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A46427	Mores hominum = The manners of men / described in sixteen satyrs by Juvenal, as he is published in his most authentick copy, lately printed by command of the King of France ; whereunto is added the invention of seventeen designes in picture, with arguments to the satyrs ; as also explanations to the designes in English and Latine ; together with a large comment, clearing the author in every place wherein he seemed obscure, out of the laws and customes of the Romans, and the Latine and Greek histories, by Sir Robert Stapylton, Knight.; Works. English. 1660	Juvenal.; Stapylton, Robert, Sir, d. 1669.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.	1660 (1660)	Wing J1280; ESTC R21081	275,181	643

deceiv'd by Jupiter in the shape of a Swan by whom she had two egges and Twins in both in the first Helen and Pollux in the other Castor and Clytemnestra These Brothers cleered the Laconick Sea of Pyrates and for that action were accounted Gods of the Sea and prayed unto by Marriners in a Tempest They went with the Argonauts to Colchos in which voyage Pollux killed Amycus King of the Bebrycians that would have intercepted him At their return to their Country they recovered their Sister Helen stoln by Theseus and in his absence took a City from him VVhen Castor died the Grecians as true historians as Lucian say that Pollux who as aforesaid was hatcht out of the same immortall Egge with Helen prayed to his Father Jupiter that he might divide his immortality with his Brother which suit being granted they both died and both revived This Fable was invented from those Stars the celestiall Twins called Castor and Pollux by the Greeks both rising and setting together Castor had a Temple in Rome where the great money-Masters kept their iron-barred Trunks when they durst no longer trust Mars with them Sat. 14. And what Chests lin'd with gold with iron bound Castor now watches some of this gold Castor had for guarding it though not very much as may be gathered by his coat of Plate beaten very thin Verse 185. In an Oxe-hide For many hundreds of years from the foundation of Rome there was no Law made against a Child for killing of his Father or Mother nor on the other part against Fathers and Mothers for murdering their Children Both Romulus and Solon forbore to make any such Law because they thought it impossible that such impiety should be committed and likewise because the prohibition might prove a provocation to the crime Cic. pro Sext. Rosc. The wickedness of after Ages inforced the legislative power to punish those unnatural Offenders in this manner The Murderer was sowed up in a leathern Sack with a Viper and so cast into the Sea Senec. lib. 5. Controv. 4. in fine But in Juvenal's time the Viper had the company of an Ape Sat. 8. For whom we should not as one Parracide One Ape One Serpent and One Sack provide Afterwards the circumstances of the punishment are thus described The Parricide having been whipt till he was cased in blood was sowed up in the Sack called Culeus together with a Dog a Cock a Serpent and an Ape Hern. Modest. Digest lib. 48. ad leg Pomp. de parric See Coel. Rhod. lib. 11. cap. 21. Verse 189. Gallicus Rutilius Gallicus the Praetor Vrbanus so favoured by Domitian Caesar that no Judge but he had any power at Court and all the business of the Forum and the Town was brought before him in his private house Verse 196. Meroe You may add to the description of Meroe in the Comment upon Sat. 6. That the Island-Nurses had breasts bigger then the Children that suckt them for which you have Juvenal's authority that lived in Aegypt Verse 102. The valiant Pygmey The Pygmeys are a People in the farthest parts of India Plin. l. 7. living in a healthfull aire and a Country where the whole Year is Spring time The tallest Pygmey is but three spans in height the ordinary sort only a cubit high from whence they derive their name of Pygmey 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying a cubit Their Wives child every fifth year and at eight are old women Some say they ride upon Goats with darts in their hands In the Spring of the year the whole Nation marches to the Sea shore where in three moneths time they destroy the Egges and Chickens of their enemies the Cranes which otherwise would oppress them with multitude They build their houses of clay birds dung and feathers In Thrace they held the City of Getania till the Cranes took it and forced them to seek out a new Plantation Plin. lib. 4. cap. 11. So Stephan that sayes the Pygmeys had their name from Pygmaeus the Son of Dorus Nephew to Epaphus Olaus Magnus tells us they are found in the Northern parts of the world and by the Germans called Serelinger that is a pace long They are properly called Pumiliones or Dwarfs by Stat. lib. 1. Sylv. I should hardly have believed there could be such a People but that my