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A18880	The booke of Marcus Tullius Cicero entituled Paradoxa Stoicorum Contayninge a precise discourse of diuers poinctes and conclusions of vertue and phylosophie according the traditions and opinions of those philosophers, whiche were called Stoikes. Wherunto is also annexed a philosophicall treatyse of the same authoure called Scipio hys dreame. Anno. 1569.; Paradoxa. English	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Somnium Scipionis.	1569 (1569)	STC 5314; ESTC S112802	30,190	104

verye poore and beggarly FINIS ❀ SCIPIO HIS Dreame AFTER my commynge into Aphrique beynge Marshal or Tribune to the .iiii. Legiō of Souldioures as you knowe Anitius Mannilius being then Consull I was desirous to doe nothinge so muche as to visite kinge Masinissa one that for good causes and iuste respectes beareth moste vnfained goodwill to our house and familie Before whose presence when I came the old kinge louinglye embracinge mee in his armes wepte and with in a while after loked vppe towarde Heauen and saide I rendre thankes vnto the O soueraigne Sunne and vnto all you other celestiall Bodyes that before I departe oute of this life I doe see within myne owne Territorie and kyngedome yea and vnder the roofe of my house my moste beloued P. Cornelius Scipio with whose onelye name I am refreshed and comforted For the remembraunce of that most noble and inuyncible manne neuer departeth oute of my mynde Then beganne I to question with him concerninge the state of his kingedome and hee mee of our common wealth and soe withe mutche talke to and froe hadde wee spente that daye But afterwarde beinge entertayned withe Princelye furniture and curtesie wee continued our talke till farre in the nyghte the olde kynge speakynge of nothynge els but of Africanus and hauing in freshe memory not onely his valiaunt actes but also his wise and pithy sayings Then after we were gone to bedde I beinge bothe weary with my iournaye and hauing ouer watched my selfe before slept more soundly then I was wōte accustomed to do Here me thought I thinke verily it was because wee had talked of him before for it is cōmonly sene that our cogitacions and talke do represent cause some suche thinge in our sleape as Aennius wryteth of Homere that is to say suche as the mynde wakinge vsed oftenest to thinke on Africanus appeared and shewed himselfe vnto mee in such a maner of shape whereby he was better knowen of mee then he coulde haue beene by his owne person Whom after that I knew truly I shiueried was sore afraide But quoth he vnto me be of good chere and lay aside all feare O Scipio and commit wel to memorye such thinges as I shall tell thee Doest thou not se yonder Citie whych hauinge bene once hertofore compelled by me to yeald obeysaunce to the Romaine people renueth ●lde grudges seeketh new warres and cānot be quyet And sheewed Carthage vnto me from an high stelliferous cleare and lightsome place to the besieginge and conquest whereof thou now comest beinge nowe in maner but a priuate Souldioure this same shalt thou beinge Consul subuerte and destroy within these two yeares and shalt thereby purchasse and wynne a Surname to thy selfe whyche thou hast as yet of vs by descente of enheritaunce And when thou hast spoiled and ouerthrowen Carthage made a solemne Triumphe of victorye borne y t offyce of Consull hast bene Embassadour into Aegipt Syria Asia Grece thou shalt being absent be chosen and elected the seconde time Consull and shalte bee the victoryous Generall of a mightye battaile and shalte atchieue a most noble enterpryse in sacking and vtterly ruynating Numantia But when thou shalt at thy retourn enter into the Capital riding in a Chariot thou shalte finde the Commune wealthe merueilouslye frusshed and disquieted through the ruffling styrre and procurement of my Nephew Herein O Africanus it shalbe very expedient and needeful that thou set to thy helping hande and shewe forthe for thy Countraies sake and behoufe the haulte courage and vndaunted prowesse of thy mind wytte and coūsaile But of that time I do se as it were the way of fate and destinye to be very doubtful For when thou comest to be seuen times eight winters sōmers old and that these two nūbers wherof both are accompted ful the one for seuerall cause from the other shal accomplish and make the fatall terme of the yeres thou shalt liue with a naturall circuite vppon thee onely and thy name shal the whole citie leane and repose her trust Thee shall the honourable Senate reuerēce thee will all good men honoure thee will all fellowes and confederates of the Romaine people regard thee wyl the Latines adore and trust