that he loved entirely But this enterprise succeeded not according to their expectation for they were stopt by Pluto Some say that Pirithoüs was condemned to the torments of Ixion but Theseus was forced to rest himself after the grievous labors and pains whom he had endured in this expedition upon a great stone from which he could never after rise nor move himself until Hercules went down to Hell to fetch the great Dog Cerberus He did stick so close to this great stone that he left upon it his skin when he was pluckt from thence When he returned again into Hell after his decease 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Of the Story of Saturn THe Poets tell us that Heaven called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and by the Latins Coelus was the ancientest of all the Gods He had two Sons the youngest named Saturne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the God of Time who committed an action full of impiety upon his Father with his graceless Sythe he cut off his Privy Parts and deprived him of the power of Begetting What he had taken from him he cast into the Sea where by the continual agitation of the Waves it found a favourable Womb amongst the Froth for out of this bleeding substance the Goddess Venus was produced as some do say Titanus was the Elder Brother of Saturnus therefore the Kingdome of the World did appertain unto him by right but to comply wlth the perswasions of his Mother Vesta and of Cybele his Sister he willingly resigned unto him the Scepter upon this condition that Saturn should never suffer any Male Children to live and that the Empire of the World should after his decease return to his Posterity Therefore Saturn was wont to devoure all his Male Children as soon as they were born but when Cybele his Wife was happily brought to bed of Twins Jupiter and Juno together she caused little Jupiter to be conveyed away and put in the hands of the Curetes or Corybantes to be by them brought up shewing only Juno to her greedy and cruel Husband The Corybantes fearing least the Child should be discovered by its crying invented a new sport which was to leap and beat the In their hands they had little brass Bucklers with which they did meet and strike at one another in order the noise that they made thereby was so great that the cries of the young Jupiter could never be heard by Saturn After that he had several other Children Neptune and Pluto who were also privately nourished by their Mother and when she was once constrained to discover unto her Husband the fruit of her Womb she instead of her Child gave into his hands a great stone which he greedily swallowed in the dark As soon as Titanus was informed how his expectation was frustrated and what impediments were likely to be to his lawful Succession contrary to the former agreement and the oath that was given he resolved with the assistance of his Sons to make War upon Saturn When he had vanquished him he clapt him fast in Prison with his Wife Cybele and there kept them until Jupiter came to be of sufficient Age to deliver them But Saturn having learnt by some Oracle that one of his Sons should take from him his Scepter and Kingdom he resolved to lay snares for his Son Jupiter that he might destroy him This resolution was the cause of his final ruine for Jupiter was so much offended at the design of his Father that he revolted from him and by force of Arms cast him out of his Kingdom and the Empire of Heaven from whence he came strait into Italy to hide himself and therefore it was called Latium à latendo Janus the King of this Country received him with all civility and respect It is said that Saturn brought on earth that Golden Age so famous in the Poets when the ground did yield all sorts of fruits without labour and manuring when Astraea otherwise called Justice did mannage the affairs of men and then they did live together in a perfect love and amity This Janus was enrolled in the number of the Gods not only for the favour that he did unto Saturn but also because he was the wisest Prince of his time and because he had a knowledge of the time past and of that which was to come for that reason you shall find him represented with two Faces Numa Pompilius the King of the Romans built him a Temple which was always open when the Commonwealth had any Wars and was never shut but in an Universal Peace The Poets tell us that Coelus was the great Grand-father of all the Gods his Wife Vesta brought forth â— multitude of Sons and Daughters from Hesiod we are informed of their Names Codus Japetus Thya Hyperion Rhea Themis Mnemosyne Phoebe Tethys Saturnus Gygas Titan Brontes c. The
m st considerable were Saturnus and Titan the latter was the Eldest but the Younger got the Empire until he was thrust out of it by his Nephews the Titans Jupiter did afterwards recover it again with the help of the rest of the Gods who swore fidelity to him upon an Altar that hath since found a place amongst the Stars He was so happy in this War that he put all the Titans to death and so freed his Parents from their fetters Now from the corrupt blood of these Titans all the Vipers Serpents and venomous creatures of the earth are proceeded They were esteemed to be the first that made use of Wbeat having received directions how to sow it from Ceres in Sicily that was therefore called Drepanum which signifies a Sickle with which men do reap this sort of Grain whereas it was before named Macris and Coryca Saturnus was a wise Prince but unfortunate forced to fly from the fury of his Son Jupiter-Belus into Italy where he taught the Subjects of King Janus a more polite manner of living then they knew before for this good office Janus rewarded him with the half of his Kingdom he taught them to manure and improve the Soil and therefore he was called Sterâ—ulius his Priests were initiated in Scarlet Robes to express their bloody minds they performed his Sacrifices with their heads uncovered and did offer unto this cruel God young Infants for which inhumanity they were all crucified under Tiberius Caesar Saturnus was painted with six wings to express the swiftness of Time and with feet of wooll in bis hand a Serpent biting its tail with a Sickle and an old garment hanging upon him Jupiter his Son served him as he had done formerly his Father Coelus for he cut off his privy parts he was mightily honoured of the Romans and