Author sets not his mark upon them as part of an old Nurses tale which neither he would nor any learned or rationall man will doe when he finds them cleered from that scruple by Aristotle lib. 8. Animal where he calls them Troglodytes because they live in Caverns under ground placing them in Aethiopia Upon the River Ganges in the East Indies they have the City Catuzza Philost See Homer Pompon Gell. Their ridiculous shape you may find in Ctes. Verse 219. Chrysippus The Stoick whose Sect would not allow a man to have any passion as not agreeable to his rationality See the beginning of the Comment upon Sat. 2. Verse 220. Thales One of the seven Sages of Greece He was the first that taught his Country-men Geometrie Apulei By his constant study of nature he is said to have found out the distinctions of time the quarters of the wind the diameter of the Sun to be the 720 th part of his Circle the motions of the Stars the cause of Eclipses and of the dreadfull sound of Thunder the obliquity of the Zodiack the five Circles or Zones of the Celestial Sphear and the Suns annuall return His profession was Merchandize Plut. He departed this life in the first year of the 58 Olympiad Pausanias Erxyclides being Archon dying as he sate at the Olympick Games quite spent with heat and thirst which at 87 or 90 years of age might easily overcome his weak spirits Verse 221. The good old man Socrates Neighbour to sweet Hymettus a Mountain in Attica abounding with Bees and excellent sweet honey Stephan Suid. He being falsely condemned as in the beginning of the Comment upon Sat. 2. was so far from desiring to be revenged of his Accusers or Judges that he would not suffer Lysias the Orator to plead in his defence Cic. in Cat. Major Socrates professed no man could hurt him because no man can be hurt by any but himself and in Plato he proves the doer of an injury to be more miserable then the sufferer No change of fortune could make him change his contenance which was the same even when he drank his poyson Verse 225. Happy Philosophy Which armed Chrysippus Thales and Socrates against the injury of man and power of fortune Verse 233. Caeditius A Judge under the Emperor Vitellius so cruel that he is compared to Rhadamanth one of the Judges of Hell Verse 237. A Spartan Glaucus Son to Epicidides of Lacedaemon He had so great a name for a just dealer that a Milesian told him he was desirous to enjoy the benefit of his justice and therefore having sold half his Estate he came to deposite the money in his hands After the

of Isis Cybele and Ceres impudently prophaned 321 Tentyrites 505. hate the Crocodile ib. adore the Ibis ib. Tereus 242 Terminus his offering 522. his violation the greatest sacriledge ibid. Terpsichore Inventress of Musick and Dancing 246 Teutons Germans so named from their God Tuisco 306 Thais 99 Thales one of the seaven Sages 452. taught Geometry to the Grecians ib. found out the intervals of time ib. quarters of the Wind ib. diameter of the Sun ibid. the cause of eclipses and thunder ibid. obliquity of the Zodiack ibid. the celestiall Zones and the Sun 's annuall course ibid. when and how he dyed ib. Thebes in Boeotia 442 Thebes in Aegypt ib. 503. Themison Scholar to Empedocles 372. quoted by Galen ib. a bad Practicer in Physick ibid. Theodorus Gadareus 259 Thersites 309 Theseis a Heroick Poem 12. of the Knight-Errantry of Theseus ibid. Thessaly described 217. there Medea gathered the simples that made Aeson young again ibid. Theutrantes K. of Caria 13 Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey 53. his Princely Collection of ancient Greek and Roman Statues writ upon by Mr. Selden ibid. Thraseas Paetus a Stoick 142. his last words 143 Thrasyllus 215. his death ibid. Thrasymachus 261 Thumbs bent downward signified favour to the sword-Players 95. reversed or turned upward that they must fight it out and dye though misprinted in the Comment ibid. Thyrsus described 193 Tibur a City and Castle 103. by whom built ibid. Tiburnus 103 Tigellinus poisoned three of his Father's Brothers 33. forged their Wills ibid. Tilphossa 454 Tilpbossus ib. Timbrells of gold silver or brasse 446 Tiresias a Prophet 454. his Fable ibid. his Monument ib. his deification ib. Titius and Seius 119 Titus and Tiberius Sons to the Consull Junius Brutus promise to deliver a Gate of Rome to K. Tarquin 308. the plot discovered by a Slave ib. their Fathers cruell sentence of death upon them ib. Tongillus 254 Tower Ovall 216 Toxeus 147 Trabeae 355 Trallis a Carian Town 97 Trebius a base-minded Client 130 Trechedipna a Gown to run in 97 Tribune Protector of the Commonalty 29. his legall and usurped power ib. Tribune Military 100 Tricipitinus Father to Lucraece 380 Triclinium the Dining-Roome described 141 Trochilos how he deceives the Crocodile 501 Trojan Lords great persons of Rome 29 Trypher a Carving-Master 408 Tullia Daughter to King Serv. Tullius