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B01490	Æsopicks: or, A second collection of fables, paraphras'd in verse, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations. / By John Ogilby, esq; his Majesty's cosmographer, geographick printer, and master of revels in the kingdom of Ireland.; Aesop's fables	Aesop.; Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.	1675 (1675)	Wing A702AA; ESTC R172114	103,882	449

when kind Fate Lest he should ancient Thrones contaminare To Seats of Furies with a Tempest hurl'd This Demi-Fiend and Troubler of the World Then Change of Government each minute spawn'd Me shuffling here and there from Hand to Hand When from the Rising Sun and Glorious Right A guilty Flyer dropt me in his Flight Art thou that Hector said the Satyr who So oft the Greeks in that long War o'rethrew By Prowess purchasing immortal Fame We hear that many now go by your Name That in the Suburbs exercise their Rage The Taverns and the Ord'naries the Stage Be they like you when you embodied were Routing whole Squadrons with your single Spear If so why thus prepare we ' gainst the tall Batavians and their Amadis de Gaule Had there been two such Hectors Stories say Troy might have stood and flourish'd to this day Then said the Sword Those Hectors that are there Ne're saw a Field never in Battel were They arm'd by Bacchus use for Warlike Tools Edg'd Pots and Bottles Trenchers Chairs and Stools One like me living one so strong and stout Would thousands of such shadow Hectors rout But here wants Time these Braggarts to unmask Their Characters would more than Volumes ask But now take Pitty if thou hast esteem For the true Hector him enclos'd redeem My Brazen Head hath spoke Time will be past This Day for my Redemption is the last Thou Demi-Deity me elsewhere dispose He that is more than Man than Man more knows Then said the Satyr True I have a Spell Shall free thee if thou Prisoner wert in Hell But first I 'll sweat this Blade soften the Edge And at the Point purge a Steel-powder Seege Then Vomiting eject thee at the Hilt Go after to the Devil if thou wilt This said he hastens home and kept his Word Making the Sensitive a Sensless Sword MORAL Princes to Laws and Policie may trust Be Merciful Religious Wise and Just But Swords must stubborn Subjects keep in awe All other Ties not valu'd at a Straw 16 FAB XVI Of the Heathen and his Idol O Thou whom ' mongst our Lars and Houshold-gods My Ancestors transported through the Floods From burning Troy and setled here to be Happy in their Posterity and thee Yet now with contrite Heart and blubber'd Eyes Though daily I Invoke and Sacrifice No Means neglected doing what I can Want comes upon me like an Armed Man And the poor Remnant of my torn Estate One in Rebellion with the King of late Calls his Inheritance lays Claim unto Which if he carry me must quite undo Yet my Wife Father made a fair Accord He Purchas'd what was gotten by the Sword But scrupling Lawyers have enough pickt out To put my Title and his Sale in doubt Yet I my Counsel have and Witness Feed To Plead and Swear th' irrevocable Deed But ah my Wants will sterve my Cause All 's lost None gratis damn themselves not Knights o' th' Bost Help now or never Help else comes too late And I must Alms crave at anothers Gate Thus Pray'd the Superstitious when a Nod Blind Zeal presents from his consenting God Now joyning Issue they to Hearing came Great Concourse thither drawn by pratling Fame Juries impannell'd Witness sworn and all Suppos'd the Plaintiff's Cause would to the Wall When his grave Counsel drew their latter Card And one short Proof a well-pack'd Business marr'd Faln from his Hopes thus thrown down in a trice Undone for ever ne're again to rise He from the Court went sweating in a Rage On his damn'd God his Fury to asswage When thus upon him the Incensed fell If I had serv'd the Gods the Devil in Hell With half that Zeal and Fervor thee I serv'd He would not thus have left me to besterv'd Turn'd out of all naked a begging go Furies may melt Stocks no Compassion know VVhat made my Ignorant Parents thee implore And with such Reverential Awe adore VVhose deaf Ears Marble are whose Bowels Rock A Humane shape but Headed like a Shock But Dogs-face now thy weakness I 'll detect And this foul Form of Godliness dissect Beaten to Powder thee I 'll level lay For my Undoing and this dismal Day This said he takes him Pedestal and all And with strange Fury hurls against the VVall In pieces