another_o seek_v the_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n one_o of_o another_o and_o further_a their_o own_o misery_n when_o they_o be_v most_o miserable_a already_o in_o he_o that_o seek_v the_o ruin_n of_o they_o all_o a_o fit_a instrument_n can_v not_o the_o tyrant_n have_v desire_v for_o such_o a_o purpose_n then_o themselves_o nor_o when_o he_o have_v they_o so_o pliable_a to_o their_o own_o mischief_n do_v he_o neglect_v the_o opportunity_n or_o let_v they_o be_v idle_a for_o as_o he_o see_v accusation_n increase_v so_o do_v he_o increase_v his_o law_n to_o breed_v more_o insomuch_o that_o at_o the_o last_o it_o grow_v to_o be_v capital_a for_o a_o servant_n to_o have_v fall_v before_o or_o near_o the_o image_n of_o augustus_n or_o for_o any_o man_n to_o carry_v either_o coin_n or_o ring_n into_o the_o stew_n or_o house_n of_o office_n if_o it_o bear_v upon_o it_o the_o image_n of_o tiberius_n sect._n 3_o a_o wicked_a accusation_n who_o can_v resolve_v whether_o it_o be_v more_o vexation_n to_o suffer_v upon_o such_o foolish_a accusation_n or_o upon_o other_o more_o solid_a but_o as_o false_a as_o these_o be_v foolish_a that_o be_v the_o fortune_n of_o sextus_n marius_n a_o intimate_a friend_n of_o the_o emperor_n but_o as_o it_o prove_v not_o the_o emperor_n so_o of_o he_o this_o be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a riches_n and_o honour_n and_o in_o this_o one_o action_n of_o a_o strange_a vainglory_n and_o revenge_n have_v take_v a_o displeasure_n at_o one_o of_o his_o neighbour_n he_o invit_v he_o to_o his_o house_n and_o there_o detain_v he_o feast_v two_o day_n together_o and_o on_o the_o first_o day_n he_o pull_v his_o house_n down_o to_o the_o ground_n and_o on_o the_o next_o he_o build_v it_o up_o far_o fair_a and_o large_a than_o before_o the_o honest_a man_n when_o he_o return_v home_o find_v what_o be_v do_v admire_v at_o the_o speed_n of_o the_o work_n rejoice_v at_o the_o change_n of_o his_o house_n but_o can_v not_o learn_v who_o have_v do_v the_o deed_n at_o the_o last_o marius_n confess_v that_o he_o be_v the_o agent_n and_o that_o he_o have_v do_v it_o with_o this_o intent_n to_o show_v he_o that_o he_o have_v power_n to_o do_v he_o a_o displeasure_n or_o a_o pleasure_n as_o he_o shall_v deserve_v it_o ah_o blind_a marius_n and_o too_o indulgent_a to_o thou_o own_o humour_n seâ—st_o thou_o not_o the_o same_o power_n of_o tiberius_n over_o thou_o and_o thy_o fortune_n pin_v upon_o his_o pleasure_n as_o thy_o neighbour_n upon_o thou_o and_o so_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o fortune_n read_v he_o the_o same_o lecture_n that_o his_o fancy_n have_v do_v another_o for_o have_v a_o young_a beautiful_a daughter_n and_o such_o a_o one_o as_o on_o who_o the_o emperor_n have_v cast_v a_o eye_n and_o so_o plain_o that_o the_o father_n spy_v it_o he_o remove_v she_o to_o another_o place_n and_o keep_v she_o there_o close_a and_o at_o distance_n lest_o she_o shall_v have_v be_v violate_v by_o he_o who_o must_v have_v no_o denial_n tiberius_n imagine_v as_o the_o thing_n be_v indeed_o and_o when_o he_o see_v that_o he_o can_v enjoy_v his_o love_n and_o satisfy_v his_o lust_n he_o turn_v it_o to_o hate_v and_o revenge_n and_o cause_v marius_n to_o be_v accuse_v of_o incest_n with_o his_o daughter_n