Carthaginians the latter did every year offer unto him humane Sacrifices which was the subject of an Embassy from Rome for the people of this City did esteem and honor this God but they approved not that men should be offered to him They were afraid to loose him therefore they kept his Statue always bound with Iron Chains as the Tyrians did Hercules when their City was besieged by Alexander In December were the festival daies of this inhumane God called Saturnalia a time dedicated to debauchery and disorder as the Carnaval is in the Popish Dominions for then the Servants did take upon them to command their Masters and the Slaves had liberty to be unruly without fear of punishment wearing on their heads a Cap as a Badge of Freedom while these daies lasted It was also the cu tom to send Wax Tapers then as expressions of kindness to friends and acquaintances for the Romans had this particular respect for this God they caused Torches and Tapers to be burning continually upon his Altars There is this also that is remarkable the Romans did depose under his protection and in his Temple their Treasury because in his time there was no robbery nor theft committed besides they laid up here the Rolls of the names of the Rom n people which were made of the skin of Elephants CHAP. II. The Story of Cybele Cybele the Wife of Saturn had several names she was called Dyndimene Berecinthyi and the Grand-mother not only because she had brought forth the Gods but also because she was the Goddess of the earth which produceth all things and for that reason she was called by the Latins Ops and by the Greeks Rhea She was wont to ride in a Chariot drawn by Lyons her solemn Festivals called Megalesia were every fourth moneth at which time the Coryhantes that were her Priests did act the part of Mad-men with their Drums Trumpets and such other Instruments The Gauls that had planted themselves in Phrygia did on these daies move themselves so much that by degrees they became really mad striking one another with Swords and other Weapons in wantonness but many times they did grievously wound themselves At the end of the sport they did wash their bodies and their wounds in some River dedicated to this Goddess Cybele was also named Vesta but the Poets as their manner is do vary in this particular for sometimes they call Vesta the wife of Saturn sometimes his Mother and sometimes his Sister or his Daughter They give unto one person divers names which agree with different persons they deal in the same manner with others with Jupiter Hercules c. However it is certain that Cybele called otherwise Vesta is the Goddess of Fire whom Numa Pompilius amongst the Romans did adore with strange and wonderful Ceremonies for he dedicated unto her a Fire which was called Eternal because it was to be always continued alive he ordained for her Priests named Vestal Virgins who were severely chastised by the High-Priest if at any time they suffered the Eternal Fire to go out In such a case it was not to be lighted again but by the Sun beams These Vestals were chosen out of the Noblest Families of Rome and were to keep their Virginity whiles they remained in the service of this Goddess when they did otherwise they were buried in the ground alive Cybele the Grandmother of the Gods is sometimes taken for Fire sometimes for the Earth She was called Syria Dea because she was born in Syria she was represented with Towers upon her head sitting in a Chariot drawn with Lyons her Priests were called Gallantes or Galli and their chief leader Archigallus because they were chosen out of Gallo-graecia a Province in Asia minor joyning to Phrygia They were noted for their madness which they did express by their singings howlings sounding the Trumpets and cutting themselves desperately and all that they met Of this Goddess we shall speak more at the end of the twelfth Chapter The Goddess Vesta was highly honoured by the Romans they did distinguish her from Cybele and appoint unto her particular Sacrifices and Tmples although the Poets do confound their names and take one for the other She was the Goddess of Elemental Fire her Temple was round and in it two Lamps were continually burning Some say that there was in the innermost part of it a fire suspended in the air in pots of earth kept always alive by the Vestal Virgins When it happened by some misfortune to be extinct some fearful accident did immediately follow to the Roman Empire therefore they did punish the Virgins by whose negligence the fire did go out in a very cruel manner This Goddess was named Mater Mother and she had her Statues standing in many Porches from hence is derived the word Vestibulum because they were consecrated to Vesta as to the chief of the houshold Goddesses and there it was that the Romans did feast themselves her Temple was magnificent in it were laid up the Palladium or Image of Pallas so highly esteemed of the Romans because the Oracle had
the Satyrs who did all wear horns upon their heads and had Goats feet When these Satyrs became old they were called Sileti they were great Tiplers of Wine The chief and the ancientest of them brought up and tutored Bacchus in his Infancy he was always seen riding upon an Ass This Animal became famous in India when Bacchus made War against the Indians for when it began to bray the Elephants of the Enemies were frighted and disordered which was the cause of the Victory In reward of this good service Bacchus promoted this Ass amongst the Stars near the Crab. Cybele was originally of Phrygia the Daughter of Menoe an ancient King of that Country she was cast into a Wood and there left to be devoured by the Wild Beasts upon some distast that her Father had taken against her Mother A Shepherd happily finding her brought her to his home and there caused her to be bred up as his Child She quickly grew famous when she came to years of understanding because of her extraordinary beauty and skill in Musick and in the curing of Infants diseases which caused the King to acknowledge her for his Daughter and to grant unto her a Train better befitting her Birth She afterwards became amorous of Atys a young man of the Country who because he could not have the liberty to marry her he got her with-child Atys was condemned for it to die and Cybele for grief became mad so that she left her Fathers Court and ran up and down the Country with a Pipe and Drum in her