to in thee onely shal the saue gard and preseruacion of the Citie consist And to be short thou being enstalled in y e office of Dictator must redresse the abuses of the Common wealth and set y e same in good order if thou mayst escape the cursed hands of thyne owne kinrede lignage At this last talke Laelius with pitifull scritches cryinge oute and all the residue greatelye sorowynge Scipio myldlye smylynge sayde I praye you not awake mee oute of my sleape be quiet and heare the reste But to the end Africane y t thou shouldest haue the more wil animosytie to defende the weale publique make thy sure accompte of this that vnto all those whiche haue bene mayntayners ayders and encreasers of their Countray a certayn and difinite place is heare in Heauen apoincted where they in blessed state shall liue euerlastingly For there is nothing that can be done on earth whych pleaseth god the most hygh and mightye prince of all the protectoure and Gouernoure of this whole worlde then mutuall counsayles and Assemblies of menne lynked and combined together with faithful societie and brotherly felowshippe whiche are called by the name of Cities The vpright Magistrates and mayntayners wherof departing hence shal hither retourne Here albeit I was sore afraide not somuch for dreade and feare of deathe as for the treacherous conspiracie and vnnaturall dealinge of some of myne owne kinsefolke yet demaunded of hym whether he were lyuing my father Paule and others moe Whom we supposed thought to be dead Yea vndoubtedly quoth he they are aliue which are deliuered out of the bonds of their mortal bodies as out of a prison But that whiche you call lyfe is death Yea behold where thy father Paule commeth toward thee Whom when I sawe certes I shed great abondance of teares But hee embracinge and kissinge mee badde me surceasse from weepinge as sone as I had left weeping and was able to speake I beseche you most holye worthy father quoth I seeing this is the true life as I heare Africane say why doe I linger and tary on earth and not hasten and make speede to come hither to you Not so quoth he for vnlesse god who is the owner of all this Temple whiche thou seest dismisse and loose the from the custodie of thy body there can not be anye entrie or passage open for y t to com hither For mē be created to this end conditiō y t they should Manure inhabite y t round Globe or Ball which thou seest in the middle of this Tēple called the earth And to them is infused and giuen a minde out from these euerlasting Lightes which you call Planetes and sterres which beinge perfect round and Bowlewise inspired with diuine and

affray suche Asseheades if thou canste catch any such in thy daunger wyth thy threatening menaces eyther of death or els banishmente but for my part what chance soeuer betideth me in so churlish and ingrate city I will paciently suffer it and am fully resolued not to refuse it much lesse not to repugne resist it For to what ende and purpose haue I employed and bestowed all my trauayle to what effect are all my deedes or for what cōsideration haue I exhausted my selfe with so many studies and careful affayres if I haue not armed my self learned therby to lead my life in such sort that neyther the spightfull temerity and rashnes of variable fortune nor the enuious hart burning and in iurious hatred of mine enemies shold be able once to damnify me or to dash me out of countenaunce Is it death that thou doost threaten me withal by whose meanes I shall departe out of this miserable worlde altogether from among men or els is it banishment wherby I shall be ridde out of the company of naughty packes and villaines Death is terrible to those whose life and conuersation hath ben so sinfull and wicked that when they dye all other things dye and take an end with them also but not to them whose prayse and renown can neuer dye nor be forgotten As touching banishment it is terrible and dreadfull to them which thinke themselues to be enclosed and hedged within a certain limite and place of dwelling not to thē which thinke the whole world to be nothing els but as one city for all men to dwell in Thou art ouerwhelmed in miseries thow arte plunged in calamities thou arte enveigled and ledde in a fooles Paradise supposing thy selfe to be a man happy in fortunes good grace thine owne libidinous lustes do vexe and trouble thy vnquiet conscience thy mynde is night and day horribly battered with remorse of thy naughty life thou neither art contented with the lot and state which thou art in presently thinking it not to be enough also thou standest in continuall feare least that whiche thou haste will not continue long with thee The punctions