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A00437	The lyves, of philosophers and oratours: vvritten in Greeke, by Eunapius, of the cittie of Sardeis in Lydia. Brought into light, translated into Latine, and dedicated to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, our moste gracious princesse and soueraigne, Queene Elizabeth. By the great learned man, Hadrianus Iunius Hornanus. 1568. And now set foorth in English, at his request: and dedicated to the right Honourable, the Lord Chauncellour of England. 1579; Vitae sophistarum. English	Eunapius, ca. 345-ca. 420.; Junius, Hadrianus, 1511-1575.	1579 (1579)	STC 10566; ESTC S101779	59,568	112

Porphyrius to ende with Plato and his tyme. Sotion as appeareth went furder though Porphyrius was of later dayes The time betwene not being sufficiently set forth for the worthinesse diuersitie of the Philosophers and vertue of the Drators Philostratus of Lemnus dyd briefly runne ouer the lyues of the best with singular grace But none dyd wryte eractly of them among whome was Ammonius of Egipt the maister of diuine Plutarche and Plurarche himselfe that was the beuty and armony of all Philosophy Also Euphrares of Egipt Dion of Bithyn●a who had the surname of Golden mouth and Appolonius Tranaeus not a Philosophex only but a meane thing betwene the Gods and men who being a louer of Pythagoras doctrine dyd teach it most diuiuely and effectually of whome Philostratus of Lemnius did write exquisitly intituling his bookes The lyfe of Appolonius where he should rather haue termed it The cōming of a God to men In the which time Carneades was famous among the brutish sect that was called Cynickes If any regard is to be had of that sort of the which was Musonius Demetrius and Menippus with some other but these were most notable And albeit that no man as far as I know haue so set forth their lyues as they maye be knowen plainly and perfectly yet their writings may sufficiently expresse their lyues being so full of learning and knowledge searching morall vertues and naturall causes as they may expell ignorance out of the minde of their Scholers as a certaine darknes Diuine Plutarche noting his owne lyfe and his Maisters in his Bookes here and there sayth that Ammonius dyed at Athens And although the chiefe of his workes be called Lyues Compared of most worthy men according to their actes and deedes Yet he sprinkleth his owne life and his Maisters in euery seuerall booke So as if a man wyll looke narowly vpon them and search howe euery thing fell out and circumspectly examine each parte he may collect a great processe of their lyues Lucian of Samoseta a man made to moue laughter dyd write the lyfe ▪ of Demonactes a Philosopher of his tyme 〈◊〉 An that booke vsing persyt diligence which he dyd n●●● wether My meaning is to bring matter to memorie not ignoraunt that some things paraduenture be hydden from vs and some be not bestowing all my care and study in this poinct that I myght forme a continuall and exact description of the lyues of most excellent men in Philosophie and cloquence And if I do not obtaine my desire I shall haue the lucke that carnest feruent Louers hath For they beholding their Lady and leeing her bewty euidently looke downe their eyes being daselied not able to fasten their syght But if they see her trim face her braue collour and gaye eareringes they gather hart and they fixe their eye and spende the tyme vpon that shew abyding and continuing rather in delyght of Ornamentes to bewty then of ●ewty it selfe Likewise I hauing directed myne earnest endeuour to this kinde of wryting what I could heare or learne of men of mine age would not let them passe with sylence for any contrarie affection but to my power honoring the entry and doore of the trueth that I might delyuer it to them that shall come after that either wyll heare or can folow that which is best Thorough common calamities the time hath had a cutting and a breaking off At the first there was great plenty of learned men but after Platoes tyme great want is shewed to bee of all euen to the reignes of Claudius and Nero. As for those vnhappy that had but a yeares space as Galba Vitellius and Otho they are not to be wrytten of But Vespasian and Titus them that raigned after them that we shoulde not seeme of purpose to prosecute that but rather to speake ouerly at once that the best sort of Philosophers continued to Seuerus tyme and had their Historie happely ioygned with the Emperours that excellent vertue might be accompanied with fauorable fortune Let no man finde faulte if we so describe the time as we might be the better