the yeare of our Lord 1348 in Bordeaux chiefe Citty of the Dukedome of Guyne in France by Edward 3 King of England and then possessor of that Dukedome which Order hee consecrated and dedicated to Saint George though the motive of the institution thereof proceeded of the losse of a Garter which hee supposed to have bin the Countesse of Salisburies but I referre the Reader to the Chronicle And it happened in this manner As one day he was entertaining her with pleasant talke a Garter chanced to unloose and fall downe the King indeavouring to take it up wittingly caused such a jest as moved the Noblemen to laughter the Countesse there at blushing and blaming that more then seemely familiarity of the King for that hee had caused such a jest among the Assistants said sharply to him and the rest Honi soit qui mal y pense which Englished is Evill to him that evill thinketh And the King in recompence of his rashnesse sayd forthwith that before it were long those Noble men which had made a jest and laughing at the Garter fallen downe should esteeme themselves much honoured to weare it for a marke of Honour and Chivalry and thereupon ordayned the said order and dedicated it to Saint George and made thereof 26 Knights and ordeyned that they should wear their Clokes of Violet-colour Velvet their hoods of red Velvet lined with white Damaske their Bases of red Velvet and under the left knee a blew Garter buckled with Gold garnished with pretious stones and about it wrought â—hese words of the Countesse of Salisbury HONI SOIT QVI MALY PENSE â—nd a colour of Gold full of red and white Roses with an Image of S. George hanging theron and about these Roses are written those words which are in the Garter There are of this Order 26 Knights of which the Kings of England are Soveraignes and it is so much desired for the excellency that â— Emperours 22 forraigne Kings 20 forraigne Dukes and divers Noble-men of other Countries have been fellowes of it Abouâ— their necke they weare a blew Ribbond at the end of which hangeth the Image of Saint George upon whose day the Installation of the new Knights is commonly celebrated being the three and twentieth of Aprill And although it was first ordayned at Bourdeaux yet the said King Edward the 3 would that the siedge and place of the solemnizing thereof should bee at the Church of Windsor here in England where at the same 〈◊〉 he founded Canons or a â—â—nonry for the better proâ—perity of the Knights of the Order The second order in antiquiâ—y is the Order of the Annunâ—iation instituted Anno Dom. â—356 by Amede the sixt of that â—ame Duke of Savoy and surâ—amed the greene Knight The Knights of this Order weare a great collar of Gold made winding with three laces which are called of Love wherein are enterlaced these words FERT FERT FERT every letâ—er importing his Latine word thus F fortitudo E ejus R Rhodum T tenuit that is His Force hath conquered Rhodes and at this Collar hangeth an Image of our Lady and of an Angell saluting her and for that occasion is called the Order of the Annuntiation The collaâ— is of 15 links to shew the 15 mysteries of the Virgine each linkeâ— being inter-woven one with the other in forme of a true Lovers knot The number is fourteenâ— Knights the solemnity is held annually on our Lady-day in the Castle of Saint Peter in Tuâ—rin This Earle ordeyned this Order in memory of Amiâ—â— the great Duke of Savoy which succoured the Knights of Saint Iohn when they conquered the I le of Rhodes upon the Turkes in the yeare of our Lord 1310. The third in antiquity is the Order of the golden Fleece founded upon the Fable of the golden Fleece that Iason with the other Argonautes went to seeke in the I le of Colchos which is to say that hee went to the Mine of Gold or in Analogie to Gideons Fleece as some will and ordeyned by Philip the second surnamed the good Duke of Burgundy in the yeare 1430 the compleate number of which Order were at first 25 Knights and raised afterwards by the said Philip to 31. Charles the fift raised them to 51 and now there bee as many as the King of Spaine will invest with â—t They weare a Collar of Gold interlaced with an Iron seeming to strike fire out of a Flint the word ex ferro flamâ—am and at the end hangs the Fleece or Toison d'or Their Cloâ—ks and Hoods are of Scarâ—et garded with Embroydery â—â—ke flames of fire Philip apâ—ointed for the celebrating of â—hat Order St. Andrews day beâ—â—g the 30 of November But the Emperor Charles the fift heire of the house of Burgundy and chiefe of that