who_o he_o keep_v so_o close_o and_o both_o father_n and_o daughter_n be_v condemn_v and_o suffer_v for_o it_o both_o together_o sect._n 5._o a_o miserable_a life_n and_o death_n in_o these_o so_o fearful_a and_o horrid_a time_n when_o nothing_o be_v safe_a nothing_o secure_a when_o silence_n and_o innocency_n be_v no_o protection_n nor_o to_o accuse_v no_o more_o safeguard_n then_o to_o be_v accuse_v but_o when_o all_o thing_n go_v at_o the_o emperor_n will_n and_o that_o will_v always_o cruel_a what_o course_n can_v any_o man_n take_v not_o to_o be_v entangle_v and_o what_o way_n be_v entangle_v to_o extricate_v himself_o the_o emperor_n frown_n be_v death_n and_o his_o favour_n little_o better_a to_o be_v accuse_v be_v condemnation_n and_o to_o accuse_v be_v often_o as_o much_o that_o now_o very_a many_o find_v no_o way_n to_o escape_v death_n but_o by_o die_v nor_o to_o avoid_v the_o cruelty_n of_o other_o but_o by_o be_v cruel_a to_o themselves_o for_o though_o selfe-murder_n be_v always_o hold_v for_o a_o roman_a valour_n yet_o now_o be_v it_o become_v a_o mere_a necessity_n man_n choose_v that_o miserable_a exigent_n to_o avoid_v a_o worse_o as_o they_o suppose_v and_o a_o present_a end_n to_o escape_v future_a evil_n so_o do_v asinius_n gallus_n at_o this_o time_n for_o the_o one_o and_o nerva_n for_o the_o other_o this_o gallus_n about_o three_o year_n ago_o come_v to_o tiberius_n upon_o a_o embassy_n be_v fair_o entertain_v and_o royal_o feast_v by_o he_o but_o in_o the_o very_a interim_n he_o write_v letter_n to_o the_o senate_n in_o his_o accusation_n such_o be_v the_o tyrant_n friendship_n and_o so_o sour_a sauce_n have_v poor_a asinius_n to_o his_o dainty_a fare_n a_o thing_n both_o inhuman_a and_o unusual_a that_o a_o man_n the_o same_o day_n shall_v eat_v drink_v and_o be_v merry_a with_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o same_o day_n be_v condemn_v in_o the_o senate_n upon_o the_o emperor_n accusation_n a_o officer_n be_v send_v to_o fetch_v he_o away_o a_o prisoner_n from_o whence_o he_o have_v but_o late_o go_v ambassador_n the_o pooreman_z be_v thus_o betray_v think_v it_o vain_a to_o beg_v for_o life_n for_o that_o he_o be_v sure_a will_v be_v deny_v he_o but_o he_o beg_v that_o he_o may_v present_o be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o that_o be_v deny_v also_o for_o the_o bloody_a emperor_n delight_v not_o in_o blood_n and_o death_n only_o but_o in_o any_o thing_n that_o will_v cause_v other_o man_n misery_n though_o it_o be_v their_o life_n so_o have_v once_o commit_v one_o of_o his_o friend_n to_o a_o most_o miserable_a and_o intolerable_a imprisonment_n and_o be_v solicit_v and_o earnest_o sue_v unto_o that_o he_o may_v be_v speedy_o execute_v and_o put_v out_o of_o his_o misery_n he_o flat_o deny_v it_o say_v that_o he_o be_v not_o grow_v friend_n with_o he_o yet_o such_o be_v the_o penance_n that_o he_o put_v poor_a gallus_n to_o a_o life_n far_o worser_o than_o a_o present_a death_n for_o he_o ought_v he_o more_o spite_n and_o torture_v then_o a_o sudden_a execution_n the_o miserable_a man_n be_v imprison_v and_o strait_o look_v to_o not_o so_o much_o for_o fear_n of_o his_o escape_n by_o flight_n as_o of_o his_o escape_n by_o death_n be_v deny_v the_o sight_n and_o conference_n of_o any_o one_o whosoever_o