eares and moue thinges voyde of reason as they say of Orpheus So Chrysanthius speeche was harmonious to all men as it agreed and was fytte for such a diuersitye of manners Yet was hee styffe and stable in his sentence and opinion for the which he sawe most men at controuerly Seldome shoulde any man heare him boast of his learning or bee thereby the more insolent to others what they sayde he praysed though it were not well sayde Hee allowed an opinion though it were not of the â—est as though he hearde it not throughly seeming to bee borne to please and not to offende If there were any motion by the presence of some learned men and hee myndâ—ug to saye any thing of the coutrouersie all was full or scilence as though there had bene noman So neyther intâ—â—rogations diuisions nor repetions were requyred of him but refrayned from disputation and contradiction least they should seeme to fall into manifest fault Many that dyd but meanely knowe him and coulde not conceyue the depthe of his minde blamed his symple speeche and onelye praysed his myldnesse of mynde But when they hearde him dyspute and wrapping himselfe with reasons into prâ—cepres they thought him to be another manner man than they supposed So vnlyke dyd he seeme vnto him selfe in matters of controuersie His heayres stoode ryght vp as in a feare and his eyes testified that his minde was rapt about his doctrine Lyuing to great yeares he spent his dayes without the cares of mans causes but onely for prouision of familie mayntenance of the Plowe and gayne that was iust He better dyd beare penury than others plenty His dyet was such as might be easily gotten He neuer eate Porke and syldome any other flesh Alwayes worshipping God he applyed the reading of olde Authors diligently He differed neyther in age nor in youth For being fowre score yeares olde he wrote so many Bookes with his owne hand as few young men can reade ouer wherby his fyngers endes for the continuall vse waxed crooked When he rose from study he recreated his mynde by walking softly abroade taking this wryter with him He would walke a good way but fayre and easily So as it might be thought he had paine in his feete so much was hee caryed with declaration of the trueth Bathes he seldome vsed yet alwayes seemed as he had bene washed As touching the company of great men hee refused not for arrogancie or pride but as it may be iudged for simplicitie as a man ignoraunt of power yet he talked with them openly and plainly He taught the wryter hereof being young who came to him to Athens And continued his loue towarde him as his Childe encreasing it with dayly beneuolence And so much encreased in learning this wryter as in the morning he taught others and read Rhetorique to them that woulde heare it And after noone resorted to his chiefe master to learn more diuine and Philosophicall matter which was not painefull because he bestowed it vpon his deere beloued and to him so readily taking it the worke was a pastime Than the Christian state preuayling and ruling ouer all One Iustus came to gouerne Asia from Rome which was a long iourney He being olde and of gentle behauiour not hauing lest the auncient rites of his countrey but followed that blessed and happy manner of life euer in prayer and depending vpon the aunsweres of God being the more bolde that he prospered so well therby He came dyrectly from Constantinople to Asia and appoynted Hilarius an officer who was of his owne opinion And on the sodaine set vp Altares at Sardis where was none and repayred the Temples that were decayed and making publique Sacrifyce By his letters sent to euery place called all such as had opinion and fame of learning who came to him out of hande maruayling at him thynking nowe the tyme to be come that euerie man might vtter his knowledge Some of these put their trust in flattering lyke chyldren hoping that way to get honour glorie or gayne There was a publique Feast proclaymed at the which all weâ—â— present and among others the wryter hereof Iustus marking well and beholding the Sacrifice which lay out of order asked of them that were present what the forme of that manner of falling of the Host meant Here the flatterers were styrred with a great maruayle that he coulde diuine by Fygure and affyrmed that he onely knew it The grauer sort stryking their beardes with their fyngers endes staying their countenaunces and shaking their heads slowly and leysurely behelde the thing as it laye and sayde some one thing and some another Iustus scarcely refrayning from laughter turned to Chrysanthius speaking a lowde what saye you olde man Chrysanthius being nothing abashed sayde he disallowed all And if you sayde he wyll haue me speake what way there is of diuination say you first what kindes you know and of what forme of what question and what prefixed manner it proceedeth And if you tell this I wyll shew what the apparance sygnifyeth to come before you declare this it were a rude parte of mee to aunswere to your interrogation and to shewe of thinges to come seeing the Goddes wyll sygnifie sufficiently what shall be and ioygne that that is with that which must be hereafter By this reason there shoulde be two interrogations and no man is asked at ones of two or more for in thinges defynite controuersies hath not one consyderation Than Iustus cryed that he learned that he neuer knew before and ceassed not from that tyme to learne that he knewe not by conferrinâ— with him priuatelye to knowe from the founâ—ayne that of which he was ignoraunt At this tyme many that had names of learning came to talke with Chrysanthius moued by the fame of his excellent knowledge But when they perceyued that they were farre inferiour to that Maiestie that was in him they went their wayes The lyke happened to Hellespontius of Galatia a verie syngular man and except Chrysanthius the chiefe of all He was so desyrous of learning that he went to places vnknowen to seeke better learned than him selfe And being furnished with goodlye trauayle and great learning he came to Sardis the olde Cittie of Lydia to speake with Chrysanthius Chrysanthius had a sonne of the name of his Maister Aedesius at Pergamo of whome we haue spoken before who from a chylde enclyned to vertue as one that with wynges was created to flie to it Not hauing but one of the Horses that Plato speaketh of neyther a puffed minde but quicke swyft to knowledge whollye bent to the honour of God and so much aboue the affections of the body as he seemed almost to be created of the mindeonely His body in mouing was so delyuer as is to be scarcelye credyted as one according to the Poets that was caryed in the ayre He had such familiaritie with diuine matter and that so easily and so readily that it was superfluous to set a
THE LYVES Of Philosophers and Oratours Written 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. Wherein may be seene The deepe knowledge of Philosophie The wonderfull workes of secrete Artes. The maruelous effects of perfight eloquence The singuler giftes of naturall qualities The enuie of the ambitious against the learned The daingerous dayes that then befell for faythe The one of Christians the other of Infidels ⧠Imprinted at London by Richard Iohnes and are to be solde at his shop ouer against S. Sepulchres Church without Newgate The xx daye of May. ⧠To the right Honorable Sir Thomas Bromley Knight one of the Queenes Maiesties most Honourable priuie Counsel and Lorde Chauncellour of England MAy it like your good Lordship The renowmed sentence of diuine Plato so oft celebrated in Dedication of Bookes to Princies and great personages wherein he affirmeth that those States dooflorish where Kinges be Philosophers or Philosophers be Kinges seemeth not so sound to some that are professours of the Doctrine of the same Plato For they that are occupied in publique affaires be wont to leaue the studies of learning because the life full of busines taketh awaye the leysure of the learned And the nearer we approche to Iupiter who is Lord of gouernment the further we straye from Mercurie who is Prince of learning Moreouer the Sunne signifieth Magistrates and Honours and Saturne betokeneth Philosophers and Letters whose kingdoms houses in heauē be contrary one to another Thē what Prince cā be a philosopher or what Philosopher shal be a Prince To this an aunswer is made by Plotinus who is the first Philosopher that is spoken of in this worke That the minde of mā is more mightier then the nature of the Heauens and earth and so bringeth