hand After her death when the Phrygians were afflicted with scarcity of corn and divers diseases the Oracle gave them this advice as a remedy to their evils to worship Cybele as a Goddess She was not well known amongst the Romans until Hannibal was in the bowels of Italy with his Army The Senate being frighted with several prodigious accidents that happened at that time sent to consult the Books of the Sybile where they found that the strangers might be driven out of Italy if Mater Idaea did come to Rome This obliged them to send Embassadors to Attalus King of Phrygia to beg from him the Statue of this Goddess which was of stone in the Town of Pesinunte They brought it to Rome and all the Dames of the City went out as far as the mouth of Tyber to welcome her The next year a Temple was erected for her her Priests were Phrygians called Corybantes they had over them one called Archi Gallus an Eunuch as most of them were therefore called Semiviri Phryges They did perform her solemnity with a furious noise of Drums of beating of Brass and of Musical Instruments The Corybantes are Jupiters Life-guard because they brought him up The Pine Tree and Box were consecrated to this Goddess Pan was the God of Mountains and Sheep also of Huntsmen he loved Eccho of whom he had a Daughter called Irynges He was also beloved of Luna his Sacrifices were performed in a deep Cave scituate in the middle of a thick Wood they were wont to offer unto him Milk and Honey in Shepherds Dishes he was painted with a stick in one hand and a Pipe in the other with a long Beard and horns of a great length upon his head and with Goats feet Faunus was also a God of the Field all the Apparitions in the Woods and all the voices were attributed to him CHAP. XIII Of the Infernal Gods IF we speak of Hell according to the manner of the ancient Poets we must represent it as a large subterraneous place whither the Souls are conveyed when they go out of their bodies The God that commands there is Pluto Brother of Jupiter and Neptunus his Wife is Proserpina the Daughter of Ceres he was constrained to steal her for he had been refused of all the Goddesses because of his ill-looks and of the darkness of his Kingdom Several Rivers do encompass it which we must all pass before we can enter into it Acheron is the first Styx the second this River did run round Hell nine times Victory was his daughter she was favourable to Jupiter in the War of the Giants Therefore by her means he attained to so great a credit that the Gods having sworn by his waters it was not lawful for them to act contrary to their engagements When they did they were depriv'd of the Nectar and of their Divinity one hundred years compleat The Styx did rise out of a Fountain of Arcadia whereof the waters are venomous and of such a strange nature that there is no metal that can keep them Nothing but the hallow of an Ass or of a Mules Hoof can retain this piercing water The third River of Hell was the Cocytes which did swell only with Tears The fourth was Phlegeton whereof the waters boil Charon the Ferry-man did offer his assistance and his Boat to carry over all that did come from this Upper World He did shew as little respect to the Lords to the Grandees and to the Princes as to the meanest Slaves because Death doth bring all men to an equality They whose bodies had not been buried did wait many years upon the Banks of the River before they could be admitted to passe with the rest At the descent from the Boat they met Cerberus a great Dog with three heads instead of hair he was covered all over with Serpents He did keep the entry of Hell in such a manner that he did suffer all to enter but none to go out Within was a dreadfull night esteemed a Goddess the eldest daughters of Chaos and the Mother of several Monsters that did beseige this unhappy place for besides Envy Grief Poverty Care Labour Diseases Cruelty Despaire here were to be seen Death and his kinsman sleep The latter was honoured as a favourable God unto men because of the rest that he procures unto us one of his Officers was Morpheus the God of Dreams who had the cunning and Art of taking all sorts of shapes There were also the Harpyes condemned to perpetual darkness and the Chimera that did vomit fire and flame her head was like a Lyons her middle like a Goat and her tail did resemble that of a furious Dragon In these subterraneous places was the abode of the furies called otherwise Dirae or Eumenidae their names were Tisiphone Megera and Alecto they were armed with flaming Torches out of their mouth proceeded a filthy froth a signe of their raging humor their eyes did sparkle as the lightning and their head instead of hair was adorned with long and dreadfull Vipers In the Palace of Pluto the three sisters named Parcoe Clatho Lachesis and Atropas did dwell These were the fatal Goddesses or the Destinies that did appoint unto every one the several adventures of his Life what they had decreed according to the Judgment of the Gods could not be altered they were more especially busied in handling the thred and disposing of the course
condition that he would revenge the massacre of her Brother Whiles he was in the War for that purpose amorous Jupiter gave a visit to Alcmena in the shape of Amphitryon and that he might enjoy the satisfaction of her company longer without discovery he made the Night to continue longer than any other Alemeni was then big with Iphiclus she did nevertheless conceive Hercules from Jupiters acquaintance and was brought to bed of both of them together Although Amphitryon was not the Father of Hercules he is by the Poets called Amphitrymiades At that time Sthelenus King of Mycene was in great hopes of obtaining speedily a Son afterwards called Eurystheus Jupiter took an oath that he that should be born first of him or Hercules should be King and have an absolute command over the other which when Juno the sworn Enemy of all her Husbands Concubines and of the Children that were born of them had accidentally heard she caused Eurystheus to come forth of his Mothers Womb at the end of seven moneths and by that means procured unto him the Scepter with the Sovereign Command Some say that Juno solicited earnestly by Pallas was reconciled to Hercules and that in testimony of her good will and amity she gave him to suck of her own milk by that means it hapned that the Little Hercules having spilt