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

or not the child was no sooner born but he began to let the world know that he had more than humain knowledg so that in his very Cradle he speak the most admirable things in the world whether it was in resolving questions or foretelling thing● to come or describeing things past as authentically as if he had seen them and he ●pake nothing but he gave a good reason for it that it was not p ssible to imagine that any thing could be contradictory to his reasons these Sages then purposed to go finde the young Merlin to take his advice how they clear themselves from the Labrin●h wherein they were involved and they travell●d so long that at last they c●me to the place where he resided who before had fore-told their coming to his Mother and several others advising his Mother to be ready for the arrival of the seven who were called S●ges should occasion him to go to Court where he should continue a long time to his M●thers great advantage and to the g●eat di●advan●age of those that came for him Th●se Phil●sophers then were no sooner arrived at Merlins lodging but they had great experience of h●s divine kn●wledg which put them in good hopes nay gave t●em s●me assu●ance that they migh● know from the ch●ld Merlin the certain●y of what they e●q●ire● af●er for jus● as they came to his house it h●pn●d that near to th● pl●ce where Merlin was th●r● p●ss●d by a m●● who went in g●eat h●●● whom Merlin called by his name the Tr●vell r ●●●ear ng ●imself called turned back and seeing ●●a● th●re was no b dy that be knew h● turn●d ●b●ut to pr ●c●●●on i● h●● w●y but Merlin call●d h●m by his name 〈◊〉 c●ying out Galgo ●●r 〈◊〉 was his n●m● look back for he whom y●u go to se●k it London is now here where you sh●ll und●rstand m●re t●●n y●u expect Galgo hearing himself ●amed and u●derstanding the re●son why 〈◊〉 went to London which he had told no body of w● a●●z d ●ut 〈◊〉 more after he had heard what 〈…〉 Merlin ●●id to ther t● him for Merlin 〈◊〉 ●o●k● 〈◊〉 n●t yo● g● 〈◊〉 London to carry half an 〈…〉 to the K●ngs S●ges to know the in●erpr●●●tion a la●● dr●am ●t you●s y●u have sav●d y●●r lab●ur●r● they are all ●even here and yet yo● sh●ll ●now n● more of th●m concerning your d●●●● 〈…〉 you have already from me y●u may under●●●●nd the ●ruth withou● pa●●ing ●rom you●g ●d for I will have nothing from you but I will instr ct you in the way to be rich In the first place I would not have you tell me you dream for I know it better then your self it is true that this last night two houers before the sun rising being l●id in your bed you supposed that being si●ting in y●ur Cellar you become so very dry so that all the drink ●n your house could not quench your thirst whereupon a fountain did arise in the Middle of your Cell●r having the fairest water and the cleerest that ever eye beheld to which you suddenly ran and having tasted of the water you found it to be the b●st wat●r in the world so that your thirst was q●enched and you caused all your family to drink who like you received the greatest content they ever had Now to know the meaning of this dream you are going to find the Kings Sages without acquainting any body with this adventure Galgo hearing particular recitall of that which he had seen in his dream and knowing that he had no● spoken a word thereof to any person he was surprized that he believed this to be a dream as well as that which he had dreamed of the fountain and although he was thus ast●n●shed yet he affirmed that every thing had ●●ssed p●rticularly in such manner as the infant Merlin had rec●●ed and that for no other cause he was taking a j●urn●y to London Now you sh●ll understand the ●●st ●a●d Merlin for this is the principall ●f y ur cause The alteration which you saw and which in truth pr●ss●s you is the great desire you have to g●t w●a ●h that you be rid of your poverty m●●●tain yo● fami●y better for the future the f●●ntain which ●●st s●●ve you to quench this thirst is in your h●us● as your dream hath demonstrated and therefore ●●t●●n wi h all dilligence and dig where you thought the fountaine was for I assure you there you shall find so great a quantity of Silver that you shall have sufficient for your self and family but have a care that you be not robbed hereafter The Philosophers hearing what Merlin had said knew not what to think and doubted of the truth of what he had spoken or whether this was not a design or plot laid to cause the world to believe that Merlin was a diviner but he also understanding their thoughts thus spake I would not have you give credit to my speeches further then your own eyes shall be witness and therefore go along with this good man and see him find this treasure and then return to me that I may go with you to the King whose grief is not unknown to me without your relation of it for I know from whence it proceeds and what remedy is convenient for his Cure and I assure you that we shall come to London the fourteenth day which is the last but one of the fifteenth which is limited to you to answer the King so that you shall be at London time enough the Philosophers wondred greatly to see that Merlin knew already for what cause they were come and the term the King had appointed and would willingly have discoursed of their business but Merlin would not hear them but desired them to go see the good mans treasure and that they sh ●ld have a care that they did not touch a peny of it that afterwards they should come to him who would then be ready to go with them to the King The Philosophers hearing this without alighting from their horses they followed the good man Galgo whose house was but a few miles from that place so that they came thither the next morning Alighting from their horses they went into the house with him when he presently began to dig in the middle of the Cellar where he had in his dream seen the fountain to rise But he had not digged very deep but he met with a great quantity of Meddals of Silver after that he found several vessels of Silver the fairest in all the world under which he yet found so great a quantity of Ingo●s of Silver that you could hardly meet with so much treasure in one place together And now the Philosophers believed this to be no counterfeit matter for the King himself could not have stored so much Silver together without great thrift and along time and being thus astonished they returned to Merlins quarters to whom they related all that they had seen confessing that by experience they