to passe that the one dooth not promise nor the other permit Then to let this stand as it did They haue beene accoumpted to be Philosophers that studieth to know the causies of diuine humaine things to teache and follow the way of good life of the which they were called Maisters of vertue Diuines of the earth who as sacred Ministers should speake and doo nothing but that should tend to godlines Of these so rare men Eunapius hath vvritten the second race of the chiefe learned florishing frō the reignes of Galienus and Tacitus xiii hundred yeares past vnto the time of Theodotius or there aboute This Booke laye hid in Hungarie tyll Hadrianus Iunius a great learned man did cause it to be Printed in Greeke and Translated it into Latine and a eleuen yeares since Dedicated it to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie our Soueraigne Lady Elizabeth and brought it ouer into England where hauing continued thus long is now become English and vnder the protection and authoritie of your Lordship he sueth beseecheth that it may be made of the English natiō And so being accepted remaining also a faithful member he may with feruent minde pray to the Lord of Lords for the longe preseruation of your Lordship in continuance of Honour and good lyking to the glory of God the contentacion of the Prince and commoditie of the Countrie H. I. H. ⧠The Epistle of Adrianus Iunius to the Queenes Maiestye ¶ To the moste gracious and mightye Elizabeth of Englande Fraunce and Irelande Queene THe saying of Plato is commonly spoken and vsed in euery mans mouthe and yet I doubt if it be of euery man so well vnderstanded moste Gracious Queene that kingdomes are happy where either Princies be Philosophers and geuen to Learning or Sapient and learned men doo gouerne Kingdomes The which saying containeth more inwardlie then it sheweth outwardly as I thinke For whereas Plato the fowntaine of Wisdom doth propound two officies and chargies of Philosophie that is to know diuine things and to gouerne humaine matters he ment that then Commonwealthes and Kingdomes should be happy blessed when Princes should haue the knowledge of God heauēly things And being instructed with that knowledge would minister the law purely study for the publike weale keepe the people in obedience These be the two Anchores which the Thebane Poet thought meet to be cast to stay the ship that is tossed with the tempest These be the two Nurses which Antiquitie assigned to Iupiter Ite and Adrastia The one moderatrice of right the other distributrice of holy and iust Diotimus thought these to be necessary ministracies to the gouernment and preseruation of kingdomes Iustinian the Emperour being instructed by great plenty of learned men knew none other Philosophy when he comprehended the prudence of the law within the compasse of her barres and affirmed it was the knowledge of diuine and humaine thinges This Philosophy the moste learned Poet ioyneth together in Anio whome when he maketh both a King and a Prieste by the example of the Iewes what els doth he meane to shewe but that he had knowledge of diuine things ruled his people iustly by lawes of authority These artes which be surer and stronger Locke◠then those wherewith Philippe of Macedonie saide he held Grecia being giuen to you from God dooth maruelously bewtifie your Kingdom moste gracious Queene for as much as beinge so instructed you knowe how to rule and maintaine bothe partes And for as much as after the example of Chrysanthas of Xenophon making no difference betweene a good Prince and a good Father you beare and shew the affection of a parent toward your subiects and being constant in cleamencie you are cleare from crudelitie In this following Agis Kinge of Lacedaemonia who sayd that a Kinge might gouerne his Realme without force of armes if he woulde gouerne his Subiects as a Father dooth his Children in as much as by the diuine artes of peace you adorne enritche and that I may vse the sacred worde you do sanctifye your most florishing Kingdome Hereof it is that among the chiefe ornamentes of this world you are accompted the onely Queene and exalted with moste exceeding praise Plato the Prince of witte and fountaine of pure Philosophie did thinke that to proper names their was a certaine diuine strength agreeable to nature and that moste truelye For what name coulde more aptlye be giuen to the nature of your Maiestie then that which she hath as in the which dooth shine a most certaine and vndoubted testimony of God euen that same which the word signifieth with the Hebrewes that is An holesome and sweete studie of peace a friend of Heauen comming from none other place but from Heauen engrafted to you in your byrth to the which streight from the Cradell succeeded the helpe of singuler and rare learning
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 Bithynâ—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 coÌ„ming 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 â–ª of Demonactes a Philosopher of his tyme 〈◊〉 An that booke vsing persyt diligence which he dyd nâ—â—â— 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 â—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 â—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 meÌ„ 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 disâ—â—se and went to
Lelibaeuin one of the three Forelands of Cicilia towarde Affrica There he lay in paine and passions refusing all meate and forsaking all men The great Plotinus was not deceyued herein but eyther by following his steppes or seeking for him found him out where he was layde and by good words so comforted him as he called againe the life that was going from the body and made it able to retaine the same So as he recouered and was safe and after wrote the talke that was between them But the secretes of Philosophie being hydden as Poetry in Fables Porphyrius finding the remedy to make them manifest with praise of his experience dyd write a Treatise of them and gaue lyght vnto them Then he returned to Rome and renewed his study shewing proofe of it publiquely The glory of Porphyrius redounded to Plorinus by whome both the Senate and the people knew he was enstructed Plotinus seemed harde darke for the diuine and obscure subtiltie of his wordes and workes But Porphyrius as a Cheane of Mercury ful of variety of learning sent amoÌ„g men declared euery thing firmly and plainly For he sayth in a place which paradventure he wrote when he was young that he had reuelation of more diuine knowledge then the common sort And in the same booke he wryteth howe a man should apply his diligence vpon such matter He saith further that he droue a deuil out of a Bathe whome the inhabitaunts called Causanthan His chiefe Scholefelowes as himselfe writeth were Origenes Amelius and Aquilinus and that they wrote some Bookes but their style was barren though their precepts were good aptly set forth in words Yet Porphyrius prayseth them for their grauitie he receyuing all the thanks and onely celebrating and setting forth his Maister being endued with al kind of knowledge A man may doubt and maruayle wherin he dyd most excell Whether in the Arte of Rethorike or exact knowledge of the groundes of Grammer in the science of numbring or in Geometry or Musicke For Philosophie neyther left he any thing vnknowen neyther coulde he well expresse what he knew For natural and diuine knowledge I leaue them to Religion and Misteries Such a generall knowledge had he in all manner of vertue that a man may doubt whether the pleasantnes of his Orations or the pithinesse of his precepts or the vehemencie of his speaches deserueth more prayse It seemeth he was maried to Marcella for there is a Booke directed to Marcella his wife whome he sayth he maryed being mother to liue Children not to haue Chyldren by her but to teach her Chyldren which she had by a friend of his It seemeth also he lyued tyll he was olde wherby he left some workes contrary to his former wrytings Of the which I can not iudge the cause but that in tyme he thought otherwyse They say he dyed at Rome at which tyme Paulus and Andromacus of Syria were rectors of Rethorike in Athens And it is very lyke it was about the tyme of Galienus Claudius Tacitus Aurelianus and Probus In whose dayes Dexippus lyued that wrote a story of that tyme a man fulfylled with all learning and good vertues Jamblicus NExt these Iamblicus was the Philosopher of most fame He was of good byrth from wealthy and fortunate Parents His Countrey was Calcide