must promise little and perform it but we do the quite contrary That when one eats more than one should One hath more Diseases than can be cured That he left his Son Estate enough if he were wise and if he were not so all that could be left him would signifie nothing Nicostrates General of the Argiens said to King Archidamus who sollicited him to do somewhat that was unjust You are not of the Race of Hercules who travelled over the whole World to punish the wicked since you endeavour to corrupt the good Epaminondas acquitted himself very well in an employment put upon him though it was an Office beneath him and said in his owâ— defence It was the man that made the Officâ— considerable and not the Office the man He would not allow for so much Oyl in aâ— account brought him for a Feast Because said he it is impossible that we should have eaten so much and not be sick with it He withdrew from a sacrificing Feast because of the great Pomp and Splendor saying they called me to a Sacrifice and I meet with a debauch Walking very pensively one time when all the City was rejoycing he told those that asked him the reason of it I am sad that you may take your fill of Mirth He would not render up a Criminal to Pelopidas but did it to a Curtizan giving this reason that it was a fit Present for a Curtizan but not for the General of an Army The Lacedemonians having declared War against Thebes having gotten divers Oracles some favourable others not he put them some on one side of the Chair others on the other hand and said If you behave your selves well these are for you shewing them the good ones if not you must expect the others Like a good Politician he makes our good or evil Fortune depend on our Actions not our Actions on them It hapning to thunder extraordinarily whilst he was marching an Army some having inquired of him what that signified That our Enemies are astonished replied he and shewed where they had entrenched themselves upon the Hills like men that were afraid or 〈◊〉 disadvantageous ground like People that â—new not what they did He owned that the Battle of Levetres did â—â—t please him so much for its importance as â—â—r the having gained it in his Father and Moâ—â—ers life time Appearing melancholy and thoughtful the â—ext day against his wonted Custom asking â—im the reason It is to allay replied he the â—xcess of Joy I felt yesterday The General of Thessaly having sent two â—â—ousand Crowns to him to defray the expence â—f an Enterprize which they had contrived â—ogether as knowing that he was very poor â—e quarrelled at him for it as if he would have â—orrupted him and satisfied himself with borâ—awing some small matter of a Friend of his â—or that purpose He refused Darius his Presents with the â—ame Moderation saying he ought not to do â—t if he desired nothing but what was just from â—im if not all the Riches he had could not â—corrupt him Or it is to no purpose if he be â—our Friend if not I can never be his but this â—is to be found elsewhere Being informed that a Soldier had enriched himself by the ransom of a Prisoner You are now too wealthy said he to be a Soldier go and set up a Tavern in some good City As a Soldier too much at ease is not fit for the War Talking how the Athenians were entred into Peloponese excellently well armed A good Musician says he never dreads to meet anotheâ— provided with a good Instrument So soon as he was Director of Beotia bâ— bid the Thebans furbish their Weapons becausâ— he intended to make use of them and not lâ— them rust in idleness and some advising theâ— to live in peace he said that under that faâ— pretence they designed to impose the greatâ—â— slavery upon them He called his Country the Theatre of Warâ— and said it could not be defended unless theâ— always had the Sword in hand Some comparing him to Agamemnon saiâ— he That Prince was ten years taking of oâ—â— Town and I for my part have set free aâ—â— Greece in one days time by the Battle of Lâ—ctres He patiently endured the ill humour of thâ— Thebans and said that one must no more takâ—â— revenge of ones Country than of ones Fatherâ— Likewise he affirmed the noblest death was 〈◊〉 dye for ones Country and obtained what hâ— commended A Rich man refusing to lend a Friend of his money who was in necessity Art not thoâ— ashamed said he to deny assistance to a good man It is not just so in the Original but â— have put it thus to make it better for in anâ— Apophthegm it is not so material for the truth as the force of the expression It being controverted who was the greatest Captain he or some other Stay till our deaths said he to judge aright because one oversight does sometimes sorfeit all their reputation Being brought to judgment with his Colâ—egues for having kept the command of the Arâ—y four Months after his time was expired he â—rdered them to lay all the fault upon him â—nd presenting himself at the day appointed â— am the sole Author said