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A07269
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The povverfull fauorite, or, The life of Ælius Seianus. By P.M.; Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine. English
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Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621.
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1628
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per_fw-la vana_fw-la promissa_fw-la piso_n ta._n but_o that_o sejanus_n have_v deceive_v he_o through_o his_o vain_a promise_n and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o slay_v by_o he_o but_o that_o he_o have_v send_v one_o to_o slay_v he_o in_o the_o night_n death_n free_v piso_n but_o tiberius_n and_o sejanus_n be_v account_v never_o the_o more_o innocent_a suet._n per_fw-la noctâ—s_fw-la creberrimè_fw-la acelamatum_fw-la est_fw-la red_a germanicum_n suet._n and_o one_o may_v every_o night_n hear_v cry_n about_o the_o palace_n restore_v to_o we_o germanicus_n this_o death_n whether_o it_o be_v voluntary_a or_o force_v diminish_v the_o hatred_n of_o the_o people_n against_o piso_n and_o increase_v it_o against_o tiberius_n and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o in_o that_o he_o have_v save_v his_o wife_n and_o have_v bring_v this_o miserable_a man_n into_o the_o pit_n will_v not_o draw_v he_o forth_o again_o if_o piso_n have_v leave_v his_o cause_n to_o the_o course_n of_o justice_n and_o law_n and_o that_o he_o have_v suffer_v death_n as_o one_o who_o never_o have_v fear_v it_o one_o will_v have_v pity_v his_o misery_n punishment_n confidence_n lessen_v the_o infamy_n of_o punishment_n there_o be_v no_o life_n so_o odious_a that_o end_n in_o public_a with_o constancy_n and_o modesty_n change_v not_o hatred_n into_o pity_n pity_v into_o favour_n and_o leave_v not_o some_o favourable_a opinion_n of_o innocency_n germanicus_n his_o death_n give_v less_o contentment_n to_o sejanus_n than_o to_o tiberius_n for_o this_o prince_n hold_v all_o their_o resolution_n in_o check_n tiberius_n know_v that_o so_o long_o as_o he_o live_v he_o shall_v not_o be_v emperor_n plut._n our_o enemy_n constrain_v we_o to_o live_v regular_o and_o to_o keep_v our_o life_n unreprovable_a as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o thin_a diet_n plut._n sejanus_n despair_v that_o he_o ever_o can_v be_v and_o that_o he_o may_v dispose_v of_o the_o empire_n so_o absolute_o as_o he_o do_v afterward_o for_o this_o prince_n keep_v he_o short_a and_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o strict_a diet_n the_o great_a affection_n which_o he_o hold_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o great_a one_o middle_a one_o and_o mean_v one_o mighty_o cross_v his_o ambition_n but_o after_o his_o death_n fortune_n bear_v he_o up_o the_o wind_n so_o that_o his_o pride_n and_o insolence_n split_v the_o sail_n of_o his_o vessel_n and_o of_o his_o conduct_n tiberius_n believe_v that_o he_o have_v more_o authority_n but_o he_o be_v never_o the_o less_o mistrustful_a imagine_v that_o so_o many_o friend_n as_o germanicus_n have_v leave_v so_o many_o conspirator_n there_o be_v and_o therefore_o he_o say_v that_o he_o hold_v the_o empire_n but_o as_o a_o wolf_n by_o the_o ear_n teneo_fw-la lupum_fw-la auribus_fw-la teneo_fw-la fear_v lest_o it_o shall_v escape_v he_o &_o be_v escape_v bite_v he_o he_o fear_v that_o every_o one_o have_v a_o purpose_n to_o take_v it_o from_o he_o he_o cause_v the_o nativity_n of_o the_o principle_n man_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v cast_v