which is a Citie of the hollow part of Syria He was familiar with Anatolius who after Porphyrius was most esteemed and passed him farre and atteyned to the heyght of Philosophy After him he ioygned with Porphyrius to whome he was not inferior but in purity and pyth of style For he dyd not vse his speach with sweetnes delyght nor had any clearenes nor ioyed in neate phrases Yet was he not vtterly obscure nor faulty in his style but as Plato sayth of Xenocrates he dyd not sacrifice to the graces of Mercurie Therfore he doth not deteyne his Auditor nor allure him to reade but rather affray him and turneth him from it For his keeping of Iustice he was so fauord of the Gods as multitudes resorted vnto him from euery place to be partakers of his doctrine of whome who was the best it is harde to tell For there was Sopater of Syria who was most eloquent in worde and wryting Aedesius and Eustathius of Cappadocia Theodorus and Euphrasius of Grecia which excelled in vertue and many other not much inferiour in eloquence It is a wonder how he could please all He was sree to euery of them He dyd lytle for him selfe without his Disciples and fellowes and that for a respect to god He accompanied much with his friendes His dyet was symple and alter the olde manner He cheered his guests and fylled them with his sweete talkes They that were not wery nor full of his discourses were his common guests They that durst best speake would come foorth and saye O most diuine Maister why art thou so alone Why doest thou not imparte thy rare Sapience to vs A talke is tolde vs by thy seruaunts that when thou art at thy prayers thou art taken vp ten cubytes hygh and that thy body and garment is turned into colour of fayre golde And when thy prayers are done thy body returneth to his old estate as it was before thou dyddest pray and commeth to the grouÌ„d againe and than thou lâ—ttest vs haue thy company At these wordes Iamblicus laughâ—d not being very prone to laughter and sayd He was no foole that hath deceyued you thus But from henceforth I wyl do nothing without you Thus he shewed himselfe and it came to the wryters knowledge by Chrysanthius his Scholemaister that was of Sardis and he was very samiliar Scholler with Aedesius and Aedesius one of the chefe with Iamblicus and of them that vsed the aboue written wordes to him Furthermore he shewed great demonstration of his diuine knowledge after this sorte The Sunne dyd shew vpon the extreme partes of the Orizon when he entreth into the sygne of the Dogge at which tyme a Sacrifice was woont to be made in one of the Suburbs And when all was well fynished they returned into the Cittie going leysurely for they had a talke of God agreeing with the Sacrifice Than the voyce fayled and he fyxing his eyes on the ground for a tyme looked vpon his friends and cryed to them Let vs go another way for a dead body is caryed not farre of When he had thus sayde he tooke another way as he thought more pure Some followed him thynking it a shame to leaue their Maister But the more part and youthfull sort among whome was Aedesius thought it a superstitious poynt and lyke Houndes that hunted after their game went on their way They had not gone farre but they met with the buriers of the dead Corps dyd not leaue it so but asked them if they went that way they sayde they must needes for there was none other This dyd the
more testify his diuine knowledge as there was no vse of syght but a secrete knowledge by odour They would haue tryed it in a greater matter but Iamblicus tolde them it was not in his power but at tyme of opportunity Not long after it seemed good to them to go to Gadara the season seruing to the Bathe of Syria in goodnes next the Romaines Bathe of Baia with the which no hote Bathe can compare They vse to go to Gadara yearely And so being in the Bathe they with him reasoning of the same Iamblicus smiling sayd Although I am forbiddē by God to opē this vnto you yet for your sakes I wyll vtter it He wylled his cōpanions to learne of the dwellers what the auncient name was of the two litle Baths that were of most price They did as he required them and vnderstood that the one was called Loue and the other Loues Contrary without any further knowledge of the originall He by and by styrring the water for he sate in the mouthe of the Bathe where the water runneth out hauing spoken few words he raysed a Childe from the bottom of the Fowntaine The Childe was whyte and of meane stature his heare yelow his shoulders very whyte and altogether like one that washed and had beene washed His companions being amased let vs go sayde he to the other Bathe He arose and went afore as in a muse And doing there as he did before hee raysed the other Loue like to the fyrst in all respectes sauing his heares were black and red hanging ouer his shoulders He embrased bothe the Boyes and they cloue to him as to a gentill naturall father whom he restored to their former places Whē he was washed he went his waye his frends maruailing much from that time left asking of questions And being drawne with the euident signes as with a brydle that cannot breake gaue him credite in all thinges There is other matter more strainge and monstrous told of him of the which I will put none to wrighting Thinking it to men to be hurtful and to God hatefull to commit to syrme and stable history vaine and strainge tromperie yea I wright thys fearefully only following such men as not beleuing others were compelled to these by plaine sence None of his friends wrote these that I doo know Aedesius telling it modestlye neyther he wrighting it nor any other being bolde to doo it In Iamblicus his time liued Alypius most persite in the arte of Logicke whose body was most small and little bigger then a Pigmey The body apparant might be thought a soule and a spirite the corruptible part not growing great was distributed into diuine matter For as the great Plato sayth Diuine bodyes haue a contrarie being to them that be mixed with mindes so may a man say that he was transformed into a soule of the which he was possessed as of a god Alypius had many followers but his manner of teaching was onely by familier spech No mā brought a booke Therfore they gladly made recourse to Iamblicus as to draw and drinke of a flowing Fowntaine not containing it self within the brinke The same of them bothe encreasing it hapned that they met together as two Starres being beset with an audience as in a great Schole and Iamblicus staying to be asked rather thē to aske Alypius beyond al expectation leauing Philosophicall matter in the mydest of the audience sayd vnto him Tell me O Philosopher whether a ritch man be vniust or the heire of an vniust person for in these there is no meane He not liking the subtiltie of the question sayd O rare man it is not the trade of our teaching what is superfluous in outward things but if a man doe followe inwardlye with vertues meete for a Philosopher And thus said he departed and all the audience with him as he wente merueling at the subtility of the question he procured talke with him priuately at sundry times and so loued him for his witte and learning as when he departed he wrote his life For he that wrote this treatise had that booke which was very obscurely written and ouerlaide with deepe clowdes not so much for the hardnes of speeche as sor that it contained tedious matter of Alypius doctrine whereof there is no memorie how the disputations were vsed That booke spake of a going to Rome of the which there was no cause shewed nor no great qualitie of the minde but that many had the man in admyration but what he sayde or dyd there is no mention This singuler man Iamblicus seemeth to haue that fault that Painters haue who when they painte them of florishing yeares and wil set foorth the picture with somewhat of them selues they do marre the forme they would expresse and swarue from the plat and be auty of their example So he propounding to praise the trueth falleth into the sharpenes of punishmentes and misfortunes exercised in his time but the causes and occasions he neyther dyd particularly expresse nor went about it and did confounde the patterne of his whole life Hardly this he left to be perceyued of them that can with great cunning gather that he did wonder at the man and allowed his constancie in aduersitie and the finenesse deapth of his Oration He was of Alexandria And thus much of Alipius who dyed in his Country when he was old and after him Iamblicus leauing many Fountaines and