of thy flagitious deedes is euer gnawing pricking thy sinfull and gilty conscience thou standest in fear of Sessiōs and iudgemēts for transgressing the lawes which way soeuer thou doost glaunce thine eye thy wrongfull dealinges like hellishe furies doe occurre and resorte into thy remembraunce which do so torment thee inwardlye that thou neuer canste take thy reste Wherfore euen as a naughty folish dissolute person can not be happy so a good wise and valiant man can not be miserable Neyther can his life be otherwise then good and prayseable whose vertuous manners and honest conditions are godlye and comendable neither furthermore is hys life to be detested and eschued which deserueth prayse which were vtterly to be auoyded and fled if it were wretched and miserable And therefore I conclude that whatsoeuer is laudable the same also oughte to seeme blessed flourishing and expetible ❀ The third Paradoxe vvherin accordyng to the opinion of the Stoikes he proueth all faultes to bee equall THe thinge will some man saye is small and of litle value but y e offence is great For offēces and faultes must bee waighed and considered not accordinge to the chaunce happe of the deedes but according to the vicious intente and naughtye disposition of the parties offendinge One offence I graūt may be greater or lesse in valew then an other is but as touchinge the nature of the offences and respecting them simply which way soeuer thou shiftest and turnest thy selfe they are all one A Pylote or chefe Mariner whiche negligentlye drowneth a shippe whether the same be fraighted with Gold or w t chaffe is asmuch to be reprehended disalowed for the one as for the other For although ther be some oddes and difference in the worth and valewe of y t thinges yet his ignoraunce and vnskilfulnes is all one If a manne to staunch his inordinate and filthy lust do defloure a woman that is both a Strāger also of pore estate degre the griefe of y t villaine doth not appertaine to so many as if he had lasciuiouslye constuprated a noble Damosel descended of som honorable house and pedagrew But the offence was of it selfe neuer a whitte the lesse For sinne or offence is nothinge els but a transgressing and passinge of the lymittes boundes of vertue Whiche when thou hast once done the faulte or trespasse is committed and thou nedest not to aggrauate y e same with heaping on any more for thou hast deserued blame by comitting euen one And whatsoeuer is vnlawful to bee done is in this one poinct contayned and expressely proued in saying that it is not lawfull Which can neyther be made more or lesse For if it be not lawfull it is sinne which is alwayes one and the same and therfore the vices that springe and proceede out of them muste needes be equall Also if vertues be equall one wyth an other vices also muste be equall But it may most playnly and easelie be perceiued and vnderstanded that vertues are all equall one with an other forasmuch as there can not bee anye man better then a good man nor any more temperate then hee that is temperate neyther anye stowter and valianter then hee that is stoute and valiaunt nor wyser then he that is wise wilte thou call him a good man that whereas he mighte gayne clearly and detaine to himselfe tenne pounds of gold being committed to his keepinge and custodie in secreate without any witnesse yet faythfully and truly redeliuereth the same to y e owner therof if he would not do semblablye in tenne thousande poundes Or woulde you repute and take him to bee a temperate man whiche can brydel his affections and refraine frō some one licencious lust and lettethe go the Reynes of al disordered outerage in an other Onely vertue is agreable with all reason and perpetuall constancie Nothing can be added therevnto to make it to bee more a vertue nothing can be taken awaye from it but the name of vertue shall strayght wayes be taken away and ceasse For if thinges that bee well done be rightly and vertuously don and nothing cā be righter then right verily neither can anything be found that is better then good It foloweth therfore that vices are equal For the naughtynesse of the mind are aptlye termed vyces But syth vertues are equal vertuous deedes also because they proceede and come of vertue oughte to be equall Semblably synnes because they sprynge and aryse out of vyces must nedes be equall Yea Sir wil some say you take and ground this opinyon vpon the Phylosophers doctrine I was afrayd least you would haue sayd I had be rowed and gathered it of Ribauo and verletts Socrates his vse and maner was to dispute after such a sorte I am well apayde thereof for auncient and autenticke hystoryes doe recorde and witnesse