dash'd like brittle Glass then trod To Mortar scatter'd Fragments of his God When a New Light the dusty Mists unfold Out of the Head and Ruptur'd Belly Gold Reverberating rung the Idol's Knell And Lightnings ' midst a Rubbish Tempest fell Whilst through a Cloud of Witnesses he spies Gems Jewels Ingots a no little Prize Which he at first an idle Vision thought But feeling what he found and never sought So huge a Treasure such prodigious Store That those that thirst for Gold could ask no more Smiling he said Ah miserable Hound Why didst thou thus conceal what I have found Wouldst not to thy Devoted torn with Want And greedy Lawyers one small Penny grant The Tythe of this had my undoing Cause Brought off and me with Honor and Applause But thus recruited I 'll recover Cost And all my Land in Forma Pauperis lost MORAL Madness oft helps the Desperate sometimes Chance Others Debauchery and Full Cups advance Some dive the Seas search Mines Coffers to load These Sell their King and That Betrays his God FAB XVII Of Phoebus the Covetous and Envious Man SUmmon'd by Jove to his Great Council all The Gods assembling in Heavens Starry Hall In Crystal Nieches order'd Places take When thus the Sire in nipping Language spake Coelestials Convocated here you sit Enacting Things nor handsom just nor fit You Private Picks and Self-concerns debate Whilst Fallow lies the Grand Affairs of State And if by chance some wholesom Laws we make Such care you of the Execution take That Man our Chief Authority contemns Looking on Gods as Poets idle Dreams That now their Crimes reach such a Brazen Height Unmask'd Day sees the darkest Deeds of Night Nay more on us each Malefactor pins His venial greater and more hainous Sins Mars protects Murther and Rebellious Swarms Influenc'd by him ' gainst Princes take up Arms On Bacchus lay they the Abuse of Grapes And Venus Pillows all their loose Escapes 17 The City-Cheat and High-way Robber too Hermes they boast their Signatures from you With Lampoons Phoebus and Burlesque reproach And Juno for Dame Haughties Golden Coach Neither scape I that Heaven and Earth Command When surly People are to be trepann'd Clandestine Plots for open Actions ripe Striking at Kings that are of Gods the Type When down must come Religion and all Laws In my Name Arm they and attest their Cause Therefore let Phoebus take a strict Review And make Report if what we hear be true Mercy we rather would than Wrath employ Not drown bad Cities nor with Fire destroy The God thus order'd leaves his shining Robe Vested in Clouds and makes the Terrene Globe Swifter than Thought swift as the quickest Eyes Through

my Acquittance and your Audit's clear The Swain observ'd how sharp-set Isgrim look'd Ready to eat him and his Ox uncook'd Absent his Dog in danger of his Life Streight Arms he disconceals and draws his Knife Putting himself in posture of Defence Then said Come on your Martial Suit commence With this I 'll trounce your Tripes your Gullet rip Inspect thy Bowels and thy Body strip Thy Head cut off I 'll carry to the Kirk The Parish pays me for so good a Work The Wolf startled at Kirk and much dismay'd At his bright Arms and bold Defiance said Short as you are as Confident I am Thee to subdue as if a Kid or Lamb Trusting my Strength my Courage and my Cause But my Humanity puts in a Clause My Mother was a Caledonian Dame Lay-Elder-like War-Wolf my Grandsire came And ' midst Devotion mingled Venus Work As she at Prayers lay groveling in the Kirk ' Midst Groans and feign'd Contrition her embrac'd And pregnant swell'd her then no little Waste Some few Months after she had play'd the Rig With Wolvish Seed and Calvinism big With that fermenting Covenant enrag'd Against th' Episcopacy she engag'd Threw the first Stone and after that her Chair Lawn-sleeves upbraiding and New Common-Prayer The Signal given with a hideous Yell The Commers that sold Cabages and Kell Thunder at once Stools Cushions Stones and Mire Distain'd the Maggie's Pontifick Attire My Grannie so begun those fatal Broils Inflam'd three Kingdoms and two spacious Isles Therefore since you and I may be ally'd By Arbitration let the Case be try'd Wars doubtful are and long expensive Laws Let him who first we meet decide the Cause And to his Judgment promise both to stand On this th' Agreed and Seal'd a Counter-bond MORAL Who ventures on a Foe and then falls back Makes like a Pistol without Ball a Crack When to take up the Business Friends he moves Braggart himself