he of the Crime â—harged upon us and do not resuse to dye provided they add to the sentence That I am â—ondemned to death for having set Greece at liâ—erty and made my ingrateful Country triâ—mphant over the Lacedemonians ever till now â—nvincible This assurance did so astonish his Judges that they withdrew without daring to put it to the Vote He added that no Arguments were capable of justifying them if what they had done would not suffice because Deeds are better then Words how pompous soever they could be This serves to shew us that we must not juggle with the Actions of great men nor examine them by the strictness of Law Being wounded to death at the Battle of Mantiniea hearing that such as had been able to take the Command of the Army were all slain in the Fight he advised them to make a Peace since there were none left fit to carry on the War and the Event proved that he was in the right He would not suffer them to draw the Weapon out of his Wound till he was assured he had gained the Victory and finding they had saved his Buckler he told them He dyed contentedly to live eternally in the memories of men Some attribute to him the killing a Sentiâ—â—nal whom he surprized asleep saying by waâ— of excuse I left him as I found him Pelopidas took no great care to enrich himself and when his Friends put him in minâ— that money was necessary Yes indeed said he to that man there shewing them a pooâ— Cripple Going to the Wars his Wife recommended to him the care of his own Person Give thaâ— caution to others said he for it belongs to mâ— who am their Chief to have a care of
revenge against a beautiful Youth who had killed one of his Nephews that would have violated him He is worthy of a Recompence said he and shewed him honour He put a Crown upon his Head His Souldiers wanting water in his Wars against the Teutonicks and Cimbri he told them that they must go and fetch some of that which ran close by the Enemies Camp Being reproached for having bestowed the â—riviledge of Burghership on his Soldiery without observing the due forms and customs could not said he hear the Voice of the â—aw amidst the clattering of Arms. In the Wars of the Allys one of their Geâ—erals holding him besieged in his Camp sent â—im word that if he were so brave a man as was â—eputed he should come out and fight 'T is â—ou replied he if you are a Great Captain â—hat ought to force me out I have put this before to Antigonus Sylla who was called the Happy reckoned amongst his good fortunes the taking of the City of Athens and the gaining the Friendship of Metellus Whereof the one was taken by Storm after a long Siege without reducing it to ashes and the other was one of the most worthy men of his time Being necessitated to seize upon the Treasures of the Temples for payment of his Soldiers some body gave him notice that as they were going to plunder that of Delphos they heard the sound of Instruments Courage says he it is a good Sign for those do not use to play on Fiddles that are angry Because Apollo held a Violin in his hand His Soldiers having beaten a Magistrate of Rome to death with cudgels in the civil Wars he said they would do the better Service hereafter to repair the shame for such an Action Indeed he was not in a Capacity to punish them the Soldiers being their own masters in a time of Civil War At the Siege of Athens he said to the Ambaâ—â—sadours that came to tell him old stories That he was not come thither to be taught bâ—â— to be obeyed To stop his Soldiers from flying in a Fight he snatched an Ensign and turning toward the Enemy If you are asked said he to hiâ— men where you left your General tell theâ— you left him fighting the Enemy in the Fields of Orcomenes The place of Battle At an enterview with Mithridates he asked him without any other ceremony Whether he would make good his Agreement and finding him silent it behoves those said he that stand in need of Peace to ask it then seeing he wavered he reproached his perfidiousness and told him when he was about to excuse himself That he must needs be very Eloquent if he could find out any words would bear an excuse As he was causing the Throats of seven thousand men to be cut at one time the Senate who were near hearing their cryes It is nothing Sirs said he but some seditious Fellows I have caused to be punished Having resigned the Dictatorship a Youth following with Menaces and injurious language This young Boy said he will another time hinder any but my self from doing as I have done He said that Caesar was worse then Marius and would have put him to death had not his Friends prevented it Or that there were many Marius 's in Caesar. Crassus said that a private man was not rich he had not enough to maintain an Army â—his were better aâ—â—irmed of a Prince â—r what has a private Person to do with an â—rmy He said that a good servant was the chiefâ—st Furniture of a House and kept a great number of Slaves