and_o according_a as_o it_o be_v report_v unto_o he_o that_o their_o star_n promise_v some_o excellency_n above_o other_o he_o suppress_v banish_a and_o put_v they_o to_o death_n he_o understand_v that_o galba_n may_v attain_v thereunto_o and_o therefore_o meet_v with_o he_o the_o day_n he_o be_v marry_v he_o say_v unto_o he_o and_o thou_o galba_n shall_v one_o day_n taste_v of_o the_o empire_n tac._n dion_z &_o tac._n and_o yet_o he_o enterprise_v nothing_o against_o he_o because_o this_o dignity_n be_v fatal_o destine_v for_o he_o sejanus_n among_o the_o precept_n of_o his_o government_n have_v this_o to_o nourish_v distrust_n always_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o tiberius_n to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o trust_v none_o else_o may_v put_v confidence_n in_o he_o the_o great_a house_n which_o be_v descend_v from_o those_o brave_a and_o generous_a spirit_n who_o be_v sacrifice_v for_o preserve_v the_o liberty_n of_o their_o country_n be_v suspect_v of_o tiberius_n who_o desire_v to_o raise_v the_o principality_n above_o the_o foundation_n of_o augustus_n and_o hateful_a to_o sejanus_n who_o can_v not_o brook_v that_o virtue_n shall_v oppose_v his_o fortune_n libi_fw-la drusus_n be_v descend_v by_o his_o father_n from_o augustus_n tac._n liboni_n proavus_fw-la pompeius_n amita_fw-la scribonia_n consobrini_fw-la caesares_fw-la tac._n and_o by_o his_o mother_n from_o pompey_n the_o great_a be_v one_o of_o the_o principal_a young_a man_n of_o rome_n and_o as_o this_o birth_n give_v hope_n to_o his_o courage_n gain_v he_o respect_n among_o the_o great_a one_o so_o the_o same_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o fall_n his_o youth_n be_v forward_o and_o without_o judgement_n ta._n defertur_fw-la moâ—ri_fw-la res_fw-la novas_fw-la ta._n carry_v he_o to_o thought_n high_o than_o the_o time_n permit_v they_o and_o he_o be_v for_o this_o cause_n always_o so_o suspect_v by_o tiberius_n that_o be_v at_o the_o sacrifice_n he_o command_v the_o master_n of_o the_o ceremony_n to_o give_v to_o libo_n one_o of_o the_o sacrificer_n a_o knife_n of_o lead_n to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o shall_v attempt_v nothing_o against_o his_o person_n another_o time_n he_o demand_v audience_n in_o secret_a he_o cause_v his_o son_n drusus_n to_o come_v thither_o and_o fein_v to_o have_v need_n to_o be_v support_v in_o his_o walk_n he_o hold_v fast_o liboe_n right_a hand_n who_o speak_v to_o he_o carrying_z his_o eye_n firm_o upon_o all_o his_o motion_n this_o young_a man_n have_v one_o of_o the_o roman_a senator_n his_o entire_a friend_n who_o plot_v his_o ruin_n consider_v that_o to_o advance_v his_o fortune_n the_o short_a way_n ta._n juvenis_fw-la improvidus_fw-la &_o facilie_o inanibus_fw-la ta._n be_v to_o ruinate_v those_o that_o shadow_v that_o of_o sejanus_n he_o possess_v this_o light_a spirit_n that_o there_o be_v some_o great_a matter_n write_v in_o heaven_n for_o he_o he_o lead_v he_o to_o debauch_a course_n which_o draw_v on_o excessive_a expense_n and_o he_o conduct_v he_o into_o those_o discommodity_n ta._n hortatur_fw-la ad_fw-la luxum_fw-la &_o aes_fw-la alienum_fw-la socius_fw-la libidinum_fw-la &_o necessitatum_fw-la quo_fw-la pluribus_fw-la indicijs_fw-la indagaret_fw-la ta._n that_o this_o naughty_a friend_n do_v nothing_o but_o lull_v he_o a_o sleep_n with_o nothing_o but_o vain_a hope_n necessity_n make_v he_o dream_n to_o what_o he_o shall_v come_v and_o put_v he_o into_o the_o curiosity_n to_o inform_v himself_o of_o astrologer_n of_o that_o which_o the_o star_n have_v promise_v he_o the_o ordinary_a