Order changed their apparrell and ordained that their Cloaks should be of Crimson Velvet and theiâ— Hoods of Violet colour Velvet and that underneath they should weare a Cassocke of cloath oâ— Silver The fourth in antiquity is the Order of St. Michael the Arch-Angell instituted by Lewes the II of France the first day oâ— August in the yeare 14â—9 anâ— ordained that of that Ordeâ— there should bee 36 Knightâ— which afterward were augmenâ—ted to 300 Gentlemen 〈◊〉 name and of Armes without â—â—â—proach of whom hee himselâ—â— was chiefe and Soveraigne anâ— after him his successors King of France And the brothers companions of this Order were bound at the receiving thereof to forsake and leave all other Orders if any they had either of a Prince or any company only excepting Emperors Kings and Dukes which beside this Order might weare that Order whereof they were chiefe with the agreement and consent of the King and brotherhood of the said order and in like manner the said King of France might weare beside his owne the Order of other Emperours Kings and Dukes And for the connoissance of this Order and the Knights thereof hee gave â—o every of them a Collar of Gold wrought with Cockle shells enterlacing one another with a double pointing Ribbon of Silke with golden Tagges â—he word Immensi Arenor Oceani which King Francis the first because his name was Francis changed into a white Friars of Franciscans Girdle made of a twisted coarde and hangeth on that Coller a tablet of St. Michael upon a Rocke conquering the Devill Of the institution of this order is made a book containing 98 Articles wherein are set downe the things wherunto the Knights of this Order are subject The fift Order is that of the Holy Ghost instituted by Henry the 3 King of France on New-yeares day in the yeare 1579 it was called by the name of the Holy Ghost because this Henry was on a Whitsonday chosen King of Poland Of this also is written a Booke contayning the Article whereunto the Knights thereoâ— are bound Among the which I have principally noted one that is to defend and sustaine the Clergy for the King doth give to every of them the rent
EMBLEMS OF RARITIES OR CHOYCE OBSERvations out of worthy Histories of many remarkable passages and renowned actions of divers Princes and severall Nations WITH Exquisite Variety and speciall Collections of the natures of most sorts of Creatures delightfull and profitable to the MINDE Qui mores hominum multorum vidit Urbes Virgil. Collected by D. L. LONDON Printed by N. Okes. 1636. TO THE WORSHIPfull and truely Generous Captaines Capt. NICHOLAS CRIPS Capt. JAMES SLADE AND Capt. SAMVEL CARLETON all Happinesse here and hereafter Noble Commanders REligion Wisedome and Valour are Iewels and Ornaments to your Heroyicke Profession of Armes And I am glad that this Kingdome and others by one of you and this honorable Citty by all of you can iustly maintaine my asseveratioâ— to be free from flattery It iâ— no small Honour that God anâ— this Kingdome hath laid upoâ— your shoulders in making yoâ— so Eminent in Office Worth and Wealth my selfe havinâ— reall experience of your Noblâ— Dispositions and Vertuouâ— Qualifications have maâ—â— bold to discharge some part 〈◊〉 my Duty by a faire Presentâ—â—tion of these my labours to youâ— worthy protections And I dâ—â— not adventure upon this withoâ—â— some grounds and Reasons First as Vertue is alwayâ— coaspicuous so it is attractivâ— as an Adamant Secondly I have a long time beene amongst â—ur Armies abroad and doe â—ruely honour the Professors of Armes and have had expeâ—ience of both fortunes both in Leaguers and in Garrisons In which places to the Hoâ—our of the Commanders be it found loving and noble reâ—â—ect Thirdly I stand inâ—â—aged unto your Worships in a â—leepe bond of Respect and Serâ—ice for your reall expressions â—f kindnesse unto me Fourthâ—y I heartily desire that your Names may be knowne through 〈◊〉 the corners of this Land to 〈◊〉 as excitements to others of vertuous undertakings being such Lights it is fit they should shine round about But not to presume too much accept I pray your Worships this Myte of my Service my disability confin'd my Will I desire to expresse more but yet I cannot when Time shall lend enablement my heart shal not want readinesse of expression of it to your Worships Thus praying the Lord of Hosts to blesse you the Captaines of his Armies at home abroad with happinesse I humbly commend your Worships unto his protection resting Your Worships bounden Donald Lupton To the Gentle Reader