but that was a part of the Revenue of the Ancients and not an â—pence He first shook hands with Pompey upon a reâ—nciliation as who should say he that first â—eturns is the worthiest The Parthians having sent him a very haughâ—â— Embassy he told them He would return â—s Answer in Seleucia which was their Capital â—ity Being importuned to know what he would â—o in a business of consequence I will do said â—e what shall be for the Benefit of the Commonwealth The intrails of the Victims falling out of his â—ands in the Wars against the Parthians he â—erceiving they made an Ominous interpretaâ—ion of it The Sword said he shall not fall out of my Hand in battle The Enemy causing the Head of his Son to â—e carried on the point of a Launce let not â—hat trouble you said he to his Soldiers this â—ffront concerns none but my self Lucullus being ready to give Battle to Tigraâ—es they came and told him it was an unlucky day The better said he we will make 〈◊〉 fortunate by our Victory He told his Soldiers who apprehendeâ— the Enemies foot because they had â— good Armour on they would put theâ— to more trouble in killing them then in routinâ— them Pompey finding some fault with an House 〈◊〉 had in the Country because it was only fit for 〈◊〉 Summer Seat Sure I have as much Wâ— as the Cranes or Swallows that change their Habitation with the season said he Thanks being returned by some for that 〈◊〉 had treated them with great Magnificence â— did not do that replied he so much for yoâ— as for my self So to his Steward once exâ—â—sing himself that he entertained him 〈◊〉 better because he was alone Did not yoâ— know said he that I was to dine with my self Vnderstand he was very Voluptuous 〈◊〉 the Original it is that Lucullus was to dine with Lucullus When some would have perswaded him to attaque a Camp where there was much danger he said I would rather save one Roman Souldier then gain all the Enemies Plunder Fulvius slaying his Son with his own hands who was going to joyn with Cataline said I brought thee up to defend thy native Country not to oppress it Pompey who was as much beloved of the Romans as his Father had been hated got an Army together as soon as ever he was but out of his Child-hood and Sylla having sent for him he said he would never present himself before â—im till he was victorious His Army being upon a March he caused â—e Swords of all his men to be tyed in their â—abbards to hinder them said he from robbing â—nd murthering by the way Having quieted the troubles in Sicily as â—e Mamertins were alledging something in â—heir Excuse will you never said he leave â—rging the law to them that have the Sword â— hand Being resolved to put them all to the Sword â—e that commanded them offering his own Throat as the sole Author of that disturbance â—ying withal The innocent ought not to be â—unished for the guilty Pompey was so moved with it that he replied That for that time â—e guilty should obtain pardon for the innocent and forgave them all for his sake His Soldiers willing to proclaim him Impeâ—ator after he had vanquished Domitius in Africk â—e said he would never take that name while â—he Enemy's Camp was in being and went â—mmediately and took it in despite
Friends said he Stand in need of no recommendations to make them do Justice Some body shewing him the Fortifications of a Place and asking him whether they were not very fine yes for Women said he Another ask'd what Women dwell there and a third said there is a very fine apartment for the Ladies A celebrated Comedian admiring that he would not speak to him and inquiring whether he knew him yes said he are not you Callippides the Buffoon Because the Lacedemonians prized nothing but vertue otherwise that profession was not infamous amongst the Grecians tho it were prohibited in Lacedemonia When some would perswade him to hear a fellow that counterfeited the Nightingale â— have several times said he heard the Nightingale it 's self A Physician who would be called Iupiter as who should say the Saviour because he had wrought some famous Cures having sent a letter to him with this Inscription Menecrates Iupiter To King Agesilaus Health He replyed King Agesilaus to Menecrates Wisdome treating him as a Fool. Some telling him that the Lacedemonians took party with the Persians No said he it is the Persian hold Parties with the Lacedemonians So to those that called the King of Persia the Great King as we say at present the Grand Siginor he said he was not greater then himself unless he were more just not measuring his greatness by the Extent of his Empire but of his Vertues Being asked whether Valour were better then Justice It would be useless said he if all men were just He added that it would likewise be of no use unless accompanied by the other He said that the Inhabitants of Asia considered as free were nothing worth but they were passable for Slaves He said that we ought to teach Children that