refuge_n of_o weak_a mind_n that_o seek_v patronage_n to_o know_v more_o also_o his_o friend_n cause_v he_o to_o confer_v with_o magician_n who_o demand_v of_o their_o devil_n that_o which_o they_o know_v and_o who_o tell_v he_o nothing_o true_a for_o a_o little_a after_o all_o his_o hope_n be_v turn_v into_o despair_n ta._n tib._n non_fw-la vultu_fw-la alienatus_fw-la non_fw-la verbis_fw-la commotior_fw-la cuncta_fw-la eius_fw-la dicta_fw-la factaque_fw-la cum_fw-la prohibere_fw-la posset_n scire_fw-la malebat_fw-la ta._n the_o senator_n report_v all_o this_o to_o tiberius_n who_o be_v glad_a to_o see_v this_o young_a man_n fall_v into_o the_o pit_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o he_o forbear_v not_o to_o show_v he_o good_a countenance_n to_o give_v he_o the_o estate_n of_o a_o praetor_n and_o send_v for_o he_o often_o to_o his_o table_n upon_o a_o sudden_a he_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v accuse_v to_o the_o senate_n as_o of_o a_o great_a enormous_a and_o important_a matter_n behold_v he_o bring_v now_o into_o the_o state_n of_o a_o accuse_a man_n he_o change_v his_o garment_n cic._n reus_n obsoletiùs_fw-la vestiebatur_fw-la cic._n the_o chief_a lady_n of_o the_o city_n be_v a_o kin_n to_o he_o solicit_v for_o he_o there_o be_v no_o man_n will_v meddle_v with_o his_o defence_n for_o when_o the_o question_n be_v of_o conspiracy_n against_o the_o prince_n all_o intercession_n be_v suspect_v and_o favour_n senate_n it_o be_v not_o 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the_o powerful_a favourite_n or_o the_o life_n of_o aelius_n sejanus_n by_o p.m._n nec_fw-la tibi_fw-la regnandi_fw-la veniat_fw-la tam_fw-la dira_fw-la cupido_fw-la virg._n 1._o georg._n print_a at_o paris_n 1628._o the_o life_n of_o aelius_n sejanus_n by_o p.m._n see_v that_o prince_n dispose_v soveraigne_o of_o their_o heart_n god_n the_o heart_n of_o the_o prince_n be_v free_a and_o be_v not_o guide_v but_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o that_o they_o form_n in_o they_o love_n and_o hatred_n to_o who_o and_o how_o they_o please_v we_o have_v need_v therefore_o to_o desire_v that_o their_o affection_n to_o particular_a man_n may_v be_v just_a and_o well_o regulate_v for_o if_o they_o be_v disorder_v they_o draw_v with_o they_o public_a ruin_n sen._n excalcâ—â—ntur_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la staturam_fw-la svam_fw-la redeâ—nt_fw-la sen._n they_o render_v prince_n hateful_a and_o their_o favourite_n miserable_a when_o the_o play_n be_v do_v and_o that_o they_o be_v unshod_a of_o their_o high_a shoe_n that_o elevate_v they_o above_o other_o they_o be_v despoil_v of_o the_o habit_n of_o these_o personage_n they_o represent_v they_o return_v to_o their_o first_o form_n and_o they_o come_v to_o know_v that_o we_o must_v not_o measure_v the_o statue_n by_o the_o basis_n that_o susteynes_n it_o nor_o judge_v of_o a_o man_n by_o his_o dignity_n or_o fortune_n the_o heaven_n be_v provoke_v against_o the_o roman_a empire_n permit_v this_o deviate_a in_o the_o mind_n of_o tiberius_n through_o the_o excess_n of_o favour_n which_o he_o bear_v to_o aelius_n sejanus_n unite_n in_o his_o person_n those_o charge_n which_o shall_v have_v be_v part_v among_o many_o and_o make_v he_o so_o great_a that_o it_o be_v difficult_a for_o he_o to_o unmake_v he_o in_o the_o end_n the_o ruin_n of_o the_o estate_n which_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o his_o greatness_n be_v likewise_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o fall_n he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o seius_n