THE outward Senses of men chiefly delight in varieties the Eye takes pleasure in sundry and various objects the Eare with severall and changeable sounds the Sence of smelâ—ing delights in sundry Odours the Taste best relishes diversity of Cates the Touch affecteth change and variety of matters Herein indeed being lively Emblems expressing the inward qualities of the mindes of Men for it is truely said Natura hominum novitatis avida The inward faculties of the Soule delighting almost as much in changing varieties as in their beings the memory retaines in her closet severall sundry manifold almost innumerable passages the IudgmeÌ„t is not tied to one but determines maniâ—old cases the Affections Proteus like mutable and variable in the choyse of pleasures or profits and the will it selfe is as desirous to have new matter to chuse or refuse as any of the other Weighing therefore with my selfe what contentment is afforded to the minds of men by affording them varietie of subjects to contemplate and peruse I have with great labour and no lesse faithfulnesse striven to my utmost to give my loving Country-men of this Nation contentment in this poynt presenting to them this Book as ful of variety of matter as of leaves every leafe almost bringing to their eyes a new subject which I hope will afford them as much pleasure and profit in the perusing as they did my selfe in the collecting passages there are in it that are worthy to bee reduced to memory and with all diligence to be kept from the darke Cell and Grave of oblivion and indeede I suppose it a supine negligence and a carelesse respect to the honour of renowned History to let â—hose worthy and admired passages to be drowned in one age which are and may bee usefull pleasant to posterity for ever Quis nosset Homerum Ilias aeternum si latuisset Opus It is certainely an injury to our predecessors to suffer their memories and labours to perish who tooke such great paines and travailes for the benefit of us and succeeding generations I have therefore in this booke selected many and those speciall observations out of Authentick Authors famous for their writings and approoved for truth in all ages containing the acts of many Emperours and Princes the Solemnization of their birth-dayes with the Triumphs and Pompes that were then used as also their Funeralls the destrunction of many Cities especially of Hierusalem they containe also many Customes Rites Conditions manners of many strange Nations and describing the properties and natures of sundry Creatures as Beasts Birds Fishes and also of Mettalls and Minerals as Gold Silver Lead Quick-silver Iron and the like as also remarkable things of the Sybils and their Prophesies with the Orders of Knighthood that are now the most famous through the world the beginnings and invention of many Mysteries and Arts as of Printing and the invention of the great Bombards and such like which I doubt not but will yeeld satisfaction to all that are addicted to these kinds of studies Now there will not want those that will be readier to accuse then to encourage my labours in this kinde objecting that it seemes to be needlesse to read them here when as they can have them in the proper Authours I answer though some few may be so well stored with Language and Bookes yet there bee thousands that neither are furnished with Bookes nor yet with the Languages the Authours writ in and so are altogether deprived of this benefit Howsoever I have laboured and I repent mee not for this Booke will bee beneficiall to all that shall without prejudicate opinions read it and herein they have the choycest flowers pickt and cull'd out of many Gardens for their benefit and what more is they may in lesse time and little charges obtaine their desires by this which they cannot by many Bookes For reading with a strict collection considering the difficulty of Translation is knowne to all men of judgement to be difficult tedious and troublesome yet I weigh none of these so that my Labours may afford any profit to the perusers of them The serenity of my Intent is a Bulwarke sufficient to comfort mee â—gainst the too too usuall darts of a maligne tongue and if any â—hall cast aspersion upon it I wish them to be wiser and not â—o shew their disease in publick â—ut gentle Reader I doe wish â—â—ee as much pleasure in the â—eading of this worke as I had 〈◊〉 compiling iâ— and as for those â—ho dislike it I think the fault 〈◊〉 not in the dish but in their â—â—rrupted stomacks so not feaâ—â—ng