some of the Milk out of his mouth he whited all that part of the Sky that we call the Milken Way This kindness was but feigned to satisfie the request of Pallas for a while after when he was yet in the Cradle she sent two dreadful Serpents to devour him which did not answer her expectation for the Child without any shew of fear caught them in his hands and tore them in pieces When he was come to Age Eurystheus exposed him to all manner of dangers to cause him to perish So that once he took a resolution to obey him no longer but the Oracle informed him that it was the Will of the Gods that he should pass twelve times more through dangers in obedience to the Commands of this Tyrant These are named the Twelve Adventures of Hercules The first was when he was ordered to destroy a great Lyon of the Forrest of Nemea that was fallen from the Globe of the Moon and that did spoil all the Country round about The people had often cast Darts and Arrows at him but his skin could not be pierced Hercules pursued him and drove him into a Cave where he seised upon him and strangled him Afterwards he always did wear the skin of this Lyon about him as the Trophy of his Victory Some say that this is the Lyon that was placed amongst the twelve Signs of the Zodiack He was sent next to the Lake of Lerna near Argos to encounter with the Hydra a notable Serpent of a strange Nature for it had seven heads when one was cut off many others did immediately burst forth so that it was not possible to overcome this Monster unless all his Heads were cut off at one time and the rest of his body destroyed by Fire and Sword which was executed by Hercules About that time a wild Boar of an extraordinary bigness whose residence was upon Mount Erymanthus in Arcadia did destroy all the Neighbouring Fields Hercules drag'd him alive to Eurystheus who was almost frighted out of his Wits when he beheld him In the fourth place he got hold of the Stag of the Mountain Menalus whose feet were of brass and horns of gold when he had pursued it a whole year He put to flight the Birds of the Lake Stymphalus that were so numerous and of such a prodigious greatness that they did darken the Air and hinder the Sun from shining upon men when they did fly over them Besides they did often take up some and carry them away to devour them These Encounters were not worthy to be compared with his Combat against the Amazons they were women of Scythia dwelling upon the Coasts of the Hircanian Sea who having followed their Husbands in the War and seeing them all cut off by the Enemies near the River of Thermodon in Cappadocia they resolved to mannage the War themselves and not to suffer any Husband nor any man to have any Command either in the Kingdome or in their Armies They went amongst their Neighbours to fetch from them Children the Males they did destroy and brought up none but the Daughters whose right Pap they did burn in their infancy that they might be more ready to handle the Bow and Arrows and other weapons They behaved themselves gallantly in the Siege of Trâ—y in the leading of Penthesilea But these warlike women were forced to yield to the valour of Hercules who being accompanied by Theseus went against them according to the command of Eurystheus He took their Queen Hippolyte that was married to Theseus This seventh Adventure as Virgilius informs us was to cleanse the Stables of Augias King of Elis in them thousands of Oxen had been nourished every day so that the dung by a long continuance was mightily encreased and did fill the Air with infection Hercules therefore turned the currant of the River Alpheus from its ordinary course and caused it to pass thorough the Stables Thus he carried away all the filth in a day according to his bargain But Augias was not grateful to him for his pains for he denied him the tenth part of the Oxen that were kept there This caused his death and the loss of all his goods Afterwards Hercules went and seiz'd upon a Bull that did breath nothing but fire and flame which Neptunus had sent into Greece to punish some disgraces and affronts that he had received from that Country He passed from thence into Thracia where he caused the King Diomedes to endure in his own person that which he made others suffer for he gave all the strangers that he could catch in his Kingdome to his Horses to be devoured by them Hercules served Busiris King of Egypt in the same manner because he was so cruel to all strangers as to cut their throats upon the Altars of Jupiter that he might cloak his cruelty with a gaudy pretence of Piety Likewise Geryon King of Spain who was reported to have three bodies because he did command three Kingdomes was no less cruel than the former he did feed some Oxen that he highly esteemed as Diomedes did his Horses and to keep them he had a Dog with three heads and a Dragon with seven When Hercules was sent thither by Eurystheus he treated him as he had formerly done Diomedes Now this Geryon who had three Heads and three Bodies and but one Soul to move them was not like King Herilus mentioned by Virgil in the eighth Book of the Aeneids who had three Souls in one Body so that he could not die by one or two deaths he was to be kill'd three times before he could be dispatcht Another Adventure of Hercules was
him to never discover unto any body the place where his ashes were buried He delivered unto him then his Arrows coloured with the blood of the Hydra But when the Grecians were preparing for an expedition against Troy the Oracle gave out that the City was not to be taken unless they carried with them the Ashes and Arrows of Hercules This forced him to discover the place where they were hid and that he might not violate his Oath he shewed where they lay with his feet which were punished afterwards for it for in his voyage to Troy one of these Arrows wounded his foot that had been the instrument of his perfidy so grievously that it corrupted and yielded such a stink that he became unsufferable to his company therefore he was left behind in the Isle of Lemnos Nevertheless because the Greeks did imagine that it was not possible to obtain any success without the Arrows of Hercules that were in his keeping they sent Vlysses back to bring him to the Siege and afterwards he was perfectly healed by Macaon that famous Physitian who was the Son of Esculapius There hath been no King nor other person since the