foundations of Philosophie He that wrote this was of their company and other of their rehearsed Schollers were dispersed thoroughout the whole Romaine Empire and Aedesius abode at Pergamo in Asia Aedesius Aedesius of Cappadotia tooke Iamblicus office and taught his Schollers He came of a good house but of no great substance Therefore his Father sent him to Athens to learne some Art of profyte being returned and his father thinking to haue gotten gaine by him and perceyuing he had spent his time in Philosophy he put him out of his house as vnprofitable and pursued him saying What doth Philosophie profit thee Very much father saide he turning and kneeling downe which when his father saw he called him home againe and marueiled at his constancie and minding to be ruled by him sent him againe to his study which he had discontinued Hee sent him afore and followed with reioycing as a father rather of a Diuine creature then a mortall man He going before all other that then were famous or of whom he had bin Auditor and hauing gottē knowledge of Philosophy went to the singular Iamblicus no long way from Cappadocia to Sytia Whom when he did see and hard him speake he did depend vpon him and coulde not be satisfyed with his words so as in the end Aedesius was not much inferiour to Iamblicus except in Diuination of the which I can write nothing for that Aedesius kept it secret for the time Constantine being Emperour and in euery place destroying goodly Temples and erecting
Philometer leaue to burne wood in vaine as though he knew what Sorcery he went about He thinking he heard God speake honoured Maximus and left his practise despising the purpose he had taken in hande From henceforth Sosipatra loued him purely and so dyd he her And chauncing that they being all with her except Philometer who was at his pastime they fell into a disputation of the soule of the which diuerse argumentes were made When Sosipatra spake she confuted the former opinions with euident demonstrations Then she entreated of the soule generally What part was punishable what immortall like one that had bene rapt with a diuine furie And as she had sayde sodenly she held her peace lyke one in a traunce And staying a lytle she cryed Alack my cosyn Philometer ryding in his Chariot is ouerthrowen in a very slippery and vnequall place He was in daunger of breaking his legges but his seruants were diligent saued him yet is he hurt in his haÌ„ds and his shoulders but without daunger he is set vp againe and calleth on the Gods. This she sayd and it was so All men thought Sosipatra was in euery place and knew euery thing as Philosophers affyrmeth of the Gods. She dyed leauing three chyldren Of two of their names I shall not neede to wryte The thyrd named Antoninus was worthy of his Parentes and lay about Canobus one of the mouthes of the flood Nilus and applyed the trade of that place to be as his mother had pronosticated of him Young men that desyred to purge their soules with Philosophy resorted to him The Temple being full of persons and he occupied about the holy things as a man that serued God yet no God tolde them that after his death there should be no more Temple All the goodly holy things of Serapis should be defaced turned to confusion and deformity And that the rude darknesse which had bene thought a Fable should haue great power vpon earth All the which sayings tyme dyd confirme and the effect shewed the violence of the prophesie to be true Of this sort some haue bene left for I wyll not wryte the morning moouinges of Hesiodus as certaine influences of Stars and dyd enter into another kinde of Philosophers and there remained To whom that study was a profyt being alwayes at the barre as Socrates in Athens at the Porch royall and by that meanes contemned mony and lost rytches The plaine Roabe of Philosophy was to remember Sosipatra and often speake of Eustathius Men might see so many Chests of Books â—ull and stâ—ffâ—d as might ouerlade Camels all the which they had learned and not written of the auncient Philosophers but Testaments Copies and notes of their actions all things which are woont to be praysed by this lyfe full of error frailty and misery And of them the prediction of Sosipatra was not vaine Whose names I mynd not to recyte for this Booke is to speake of good men and not of euyl Yet one of her Chyldren Antoninus by name of whom I spake before remaining at Alexandria was so delighted with Canobus that he gaue himself wholy to the Ceremonies of secrete sanctity and the worshipping of the Goddes neglecting his body and the pleasures of the same embrasing Philosophy that was hyd to the people Of whom we might wryte at large But he touching matter of Religion vttred nothing straunge to the common sence of men paraduenture suspecting and fearing the proceedings of the Emperour tending to other matter His conscience patience and stability euery man reuerenced and they that came to traffyke at Alexandria came to him by Sea. Alexandria was a populous Citty for the Temple of Scrapis an holy habitation vnto the which they flowed by multitudes from all places of the world and when they had done their deuotion they repayred as fast to Antoninus taking recreation by water to go to a man of worthinesse They that were admitted to his company propounded some question and were freely and fully instructed with the Sapience of Plato They that propounded problemes of diuine matter spake to a picture for nothing was aunswered them But with stable and vnmouing eyes he looked vp to heauen not easily to be brought to such disputations It was seene not long after that there was a diuine knowledge in him For he was no sooner dead but the deuotion of Alexandria and the Temple of Serapis was destroyed And not only the Religion but the houses and all things was fordoone As in Poeticall Fables of the force of Gyants And the Temples at Canopus suffred the lyke For Theodosius being Emperour and Theophilus his Lieftenant as Eurimedon Who among the cruell Gyants Was one of all the chiefest Tyrants And Venereus ciuill gouernour hauing the charge of the Romaine army in Egipt wreaked their teâ—ne vpon stones and workers of stones destroyed the Temple of Serapis and spoyled holy things making warre without warning and getting victory without resystance Thus they warred against pyctures and paintings not onely beating them down but ransaking them making it a discipline of warre to hyde euery stolne thing Only the pauement of the Temples remayned which they could not carry away for heapâ—s of stones Thus these valiant warriours kept their hands without bloud but not without Gold. Glorying they had ouercome Gods and boasting in committing of sacriledge impâ—ety They brought into these holy places them that they call Monks in shape men but in lyfe beasts Openly committing and doing wicked euylles not to be spoken And it is a poynct of their holynesse to destroy holy places Euery man now had tyrannicall power that would weare a blacke garment and be seene abroade in vnseemely array To such an opinion of vertue were men brought of the which we speake in the most part of our Historie They did place Monks at Canobus that mortall slaues should be honoured in steede of immortall Gods and mens mynds be entangled with vngodly matter Some of their heads that were punished for their great offences were saltyd shewed as Gods to be honoured although as theeues they had bene punished Men thought them selues the better when they erred in going to the Sepulchres They were called Martyrs Deacons and Legates of the prayers that were made to God being vyle slaues and branded for their faultes carying the scarres of their whyppings as markes of their lewdnesse Yet the earth bringeth forth such Gods. This dyd confyrme the great diuinatioÌ„ of Antoninus saying that Temples should be made Sepulchres The great Iamblicus as we wrote in his lyfe wheÌ„ one had raysed Apollo and euery man afrayde that saw him he came among them and sayde maruayle no more good friendes for this is the Image of a Sword player So diuerse is it to see a thing with the minde and with the deceyptfull eyes of the body Iamblicus told the present euyll But Antoninus the things that were to come Which thing onely was