Mistresse being a widdow of the Ismael stock and fifty yeares of age having great wealth and riches who also brought him up This pestilent man being puft up with his Wives riches applyed his minde to all kinde of detestable acts through his corrupt and depraved wit being of himselfe otherwise prompt and given to all kinde of presumptuous boldnes his temerity and malapertnesse was also encreased by the unconstancy and unfaithfulnesse of one Sergius a pestilent Monke so that in a short space hee came to such estimation amongst the Arabians that he was called and beleeved to be the great messenger of God and the great Prophet and this in every mans mouth This Sergius being a Nestorian Arch-heretick banished from Constantinople fled into Araby and associating himselfe unto Mahomets familiarity an ill master and governour with a most filthy and abhominable scholler was soone united together Hee was a prater and full of words bold rash impudent subtil crafty and in all things agreeing with Mahomet who now was waxed mighty and could helpe at a pinch and whose name began to be famous and so at the length the runnagate found a filthy privy and dungeon of all wickednesse Whom his unhappy master taught Nestorians madnesse and perswaded him to expulse and remoue the Christians and their Priests from Damascus Syria and Arabia and so to corrupt the Iudaicall law and to deprave the Christian Faith It cannot well be rehearsed by how many crafty and subtill meanes this most unfaithfull Apostata and runnagate hath deceived and seduced the people Now Mahomet being taught all kinde of ungraciousnesse of his detestable master through intemperate living and continuall drunkennesse fell at the length into the Falling-sicknesse the which his wife could not well suffer for the often comming thereof Wherefore the old dissembling knave to deliver himselfe from that infamy doth hide and cloake his disease saying it to be the marvellous brightnesse of Gabriel the Angell and Messenger of God of whom hee being put in that trance did receive and learne most secret and strange things and that he was not able to abide the presence of him with a manifest lye he affirmed it O my deare and wel-beloved wife he saith marvaile noâ— that this commeth to me when I conceive the spirit of GOD himselfe who suggesteth in mee things to come and to make mee privy of many matters he commeth often to me The â—ame hereof was spread abroad immediately and hee was openly called the Prophet of God the which opinion be encreased with a new art and craft by the instruction of his Master Sergius For hee accustomed and taught a Dove to be fed and fetch meate at his eares the which Dove his most subtill and crafty master called the Holy Ghost Hee preached openly and made his bragges â—ike a most lying villaine that his Dove did shew unto him the most secret counsell of God â—s often as the simple fowle did â—y unto his eares for nourishment His Wife being now â—ead left him her heire and â—ll that shee had so that he enâ—reased in wealth and authority â—ayly and beganne to make 〈◊〉 new Law by the helpe of â—is master Sergius and cerâ—aine Iews that were his compaâ—ions borrowing some things â—f the Hebrews and some things â—f the Christians discipline He â—id write in a certaine volumne â—ll the Lawes of his new sect â—he which bookes name is Alâ—oran that booke not many â—eares agoe hath come into Print And that hee might the more craftily deceive his people and Nation given wholly to the belly and to sleepe hee brought up and fed a certaine Bull which was used onely to take food from the hands of Mahomet he bound a bookâ— betwixt his hornes and the simple people looking about with an high voyce hee called the Bull out of a secret place and when hee with his babling tongue had utred many thingâ— concerning his lawes suddenâ—ly the Bull started forth and oâ—verthrowing many in his comâ—ming he layeth down the Booâ— in the hands of Mahomet as 〈◊〉 had beene a gift sent from Heaâ—ven The which hee receiving with much honour did immediatly interprete many thingâ— out of it to the people and with his forged and subtile device hee named himselfe a Prince and Serius a Prophet For the Dove brought â— paper about her necke written with Golden letters in this manner Whosoever shall put â—he yoake on the Bulls necke â—et him be King Sergius brought â—he yoke and gave it to Maâ—omet who did easily put it on the Bull and by and by â—ee was called King of the simple people thinking these â—hings to be done by Gods providence and that hee tooke