both Fool and Coward proves FAB XXXV 2. Of the Rustick and the Wolf NOr long with Talk did they the Time beguile When busie Reynard whips me o're the Stile Whose Sire th' old Fox bred with much Care and Cost Up to the Law nor his Endeavors lost Lucrative Studies early he and late To Master strove whence Wealth grows spite of Fate If they to Pleading come will Sweat and Trudge When both thus said Behold an able Judge So after Conges to their Work they fell And each their Tale to best advantage tell Then said the Fox To this you 'l both abide I I at once the Swain and Wolf reply'd Then first apart he with the Rustick goes And thus affrights Your Case Sir fouly shows You have confest primo Leonis th' Act Casts you ' gainst those with Evil Spirits Contract You to the Devil made a Deed of Gift If such Work once we Lawyers come to sift You are undone your Life in danger too Witches have burnt for doing less than you Victims to promise execrations Charms The Bullock falls to him that first informs Not Friends at Court would fetch you off nor Gold Should any lay on this Advantage hold The nettled Swain with many ill-made Legs Of his Furr'd Foxship kind Assistance begs Whatever Goods and Lands though ne're so Rich Let him dispose e're suffer for a Witch Who thus reply'd To make your Business mine Your Purse must stretch whatever I design A Counsellor or two we first must make Each may a dozen of your Capons take These in the Breach must stand make good the Gap And may perhaps your Cause e're Hearing stop The Bullock send unto the Lion's Guard So get your Pardon and be never Heard Me a fat Goose some Chickens for my Wife And we I warrant soon shall hush all strife This to perform himself the Rustick ty'd When cunning Reynard thus young Isgrim ply'd So please your Wolfship you were much to blame To lay your Title in the Devil's Name For the foul Fiend Ah Heavens Appearance make Your wary Sire did never so mistake Though he did often Satan well advise And could out-lie the Father of all Lies Whene're to canvasing your Besiness comes One Load of Fagots will prove both your Dooms Your own Confessions Ah! not me employ The Plaintiff and Defendant will destroy But more than this your loud Contest I find And wrangling in such Passion taking Wind A Bird hath carried and no false Report To the King's Ear and to his hungry Court There Tables down they empty lye and watch Like greedy Fish whatever Prey to catch I saw them bussle cringe and making Legs This urges Service that his Promise begs Be sudden Sir else soon you 'l say I fear You had a fair Estate and once you Were With Sheep and fatted Lambs Peace-offerings make What 's all your Worth when Life lies at the Stake A Drolling Favorite and less serious Peer Shall brib'd although accus'd of Treason clear My Uncle now in old Lord Isgrim's Place Shall with a Present gain the Lion's Grace Send all to me and I 'll your Gifts dispose Confirm your Friends and molifie your Foes The Wolf thus nettled said All this I 'll do Whate're 't will cost me I 'll my Pardon sue Thus subtle Reynard ended their Debates Sharing no little Part of their Estates MORAL Business to Lawyers Arbitration put Whoever Shuffles they the first will Cut Go on each side a Snip nor care two Pins So they fill up their Mouths which Party Wins FAB XXXVI Of the Eagle and the Chough THe Royal Eagle down like Lightning came And truss'd in griping Sears a tender Lamb Then to a Cedars Crown that kiss'd the Skies To his expecting Aery bears the Prize This slight a Chough with admiration saw Who long had been a Student in the Law Then said Why toil we thus at Inns of Courts Sweating at Breviates Cases and Reports Drain Ployden Dyar Littleton and Cokes About a Jack-a Styles and John-a-Nokes Attend seven Years e're call'd unto the Bar When Sutes no Fortunes raise like Chance of War We a long Life may spend and sweating trudge To be a Tell-clock or a gowty Judge Make Term by Term the Hall with Pleadings ring When one Field one short Battel Crowns a King We spin out Causes Clients to beguile One Lucky Hit concludes the Soldiers Toil. We onely Fleecers be this Eagle came And made one Business both of Fleece and Lamb. Litigious Fools Estates we oft impair Get for our selves perhaps the better share But if in Military Power they fall Their Lands are swallowd Moveables and all Law and the Gown farewell I 'll now turn Blade Design he puts in Action soon as said And with a lofty Flight cuts ambient Skies Thence stooping a fat Weather makes his Prize Then with his Load thinking to cleave the Clouds He found himself entrapp'd in Woollen Shrowds His Claws and Shanks entangled stuck so deep That he lay Pris'ner to his Captive Sheep As casie he might raise this pondrous Work As bear to Heaven