which would be of use to them when they are men One making an ill defence for himself before the Judges yet still imploring the benefit of the Laws In vain doest thou miplore the benefit of the Law said he unless thou make a better Plea This is the sence the Strictness of words are not so When the King of Persia sought his allyance he told him that were needless for if he were a true Friend to his Country he should be so to him A Friend of his Surprising him unawares as he was Sporting with his Children Stay said he and do no mock till you have Children of your own Or till you are a Father Such as were allied to the Lacedemonians complaining that they furnished them with more Souldiers then themselves raised he made it appear that they indeed furnished them with more men but not so many Souldiers because there was not one of them but had another Trade whereas the Lacedemonians practised nothing but the Art of War Necessity obliging them to do something that was contrary to their Laws he said that they must let them lye and sleep that day and on the morrow they would wake and rise with more Vigour To teach us that the Laws are made for men and not men for the Laws The Egyptians despising him because he had no great attendance nor extraordinary Equipage I will make them know said he that Royalty does not consist in vain pomp but in great vertues Philip having razed the City of Olynthia he cannot said Agesipolis in a long time rebuild such another To teach us that we ought not to resolve upon such great cruelties but in extremity Being twitted that he had been given in hostage in his youth It belongs to Kings said he to bear the faults of their Country A Stranger telling him the Dogs of Sparâ—a were good for nothing The men were no better at first replyed he but they are improved by study and exercise When the Athenians would have chosen those of Megara to be the Umpires or Judges in a controversy they had with the Lacedemonians It were a shame said Agesipolis that a small Village should know how to do Justice better then the two Capital Cities of Greece Agis said one should not inquire how many the enemies were but where they were This sounds more brave then wise as the most part of Apophthegmes have more of Gallantry then Solidity When they would have hindred him from giving battle at Mantinea because the Enemy was much Stronger When a few people said he would command over a great many they must not be afraid to Fight them He said to one who inquired how many Lacedemonians there were There are enough to beat the Enemy Anothersaid they were but few but would do much or to much effect Or they seemed to be many in a battle To one who was commendable for nothing thing but discourse he said when you are silent you are worth nothing The Argians having rallied after their defeat and coming furiously upon him he said to his men who were astonished Courage Companions if the vanquished have so much resolution what should the Victors have In the Greek it is if the Victors are astonished what shall the vanquished do A tedious Orator asking at the end of his Speech what answer he would give to those that sent him Tell them said he that I have given thee leave to say all thou hadst a mind to Or that I have let thee talk thy fill without interrupting thee To another he said tell them that you were much puzled to make an end and I to understand you In his presence as some were praising those of Elida for their well behaving themselves at the Olympick Games What a Miracle said he that once in four years they should do their duty well He said that envious people were very Miserable in being tormented as much at others happiness as their own Misfortune Or for their not being only troubled with their own Miseries but the good fortune of others As some were advising him in a battle to let those go by quietly that were flying How shall we assault those that stand to it said he if we fear those that run One talking very Magnificently of Liberty Thy discourses said he have need of power and wealth to maintain them His Father said it ought not be wondred at â—f things grew worse and worse but it would be more wonderful if things went better since all the World grew worse Being asked the means or way how to become free by despising death replyed â—â—e Demades saying in rallery that the Lacedemonians Swords were so short the Juglers of Athens swallowed them Yet we can reach our Enemies with them said Agis When they would have had him March to the assault of a place under the Conduct of a Traytor What reason is there said he to trust the lives of so many brave Soldiers under a man that hath betray'd his own Country A wicked fellow asking him who was the best of men in Sparta he that least resembles you replyed he Agis who was the last King of Lacedemonia and had been thrust into Prison because he would