the booke no otherwise In this booke they are commanded to be circumcised not for any Religion but for meere superstition or else as some say that no filth should remaine under the skinne of the yard when they did wash and bath them There was also commanded abstinence of wine and flesh that hee might the more easily cloake his disease who felt himselfe oppressed with Wine of late for Wine taken more excessively and intemperately in stopping the passages of the braine that no respiration might be had doth breed and nourish the falling sicknesse and Swiâ—â— flesh maketh grosse humourâ— wherewith obstruction of the braine commeth quickly and many other diseases springeâ—â— thereof The booke of Alcorâ—â— commandeth also the fasting of one moneth wherein a maâ— may eat all the night long so that dayly abstinence is recompensed with night 4urfeiting Mahomet appoynted also because he would have his law disagred from Christians and Hebrewes that the Friday should bee consecrated as Holy-day because hee was made King upon that day and also would not agree with any other â—ect For the same cause doe â—he Turkes also turne them into â—he South at their prayers aâ—ainst the manners of other Nations He hath also granted â—o every man foure wives of his â—wne kinred but concubines â—ond-women bought it is lawâ—ull for every man to have as many as he can keepe so that â—hey may forsake them and make a devorce as often as they â—ist and this was done to draw â—he common sort and rude mulâ—itude unto him more easily He â—aught also that the pleasures of â—he body did not hinder the hapâ—y life to come and he promised to the observers of his law a Paradise and garden of all pleasures wherein they should use their most desired joyes and all kinde of pleasures as Maidens most beautifull adorned and the embracings of Angels and all other kinde of pleasures that any man would desire with the which subtill craftinesse hee led the people flexible of their owne nature whither he would because he promised all kinde of libidinoâ—â— pleasures He reprehended the Iews for that they denied Christ to bee borne of the Virgin seeing that the Prophet through divine inspiration did prophesie the same He reproved the Christians of foolishnesse because they did beleeve JESUS to
earthly beasts comming neare to the water he dismembreth them with his nayles which hee hath sharper then any weapon His biting is cruell and sharpe and hee so rendeth with his teeth that it can never bee healed there is great store of them about Nilus because they are very fruitfull of themselves having young every yeare and also they are seldome taken It is a fearefull beast flying from those that persecute him and persecuting those that fly from him It is said that when hee goeth about to devoure a man that hee beginneth to weepe whereof hath sprung this Proverb The teares of a Crocodile that is when one doth weepe with his eyes without compassion and not with his heart and minde Pliny saith that this beast onely in his biting doth move his upper jaw he liveth in the day time upon the land and in the night time in the water his eyes be very dull in the water and his sight is marvellous sharp out of the water Some say that hee groweth and encreaseth as long as he liveth The Twelve Apostles with their Martyrdomes IAmes the Sonne of Zebedee called maior for that he was chosen to be an Apostle was sent to convert Spaine from whence by reason of the obstinacy of the people for he converted in all but nine persons hee returned shortly againe to preach in Iudea where by the envy of a Jewisâ— Bishop called Abiathar hee was accused and beheaded by the consent of Herod Agrippa His body was conveyed by his Disciples first to Ierusalem and from thence to Spaine where it yet remaineth in Compostella a famous pilgrimage Iames the sonne of Alpheus called minor for that hee was last chosen he was the first Bishop of Ierusalem and that by the space of thirty yeares and then as he was preaching in the Temple he was throwne headlong downe by the Pharises and by them stoned to death He was buried by the Temple Simon by Christ called Peter through the indignation of Nero because he had overcome Simon Magus was crucified with his head downeward according as he desired Saul after his conversion called Paul after he had endured and escaped many dangers and torments as beating with rods and put in the stocks by Philippus stoned in Lystra delivered to wilde beasts in Ephesus bound and beaten in Ierusalem and many others lastly came to