cause of his griefe For he came to a quiet ende in olde age without any sicknesse but it was greeuous and heauy to good men for the ruines of the Temples Maximus WE haue made mention of Maximus before the wryter hereof did see him and came to his company when he was olde and heard his voyce which was as if one had heard Homers Minerua or Apollo The balles of his eyes were rollyng His beard was long His looke declared the vehemency of his minde It was a ioy to heare him or see him With both sences dyd he pearce his coÌ„pany that could not abyde the sharpnesse of his eyes nor the swiftnesse of his tongue There was none so well learned or eloquent in his company that durst speake against him But being sylent they depended vpon his wordes as an Oracle So great a sweetnesse sate in his lyps He was come of good house and wealthy He had Brethren whome he would not suffer to go before him he being the fyrst Claudianus who taught at Alexandria and Nymphidianus who professed with prayse at Smyrna This man was taught by Aedesius by whose Sapience he was caught And when Iulianus raygned chosen to be Schoolemaister only all the other being sequestred by Constantius as we wyll shew plainly in Iulianus lyfe Constantinus house decaying only Iulianus was left who for his tender age and weaknesse was despysed The Kings Vncles dyd keepe him and obserued that he should be a good Christian After the which tyme he shewed the docility of his nature For he had in memory euery booke so as they coulde not beare with the swyftnes of his wytte not hauing what to teach him When they had no more to teach him nor he to learne of them they desyred his Cosyn Constantius to let him study Rhetorique and Philosophy Which by the wyll of God he dyd permyt Minding to haue him wander and to be ydle in bookes rather then to haue any minde of kingdomes When this was graunted and a great reuenew and princely trayne appointed to him he weÌ„t whether he would And came to Pergamo being mooued with the fame of Aedesius who was nowe waxen olde and weake in body His chiefe familiars was Maximus of whome we now wryte Chrysanthius of Sardis Priscus of Thesprotis or Molossus and Eusebius of Caria of the Cittie of Mindo Iulianus in whome was a sage youth was admitted to familiaritie with Aedesius being rauished with the sharpnes and excellencie of his minde and would not depart Being lyke to them that be stong with the Serpent Dypsas with vnsatiable thyrst and desyre he would receyue the doctrine He sent princely gifts vnto him which he would not receyue but calling for him sayde Thou knowest my minde thou hast heard me talke Thou seest the dispositioÌ„ of it if thou wylt do any thing being a louing chyld of Sapience for so do I gather by the tokens of the minde go among my gentle schollers of whom thou shalt be fylled with all kinde of learning and knowledge Thou knowest the misteries that shall make thee wysh thou haddest not bene a mortall man I would Maximus were here but he is sent to Ephesus The lyke I might say of Priscus but he is gone into Grecia The rest of my good Schollers be Eusebius and Chrysanthius whom if thou wilt heare y shalt not neede to come to me WheÌ„ Iulianus had heard this he did not therfore leaue him though he meant to spend his time with Maximus Chrysanthius Chrysanthius was lynked with Maximus in the works of maruelous science by inspiration leauing lyberal arts And Eusebius when Maximus was preseÌ„t would not medle with the finenes of Logike and Rhetorike WheÌ„ he was absent he did shine like a glittering Star such pleasantnes grace was in his words Chrysanthius praised him and agreed with him and Iulianus honored him Eusebius made this conclusion that those things had being that were in deede But they that deceyue their sences be works of Sorcâ—rers of them that dally with matters of the earth with mad perswasions When Iulianus had heard this determination he called Chrysanthius asyde sayd If thou louest the truth tell me the effect of this conclusion He coÌ„sidering the matter deepely said You shall do best not to learne this of me but of the Author himselfe Which when he heard he did so made great accoumpt of Chrysanthius for this aunswer When they met againe Iulianus spared not to delyuer the matter boldly asked him what he meant by that conclusion Then Eusebius with sweete words sayd Maximus one of the most auncieÌ„t best learned Auditors for the sharpnes of his nature contemned these lessons and gaue himselfe to a certaine Magike And sodenly called vs to Hecates TeÌ„ple where many of vs were witnes of his fondnesse When we were come had made reuerence to the Gods. Sit downe good friends sayd he marke what you shall see if I passe the coÌ„mon sort of men When he had said this we sat downe He made a peece of Insence cleane and whisperiÌ„g a certain praier to himself wrought such a feat as y goddesse smiled as if it wer a smiliÌ„g indeed We being troubled with the syght he sayd Let none of you be afrayde of this for by and by the Lampes shall burne that she had in her handes He had no sooner spoken but the flames flushed from her fyngers We maruayled at this cunning and went our way Do not you maruayle at this no more then I that by puritie of reason thinke it no great matter When diuine Iulian had heard this he sayd Farewell and apply thy booke for thou hast tolde mee what I thought Hauing thus sayd and kyssed Chrisanthius he went to Ephesus Where he accompanied with Maximus and earnestly studied his doctrine But Maximus called to him the learned Chrysanthius being scarcely able to teach the young man sufficiently in the knowledge of Sapience Who being instructed of them and vnderstanding that there was more to be learned in Grecia of y Goddesses Priests went thyther with speede What name the Priests had at this tyme it is not meete sor me to tell For he gaue the wrighter orders and brought him into the fellowshyp of the Eumolpidaes He foresaw the destruction of Grecia and the defasing of Temples in the presence of this writers hearing and affyrmed he should be a Priest after him although it shoulde not be lawfull for him to vse his office because he was sacred to strange Goddes and should sweare solemnly not to serue them yet he sayd he should be a chiefe in the Cleargy though he were not an Athenian borne And so much dyd he foresee that in his tyme he sayde Temples and holy things should be destroyed and he see it and be contemned for his obstinacy though he vsed his duety to the Goddesses and should be depriued of his honour and neyther be Priest nor dye
Cittie for he could well flatter and please the great men being thought seditious at Athens despised others and magnifyed him selfe Therfore he sent him thyther as not ignoraunt of that Citties subtilties For as touching his eloquence it is inough to say he was an Aegiptian For that Nation is giuen to Poetry insomuch as Mercurie when he had earnest businesse to do would not dwell with them Musonius his Disciple succeeded him in Rhetorique of whome we haue sayd aboundantly for other causes in our Histories He being appointed to aunswere and perceyuing with whome he had to doo leapt into ciuile causes He was put from teaching in Iulianus reigne because he was a Christian perceyuing that Ieraphantus as the God of Delphos dyd foresee things to come and tell them to the requirers that with great skyll and sleyght dyd intercept his knowledge The Emperour dyd affygne Landes to learned men that they should be exempt from trybute Proaeresius required him to shew by Oracle whether this lyberality shoulde be of continuaunce he denyed it The other by othâ—r meane learning what would follow lyued more at quiet At this tyme the wryter being syxteene yeares of age entred Athens and was admitted his Scholler and loued as his sonne The fyfthe yeare he would haue gone into Aegipt but his friendes called him againe and set him to the study of Eloquence to the which euery man exhorted him Proaeresius dyed shortly after a man of such quality as all the worlde was fylled with his eloquence and inhabited of his Disciples Epiphanius HE was of Syria most wyttie in iudginge questions of controuersie but in Rhetorique not vehement He was one of Proaeresius tyme and attayned to great Fame Mans nature cannot abyde one to be praysed alone but for malice and enuie wherto they be enclined they set vp another against them that haue Fame and glory Making principles of contraries as they do in naturall Philosophy He dyed not very olde of bloody disease and his wife a very fayre woman suffred the lyke They had no chylde This wryter knew him not being long before his trauaile Diophantus DIophantus was of Arabia following Sciences The same opinion of men obiected him against Proaeresius as if a man woulde set Callimachus against