suffer the little ones to be trampled upon by the great ones Some discoursing that the City of Sparta did triumph because they knew how to Command No said he but because they know how to obey He said that time abolish'd those Honors that were too great and augmented the meaner Or time pulls down the great and axalts the little APOPHTHEGMES OF LACEDEMONIANS Whose Names are not illustrious or are not to be found BEfore the Battle of Thermopylae Leonidas having sent away some young men who were unmarried to keep them out of harms way and intending to do the same by three more under the pretence of giving them some Commission one of them said he was come thither as a Soldierâ— and not to be a Messenger another that he could do more Service there then in Lacedemon And the third replyed I shall as willingly dye here as elsewhere Or Fight at first as with the last A Lacedemonian having a Gray-beard and being asked wherefore he wore it so long That by beholding it I may do nothing unworthy of it replyed he A Poet having said that the City of Athens was the support of all Greece A Lacedemonian replyed it would soon fall had it no stronger Pillars Another observing a man that willingly gave ear to slandering Do not said he lend thy Ears against me Some belonging to the Isle of Kio having done somebeastly things in their passage thorow Lacedemon the Ephori not willing to punish them caused it to be proclaimed that those of Kio should be allowed to be nasty Villains A Lacedemonian spying a man lying at his whole length in a Chariot I should be ashamed said he to be seen in a posture that I could not defend my self in case I were assaulted Or as the Greek is that I could not rise up if I met an old man Diogenes being naked embraced a Statue in cold weather and saying to excuse himself he felt no hurt or inconvenience Wherefore doest thou do so then said a Lacedemonian Some one of a Nation that was not very Valiant saying Nevertheless we have Conquered our Neighbour Countries That is because you are not only cowardly but unjust too said a Lacedemonian Another who was about having a â—shooe put on saying to a Lacedemonian that he could not stand so long upon one Foot as he did No said he but Cranes can stand longer yet To shew we must not take vanity in such idle things A Rhetorician bragging of his Art doest thou call that an Art said a Lacedemonian which hath not truth for it's Object and End Because they often perswade to believe untruths An Inhabitant of Argos saying they had many Lacedemonians buried in their Country Yes said a Lacedemonian but there are no Aâ—giens Graves in Lacedemonia To shew they had not the courage to approach them This has some resemblance with another of an Athenian who said they had often repulsed the Lacedemonians from the Walls of Athens A Sergeant who was selling of Slaves saying I have a Lacedemonian to sell say a Captive replyed he Lysimachus asking a Lacedemonian who had listed himself in his Army if he were not a Hilote which was a kind of Slave Doest thou believe that any other would come to serve thee for five pence wages said he The Thebans after the Battle of Leuctres coming down even to the very Gates of Lacedemon one of them cryed out aloud where are the Lacedemonians now They are not here said a Captive for if they were thou durst not approach so near them The Athenians having been compelled to Surrrender to the Lacedemonians demanded of them to have the Isle of Samos left in their hands That were not just or fair said they to let you keep possession of anothers Lands when you have not been able to defend your own Philip sending to know of them whether they would have him enter the Country as a Friend or a Foe they answered him neither as one nor other Another time they condemned an Ambassador to pay a Fine for having given the Title of King to Antigonus altho that Prince had made a Present of great quantities of Wheat to the Spartans in a time of Famine But they reckoned all those Successors of Alexander to be Vsurpers A wicked person having propounded very good advice upon occasion they caused him to be registed as an honest man that they might not seem to give countenance to Vicious persons Two Brothers pleading against each other they raised a Fine upon the Father of them for his not deciding that Controversy A Musician was likewise condemned for having played on the Lyre with his Fingers contrary to their Custom because they would not suffer Sparta to be corrupted with Novelties A little Boy being mortally wounded by his Camerade he said to those that cheered him with the hopes of a revenge that needs not for I had done the same to him had I been strong enough Another having stollen a Fox suffered it to tear his Bowels rather then discover his theft and said to excuse it that it were better to Dye then be taken in an ill act It was permitted to steal provided they were not taken in the Fact Some saying to a Lacedemonian it was happy for him that he had not been met with by Thieves