new-found Silk and Gold most richly wrought Far fetch'd and dear from utmost Persia brought Where Venus lively sate in Mars his Lap And peeping Vulcan catch'd in Cupid's Trap Where whilst the stump-foot God fast by the Leg Seem'd Freedom of his wanton Son to beg She and her brisk Gallant the Pris'ner mocks Both pointing at him sitting in the Stocks The Border Silver Doves and Cupids fill'd And Lovers bleeding Hearts though never kill'd Next a Triclinium with congested Plates Furnish'd from Two Worlds with the choicest Cates All high Provocatives Venerial Food Would empty Veins replenish with a Flood An sec 22 A canted Couch for Ease and Dalliance fit Where three might lean at pleasure lie and sit Next saw I emboss'd Flaggons antique Mold Not full with Wine but brimming o're with Old Which Kings and Tetrachs that his Clients were When well went Causes had presented her Whole Cities pawn'd to pay their Patron 's Fees They humbly offer'd her such Toys as these Next on a Porphyre Cupboard I espy'd Instead of Drinking Plates Gems Stars out-vy'd And as neglected in a Corner lay A Silver Mountain might nine Legions pay The Superficial of her Treasure these She Jewels had were worth whole Provinces All which as Enemies I understood Gainst them resolv'd to make my Party good Whate're befalls to run the dangerous Risque ●ather than her to top a Basilisk So much I valu'd my plain modest Girl Beyond a Heaven of Jewels Gold or Pearl Beyond her Glories Luxury and Pride Beyond whatever in the World beside I that a Christian promis'd to be must ●even deadly Champions fight especial Lust Before my Youth and Marrow her should treat A Strumpet prey upon though ne're so Great ●et these full Veins a Hectick drain and I ●●le in a lingering Consumption die SECT XXIII WHilst I on all these look'd with disregard A Song and Musick I in Consort heard Which pleas'd surprizal my Attention mov'd Love th' Argument and Joys of being belov'd Of Cupid's Power in Heaven Earth and below All under the Obedience of his Bow They Sung his Club laid by and Lyons Skin How Hercules Omphale taught to Spin Who when his Mistris faulty found the Thred Suffer'd her break the Distaff o'r his Head Jove's scapes I heard and how the bashful Moon Danc'd to the Pipe of young Endymion At last appears with a Majestick Pace A Beauty fitting for a Gods Embrace Robes flowing in a Heaven of Jewels deckt And entring smiles on me with kind Respect Little I dreamt that e'r I her had seen She must some Goddess be at least a Queen Who as I staring stood amaz'd and mute First charg'd me with a kissing sweet Salute When thus she said Androcleus now I see Y' are born no Slave nor one of mean Degree Persons of low Birth though they Features have Know not which way to look when they are brave ●●ew her then but could not make reply ●rully routed by her conquering Eye ●hilst she then turning whisper'd to her Maid ●●ewel good Christian to my self I said Green-sick Girl a new Religion minc'd 〈◊〉 asham'd and utterly convinc'd ●ll me of Heavenly Bliss and Worlds to come ●ere present Joys are worth a Martyrdom 〈◊〉 Crowns of Glory who would not aspire ●●es Fiery Tryals suffering in such Fire ●●me one Night move in that Starry Sphere ●●en let there Devils me in pieces tear When with a wounding Smile she turning said Why stands Androcleus thus why so dismaid ●●t not what you in my Apartment see ●●zle your Eyes but make your Object Me Be not so mute freely your self behave Th' Old Man 's no more but now you are my Slave And I shall put you to a harder Task That more than all your Strength will Courage ask All here you see instructs you what to do This slender Banquet stands prepar'd for you I would not have such Entertainment lost Upon a gilded Sign or painted Post Encourag'd thus though I in Flames did fry Lonely star'd but could make no reply Nor Locomotive Faculties command Which she perceiving took me by the Hand And gently wringing to the Table led Placing me by her on the Festive Bed SECT XXIV THus poor Androcleus with a Lady sate The Wealth of Queens but mean to her Estate What e're the greatest Epicure could wish To taste delicious Wines there stood the Dish Whatever Wine to quench the Season'd