Homer But Proaeresius laughed at these thinges and at the men that sought estimation in this behalf This wryter knew him and heard him many times openly declame which to put to the writinges aforesaid remember it seemeth not good For the memory is of worthy men not a wryting to be laughed at He made the funerall Oration of Proaeresius who dyed before him and thus they say he spake to Selamine and the Medians O Marathon and Salamine nowe you shal be in sylence What a trompe haue you lost of your prayses He left two sonnes geuen to pleasure and rytches Sopolis THis wryter dyd many tymes heare Sopolis He was a follower of y old speeche desyrous to attayne to a sounde doctrine He knocked at the doore oft ynough but it was open but syldome A soft weake sound dyd cracke from thence A lytle diuine breath issewed which pleased the audience But dyd not beare a way the flowing streame of the fountayne at Delphos He had a sonne who they say dyd ascend to the chayre of learning Himerius Blthyria brought forth this maÌ„ This wryter knew him not Yet he was of his tyme but was gone to the Emperour Iulianus to shew himself not to hinder Proaeresius was wel receyued of the Emperour Who being dead he continued his trauayle when Proaeresius was dead he came to Athens He was sweete and pleasant in his Orations He had a perswading way probable to the people and sometime not vnlyke to diuine Aristldes After his daughter he dyed in his age of the falling syeknesse Parnasius IN this tyme was Parnasius in the chayre and teaching Hauing scholers that might be well numbred yet of great name Libanius ANtioche brought forth Libanius the chiefe Citie of that part of Syria that is called Holow The worke of the noble Seleucus Nicator He was of a good house and taken with the best when he was young ruler of him selfe his Parents being dead he came to Athens neyther to Epiphanius nor Proaeresius that were of greatest name that he should not be obscure in such a nuÌ„ber of scholers great glory of maisters Being caught with them of Diophantus he cloue to him but as they that knew him very well affirme among the scholers and familiars he was lytle conuersaunt neyther tedious to his maister But of him selfe followed the forme of auncient Rhetorique which he expressed both in tongue minde As they that oft do shoote somtyme do hyt the marke Diligence continuall in instruments bringeth an arte not a science So Libanius by zeale and imitation forcing him selfe to follow the olde Oratours that were accoumpted best made good steppes and passed thorough the most of the way Trusting in his eloquence and perswading him selfe to be equall with them that were in estimation he would not be hydden in a lytle Cittie but went to Constantinople a Cittie most famous and wealthy hauing neede of their wordes works that could set the same forth He quickly became notable there And after a tyme returned to his Countrey Where he continued all his lyfe which was long Wherfore the memory worthy his lyfe is shewed in our Chronicle of Iulianus actes Now his priuate doings are rehearsed None of his friendes or familiars went away without a taunt What euery mans maner was he well marked and vnderstoode his minde whether he enclined to vertue or vice Such a one he was in describing and vttering the condition of men all the which he dyd with a nyppe His familiars supposed to be in him an other him selfe Therfore his acquaintaunce sayd he was a table and Image of sundry facions Neyther coulde he be perceyued of his Scholers were they neuer so many to what part he enclined But to contrary nature of contrary maners he was lyked euen of them that were contrary to his profession So euery man dyd thinke to beholde their conditions alone in him not without admiration so diuers formes of sundry qualities were found in him at ones He also despised mariage yet he had a woman as his wyfe but not of lyke worthynesse His Orations were colde and barraine without lyfe so as in this poynt it seemed he was without a teacher For the common rules woont to be knowen to chyldren he knew not But in Epistles and such other lyke familiar talke he rose sufficiently to the auncient forme His wrytinges are full of grace and pleasantnesse of Comedy and acumlynes is to be founde scattered thorough his workes All the Syrophaenitians hath that manner of speech which may be taken of him by learning They of Attica calleth it sensyble and sharpe He laboured this
Oribasius he must be a gentle Philosopher that he may knowe what to esteeme aboue al other Such an armony and grace was shed and ioyned with al men in his samiliar acquaintance Ionicus IOnicus was of Sardis whose father was a singular Phisitian being Zenos Disciple He came to the lyght of knowledge In somuch as Oribasius had him in admiration He was most skylfull in the symples and compositions of Phisicke and best in particular practiâ—â— He had perfit knowledge in mans body and a thorough searcher of nature There was no medicine nor iudgement that was vnknowen to him no not pâ—â—isters that the most cunning laye to sores to â—bate the superfluitie and auoyde the encombraunce The best deuisor and practised man to close the corrupted partes and not to let other cut them All the actes and names he knew insomuch as they that had greatest name in Phisicke woondred at his dilligence and plainly confessed that being holpen by him they knew indeede what the auncients had wrytten and brought it into vse as names hyd with the wrytings Besyde this hee had great knowledge in other thinges of learning and Sapience And in diuination that appertayned to foresee the cure of men by arte of Phisicke and of the other that dependeth of Philosophy and endeth there for them that maye be holpen by secrete wayes He had also great knowledge in Rhetorique and other sciences And was not ignoraunt oâ— Poetrie He dyed a lytle before this was written hauing two chyldren woorthy of prayse and fame At this tyme one Theon of Galatia was of great fame Nowe let vs returne to Philosophers from whome we haue digressed Chrysanthius CHrysanthius was the cause that this Treatise was wrytten teaching the wryter from a Chylde and susteyning him to the ende as a lawe of beneuolence towarde him Yet for all that nothing shall be spoken partially of him for he loued trueth aboue all thinges and fyrst taught it chiefly We wyll not augment the benefyte receyued cut rather speake most moderatly of him for so it was agreed betweene vs Chrysanthius was of the Senate and for Nobilitie accoumpted with the best One Inocentius was his Grandfather a man of great rytches and estimation being appointed by the Emperours to make Lawes There be bookes of his extant written both in Greeke and Latine Which testifieth his deepe and stayed iudgement and contayne knowledge of these thinges for such as be desyrous of them Chrysanthius being left young of his Father and geuen to Philosophy by his diuine nature went to Pergamo to the great Aedesius And growing in yeares had such a desyre and thyrst of Philosophy as chancing on such a Teacher as dyd geue him inough to aslake his thyrst he lost no lesson nor gaue place to any in dilligence For he was of a sounde and strong body acquaynted with labour He got full knowledge in Aristotle and Plato and gaue all his minde to Philosophy And hauing vnderstanded all the sormes of the same he was of inclination to obtayne eloquence and in good way of exercise and doctrine He ouercame euery enterprise that he tooke in hande and had boidnes to make declaration of his proofe apt to speake and to be sylent also And when he spake to get the maistry he would vse high prayse and pompe After this he went to the study of knowledge of the Goddes and followed the Sapience that Pythagoras taught and other that followed him Besyde olde Architas and Tyaneus Apolonius and them that honoured Apolonius surely diuine men yet mortall After this study Chrysanthius going the strayght way taking the fyrst occasion by these principles and guides he prospered and attayned to such a perfection of the minde which Plato calleth a purgation as he gotte the full of all that science to the vttermost and was perfyte in all foresyght Men sayde he dyd better see than speake of things to come as one that euer had bene present with the Goddes After he had bestowed a good tyme this waye and coferred with Maximus very much he left his society For being contentious and obstinate of nature striuing against the tokens that God sent he searched and wrestled for