knew more to be in hime then they thought any man could be endowed withal praying him according to his promis● to go to the Court with them before the time should be elapsed Question not that said he for I shall be there to soon for your benefit they understood not what he meant by this answer but he who understood how all things would happen gave them this slight knowledge of it And now Merlin and his Mother began their Journey in Company of these seven Philosophers and by the way discoursing with them of many things he gave them such reasons for every thing he said that they were ravished with his discourse and so long they travelled that in the evening of the fourteenth day they arived at London according to what Merlin had foretold The next morning these Philosophers went to make their r●verence to the King telling him that they were c●me within the perfixed time to make ●l●er to 〈◊〉 not only that which he ha● asked of them ●●m all other ma●ters as well past present to com● What said the Ki●g have you tasted some divinity since I saw you that you can fore●ell things to c●me it will be enough for you to resolve the 〈◊〉 I have demanded without bragging of so much for I purpose not to endure you abuses no longer Sir it is no abuse said the Ph losophers for we shall tell you nothing but the truth as by experience you shall find but to acquain● you with the truth of the matter this is not done by ●ur own knowledge 〈◊〉 by a divine and miracl●ous Child of whom we having ●●ord we sought him out for your service and we h●v● alreadly found such proof of his divine spirits ●a i●●od ●o● been possible for any man to have p●r●v●●d us to it if we had not seen it with our eyes And thereupon they related to the King how all had happened about Galgo and the promise he had made them to acqua●●● the King with the cause of his blindness and the means for his recovery whereupon the King was so well pleased as you may ve●y well imagin that it seemed imp●ssible to express the j●y which he had in his heart and therefo●e he presently commanded that the Child Merlin should be brought into his presence But when he saw that he was so young he suspected that these Philosophers did only put an abuse upon him which Merlin very well knowing said to the King Sir before I shall tell you the cause of your blindness when you are out of the City of London and the meanes to deliver you I will shew you to your own sight what hath been the cause o●●t a●d what ke●p● you in this C●ndition so that you seeing by experience that I know the cause of your evil which hath been hid and unknown to your self and all others of your Kingdom you will be the more rea●y to give credit to what I shall further say 〈◊〉 you Hereupon having caused the bed whereon the King usually slept to be removed he said thus Sir cause sombody to dig under it for there you shall find a great Cauldron that without fire burnes continually and which is maintained by seven great balls of fire whereof there is one in the Middle which is larger than the others who are all of an equal bigness and ere all placed about this great 〈◊〉 Now Sir you may please to understand that so long as the fire of these balls shall endure you shall always find your self blind when you are out of the City of London and yet it is imp●ssible to extinguish it by nature nor by any other liquor whatsoever for the more water shall be cast upon this fire to much the more violently will it burn and further great care must be taken not to remove this burn●ng C●ldron from the place where it is for i● will not only burn those that shall attempt to remove it but you will also suffer more mischief if it should be removed for you would become absolutly blinde without armedy as wel within the City as without up n these words of Merlin the King commanded to dig in the place where his bed was but they had not digged very deep but they who first began were forced to leave off by reason of the great smoak that issued out It is enough said Merlin for the force of the fire will discover the rest and so it came to pass for it was not long before the earth flew up like sparks of fire and then first was seen the great ball of fire which was it the middle and soon after the rest discovered themselves one after an other so that in less then an hours time there was plainly seen the b●ring Cauldron and the seven fire balls which did cast up their fire a great height At this sight the King was amazed and so were all the Princes of the Court who were very desirous to understand the mistery of this miraclous fire and more especially the King who earnestly asked of Merlin from whence this fire could proceed Sir answered he this is a great secret of God who will not have i● revealed but t● those whom i● Concerns and therefore if you would know the truth let every one depart for to your self only will I declare this mistery Hereupon every one by the Kings Command left the room and none remained there but the King and Merlin who thus began his discourse Sir your Majesty ought out to think that she things ●f this world happen by chance as some Ignorant persons have said but you are certainly to believe that nothing happens but by the providence of God who having distributed his charges to every one according to his good will and pleasure he willeth and expecteth that man should perform his endeavour in the vocation to which he hath called him and therefore having committed to you the administration and government of this Kingdom his pleasure was that taking care of the affairs thereof and performing the duty of a good Prince you should procure the good and repose of the affaires of your people as for some time you did But after that you did so much give your self to pleasures that leaving the charge to others of those affairs which according to Gods will should pass through your hands you were kept from the true knowledg thereof so that the good justice that had been in this Kingdom hath been altered and your good subjects are opressed and on the con●r ty they who should be examplarily punished not only escape by means of their money but also are proved with estates and offices justice is to those that will give most and finally all things go contrary to what they ought All this evil proceeds from no other ca●e but that you being unwilling to be troubled with state affairs have left the mannagment of all to these seven who under pretence of the name of Sages committ the greatest extor●ions and