But they are so said he for not meeting with me A Lacedemonian being Interrogated what he could do Be Free replyed he Or dye for my Liberty A Young Lacedemonian Captive who served his Master well enough having order to bring him his Chamber-pot answered not and being pressed to do it he made his Escape to the top of the house and told him you shall quickly find whom you have to deal withal and cast himself down that he might not do a thing unworthy or beneath himself Another being asked whether he would be a good Boy if they bought him Yes said he or whether you buy me or not One being Scoffed at for having painted a Fly upon his Buckler as if he would avoid being known by so small a token You deceive your selves said he for I will charge the Enemy so near that they shall have Reato know this Mark well enough Some having proffered to put a Lyre into the Hands of a Lacedemonian after they had dined he said he had no skill in Fooling One inquiring of another whether it were safe going to Lacedemon There is no danger for any but Lyons said he for the Hares sleep at our very Gates To shew they minded not cowards A Lacedemonian mortally wounded at the first on-set It does not trouble me to dye said he but to be killed thus basely before I had Signalized my courage Another having given some Fish to be dressed at an Inn hearing the Host call to bring him some Oyl Vinegar and some Cheese to make the Sauce If I must have all that said he I shall not need the Fish This shews their Frugality At Lysander's Death Agesilaus having found among his
of his Family bâ— his Valour said he and refused him Zeno whom he esteemed above all the Philosophers being dead he said He had lost the Witness of his Actions and the Theatre oâ— his Glory Lysimachus being constrained to give uâ— himself and his whole Army for want of water cried out having drank great Gods foâ— what a small matter I have lost my Liberty and Country Antipater having heard of the Murther oâ— Parmenion If he were guilty said he iâ— whom shall Princes confide and if he were innocent where is the Prince we can confide in He said of Demades and Phocion That he had two Friends of a direct contrary humour for he could never satisfie the one nor ever get the other to accept of any thing Antiochus sent his Letters into all Parts at his first accession to the Empire That if there came any Orders from him contrary to the Laws they should not obey them He likewise withdrew himself from Ephesus fearing the great Beauty of Diana's Priestess should tempt him to violate her Antiochus surnamed the Hawk put himself â—â—to Mourning upon the report of the death 〈◊〉 his Brother though they made War against â—ch other and being after assured that he â— as living he caused publick Thanksgiving â—â—d Rejoycings to be kept To shew said he â—at the Law of Nature yet subsists amidst â—â—r disorders What was rare in those days â— now grown common A report being brought to Pergamos of the â—eath of Eumenes his Brother Attalus seized immediately on the Empire and married his â—â—iddow But the News proving to be false 〈◊〉 laid down the Crown and went to meet â—â—m in the habit of a private Person of which Eumenes took no other notice but only whisâ—ered in his Ear another time be not so haâ—y to marry my Wife till you have seen me â—id in my Grave He never after shewed aâ—y more resentment and at his Death left him â—is Wife and his Empire Attalus on the oâ—â—er hand did never raise any Children but reâ—â—ored the Diadem to the Son of Eumenes as â—â—on as he was of Age to Govern It would â—e difficult to find two such rare Examples the â—ne of Acknowledgment the other of Modeâ—â—tion He was wont to tell his Brothers If you treat me as your King I will treat you as Brothers and if you treat me as a Brother I will treat you as I am King To teach them to obey him Pyrrhus said He never had taken so many Cities by force as Cineas had taken by cunning The Inhabitants of a Town besieged haviâ—â— railed at him bitterly a thousand times duriâ—â— the Siege he told him as he was setling theâ— after the place was taken That they had greâ— need of Masters to teach them to rule thâ—â— Tongues Being asked which of two excellent Musiâ—â—ans he liked best he answered The Geneâ—â— Polyperque to shew that Kings ought to estâ—â—â—â— brave men and not Fidlers One who had never been in the Wars promising to instruct him in the Military Art 〈◊〉 told him That he never valued a General wâ—â— had never heard the sound of a Trumpet He said after the gaining of two battles against the Romans I am lost if I gain a thiâ— because they had cost him so many men aâ—â— therefore admiring their Valour he said thâ— he could easily conquer the whole World wiâ—â— the Romans or the Romans with him Otheâ— improperly attribute this to Antiochus wâ—â— was no great Soldier He said when he quitted Sicily I leaveâ— brave Field of Battle to the Romans and thâ— Carthaginiansâ— which