able to make coniecture and take a conuenient be ginning to proceede in the processe that we haue ●nterprised Plotinus PLotinus was a Philosopher of Egipt and because I name the Countrie I wil adde also the Citty where he was borne which they call Lycopolis Although diuine Porphyrius did not wright it affirming he was his Scholler and spent either all or the moste part of his life with him The Alters of Plotinus be yet warme and his bookes in the hands of the learned more then Plato and the common forte though they reade not his precepts yet they forme their liues according to the same Porphyrius did expresse euery part of his life so as no man can say more Yea it seemeth he did interpret many of his bookes But the life of Porphyrius no man that I know hath hithertoo written Therefore as much as I can gather by tokens according to my knowledge thus much haue I learned of him Porphyrius TYrus was the Countrey of Porphyrius the theife City of the auncient Phenitians His parentes were of good estate He being brought vp in learning proceeded and continued till he was Longinus Scholler and in short time was an ornament to his Maister Longinus was at that time a liuely library and a florishing studye to whom authoritie was giuen to iudge of the former learned mē as before him diuerse others and Dionisius of Caria most notable of all Porphyrius was fyrst named Malcus after the Sirian tongue which signifying a Prince Longinus called him Prophirius turning the name of a Kinge into the purple colour that kinges did weare With him he was trayned with singuler learning not inferiour to him neither in humanity nor eloquence yet he passed not of that but gaue his whole study to Philosophie Longinus was accompted with the moste extellent men of his time and his bookes were so plentifull as they brought an admiration to him If other men did reprooue any of the auncients his sentence was not approoued tyll Longinus confirmed it Porphirius being thus instructed and in great expectation of all men had a great desire to see Rome that was Ladye of the worlde that he might winne that Cittie to the study of Sapience beyng come and entred into societie with the great Plotinus he refused all other and gaue himselfe wholy to him of whose doctrine being greedy with out sarietie as himselfe saide he spent the time in hearing of those deuine lessous that issewed from that flowing Fountaine At length being ouercome with the vehemencie of those speeches it greeued him he had a body and was mortall he sayled into Cicilia by the rocke Carybdis where they say Vilisses passed but he could abide to see no Cittie nor here mens voyces So dyd he leaue delight and dis●●se and went to

the grounde these fyue yeares by the course of the Sunne For of it selfe ryches shall growe of this grounde and encrease And thy Daughter shall not be as an humaine woman but thou shalt conceyue a greater opinion of her Therfore if thou hast good wyll receyue with both hands that we haue offred But if thou hast any suspition we haue sayd nothing The Father in feare sylence delyuered his daughter to them and calling his Farmor sayde Whatsoeuer these olde men require let them haue it and medle no further When he had thus sayd he departed before day as forsaking both his house and his Daughter They receyuing the chylde whether they were wyse men or Spyrites of rare diuine kinde with what mysteries they brought vp the young Mayde no man can tell and it is in certaine though the search be great with what diuination they inspyred the Chylde The tyme appoynted was come and euery thing prooued of the ground as was spoken The Father was come and knew not his Daughter Neyther for the growth of her person nor for the encrease of her beautie And she knewe not her Father he saluting her so reuerently as though he had saluted a Straunger When the Teachers were come and the table couered they sayde Aske the Virgin what you wyll Aske O Father what hath chaunced all your iourney He geuing her leaue to speake she tolde him all the happes that he had had in his Chariot the woordes the rebukes the feares as though she had bene in Chariot with them and brought her Father into such a wonder as at the fyrst he was in a maze more then in a maruayle and beleeued the Mayde to be a Goddesse Then kneeling to the men prayed them to tell who they were They hardly and at length for so it might be Goddes pleasure sayde They were of the Sapience called Caldaicall not prophane And not without some misterie looked downe Then he kneeled againe and prayed them to be Lordes of the ground and to keepe his Chylde with them to instruct