beginning of the World that hath rendred his name more famous than Hercules f r he was not only known in Greece in Italy and Spain but in Egypt as Herodotus and in France and Germany as Caesar do inform us These following particulars may be further added to his former History for the intelligence of the Poets and Ancient Writers Jupiter when he laid with his Mother spent three nights which he caused to be joyned together to beget him his body and stature was answerable to the pains and power of his Father for it is reported that he was four Cubits and a foot high and had three ranks of teeth in his mouth out of his eyes sparkles of fire and light did sometimes proceed He had a Sister married to Polyphemus mentioned by Homer in his Odyssea his Brother was Iphiclus of whom it is related that he was so light that he could run over the ears of standing â—orn without any prejudice to them When Hercules came to years of understanding he was put in the tuition of several Masters that did excel in many Arts and Sciences to learn under them the things that were required to make him accomplished He was taught by a Shepherd by birth a Scythian named Tentares to handle the Spear and Dart Lucius a Son of Apollo taught him the Rudiments of Learning and because he had chastised him with a Rod Hercules killed him when he came to be of Age From Eumolpus he learnt the Art of playing upon Instruments of Musick Chiron gave him an insight into Astrology and Harpolicus made him understand the other Sciences that were necessary to accomplish a man of his Birth and Valor He was scarce eighteen years of Age when Eurystheus imployed him in most difficult Enterprises The first was when he killed that dreadful Lyon fallen from the Moon that did spoil the Country round about the Forrest of Nemea he discharged against the wild Beast all his Arrows but to little purpose and then encountred it with his Club only in his hand but the skin was so tuff and hard that no weapon could enter it which as soon as Hercules perceived it he caught hold of the raging Lyon and tore him in pieces with his hands Ever after he delighted to wear the skin of this Lyon and in his imitation all Heroes have skins of Lyons or of wild beasts upon their Bucklers The Poets speak of three Lyons killed by Hercules of Helicon of Lesbos and Nemea Thespius King of Boeotia soon heard of his valour and strength therefore he sent for him to make tryal of his ability This King had fifty Daughters and never a Son he imagined that it might be a great support to him to have Grand-children by them of extraordinary qualities For that intent he imploys Hercules after a costly banquet to get them with-child and it is reported that he did his business so well that they did all conceive so many Sons in one night Creon King of Thebs bestowed upon him his Daughter in reward of his good service for he had delivered him and his Country from all subjection to Erginus whom he kill'd with most part of his Army when he went to consult the Oracle and expiate his crimes of murdering his Wife and Children The Pythia the Woman-Priest of Apollo sirnamed him Hercules whereas he was before called Alcides They say that Eurystheus that set him awork was so jealous of Hercules that at last he would never suffer him to enter into the gates of the City but by Copreus his Herald did signifie unto him his pleasure In his Travels he was kindly entertained by several persons especially by Pholuâ— who brought forth unto him his best Wine and greatest dainties but it happened that then his house was beset by the Centaurs whom Hercules put to flight killing great numbers of them Afterwards he cleansed the Stables of Augias but being deprived of the reward promised by this ungrateful King he sack'd his Country and out of the spoils he erected Trophies of his Victory and instituted the Olympick Games ordering them to be celebrated every five years in honour of Jupiter Eurystheus sought all occasions to destroy him therefore he commanded him to bring unto him the Girdle of Hypolite Queen of the Amazons that he might give it to his Daughter Admeta He conquerrd all the Country of the Amazons and in his return with Theseus he freed Hesione from the fury of the Sea-Monster unto which she was exposed by her Father as we have already said but this Traytor refusing to give to Hercules the recompence that he had promised lost both his life and Kingdom Hercules after these exploits punisht Tmolus and Telegonus the Sons of Proteus because they did inhumanely kill all the strangers that they did overcome in wrestling and Sarpedon the impious Son of Neptunus received also from him a worthy reward of his former cruelties Hercules performed many other worthy Acts for he passed through Lybia Egypt Palestine Cilicia and Asia minor destroying all eminent Robbers and petty Tyrants that made use of their power to oppress the rest of mankind Thus he put to death Cygnus the Son of Mars Zetes and Calais the Sons of Boreas he vanquished the cruel people called Cercopes that dwelt in Asia minor he destroyed the Gyants that marched against him that proceeded from the blood of the Lyon of Nemea and many other Monsters of cruelty he humbled in the dust CHAP. III. Of Theseus THeseus was the Son of Aegeus King of Athens who gave his name to the Aegean Sea He did live in the time of Hercules and was nearly related to him therefore he was often a Companion of his Adventures and a perfect follower of his generosity after that he had escaped from the snares of his Mother-in-law Medea