proved true in the â—â—vent He bid those Commissaries whom he sent 〈◊〉 raise Forces be sure to chuse proper and luâ—â—â— Fellows and he would take care of the rest â— if courage and skill proceeded only from exercise which is not always so Being entred into Athens to Sacrifice â— praised the Athenians for the confidence theâ— had in him but withal told them that 〈◊〉 time they should have a care of letting in â—ny one that exceeded them in strength Having pillaged Laconia by surprize before â—ny War declared he answered the Lacedemoâ—ians who made Complaints to him that he did not use to divulge his secrets to any body His Children desiring to know of him at the time of his death to whom he left his Empire To him said he that hath the â—harpest Sword Though this were true in some sort it was ill in the mouth of a Father who thereby kindled the Flames of a Civil War in his own Family The great Antiochus having strayed from his Company at a hunting betook himself to â— little Caban where some People who knew him not discoursed of him some extolling his good Nature others saying that his Servants wrought upon it to ill purposes and that he spent too much of his time in hunting he at his return to his Company told them he had never heard so much truth spoken as that day At the Seige of Ierusalem the Iews having desired seven days Truce to celebrate their great Festival he not only granted their request but would needs honour that Ceremony in Person and himself conducted in great Pomp to their very Gates huge quantities of â—ncense and Victimes which touched them so sensibly that they surrendred to him as soon as the Festival was over To make an Apophthegme we should make him tell what he did but that would lessen it The Romans having lopp'd off a part of hâ— Empire he said He was obliged to them so having discharged him of a great portion 〈◊〉 his care Though this is truth yet Prince do not lay aside those burthens till they neeâ— must Pisistratus Tyrant of Athens finding hâ—â— Friends revolted who had seized on a Foâ—tress went and found them with his little Râ—tinue and when they inquired of him what 〈◊〉 intended to do Remain with you here saâ—â— he or get you to return with me Knowing that his Mother loved a younâ— man who durst hardly visit her out of the apprehension he had of him he invited him tâ— Supper and having treated him well Herâ—â— aâ—ter said he shew your self more complaisaâ— towards my Mother Another that was one of the finest shaped meâ— in the City having been so insolent as to kiâ—â— his Daughter in the open Street and the Mother desiring he would resent it If we punish those that caress us said he what shall we do to them that hate us This was but a colour to excuse the capriciousness or passion of the young man whom he presently sent foâ— to bestow his Daughter in Marriage on him Some debauched Fellows having done an injury to his Wife and coming the next day to beg his pardon You are mistaken said he my Wife was not out of doors yesterday but be more modest another time There is no pleasure in owning to have received an affront and especially in such cases and therefore Câ—â—sâ—â— deni'd that his Wife
had discovered that Treason â—ut because the Romans never revenged themâ—elves of their Enemies but by open force Martius Coriolanus being Victorious was adâ—ised to repose himself who replied that Viâ—tory took away all weariness and refused â—hose Presents they offered as a recompence of â—is Valour Vertue being above all Reward He would therefore only accept of some marks of Honour and the Liberty of a Prisoner that was his Friend The same is related of a Roman Knight His Mother coming to him whilst he held Rome besieged would not salute him till he declared whether he did it as Friend or an Enemy my and obliged him to raise the Seige Manlius told the Romans who would maâ—â— him Consul that he could not bear with the Faults nor they with his Severity The Senate having sent him the Complainâ— that were brought in against his Son he spenâ— two days in the Examination and pronounce this Sentence on the third Seeing my Son 〈◊〉 guilty of Concussion or Extortion I forbid him my House and the Republick and comâ—mand him to depart immediately The Soâ— strangled himself in the Night and the Father would not be at his Funeral Fabius Maximus encamped always in place very advantageous that he might not be compelled to sight and being in derision nick named Hannibal's Pedant he would say 〈◊〉 shewed more Cowardize to be afraid of the Peoples idle discourses then to be afraid oâ— the Enemies and therefore Hannibal said he dreaded Fabius unarmed far more than Minâ—tius armed For this reason they called him the Buckler of the Romans as Marcellus their Sword Minutius making a great noise for a small advantage obtained against Hannibal he said he feared more the good Fortune of Minutius then an ill one because it puffed him with pride