but_o he_o only_o that_o bring_v he_o his_o pitiful_a diet_n which_o serve_v only_o to_o prolong_v his_o wretched_a life_n and_o not_o to_o comfort_v it_o and_o he_o be_v force_v to_o take_v it_o for_o he_o must_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v suffer_v to_o die_v thus_o live_v if_o it_o may_v be_v call_v a_o life_n a_o man_n that_o have_v be_v of_o the_o honourable_a rank_n and_o office_n in_o the_o city_n linger_a and_o wish_v for_o death_n or_o rather_o die_v for_o three_o year_n together_o and_o now_o at_o last_o he_o find_v the_o mean_n to_o famish_v himself_o and_o to_o finish_v his_o miserable_a bondage_n with_o as_o miserable_a a_o end_n to_o the_o sore_a displeasure_n of_o the_o emperor_n for_o that_o he_o have_v escape_v he_o and_o not_o come_v to_o public_a execution_n such_o a_o end_n also_o choose_v nerva_n one_o of_o his_o near_a friend_n and_o familiar_n but_o not_o like_o the_o other_o because_o of_o misery_n past_a or_o present_a but_o because_o of_o fear_n and_o foresight_n of_o such_o to_o come_v his_o way_n that_o he_o take_v to_o dispatch_v himself_o of_o his_o life_n be_v by_o total_a abstinence_n and_o refusal_n of_o food_n which_o when_o tiberius_n perceive_v be_v his_o intent_n he_o sit_v down_o by_o he_o desire_v to_o know_v his_o reason_n and_o beg_v with_o all_o earnestness_n of_o he_o that_o he_o will_v desist_v from_o such_o a_o design_n for_o what_o scandal_n say_v he_o will_v it_o be_v to_o i_o to_o have_v one_o of_o my_o near_a friend_n to_o end_v his_o own_o life_n and_o no_o cause_n give_v why_o he_o shall_v so_o die_v but_o nerva_n satisfy_v he_o not_o either_o in_o answer_n or_o in_o act_n but_o persist_v in_o his_o pine_a of_o himself_o and_o so_o die_v sect._n 6._o the_o miserable_a end_n of_o agrippina_n and_o drusus_n to_o such_o like_a end_n come_v also_o agrippina_n and_o drusus_n the_o wife_n and_o son_n of_o germanicus_n and_o mother_n and_o brother_n of_o caius_n the_o next_o emperor_n that_o shall_v succeed_v these_o two_o the_o daughter_n in_o law_n and_o grandchild_n of_o tiberius_n himself_o have_v about_o four_o year_n ago_o be_v bring_v
into_o question_n by_o his_o unkind_a and_o inhuman_a accusation_n and_o into_o hold_n and_o custody_n until_o this_o time_n it_o be_v the_o common_a opinion_n that_o the_o curse_a instigation_n of_o sejanus_n who_o the_o emperor_n have_v raise_v purposely_o for_o the_o ruin_n of_o germanicus_n his_o house_n have_v set_v such_o a_o accusation_n a_o foot_n and_o make_v the_o man_n to_o be_v so_o cruel_a towards_o his_o own_o family_n but_o when_o the_o two_o accuse_a one_o have_v miserable_o survive_v the_o wicked_a sejanus_n and_o yet_o nothing_o be_v remit_v of_o their_o prosecution_n than_o opinion_n learn_v to_o lay_v the_o fault_n where_o it_o deserve_v even_o on_o the_o cruelty_n and_o spite_n of_o tiberius_n himself_o drusus_n be_v adjudge_v by_o he_o to_o die_v by_o famine_n and_o miserable_a and_o woeful_a wretch_n that_o he_o be_v he_o sustain_v his_o life_n for_o nine_o day_n together_o by_o eat_v the_o flock_n out_o of_o his_o bed_n be_v bring_v to_o that_o lamentable_a and_o unheard_a of_o diet_n through_o extremity_n of_o hunger_n here_o at_o last_o be_v a_o end_n of_o drusus_n his_o misery_n but_o so_o be_v there_o not_o of_o tiberius_n his_o