Rome where by the commandement of Nero he was beheaded because he was a Roman borne the same day that Peter was crucified Paul instead of Iohn because he ended not his life with Martyrdome Philip after hee had preached through the whole Countrey of Scythia and converted a great part thereof in the space of twenty yeares was at the last in the Citty of Hierapolâ—â— when hee had there extirpeâ— the Heresie of the Hebeonites fastned to the Crosse and so dyed Bartholmew went to preach in India and afterward came to Albania a Citty of Armenia the greater where he converted the King of that Citty and destroyed the Idolls wherefore by the commandement oâ— Astiagus brother to the King Polemius whom hee had converted hee was flead alive His body was afterwards brought to Italy and is as some say at Rome Andrew Simon Peters brother went first to preach in Achaia and afterward preached in Scythia but lastly hee was taken at Patras a City of Achaia by Egeas Proconsull of that Province who because he had converted his Wife Maximilla cast him in prison where hee was sore beaten and lastly stretched out and bound on a slopâ— crosse to augment his torment and so dyed Thomas preached the Gospell to the Parthians Medes Persians Hyrcanians Bragmans and converted a great part of India He was by the Infidells throwâ— into a burning Furnace and came out unhurt Finally because he prayed God to destroy the Idoll of the Sunne which the Infidells would have compelled him to worship hee waâ— by them thrust through with speares and swords Mathew after he had preached much in Iudea he went into Ethiopia and there converted the greatest part of thaâ— countrey Finally having newly ended his prayers and lifting up his hads to Heave by the Alâ—ar certaine spies came behinde him and ranne him through with their swords which was â—one by the commandement of a King of those Counâ—ries Iudas called also Thaddeus after the ascension of our Lord was sent by Thomas to heale Aâ—agar King of of Edissa afterwards hee preached in Pontus â—nd Mesopotamia and converted â—any cruell and barbarous people Lastly hee came to Persia there for confounding of their â—dols hee was suddenly runne â—pon and murdered by the Paâ—â—n Bishops of that Countrie â—e is buried at Netre a Citty of Armenia Simon called Chaâ—aneus broâ—â—er to Thaddeus and Iames the â—â—sse after hee had preached in â—â—ypt returned to Ierusalem whereof by the consent of the Apostles he was made Bishop after the Martyrdom of his brother Iames. As touching his death and Martyrdome some say that hee suffered with his brother Iudas Thaddeus in Persia others that he was through tâ—â— envy of Hereticks accused to 〈◊〉 a Christian before the Consulâ— Atticus and therefore crucified as his Master was Mathyas after the ascension 〈◊〉 Christ chosen by the Apostleâ— to supply Iudas roome waâ— borne at Bethlehem and descended of the Tribe of Iuda He preached altogether in Iudâ—â— where lastly he was accused bâ— his enemies of perjury or raâ—ther blasphemy and thereforâ— he was condemned to be stoneâ— to death by two men duriâ—â— which torment one smote hiâ— with a hatchet and so hee suffred martyrdome The Seven Wise men of Greece BIas borne in the Haven-towne of Priâ—ne in the Countrey of Ionia Solon borne in the Iland of Salamine Chilo borne in Lacedemonia Cleobulus borne at Lindus in the I le of Rhodes Piâ—taâ—us borne at Mitylene in the I le of Lesbos Thales borne at Miâ—eto in Greece Periander King of Corinth Yong fowles hatched and brought forth without the dammes and females FOElix Vlmensis and Britenbachius write in their bookes of common peregrination and travaile that in Alexandria and and in Egypt there bee Oveâ—â— made full of holes wherein are laid three or foure thousand egges some of Geese some of Hens some of Pigeons some of Ducks and that they are hidden and covered in dung and that hot coales are set a farre of about the dung so that through the temperate heate of these things the egges by little and little waxe warme in the dung even as it were under the Hen And at length the young are hatched and brought forth so that they come by flocks out of the dung and from thence are taken and led abroad to bee fed at liberty The rites and manners of the Egyptians THe Egyptians were almost the first in the World wherof other Nations learned and took their lawes wisdome manner and living and wee reade that for learning sake Homer Dedalus Solon Plato and many other went thither Foralthough they were Gentiles and not beâ—eeving on God yet they