others But Chrysanthius by induction when he had seene the fyrst stayde with the sygnifications that were geuen and eyther had the victory or if he were wroong supplyed it by polecie And when Iulianus the Emperour sent for them both by one calling appoynting souldiours for their honour bringing a perswasion from Thessalie ioygned with a neâ—â—ssitie that it seemed he dyd communicate with God and manifestly wrought with him as a priuate and dayly workman of the lower sort to iudge the tokens of God forbydding his going But Maximus continued fast in the Ceremonies and deuoutly vsing the Sacrifyces with cryes he would aske of God other tokens to differ the destiny And where he had styll contrary tokens and therby caused Chrysanthius to trye it againe yet at length the wyll of the Goddes was manifested by sygnes and their determination many times shewed by Sacrifice although the thing that appeared was not by him approued So as Maximus tooke that iourney which was cause of all calamitie Euen so Chrysanthius taryed at home At the fyrst the Emperour consydered the cause and coniectured why Chrysanthius would not come because he sawe difficulty in the matter Notwithstanding Iulianus wrote againe for him and not onely exhorted him but also moued his wyle to perswade him to come Chrysanthius againe resorted to diuine knowledge And the Goddes shewed him continually all one tokens The which comming oft to passe and the Emperour hauing great opinion of him gaue him the chiefe Byshoprike of that countrey And he knowing certainly what woulde followe was not grieuous in his dignitie nor oppressed the younger as all in this age were woont to do hotly and feruently neyther was he very extreme to the Christians So great lenitie was in his behauiour that in all Lydia it was scarcely knowen that there was any alteration of Religion Wherof followed when the chaunge came that no new thing seemed to be done Nothing sodenly appeared to be altred but al things stayed quietly and vniformly and without motion And where all other were tossed as with the Sea he onely was in quietnesse some of the sodaine throwen downe other rysing againe from their former myseries He was in admiration for that he dyd not onely foresee thinges to come but also vsed well the things he knewe This was his behauiour alwayes So as it might be seene that Socrates was reuiued againe or that from his youth he had immitated and followed him and was transformed into him A plaine and symple manner of grace appeared in his speeche yet the sweetnesse of his wordes dyd moue his audience He was gentle to all in conuersation Insomuch that they that went srom him were thought ambitious And as gentle and mylde versies do easily and readily enter and passe into euery mans
Garlande on his head but looking onely against the Sunne hee vttred true Oracles and conformable to that kinde that commeth from a pure diuination Yet he knew no verse nor was sufficiently learned in Grammer So God wrought all thinges in him Neuerthelesse at the determined ende of his lyfe he dyed at the twentie yeare of his age Than his father declared himselfe to be a Philosopher For eyther the rauishment of his sences made him voyde of affections or the patience of his minde made him beare the losse of his sonne And the mother hauing regarde to her husbande passed the nature of a woman refrayning from all lamentation though the passion were most grieuous After these matters Chrysanthius returned to his studies And many great publique causes chauncing that droue mennes mindes to feare he onely remayned without trouble that it might seeme he was not of the earth At this time Hellespontius came to him but seldome entred disputation But when they were at it Hellespontius was so rapte as he lest all to abyde with Chrysanthius and learned lyke a young man and repented he had lost so much tyme and was so olde before he had tasted of so healthfull doctrine So wholly dyd he geue his minde to him Chrysanthius would be let blood as he was woont when this wryter was present as he commaunded When the Phisitians agreed that he shoulde stryke a vaine he attended to see it done accordingly And affyrmed that it was rashly and vnaduisedly done to take so much blood and commaunded him to be stopped For this wryter was not ignoraunt of Phisicke Hellespontius hearing of it came in great anger and chyding as in a great offence that so much blood shoulde be taken from so olde a man But when he sawe him safe and heard him speake he turned to this wryter saying The Cittie accused you of a great fault but now they wyll be styll when they see the olde man safe and voyde of daunger This man comming after to Chrysanthius in a publique cause fell sicke by the way of a flyxe and at Apamea in Bythinia dyed Commaunding his fellowe Procopius onelye to honour Chrysanthius Which thing Procopius tolde when he was come to Sardis Chrysanthius in the sommer the yeare following vsed the same Phisicke And where this wryter wylled the Phisitians that they shoulde tarry for him as the maner was because he was President Yet they preuented him and let him blood and whylest he bled he put his hand to his chyn and a sodaine weaknes followed with a shrynking of the synewes Oribasius was called forthwith for his conning And he with noriture and hotte things restored strength againe and made him in good case But age preuayled which the next yeare dispatched him naturall heate being extinct by the much vse of fomentations And so being sicke he dyed after the common course of man. Epigonus and Beronitianus EPigonus of Lacedemonia and Beronitianus of Sardis succeeded him in teaching Men worthy the name of Philosophy Beronitianus was more full of sweete grace and fytte to lyue with the multitude And so I pray God he may Plato Pindarus borne at Thebes the which Cittie was spared of the Lacedemonians and his ofspring of Alexander for his vertues sake Diotimus Iustinianus King Anius bothe a Prince of â— Countrey â— a Priest of Apollo â—hilippe of Macedonâ—e Chrysanthâ—â— Agis King of Lacedemonia after his noble actes was kylled in Prison because he would haue renued Lycurgus his Lawes â–ª Xenophon in Philosophy contented with Plato and in armes might compare with the best Captaines The worde is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifieth Superuacanea perfunctoria thinges ouerly and lightly done which be called by-matter Porphyrius wâ—â— at Rome in Aurelianus time and Scholefellow with Origines a vehement aduersary of Christ Socion was of Aristotcles scet And wrote the booke intituled Cornu Copiâ— â—ull of varyety of learning as Aulus Gellius sheweth Ammonius of Origenes and Porphyrius tyme. Plutarche in Traiaâ—es tyme in Rome and in Iulianus tyme at Athens Dioâ— clad in a Lyons skinne and great with Traiane Apolonius had so great knowledge as being at Ephesus told the very instant that Domitian was slaine Philostratus was at Rome in Scuerus tyme. Carneades â–ª Cyâ—ykes â–ª of their behauiour like Dogges Lucianus â–ª Demonâ—ctes a despiser of the world in Adrianes tymâ— he lyued one huÌ„dred yeeres Plato Claudius Nero. Galba Vitelius Otho Vespasian Titus Seuerus Plotinus In Probus and Tacitus tyme subiect to the falling sicknesse Plotinus an interpretor of Plato and Marsilius Ficinus of him in 54 books with Coments vpon 18. of them Tyros Porphyrius an interpretor of Plato in Aurelianus tyme an extreme aduersarye to the Christians Longinus Cassius Dionisius Malcus Longinus Lelibaeuin Plotinus recouereth Porphyrius Philosophy by Oracles Causanthan Origenes Amelius Aquilinus Paulus Andromacus Dexippus Iamblicus in Constantinus Magnus tyme. He aunswered maruelously to many harde questions of Porphyrius Anattolius X. Sopater Eustathius â—upâ—rasius Chrysanthius Schoolemaister to 〈◊〉 Gadara Baia. 