midst of the flames to be burned and consumed to ashes with him Evadne the Daughter of Iphys did love her Husband Capaneus so tenderly that she resolved to accompany him in death It is the custom of the Indians in Asia to this day to sacrifice and bury the dearest Wives of Princes with them for they believe the immortality of the Soul they send therefore such persons as have been dear unto them to serve them in another world and keep them company The Heathens did believe that Charon would never suffer such to pass into rest into the Elysian fields until their bodies or Reliques were buried in the earth In such a case they did fancy that the Souls were tossed up and down during the space of a hundred years upon the banks of the River Acheron over which they were to pass into Hell in Charons Boat as Virgil observes 6. Aeneid when Aeneas descended into Hell for the Sybil informs him of a wandring multitude of Souls Haec omnis quam cernis inops inhumataque turba est Portitor ille Charon hi quos vehit unda sepulti Nec ripas datur horrendas nec rauca fluenta Transportare prius quam sedibus ossa quierunt Centum errant annos volitantque haec littora circum Tum demum admissi stagna exoptata revisunt It was therefore esteemed a cruelty beyond expression to deny to the dead a burial for this cause all great Commanders were very careful after a battel to inter the bodies of their Souldiers that had lost their lives in their quarrels as we read in the Commentaries of Caesar and in Livius And Curtius observes how Alexander did encourage his men to fight for him after the Battel at the River Granicus by causing the Dead to be buried with solemnity and pomp and their Images to be erected as eternal Memorials of their Valour CHAP. XI Of Tantalus and of Pelops his Son VVHiles the Thebans and the men of Argos were at variance Tantalus and his Posterity were afflicted with many sensible evils The horrid impiety of this Prince was the cause of them for as he was one of the Sons of Jupiter the Gods at a certain time passing over the World did him the honour to lodge with him in his Palace Being therefore obliged to treat them at supper he caused the members of his Son Pelops to be cut in pieces and to be prepared for them to eat that he might try whether they would perceive it and whether they were really Gods Ceres was deceived at first for being extreme hungry she eat up one of the shoulders but the rest of the company did abominate this cruel Feast therefore in compassion of the young Prince they restored him to life again for Mercurius went down into Hell to fetch from thence his Soul and all his members were restored to him and established in their right place only in lieu of his shoulder which had been eaten they gave one of Ivory which had the virtue of healing all manner of diseases But Tantalus was punisht for his cruelty he was condemned to Hell to be there tortured with a continual appetite of hunger and thirst in the midst of waters and the plenty of all varieties that did fly from him when he did endeavour to catch at them as we have already said in the first Book His Daughter Niobe perisht also miserably because of her vanity and pride for having a great number of children she did prefer her self to Latona therefore Apollo and Diana destroyed all her Children with Arrows except one named Cloris which affliction cast her into a Consumption so that the regret and displeasure did dry her up From hence the Poets have taken occasion to say that she was changed into a Rock Pelops left Phrygia and departed into Greece to go to the Kingdom of Elis where he fell in love with Hippodamia the Daughter of Oenomaüs But this King having understood by the Oracles that his Son-in-law should be one day cause of his death he would never venture to give his Daughter to any man but upon this condition that he should first overcome him in a Chariot-Race or loose his life Pelops was not frighted with the danger therefore he undertook to run and that he might not miss of his purpose he won the Coach-man of Oenomaüs named Myrtilus with many golden promises and oblig'd him to disorder the Axle-tree of the Chariot in such a manner that it broke in the middle of the course The poor Oenomaüs fell to the ground and killed himself After his death Pelops took the Government of the Kingdom with his Daughter Hippodamia and in a short time he grew to be one of the most Illustrious Princes of his Age. From him the Peloponessus called now Morea is so named Nevertheless he was very unhappy in his Children Atreus and Thyestes although Agamemnon and Menelaus the Sons of Atreus were the most famous men of that time But these particulars we may take notice of in the following Chapters Tantalus the Son of Jupiter and of the Nymph Plote or as some say the Son of Aethon was married to Anthemoissa the Daughter of Lycus and as some do relate to Euryanissa the fair Daughter of Taygetes one of the Pleiades He had two Sons Broteas and Pelops and an only Girl called Niobe He is noted for his indiscretion in discourse for he revealed all the secrets of the Gods and for his unseasonable curiosity that moved him to an inhumane act massacred his own Son Pelops who was restored to life again and instead of a shoulder of flesh eaten by Ceres the Gods bestowed upon him an Ivory shoulder In remembrance of this favour all the Race of Pelops did bear an Ivory shoulder blazoned in their Coat of Arms. But Tantalus was sent down to Hell to be punisht with want and with the fear of a falling Rock that was placed over his head besides the Eumenides did continually wait upon him to disturb his quiet with their grim looks and fearful bawlings This intimates the grievous and troublesome estate of a Conscience wounded with a crying sin The Furies of Hell cannot be more unpleasant and their company bring more torment than a Soul awakened with the sense of a crime Pelops his Son is said to be a great Favourite of the Gods because he did excel in beauty and had served some of them in presenting unto them the Cup at a Supper therefore they restored him to life and when he desired Hippodamia in Marriage Neptunus furnisht him with four brave Horses and a Chariot to run for his Mistress with her cruel Father He was m re happy than the former Wiers by the treachery of Myrtilus the Coachman of Aenomaus for this Varlet being corrupted by the promises of Hippodamia who desired passionately Pelops for her Husband and by the perswasions of Pelops himself he betrayed his Masters life for which he was cursed by Oenomaus