strabo_n a_o knight_n of_o rome_n bear_v in_o vulsinus_n a_o country_n of_o tuscany_n in_o his_o youth_n he_o serve_v caius_n caesar_n the_o nephew_n of_o augustus_n he_o share_v in_o the_o inordinate_a and_o abominable_a vice_n of_o apicius_n sen._n the_o expense_n of_o apicius_n his_o kitchen_n amount_v to_o more_o than_o 2._o million_o of_o gold_n h.s._n millies_fw-la in_o culinam_fw-la congessit_fw-la sen._n illi_fw-la tam_fw-la prauae_fw-la mentis_fw-la homini_fw-la ultima_fw-la potio_fw-la saluberrima_fw-la fuit_fw-la sen._n that_o rich_a prodigal_a that_o famous_a glutton_n who_o have_v eat_v up_o his_o estate_n and_o find_v by_o his_o account_n that_o he_o have_v no_o more_o than_o 200000._o crown_n remain_v think_v himself_o poor_a and_o that_o this_o suffice_v not_o to_o maintain_v his_o luxury_n whereupon_o he_o conceyve_v such_o a_o extreme_a apprehension_n that_o death_n seem_v more_o supportable_a to_o he_o then_o his_o poverty_n and_o take_v down_o a_o glass_n of_o poison_n he_o never_o drink_v a_o better_a draught_n than_o this_o last_o which_o stop_v the_o furious_a course_n of_o his_o dissoluteness_n sejanus_n have_v attain_v some_o name_n in_o the_o profession_n of_o arm_n strabo_n his_o father_n present_v he_o to_o tiberius_n to_o permit_v that_o he_o may_v associate_v he_o in_o the_o charge_n of_o colonel_n of_o the_o praetorian_a guard_n and_o from_o henceforward_o the_o prince_n begin_v to_o take_v pleasure_n in_o his_o watchfulness_n and_o vivacity_n and_o believe_v that_o this_o spirit_n may_v one_o day_n by_o his_o discipline_n become_v a_o instrument_n apt_a to_o do_v any_o thing_n he_o follow_v drusus_n the_o prince_n who_o the_o emperor_n have_v make_v general_n of_o the_o army_n to_o reduce_v unto_o obedience_n those_o who_o be_v revolt_v in_o austria_n and_o hungary_n ostentator_n rector_n iweni_fw-la &_o caeteris_fw-la periculorum_fw-la praemiorumque_fw-la ostentator_n the_o first_o demonstration_n of_o tiberius_n affection_n to_o he_o be_v to_o elect_v he_o for_o tutor_n to_o this_o prince_n and_o to_o give_v to_o other_o the_o example_n of_o merit_n to_o attain_v reward_n and_o of_o valour_n to_o expose_v themselves_o to_o danger_n he_o know_v the_o inward_a disposition_n of_o tiberius_n and_o conform_v his_o own_o so_o perfect_o thereunto_o tacitus_n tiberium_fw-la obscurum_fw-la adversus_fw-la alios_fw-la sibi_fw-la uni_fw-la incautum_fw-la intectumque_fw-la effecit_fw-la tacitus_n that_o both_o their_o heart_n seem_v to_o have_v but_o one_o motion_n this_o conformity_n entertain_v the_o affection_n and_o from_o thence_o grow_v that_o entire_a confidence_n that_o tiberius_n who_o disinherit_v all_o man_n disinherit_v not_o sejanus_n nor_o withhold_v any_o thing_n secret_a or_o hide_a from_o he_o this_o favour_n attract_v all_o heart_n all_o eye_n follow_v this_o new_a light_n the_o senate_n communicate_v to_o he_o their_o weighty_a affair_n and_o from_o his_o mouth_n receive_v their_o most_o important_a dispatch_n salutatrix_fw-la turba_n salutatrix_fw-la every_o where_o one_o may_v see_v ceremonious_a troop_n which_o search_v or_o attend_v for_o he_o to_o do_v he_o reverence_v the_o great_a one_o hold_v themselves_o honour_v by_o his_o command_n if_o he_o speak_v he_o oblige_v they_o if_o he_o regard_v they_o be_v content_v they_o wait_v in_o the_o morning_n at_o the_o gate_n of_o his_o house_n they_o be_v there_o at_o his_o rise_n and_o go_v to_o bed_n other_o endure_v the_o affront_n of_o his_o doorekeeper_n who_o they_o bribe_v to_o be_v at_o the_o first_o open_v or_o admission_n sen._n duras_n fores_fw-la expers_fw-la somni_fw-la colit_fw-la