〈◊〉 Anteros Alypius Death of Alipius and Iamblicus Aedesius A woman also of this name of rare vertue and chastitie Sopater Cercopes crafty men Aristophanes The death of Socrates cause of calamitie to Gretia Byzance Constantinople populous Sopater iudged to dye Ablabius A Mydwyfe Ablabius looking styll for honour is kylled Oracle shewed to Aedesiâ—â— Eustathius Lotos a Tree whose sweet fruite maketh men forget theyr Countrey Antioche besieged of the Persians Sapores King of Persia Sosipatrâ— an excellent learned woman Cayster a flood ful of Swannes in Lydia The diuination of Sosepatra to her Father Odyss 17. Diuination of Sosipatra Sosipatra marryed to Eustathius Sosipatra returneth to Pergamo Philometer in loue with Sosipatra Maximus Death of Sosipatra Canobus Morning influence of Hesiodus He seemeth â—o 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 Antonirus sonne to Sosipatra Alexandria Theodosius Theophilus Odyss 7. Claudianus Nymphidianus Maximus Schoolemaister to Iulianus Docilitie of Iuliâ—n the Emperour Chrysanthius Priscus Eusebius Stynginge of the Serpent Dypsas breadeth thyrst vnâ—uenchâ—lâ—e Hecates was honored with Sacrifice of 100. The Goddesses were Ceres and Proserpina â—umolpidaes â— kinde of Priestâ— bearing name of their king Eumolpus These Ceremonyes were called Mithriaaes of Mithra whome the Persians calleth Apollo Alarichus Kyng of Gothes Iulianus Apostata Oribasius Euemerius Iiad â— Maximuâ— insolent Melyta wyfe of Chrysanthius Iliad 9. Iouinianus raigned onlye eyght monthes Valentinianus Valens Emperours Priscus escapeth Maximus â—ormented The punishment of thâ—â— boates 〈◊〉 to teare a man a peeâ—ces betweeâ— two boates it is called Scaphismus Maximus his wyfe dyeth of a drynke that he wylled her to buye to dispatch him selfe Clearchus Thesprotis Procopius Tyranne of Constantinople Salutius Nicias Tmolus 〈◊〉 an hyl 〈◊〉 a flood iâ—â— Lydia Exonius Valens wâ—s burned in a house Cruell Festus executeth Maximus Valens dyeth myserably Festus Theodosius Wycked Festus dieth sodenly Priscus poeuish They were called Corybants that ran about lyke mad men Proterius of Cephalenia
Ilarius of Bithynia Of Euphranor an excellent painter Pli. 35. 11. Ilarius kylled Iuliane the Orator Apsines Epagatus Proaeresius Hephestion Epiphanius DiophaÌ„tus Tuscianus It seemeth he meaneth the whyppings of the Lacedemonians Prouince or charge Nothing more violeÌ„t then necesâ—â—â—ie Proaeresius of Cesarea of Capadocia The Authour speaketh of him selfe Piâ—aeo the Port of Athens Aschines Plot. 5. of his Lawes Vlpâ—anus of Autioche Gerion 3. bodies Ambitious pouertie of Proaeresius Hephestion Death of Iuliane the Oratour Sopolis Parnasius Hephestion Iliad a. Tuscianus of Lydia Themis the goddesse of true petitions The woonderfull memorie of Proaeresius Beritos in Phaenitia now â—aruto Anatolius surnamed Azutrion Great maister of the Court. Himerius of Bythinia Milesius of Smyrna Constance Proaeresius more then a man. Celeus Father to Triptolemus to whome Ceres shewed the way of â—ylâ—he Eusebius of Alexandria Musonius IeraphaÌ„tus a teacher of holy things To the Gâ—ecians that followed Gentillitic Epiphanius of quicke iudgement DiophaÌ„tus against Proaeresius â–ª Callimach a Poete of Cyrene Marathon where Milciades slew 10000. Persians Salamis where Themistocles ouerthrew the Nauy of Xerxes Sopolis an Antiquarie â—imerius Iulianus Emperour Parnasius This part is called Coelesyria Antioche Libanius in Iulianus tyme of whose praise he wrote a booke DiophaÌ„tus Syrophoenitia the coast of Phoenitia Eupolis a wryter of the old CoÌ„medy Phidias maker of the Picture of Pallas of Iuorie xxvâ— câ—bits hye Nymphidian us Maximus Claudianus Brethren Secretarie to Iulianus Phisitians florishing Nisibis where Alexander ouerthrew Darius It seemeth he signifieth that he was corpulent and so had the name of Magnus Archidamus Pericles Magnus most skylful in arguing Oribasius of Pergamo the more esteemed for his conÌ„trey Muse of Athens Oribasius Phisitian to Iulianus That lawe was called Ostrasismus Ionicus perâ—â—te in the Sunples Theon ChrysaÌ„thiuâ— Scholemaster to this wryter Inocentius a Lawyer graÌ„dfather to Chrysan Parentinus Architas Philosopher Apolonius was of Alexandria borne at Tyana in Cappadocia Conditions of Maximus Iustus ruler of Asia Hilarius Hellespontius Plato in Phaedro resembleth two partes of the mind to Horses and the thyrd to the Carteâ—s ⧠To the gentle Reader Hadrianus Iunius I Ohannes Sambucus of Hungarie a diligent obseruer and lykewise searcher of antiquitie neyther sparing expence nor labour in that behalfe and one that is woont to impart and coÌ„municate his delyght and care with other men More then two yeares since dyd sende me a copy of Eunapius of Sardis very gently and was the first that mooued me to translate him into Latine which labour I dyd not refuse because I hoped the booke that was so wel written by the Clark should haue caused the lesse labour to the interpretour The which being written out by the benefite of the Lybrarie of Cardinall Farnesius as he pretended who as they say hath a study replenished with olde Bookes was so mangled and hacked and so full of infinite and monstruous faultes that I well perceyued I had neede of Paeon an eâ—cellent Phisition Chiron a Centaure Paons hande to heale Chirons woundes wherby I was almost vtterly discouraged from the labour of traÌ„slatioÌ„ And my many other businesse beside might easily haue put me from my purpose except I had pulled vp a good hart to continew and determined to wrythe a clubbe of diffyculty from mine owne hande Wherfore I determined to gesse lyke a Diuinour to drawe my coniecture into partes and to supply yet with great precisenesse But sometime I had rather passe it ouer lightly then to thrust in other mens noates that is to say mine own But If I might get the Florentine Copie which by the onely lyfe of porphyrius printed there I iudge more corrected full I would trust my second trauaile should be better Certainly asmuch as laye in me I haue brought to passe that by this labour I haue committed into the handes of the studious an eloquent wryter neuer heretofore seene abroade Both speaking in his owne â—â—ngue and Latine also as faithfully as I coulde translate him Being deliuered of the promise I made to Sambucus though somewhat later than we both desyred Farewell ⧠A Table of all the notable names and principall matters contayned in this worke A ABlabius Fol. 9 Ablabius ball of fortune 10 Acacius of Caesarea dyed a yong man. 35 Aedesius séeth a vision 10 Aedesius 56 Aedesius a soothsayer 10 Aedesius gentle 6. 8. 22 Aedesius dilygent 5. 78 Aedesius sonne to Chrysanthiâ—â—â—s dyeth at xx yéeres of age 42 Aegiptians geuen to Poetry 32 Aeschines a practiser 27 Affections the Horsses of the minde 40 Affrica 19 Alarichus 19 Alexander the great 1 Alexandria praysed 15 Alypius 6. of lytle stature 7 Alypius death and Iamblicus 7 Amelius scholefellow with Porphyrius 4 Ammonius of Egipt scholemaister to Plutarche 1. 2 Amphiclea Proaeresius wife 32 Anatolius 5 Anatolius Azutrion borne at Berytos 30 Kynsman to Proaeresius 26 Made greatmaister 30 Geuen to Paganisme 30 His integrityâ— 30 A taunter Fol. 30. 31 Andromacus Fol. 5 Anteros 6 Antiochia Nisibis 36 Antiochia besieged 11 Antiochia builded of Seleueus 34 Antoninus Sosipatras sonne 15 Antoninus prayse 15. 16 Antoninus prouidence 16 Apamea of Bithynia 42 Appolonius Tyaneus taken for a God. 2. 38 Apsines professour of Artes. 24. 25 Aquilinus scholefellowe to Porphyrius 4 Archidamus 36 Archytas of Tarent 38 Aristides 29. 33 Aristophanes 8 Athenienses euyll to good 8 Athens factious 24 B Baiae 6 Bathe to the which Straungers were brought at Athens 26 Beronicianus 43 Berytos a Cittie of learning 30 Byactes 1 Byzance 9 C Canobus mouth of Nilus 15. 16 Causanthas a spyrits 4 Callymachus 33 Cayster a flood 12 Carneades 2 Celeus 3â— Cercopes 8 Ceres beneficiall 32 Chalcis of Syria 5 Charybdis 4 Christians destroy Temples 16 Chrysathius Acdesius scholer 5 Chrysanthius Eunapius maister 5. 38 Chrysanthius 8. 17. 38 Chrysanthius of good house 38 Of strong body 40 Scholer of Acdesius 38 Twise called of Iulian 19. â—0 A Soothsayer 19. 20 Made Bishop in Lydia 20. 39 Not cruell to Christians 39 Follower of Socrates 39 No boaster of learning 40 Abstayning from flesh 40 Fleeing great mens company 40 Vnmoued in his sons death 42 Stryketh a vaine in age 42 Dyeth 43 Claudianus 17 Brother to Nymphidianus 17. 36 Claudius Nero 2 Clearchus 21 Scholefellow of Porphyrius 4 Constantinople populous 6 Constantinople florishing 34 Constantinople serued Athens of grayne â— Constantinus destroyeth Temples 8. 9. 10. 17 Constantius 10. 17 Constans â—â— Cyniches â— Cybels Priests â—4 D Daunger by Chariots â—â—â—â— Demetrius â— Demonax â— Dexippuâ— 5 Dion of Bithynia 1 Dionysius 3 Diophantus 24. 28. 33 Maketh funerall Oration of Proaeresius â—â— Dipsas worketh continual thirst 13 Diuination two wayes 38 Diuination of Sofipatra 13. 14. 15 E Epagatus 24 Epigonus 43 Epiphanius 24. 28. â—3 Professour of Rhetorike 33 Soft in spéeche 33 Dyeth of a blooddy flyre 33 Eros 6. Euemerius 19 Eumolpus lawe 8 Eunapius Chrysanthius scoler 8 Endued with best learning 8 His history of Iulianus