and Wife to Tarquin the Proud 308. puts her Husband upon the murder of her Father ibid. Tullus Hostilius third King of Rome sacks and slights the City of Alba 144. puts the Romans into action ib. ascertains the rates of Coin ibid. brings in the Chariot-Chaire the Office of Lictor the Toga Picta and Praetexta ibid. and the golden Bullaes ibid. Turnus Generall of the Rutilians 34. fights a single combat with Aeneas ibid. Tutor vid. Julius Tutor Tutors how to be valued 260 Tyrrhene Sea 196 Sentences in T. Fol. 75. verse 59. Who 's now belov'd but he that can reveal Foul Trusts Fol. 103. ver 104. What 's more violent then a Tyrant's eare Fol. 333. verse 27. The poor way-faring man that doth not bring A charge along before the Thief will sing V. VAgellus 521 Valerius Corvinus Tribune to Camillus 288. accepts the challenge of a Gaul ib. assisted in that Combate by a Crow from which he had his surname ib. six times Consul ibid. Varillus a poor Knave 55 Vatinius the drunken Cobler of Beneventum 143 Vcalegon a poor Roman 103 Vectius Valens his ominous words at the adult'rous Wedding of Messalina and Silius 385 Veiento vid. Fabricius Veiento Veil vid. Flammeum Velabrian vid. Lake Venafrian Oyle 145 Venafrum ib. Ventidius a Slave 260. made General against the Parthians ib. triumphs ib. Verres his Offices in the Republick 56. his trechery lust c. ibid. a Suit commenced against him by the Sicilians ibid. his Charge managed by Cicero 297. Juvenal's Aggravation of his crime ib. he flyes his Country 56. is proscribed and slain ib. the cause of his Proscription ibid. Verses defamatory prohibited by Law 32 Vespasian's answer to his Son Titus 482 Vesta the Mother 207. the Daughter ibid. what they both signifie ibid. Vestall Nunns superintend the Ceremonies of the Good-Goddess 60. their Cloister 118. their number ib. their Charge ibid. their punishment for negligence ib. the time of their admission and stay ib. the manner and reason of their execution for breach of vow ib. their Founder 207 Vestines 481 Vettus 255 Vibius Crispus a smooth-tongu'd Orator 123. how he kept himself in favour at Court ibid. the pleasantness of his replies ib. his honours ib. Vindex vid. Caius Julius Vindex Vindicius the Slave that discovered the Sons of the Consull Brutus 308. made free ib. the Rod used in manumissions ever after called Vindicta ib. Vine-battoon 481 Virginia 381. the plot laid to ravish her ibid. her Father to save her honour kills her ib. the revenge of her death 382 Virginius Rufus 303 Virro a Proud Patron 130 Vivaries Imperiall Fish-ponds 121 Vlysses his disputable Parents 325. his policy to avoid the warre and enjoy his Wife 326. how discovered ib. his services for his Country ibid. Achilles his Armes adjudged to him 327. his cruelty before he went aboard ib. his unfortunate voyage ib. his death foretold by the Oracle but inavoidable 329 Vmbricius an Aruspex 93. why he removes with his Family from Rome ib. Volscians 103 Volusius Bithynicus 501 Vow or Sacrament Military 522 Vulture 476 Sentences in V. Fol. 6. verse 90. Virtue 's prais'd but sterves Fol. 10. verse 179. Posterity can no new Vices frame Fol. 266. ver 24. Virtue 's the true and sole Nobility Fol. 339. verse 161. Virtue is so much less belov'd then Fame For bate reward who will at Virtue aime Fol. 351. ver 431. Virtu's the path to Peace Fol. 469. ver 271. None sins just so farre as he hath in charge But at his pleasure will his Vice inlarge Fol. 404. ver 53. a Victory comes easie when The foes are tippled lisping reeling men W. WIl ls made by Military priviledge 523 Sentences in W. Fol. 166. ver 312. Wealth to the weakned World foul riot taught Fol. 174. ver 479. Nothing makes man's life Vnhappier then a fortune with a Wife Fol. 465. ver 201. no one sin That to the mind of mankind enters in Poysons or kills more then Wealth 's cruell thirst For all men would be rich and rich at first Fol. 174. ver 477. A Woman thinks all 's lawfull when she wears Those mighty Pear-pearls that weigh down her ears Fol. 81. ver 193. Men seldome rise where Want keeps Virtue down Fol. 349. ver 387. The edge of VVomans wrath is then most ke● When a repulse adds blushes to her spleen X. XErxes K. of Persia 369. his two vast Armyes by Sea and Land ibid. both overthrown ibid. why he fled out of Greece ibid. his humour of fighting changed into feasting ibid. his Subjects despise him ibid. slain by the Captain of his Guard 370. the madness of his pride ibid. Z. ZAlates an Armenian Hostage 70 Zeno the first Stoick 508. understands the Oracle ibid. comes to traffick at Athens ibid. looses his Ship and takes a Gown ibid. why his Scholars were called Stoicks ibid. how the Athenians honoured him in his life time ibid. how after his Death 509 A Sentence in Z. Fol. 494. verse 58. Zeal sounds the Trumpet to the Brawl FINIS 1638. 1644. Plutarch in Apophth Sat. 4. Sat. 14. Sat. 12. Sat. 15. ibid. Sat. 10. Sat. 10.