and the other envying him If he were wise said he he would consider that he hath nothing to do with me but with Hannibal Being informed that a stout Soldier went every day out of the Camp to see a Woman whom he loved he sent and had the Woman taken then said to him now we have something will keep you with us And then giving â—â—e woman to him pardoned his fault He being asked at the sacking of Tarentum Whether they should carry away their Images â—â—t of their Temples Let us leave the Tarenâ—es their angry Gods said he Being deputed to go to his Son who was Consul by the Senate he rode towards him without alighting from his horse till his Son â—â—nt and commanded him then running to emâ—â—ace him I meant to try said he whether â—ou knew what it was to be a Consul He was wont to say they were much in the â—rong that went roughly to work with such as â—ey intended to gain unto them since it is by nothing and caresses that the very Animals â—e tamed much sooner then by Whips and â—urs Going to Carthage to complain of the taking 〈◊〉 Sagunte and he who commanded speaking â—â—me what proudly to him he made a fold in â—â—e Skirt of his Garment and said In this I â—ring Peace and War and being answered what he might give which he pleased shaking â—â—s Coat he cried War the Carthaginians told â—â—m they accepted it with the same resolution â—â—at he profered it It being intended to give again the command of the armies to Terentius Varro after â—e Battle of Cannes he told them the Republick had need of a more Fortunate Geneâ—al than himself and refused it Nevertheless â—e continued the Command Livius in wrath against the People weâ—â— and made War in Spain and being advise not to give Battle till he was well informed oâ— the Enemies strength he replyed He would give it as soon as ever he came thither to bâ— revenged upon the Citizens or be crowneâ— with Honor. Words unworthy of an ancient Râ—â—man He would not totally defeat the whole Aâ—â—my of Asdrubal but said let some remainalive to carry the news of our Victory anâ— their loss Scipio said he was never less alone theâ— when he was alone Nor more employ'd theâ— when he was idle because the mind is alwayâ— most active when we have nothing else 〈◊〉 do After the taking of Carthagena his Soldier having brought him a lovely Woman prisoner he told them he would have accepted of heâ—â— if he had not been their General As having too much other business to think of Love At the siege of a City being very full of business he appointed some that sought to him to meet him in the principal Temple of the Town and having mastered the place within the time limited though the service was very hard he kept his word with them It being wondred at that he would venture over into Affrick with such small numbers he said pointing to three hundred of his Guards there is not one man amongst those that would not leap down from a Steeple if I commanded him The Carthaginians having offered him great â—ings to procure a Peace would have gone â—â—om their word upon the arrival of Hannibal â—â—t he without remission told them he â—ould have five hundred Talents more as a puâ—â—shment for their recalling him The Senate having ordained that he should â—â—ke some money out of the publick Treasury â—â—â—d those that had the keeping of it refusing open it upon some religious account Have â—u the insolence said he to refuse me enâ—ance me who am the cause of it's shutâ—â—â—g up By the great sums he had brought in â—ere A couple of Tribunes having accused him â—f divers Crimes he presents himself before â—â—e People upon the day assigned and without adeavouring to justifie himself Sirs said he â—was on this day I vanquished Hannibal and â—bdued Carthage let us go and return thanks 〈◊〉 â—the Gods and thereupon marched directâ—â— to the Capitol followed by all the People Some body taxing him that he was no â—ouldier I own it said he but I am a Capâ—â— He said that reason subdued men as bits â—nd curbs tamed horses This Saying is attributed to him That we must make a golden Bridge for an enemy and â—ever give Battle without a manifest advanâ—â—ge Flaminius who was chosen Consul before he â—ad undergone the other Offices said to the â—cheans who would needs undertake an enterprize without the Peloponese Remember you quit your Court if once you put your head out of the shell like a Tortoise Understood they were surrounded with the Sea and 〈◊〉 nothing to defend but the Straight into Orinth All Greece being in a consternation upon tâ—â— marching in of Antiochus he to encourage theâ— said once at a great feast as he was admiring the quantity of Dishes his entertainer toâ—â— him that all he saw was Pork disguised inâ— hundred several fashions and so this vast Aâ—â—my is only a crowd of cowardly Scythiâ—â— dressed in several garbs He told a turbulent fellow who was danciâ—â— in company and made a great deal of spoâ— that he wondered he could be so