Bit He at this Table might his Palat fit On us her Confident did onely wait Who ply'd my Cup and often chang'd my Plate Till Love thus heightned Fancy did enrich Unchain'd my Tongue and Freedom gave to Speech Finding Discourse my Wits with Bacchus edg'd Thus storm'd I her and formally besieg'd Madam These Miracles I here behold Your Beauty these bright Gems that Plate and Gold This Room so furnish'd set with Lights so thick That more than Stars confound Arithmetick My self in this rich Habit like a Prince Such Entertainment at so vast Expense And me a Slave thus by your special Grace Holding in this your Heaven a second Place Makes me the greater Wonder that am not Turn'd an admiring Statue on the Spot And now my Spirits seeming to revive Iquestion if I dead am or alive Or from Earth mounted my deliver'd Soul Found this your Paradise beyond the Pole These and th' inchanting Musick that I hear Makes me suppose that this is Venus Sphere And you th' Intelligence that Goddess are Ruling our Morning and our Evening Star If that I Wake am Dead or in a Dream Since Woe nor Weal lasts long in the Extreme If Truth or Fancy put it to the Test Really finish or Dream out the rest Surpriz'd at such a rate to hear me speak Thus in no common Torrent forth to break Androcleus said she I am doubtful too If I 'm not in a Trance as well as you To hear such Language hear you talk so brave None but a Prince can Act a Royal Slave Such Notions are no Birth of Toil and Sweat Sir I 'll on you no lesser Value set Than if some God descended from the Sky Would my Embraces at Heavens Purchase buy This said my Hand she in her Bosom slips And I made bold to venture on her Lips When thus I said Dear Madam I shall burst At once you make me Happy and Accurst Such Cordials far off from the Joy of Joys In tantalizing Pleasures me destroys Then the bold Strumpet me embracing kist Twining a Chain of Pearl about my Wrist Accept this Earnest of my Love she said And me to further Privacy convey'd In sect 〈◊〉 SECT XXV WHere stood a stately Bed in her Alcove Fit for sweet Thefts stoln Delights of Love Where Kings and Queens in Wedlock might embrace And Princes breed their own Illustrious Race When drawing nigh me sudden Terror struck The Curtains trembled and the Hangings shook And streight a Voice not Humane pierc'd my Ear Christian Andreas mind thy Soul forbear My Name that must be and this strange

have suffer'd in this dry and dusty Deluge § II. P. 158. l. 7. Not Transmigrated be thy Soul Pythagoras not onely holding the Transmigration of the Souls of Living Creatures one into another but also into Vegetives and some Inanimates Ibid. l. antepenult Mas-ca-dits The Topers § III. P. 160. l. 14. Seldom Colds attack Little or no Cold in Africa Ibid. l. 28. A Bi-form'd Race Such as Minotaurus the Centaurus and the rest Ovid. § V. P. 165. l. 12. A Single Hand Dictators with absolute Authority always chosen in a dangerous Exigence by the Roman Senate as Furius Camillus c. Ibid. l. 15. With my Phang-tooth Alluding to our ancient Kings only so Sealing their Leases and Grants § VI. P. 167. l. 1. Or Mutton raw They eat raw Flesh for which cause the Grecians call them Omesteres Omoborci Omophagoi § VII P. 169. l. 14. Your Stomach queasie The Lions prey upon Apes but more for Physick than for Nourishment Aelianus § VIII P. 170. l. 19. Arm'd with my Lench and Aule Homer's Odyss lib. 11. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Achilles Ghost to Ulysses in the Elysian Shades I rather would a Rustick be and serve A Swain for Hire ready almost to sterve And living be ' mongst all Misfortunes hurl'd Than dead an Emperor in this shady World Pag. 171. l. 21. King Amasis Amasis King of Aegypt Transform'd into a Lion Philostratus § IX Pag. 174. l. 15. Alcides had been thrice as strong Alluding to the Nemaean Lion's Skin which Hercules us'd more for a Shield than for a Mantle or a close fitted Habit. § X. Pag. 175. l. 5. Bunch-backt Camel I had kill'd Camels Flesh much lov'd by Lions as in an Expedition of Darius the Lions breaking into his Camp slew neither Men Horse nor Cattel but fell upon the Camels P. 176. l. 20. Dianira's Shirt A Present to Hercules steep'd in Nessus Blood which put on stuck so fast that it could not be got off without tearing the Flesh from the Bones Ibid. l. 23. The Mirror Glass § XII P. 180. l. 10. The sportive Ass to hunt Eccles 13. They hate extremely wild Asses and pursue them as a Prey P. 181. l. 12. ' Gainst the King