rest satisfied with the enjoyment of the pleasures of the Court Therefore he caused a Fleet of twenty Ships to be made ready to sail into Greece and to demand his Aunt Hesione carried away by Hercules and married to Telamon But his design was rather upon Helena the Sister of Castor and Pollux mentioned in the fourth Chapter and who had been given in Marriage to Menelaus King of Sparta a City in the Peloponnesus He set sail and landed at Sparta where Menelaus perswaded by the intrigues Venus who had put Paris upon this enterprise received him with all expressions of kindness and civility And when his affairs did require his presence in Crete he left him at his Palace in his absence But the affection of this King was requited with a most notable Treason for Paris having secretly made friendship with Helena when he saw such a favourable opportunity he departed with her into Asia and carried her to Troy although Herodotus saith the contrary But Dares and Dictys two Writers of that time who were present at the Siege of Troy do confirm this Relation King Priam was glad of this action not only because of the hard usage that he had received from the Greeks during his captivity amongst them and because they had cruelly spoiled this City in the Reign of his Father Laomedon but also because he did hope by this means to recover out of their hands his Sister Hesione It was the custom of the Heathens when any strange accident did happen to consult the Oracles and to enquire from them what to do When Priam understood his Wives dream he sent also to take advice from the Oracle who informed him that the Child would be the cause of the Countries ruine To prevent this mischief he was designed for the slaughter as soon as he should come into the world but Providence and his Mothers compassion saved him and sent him to Mount Ida to the Kings Shepherd where he was brought up as his Son He proved as valiant as he was handsome but vice overcame his generous disposition He had two sons by Aenone a Nympb of Mount Ida Daphnis and Ideas who were as obscure as their Father was famons He was at first Renowned for his Justice and civil behaviour but the pleasures of the Court and the sudden change of his condition altered his temper and carriage so that when Menelaus had received him with all expressions of kindness he rewarded him with ungratitude he debaucht his Queen rifled his Palace plundered the City of Argos and carried all away Captive with Helena and with her two Ladies of Honour Ethra and Pisadia The Greeks did revenge this affront and unjustice by a most bloody War in which almoâ—t all the Children of Priam were kill'd and Paris also was mortally wounded by Philoctetes with the venomous Arrows of Hercules which had been dipt in the blood of the Hydra in a single fight Oenone his first Wife laboured to cure him but all her endeavours were in vain After his death she had so much love for her unfaithful Husband as to cast her self in the flames which did consume his Body CHAP. XV. Of the Grecians Preparations against Troy AGamemnon the King of Mycene a Kingdom of the Peloponesus near Argos was mightily concerned for the disgrace of Menelaus because as we have said in the twelfth Chapter they were Brethren the sons of Atreus therefore they were named Atreiâ— This was the cause that oblig'd him to acquaint the Princes of Greece with this notable affront which all the Nations had received They all agreed to consult about this business in two general Assemblies which were to meet in Sparta and in Argos It was there resolv'd that they should join all their forces together under the leading of Agamemnon to revenge this disgrace and that they should oblige themselves solemnly by Oath not to forsake the war until the men of Troy would submit to Reason Some of them were unwilling to ingage themselves in this war Vlysses the Son of â—â—ertes and King of 〈◊〉 and of Dulichia two small Islands of the Ionian Sea was one of them He could scarce forsake his Dear Wife Penclope of whom he had a Son named Telemachus His tender affection for her was a tie sufficient to keep him at home For that reason he did counterfeit a Mad man ane did joyn two ridiculous creatures to a plow driving them upon the Sea-shore which he had sown with salt instead of corn But as he was both brave and wise in feats of war the Grecians would not depart without him Therefore Palamedes undertook to discover his Knavery by means of his young Son whom he had got out of the hands of Penclope for he laid him down in the way by which the plow was to pass when Vlysses perceiv'd it he turn'd a little aside for fear of touching the Babe by this means Palamedes discovered that he was mad but in appearance out of a design therefore he was forc'd to take another resolution Afterwards in the heat of the Siege of Troy he reveng'd himself upon Palamedes for this discovery producing supposed Letters from Priam against him to perswade the Greeks that he had a design to betray the Army therefore he was stoned by the Souldiers There was no small difficulty to get also Achilles the Son of Peleus and of the Goddesse Thetis The Destinies had publish't that Troy could never be taken without the assistance of this invincible Captain from his Infancy Thesis had put him in the hands of Patrocles his friend and kinsman that he might study under Chiron the Centaure a most accomplished person not only in Physick and in Musick but also in all other Sciences and Arts required to render a man fit for great undertakings Instead of milk and other ordinary food he did suffer him to eat nothing but the marrow of Lyons and of wild Beasts that the courage and strength of these Animals might by that means be nourished in him from hence it is according to the judgment of some that he is named Achilles because being fed in this manner without any common diet he had no Children Afterwards Thesis carried him into Hell to dip him in the River Styx that he might be invulnerable all over his body except his heel which she held in her hand and which was not dipt with all this precaution she could not be freed from apprehension when the Greek Princes were to meet at the Rendezvous of the Army Therefore she sent him to the Court of King Lycomides in the habit of a Girl whiles he did there live as a young Lady he fell in love with the fair Deianira of whom he had a Son named Pyrrhus or Neoptolemus notwithstanding Vlisses found him out for when he came to the Palace of Lycomedes carrying with him several pretty things for the young Ladies of the Court he had amongst them beautiful Armes of which Achilles being led