unjustices in the world thinking of nothing but how to Tyranize ●v r the poor people and heap to themselves great treasure by the destruction of your Subj cts wh●se complaint and cry having reached up unto heaven God by his just Ju●gment hath sent you this blindness which you have when you are out of the City of London that as you have voluntarily deprived your self of the eyes of your understanding so that you will not see nor take notice of any thing but your particular pleasure instead of having your eyes employed for the good and quiet of your people you should be also deprived of your Corporal sight so that you may not see any thing out of your City of London Thus have I told you the Cause of your evil so that now without saying any more it is easie for you to remedy it but that you may be without any excuse I will prescribe to you the course you are to take know then that God would have you Chastise your self for your fore-passed negligence and by the same meanes that those who have exercised so much Tyrany over your people be punished for their crimes are beyond all comparison greater then yours True it is that you have very much failed but it was through Ignorance having put into the hands of others the adminstration and charge which God had comitted to your self indeed you might think them to be wise men and fit for such a government but they have maliciously ●ff●nded for they very well knew that their actions wherein they Tyraniz●d over this Kingdom were contrary to God and nevertheless their insatiablness and avarice have continued therefore you ought to amend your self and that they suffer death and I assure you if you act this justice upon them your evil will leave you and if you will not I advertise you that the Judgments of God will increase upon you so as to darken your heart and I ●ell you there is no w●y to extinguish these seven fire balls but by the heads of these seven and that you may ha●● a proof of what I say make a tryal of the greatest for a● you have seen the more you endeavour to extinguish it with water or other liquor so much the more violently 〈◊〉 burneth as you have already made tryal ca●se the head of the principal that is the oldest and most inveterate of these S●g●s to be cut off and you will presently see that this great fire ball will be extinguished The King having very attentivly heard the discourse of Merlin some times blushed and then agen became pale and ●e found himself touched to the life and yet however acknowledged his fault for having continued so long without taking care of the affair● of his Kingdom he began to sigh and groan entreating the good Merlin that he would pray to God for him that his Majesty would forgive him his faults you need not doubt of that answered Merlin for in performing what I have told you your offences shall be pardoned without the intercession of any and on the contr●ry if you do not perform it a greater vengeance of God is prepared for you since now you c●nnot pretend the cause of Ignorance The King did think it very strange to put those to death whom he had raised to such greatness and of whom he had severall times had experience on many occasions to be very wise but considering and viewing with his eyes the matter of the Cauldron and having a remorse of conscience for the great fault which he had commited which put him in fear of a more sharp v●ngance according to the threatenings of Merlin he therefore resolved to make a trial of the principall of the seven Philosophers and thereupon causing him to be called pretending to conferr with him about what Merlin had told him he ordered his head to be presently and privatly cut off which being done the great fire ball in the middle that did cast out more fire than the rest was of it self extinguished This being seen by the King without any more delay he did the same by the rest causing them to come one by one and as one head was cut ●ff so one fire ball went out so that the last was no sooner beheaded but all the fire was extinguished there was no appearance neither of balls nor Cauldron which was not mater●call as Merlin said but it was of fire although it seemed to be of mettle as other Cauldrons are and the earth where it had been before was as cool and fresh as in other places This being done Merlin ordered the Kings Chamber to be put to rights and caused the bed to be placed where it had formerly been and because it was then late he told the King that he should rest contented and take his ease for that night and that the next day they would go out of the City of London where he should perceive his deliverance and healing which should be then seen and known of all the world The next morning the King arose early as joyfull as might be and sent to all the Pr●nces and Barrons and Gentlemen of his Court that they should be ready to accompany him for he would that morning go pass the time out of the City of London Every one mer●a●led at ●he news because the K●ng had so long continued without going out of ●he City for the trouble to find himself blind being out of the City for the matter of the Ca●ldron was not yet divulged or known and although it had been it would have been acco●nted as a fable and especially by tho●e who believe no more than what they see The King then being mo need on the fairest horse ●n hi● stable did set r●wards having Merlin by his side wh● was in homely hab●● for notwithstanding all his knowledge he would have no other Clothes but went in poor ●ayment according to the Condition of his birth not regarding Clothes nor riches The King did all the way discourse with Merlin which his Princes wondered at to see him thus taken up with a poor lad without speaking one word to all the Nobility that foll●wed him and being come to the City Gate M●rlin going before said to the King Sir as I have served you as a Phisitian so I will shew you che way to rejoyce and the great occasion you have for it in having rec●vered your sight to the great content of your people And yet if you will speak the truth although you had some hopes of your cure yet you were not so certain as now at this time you make experience of it And going forwards out of the G●te he tu●ned about to the King who was also issued 〈◊〉 and looked about towards all parts believing himself entred into a new life to see himself restored to that which he had so long lost witho●t knowing how and which he had so often endeavoured to rec●ver but in vain Whereupon Merlin said to him Sir do you