of Birds The Bear being in a Tree under the Eagles Protection § XIII P. 184. l. 6. Unlawful Sheets See Pliny for the Adultery of the Lionesses with the Panther and Leopard Ibid. l. 11. At her Mothers to Lie-in They also endeavor to hide their Surreptitious Issue in the Adulterers Dens Apollonius P. 185. l. 10. My self then Disciplin'd All know how the Lion stirs up his Anger by beating himself with his Tail § XIV P. 187. l. antepenult A single Fid. As in Homer's Odysses lib. 8. they imitated the more especial Scapes of Mars and Venus § XV. Pag. 189. l. 7. Learned Apollonius Apollonius famous amongst ancient Authors for the Interpreting the several Languages of Birds and Beasts P. 190. l. 1. Saye A City in Aegypt in which King Amasis reign'd § XVI P. 191. l. 14. The honor'd Bay The Bay-tree suppos'd by the Ancients to be the noblest of all Plants P. 192. l. 7. They truly honor'd her See Coelius Not only the Aegyptians but the Arabians held Cats in great Veneration and Worship mourning solemnly at their Funerals § XVII Pag. 194. l. ult Lawrell'd Caesars The Stamp or Impression of their then going Gold S. Luke 20. Whose Image or Inscription is this viz. Caesar's P. 196. l. 4. Unto a Fencing-Master sold A Master of the Gladiators A frequent Custom at Rome amongst the Hectors and Deboshes to sell themselve to practice their Art and venture their Lives in the Amphitheater § XIX P. 199. l. 6. The Cest A Roman Exercise § XX. P. 201. l. 8. Women inconstant Varium mutabible semper Foemina Virg. l. 4. P. 202. l. 7. Not Marina A usual Custom in the Primitive Times to alter or contract their Christian Names not to be much differing from their former Ibid. l. 14. Petitions pin A Custom among the Heathens to stick their Petitions upon their Idols § XXII New-sound Silk Then but lately found in the time of the Caesars and rarely us'd Ibid. l. 21. A Triclinium Triclinia about which in three Seats nine Persons sate beyond which number they seldom treated according to the Juncto of the Muses nor seldom fewer than three the number of the Graces P. 207. l. 10. Gems Stars out-vy'd Hic petit excidiis verbem miserosque Penates Ut gemma bibat serrano Dormiat ostro Georg. l. 2. § XXV P. 214. l. 9. No more Gorgons Medusa's Head her Hairs feign'd to be Serpents the terrible Aspect turning all that beheld it into Stone § XXVI P. 215. l. 8. That Syren See Homer's Odysses lib. 12. First thou the Syrens shalt discover which All Comers with inticing Tunes bewitch Who their sweet Voyces hear remind no more Their Wives their Children nor their native shore In Meadows chanting they 'mong dead Mens Bones Crown rotten Skins and heap up Skeletons But when thou sailest by them look that there Thy Followers Ears thou stop that none may hear With yielding Wax But if thou hast a mind To hear inchanting Ditties let them bind Thee Hand and Foot and with strong Cordage fast About thy Middle tie unto the Mast So thou maist hear the Syrens melting Strains But if thou shouldst command them loose thy chains And set thee free then bid them harder tie But when these dire Inchanters are sail'd by Then thee I shall not punctually instruct In th' other Course thou maist thy self conduct By little Hints how thou maist find the way § XXVIII P. 219. l. ult A Heuricane Blowing at all the Two and thirty Points of the Compass P. 220. l. 4. Pil'd up Pyramids It is observ'd that the furious Heuricanes upon the Western Coast being a Whirlwind rolls not the Seas in long Billows but heaps them up in spiry Pyramids ANNOTATIONS ON The Ephesian Matron THe first Author of this Story was the most witty Petronius in his Satyricon and from him many others have made use of it amongst whom Johannes Salis buriensis Polycrat lib. 8. cites one Flavianus who affirms it really hapned at Ephesus and that the Woman suffer'd the deserved Punishment of her Impiety and Adultery § I. P. 229. l. 1. At Ephesus Ephesus is by Pliny call'd one of the Eyes of Asia taking Miletus for the other likely those two being by Strabo reputed the best and noblest Cities of Asia and Ephesus the chiefest Place of Trade Ibid. l. 2. Diana's Temple crown'd The Temple of Diana saith Solinus was built by the Amazons so magnificently that Xerxes burning all the other Temples of Asia spar'd this and by Pliny 't is esteem'd the true Wonder of Magnificence Ibid. l. 4. In that Worlds Wonder Commonly reckon'd as one of the Seven Wonders of the World the other six were The Walls of Babylon The Statue of Jupiter