made his wife a whore so that he would not return home but settled iâ— Italy where he built a City now called Benevento ofter his death his people were metamorphised into strange birds named Cetaractes they â—ly away from a wicked man but cherish the good especially the Greeks see Plin lib. 2. c. 〈◊〉 * He is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sweet mouth'd He was the Son of Neleus King of Pylos Hercules restored unto him his Kingdom because of his justice Hygin ch 10. Pausan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Homer He is stiled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because he was swift in running This Ajax was the Prince of Salamis called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Bulwark of the Greeks because he was big and high and rendred invulnerable by the prayers of Hercules who put upon him his Lyons skin and desired Jupiter that he might not be subject to wounds only under his Arms see Pindar in Od. Iishm Dardanus Iliace primus pater urbis Author Virgil. This Apollo is named by Homer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because he did put his enemies to â—light and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 light because he brings light into the world or from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Wolfe because he was adored in the image of a wolfe in Aegypt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hom. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sâ—mmusque dies Hectoris idem patrioeque fuit Homer calls him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Homer Il. 20. He was the son of the River Stygmon and of the muse Euterpe or of Eioneus as Homer saith Philostrat in Protesiliao * He was called â—â—ppus by the Aegiptians Pausan where he was killed the Poets do say that a Fountain sprung up which yeilded drops of blood every year on the day of his death Nat Com. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hom. 15. 11. Pindar Ovid saith otherwise in Penelop ad Vlyss Sive quiâ— Antilochum narrabat ab Hectore victum c. Creta or Candia was call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because there was in it an hundred Cities now there is but threâ— Candia Canea or Cidon from whence are the Mala Cidonia quinces the third is Rethymo Gnosus was the Metropolis in the time of Minos scituate upon Mount Ida now called Philoiâ—ri * He was betrayed to Menelaus by Helena his nose ears were cut off and afterwards he was massacred by the Greeks See Virg. 6. Aeneid Helena crater A Merry Cup. from her tears sprung up the herb Helenium or Helicampane 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dictis was of Crete and Dares a Phrygian 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He did entertain Serpents who did feed at his table In the hot countries as in Italy and Barbary Snakes do commonly run about the houses eat the crumbs of bread and hunt after Cats as our Cats The Moors have no other Cats to devour their Mice The truth is that Agamemnon fell in love with the prisoner of Ajax Cassandra and took her awâ— by force therefore he fled away in a little boat and was drown in a tempestuous Sea Nauplius the Son of Neptunus and Amymone the Daughters of Danaus King of Argos endeavoured to revenge himself upon the Greeks by perswading their wives at home to make them cuckolds in their absence and when the Army returned he caused many ships to run a ground upon his Island killing all that came into his power Addit Notes Hom. Il. 18. Ovid metamor l. 19 Some relate the Story of Hecuba otherwise â—irca ruinas â—â—â—da latraâ—â— suas Troja â—â—rses Hecuâ—â— Seneca See Auson in in his Epitaphes Var. Hist cap. 13. His head and face was like Jupiter his shoulders were like those of Mars and his breast like Neptunes Hom. Il. 2 * She was called by the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because she was bound up in a bundle of willow branches unto this Diana the Lacedemònians did offer humane sacrifices which custome Lycurâ—uâ— altered causing the Maids and youths to be whipt onely until the blood did come which they sprinkled upon her Altar Plutarch Pausan Hygin Apollo perswaded him to kil his Mother 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eurip. in Orest Euripid. in Iphigen Tisamenes was the Son of Orestes See Hygin Chap. 25. Of the women of Lemnos and Orph. in his Argon We have related this death of Hecuba otherwise according to the opinion oâ— other Authors When he arrived in Italy one of his men was kil'd for ravishing a Maid Vlysses being departed without paying unto him any funeral rights his Spirit did mightily torment and vex theinhabitants so that to appease it they did erect a temple to him and expose every year a a Virgin of the Town for the Spirit to destroy Euthymus the Champion overcame it and delivered a Virgin which he married Plin. mentions him lib. 7. c. 47. This is a Fable of the vainglorious French Achates Vocabatur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because he was a good Sheapheard and Husbandman Pindar His wife was Antonio and one of his sons was Acteon who was torn by his dogs Asopus was the Son of Jupiter and of Clymene or of Neptune and of Ceglasa Nat. Com. He discovered Jupiters desire by the means of Sisyphus who is punished in hell for his indiscreâ—ion Hygin Greg. Gyrald in Historia de Diis Gen. Ruffin Eccles Histor lib. 11. Suidas Vocabatnr Canobus or Canopus Hesych Cicer. de Nat. Deor. Quique premit vocem digitâ—que silentia suadet Ovid. Macrob. Solin See Mountaigne Essayes Or Lynceus or Lycus Ovid Metamorph lib. 6. Plin Natur. Hist lib. 5. Euseb Macrob. Plutarch Suidas Hesych Cicer. Herodot Pausan Plutarch See Bochart Geog. Sacr. See the Journals and Relations of the Voyages of our English of the French and Italian Travellers into Egypt Virg Aeneid 1. 6. Plutarch There have been many of that name Aelian l. 12. Cor. Tacit. See Martial lib. 1 Epig. 14. Lucan Q. Curt. Martial l. 7. Some think Janus to be Noah otherwise called Vadimon Oenotrius c. and that he was represented with two Faces because he had seen two Worlds See Delp Phenicizant of the Learned Edm. Dickinson Addit Not. * Concerning this â—case of Conscience consult Rainold de Idololat Rom. Ecclâ—s Sadel contra Burdeg Martyr Loc. com Mâ—lancthon c. Jer. 2. 27. Crudeles dij vestri sunt qui delect intur vestro sanguine ac â—os impellunt ad vitam fundendam Clemens Alex. Sâ—e what God saith to the bowing of our bodies to the Idols Deut. 4. 19. And S. Hierom against Ruffin lib. 1. â—â—nucius Felix 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was the opinion of the Heathen It seems by the false Miracles which the Papists do ascribe to the Images that they do labour to persuade the people that there is such a Divine virtue inherent in them Concil Trident. Sessio 25. De invocatâ— vener at reliquiis