her further in diuinity They nodded that so they would doo saying nothing And he as hauing a promise and an Oracle had good comfort in himselfe yet knew not the secretes and with him selfe praysed Homer that hath shewed of such diuine deedes that cannot be vnderstanded for the straunge and diuine matter The Goddes be turned to diuers shapes as please them nowe and then When Cities they wyll cause to seeme a race of new founde men For he thought that Goddes woulde be turned to straunge men And being rauished with the thing he fel a sleepe They going from Supper and taking the Child with them deliuered vnto her very gently the Robe wherwith she was inuested with knowledge to the which they added diuerse other ornamēts They wylled her to locke the Casket wherin all these things were put gaue her certaine bookes besyde She honoured them no lesse then her Father Day being come and the doores opened and men gone to their worke they also went out as they were woont The Chyld ranne to her father carying her Casket and good newes He hauing learned of his seruaunts what increase he had and what was to be done called for the men But they were gone and no more seene Then he sayde to Sosipatra what meaneth this O Daughter She staying a whyle sayd Now I remember what they sayd at their delyuering of me these things weeping Looke daughter for we must go to the west Oceane and shortly returne againe The which doth manifestly declare that they be Spirits And whether soeuer they be gone thus they went from me The father esteeming his chyld to be sacred with diuine modesty suffred her to lyue as she would not much moued with her but for her sylence When she was come to rype yeares she had without booke the bookes of Poets hauing none other Teachers of Philosophers and Oratours And that which others can hardly get with labour and trauayle of minde she without study did expresse with pleasure Mynding to marry she thought Eustathius only fyt for her Therfore thus she spake to Eustathius and them that were present Heare me Eustathius and be you wytnesse that be here I shall haue three Chyldren by thee and as touching the world they shal be all infortunate Against God no man can be Thou shalt haue before me a fayre and a worthy seate And I peraduenture shall haue a fayrer Thyne shal be about the Moone Thou shalt not teach nor play the Philosopher fully fiue yeares for so thy Phisnognomy telleth me But vnder the Moone thou shalt haue place with good and quiet motion I would say somewhat of my selfe but that I see the tyme would be to short for my speech and my destiny doth forbyd me When she had thus spoken fate so forcing she was ioygned to Eustathius The successe dyd differ nothing from her wordes so certaine was her diuination as all had bene done before This is to be added to the other things that after the death of Eustathius she came to her owne in Asia and remayned at old Pergamo Aedesius for good wyll taught her chyldren Philosophy albeit she had instructed them in her owne house And after Aedesius resorted to her no man esteemed his learning so as they dyd but euery man honoured the diuine knowledge of the woman Philometer her Nephew being ouercome with her beuty and also with her learning fell in loue with her Her rare gysts so surprised him that he could do nothing for that Likewise she was in loue with him Wherfore she went to Maximus who was most familyar with Aedesius and of his kyndred Maximus sayd she take order for my griefe that I be not molested He asked what the matter was She answered What if it be Philometer Then it is he in deede who differeth not from any of you Yet when I see him depart my hart burneth turneth at his departure Therfore deale friendly with me and tell me what is best for me Maximus was not a lytle proude as being spoken to from a Goddesse that such a one should committe such a matter to him Philometer continued in his purpose Maximus sought out the matter by Sacrifice and tooke great paines in a trifling cause When he had done he went to Sosipatra and asked her if she were styll troubled She sayde no And tolde his inuocation his Sacrifice and all the doing and tyme as if she had bene present at the appearing of all the visions Then he fell to the ground astonished and sayde she was a Goddesse Arise Sonne sayd she for the Gods loue thee because thou honourest them and doest not esteeme the worldly and vaine ryches When he heard this he went forth with great opinion of him selfe that he had the praise of so diuine a person Philometer with his companions gladsome met him at the gate Maximus a far off spake to him O friende