sen._n and_o when_o they_o present_v themselves_o to_o the_o idol_n which_o they_o adore_v happy_a be_v he_o that_o can_v feign_v the_o great_a admiration_n to_o praise_v he_o or_o servitude_n to_o flatter_v he_o to_o speak_v after_o the_o mind_n of_o some_o great_a man_n to_o consent_v to_o all_o that_o be_v say_v to_o admire_v all_o that_o be_v do_v to_o approve_v all_o that_o he_o will_v these_o be_v the_o principal_a piece_n of_o compliment_n and_o admiration_n be_v ever_o one_o continual_a part_n in_o the_o office_n of_o flattery_n tacit._n incipiente_fw-la potentia_fw-la bonis_fw-la consilijs_fw-la innotescendum_fw-la tacit._n in_o the_o grow_a of_o his_o grace_n he_o be_v desirous_a to_o have_v it_o conceyve_v that_o he_o be_v found_v in_o a_o firm_a resolution_n to_o advance_v the_o service_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o good_a of_o the_o weal_n public_a and_o only_o to_o admit_v justice_n in_o his_o action_n tacit._n palam_fw-la compositus_fw-la pudor_fw-la intus_fw-la summa_fw-la adipiscendi_fw-la libido_fw-la tacit._n prudence_n in_o his_o counsel_n and_o modesty_n in_o his_o fortune_n he_o carry_v in_o outward_a appearance_n moderation_n but_o inward_o ambition_n but_o he_o fly_v out_o in_o his_o wasteful_a expense_n and_o prodigality_n in_o the_o magnificence_n of_o his_o household_n furniture_n and_o picture_n in_o the_o excess_n of_o his_o sumptuous_a feast_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v sacrifice_n tac._n industria_n &_o vigilantia_fw-la haud_fw-la minus_fw-la noxiae_fw-la quoties_fw-la parando_fw-la regno_fw-la finguntur_fw-la tac._n and_o in_o the_o pride_n of_o his_o palace_n gild_v as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v temple_n he_o be_v industrious_a and_o vigilant_a to_o attain_v to_o his_o end_n he_o have_v a_o ready_a understanding_n to_o discover_v and_o to_o apprehend_v all_o sort_n of_o form_n accommodate_v himself_o to_o plainness_n or_o severity_n according_a to_o the_o occasion_n be_v sole_a captain_n of_o the_o praetorian_a guard_n he_o cause_v they_o to_o lodge_v within_o a_o quarter_n of_o a_o mile_n of_o the_o city_n that_o when_o there_o be_v occasion_n he_o may_v have_v they_o ready_a at_o his_o dispose_n represent_v to_o tiberius_n that_o soldier_n be_v disperse_v live_v without_o discipline_n tac._n lascivit_fw-la mile_n deductus_fw-la tac._n and_o that_o see_v they_o every_o day_n assemble_v together_o in_o one_o place_n the_o number_n may_v breed_v security_n to_o themselves_o and_o fear_v to_o other_o and_o that_o keep_v they_o far_o from_o the_o debauchement_n of_o the_o city_n they_o may_v the_o better_o be_v keep_v in_o order_n tac._n vallum_n statuatur_fw-la procul_fw-la vrbis_fw-la illecebris_fw-la tac._n this_o be_v assent_v unto_o and_o a_o lodging_n assign_v he_o begin_v by_o little_a and_o little_a to_o gain_v credit_n and_o respect_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o soldier_n visit_v they_o in_o their_o corpse_n du_fw-fr guard_n call_v they_o by_o their_o name_n endear_n the_o captain_n and_o tribune_n tac._n neque_fw-la ambitu_fw-la senatorio_n abstinebat_fw-la clientes_fw-la suos_fw-la honoribus_fw-la aut_fw-la provincijs_fw-la ornando_fw-la tac._n feed_v the_o one_o with_o hope_n the_o other_o with_o gift_n and_o all_o with_o good_a word_n whereof_o he_o be_v nothing_o covetous_a or_o spare_v to_o strengthen_v his_o party_n he_o dress_v his_o speech_n and_o intelligence_n in_o the_o senate_n and_o procure_v that_o his_o friend_n shall_v be_v provide_v of_o commission_n and_o honour_v with_o charge_n and_o government_n know_v that_o it_o