cruelty_n towards_o he_o for_o he_o deny_v the_o dead_a body_n burial_n in_o a_o fit_a place_n he_o revile_v &_o disgrace_v the_o memory_n of_o he_o with_o hideous_a and_o feign_a scandal_n and_o crimination_n and_o shame_v not_o to_o publish_v in_o the_o open_a senate_n what_o word_n have_v pass_v from_o the_o pine_a man_n against_o tiberius_n himself_o when_o in_o agony_n through_o hunger_n he_o crave_v meat_n and_o be_v deny_v it_o oh_o what_o a_o sight_n and_o hear_n be_v this_o to_o the_o eye_n and_o ear_n of_o the_o roman_a people_n to_o behold_v he_o that_o be_v a_o child_n of_o their_o darâ—ing_n and_o delight_n germanieus_n to_o be_v thus_o barbarous_o and_o inhumane_o bring_v to_o his_o end_n and_o to_o hear_v his_o own_o grandfather_n confess_v the_o action_n and_o not_o dissemble_v it_o agrippina_n the_o woeful_a mother_n may_v doleful_o conjecture_v what_o will_v become_v of_o herself_o by_o this_o fatal_a and_o terrible_a end_n of_o the_o poor_a prince_n her_o son_n and_o it_o be_v not_o long_o but_o she_o taste_v of_o the_o very_a same_o cup_n both_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o death_n and_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o disgrace_v after_o for_o be_v pine_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o it_o may_v be_v colour_v that_o she_o do_v it_o of_o herself_o a_o death_n very_o unfitting_a the_o great_a princess_n than_o alive_a she_o be_v afterward_o slander_v by_o tiberius_n for_o adultery_n with_o gallus_n that_o die_v so_o late_o and_o that_o she_o cause_v she_o own_o death_n for_o grief_n of_o he_o she_o and_o her_o son_n be_v deny_v burial_n befit_v their_o degree_n but_o hide_v in_o some_o obscure_a place_n where_o no_o one_o know_v which_o be_v no_o little_a distaste_n and_o discontentment_n to_o the_o people_n the_o tyrant_n think_v it_o a_o special_a cause_n of_o boast_v and_o extol_v his_o own_o goodness_n that_o she_o have_v not_o be_v strangle_v nor_o die_v the_o death_n of_o common_a base_a offender_n and_o since_o it_o be_v her_o fortune_n to_o die_v on_o the_o very_a same_o day_n that_o sejanus_n have_v do_v two_o year_n before_o viz._n octob._n 17._o it_o must_v be_v record_v as_o of_o special_a observation_n and_o great_a thanks_n give_v for_o the_o matter_n and_o a_o annual_a sacrifice_n institute_v to_o jupiter_n on_o that_o day_n caius_z her_o son_n and_o brother_n to_o poor_a drusus_n take_v all_o this_o very_a well_o or_o at_o least_o seem_v so_o to_o do_v partly_o glad_a to_o be_v shut_v of_o any_o one_o that_o be_v likely_a to_o have_v any_o colour_n or_o likelihood_n of_o corrivality_n with_o he_o in_o his_o future_a reign_n and_o partly_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o such_o a_o school_n of_o dissimulation_n and_o grow_v so_o perfect_a a_o scholar_n there_o that_o he_o want_v little_a of_o tiberius_n this_o year_n he_o marry_v claudia_n the_o daughter_n of_o m._n silanus_n a_o man_n that_o will_v have_v advise_v he_o to_o good_a if_o he_o will_v have_v hearken_v but_o afterward_o he_o match_v with_o a_o mate_n and_o stock_n more_o fit_v his_o evil_a nature_n ennia_n the_o wife_n of_o macro_n but_o for_o advantage_n resign_v by_o her_o husband_n macro_n to_o the_o adulterate_n of_o caius_n and_o then_o to_o his_o marriage_n sect._n 7._o other_o massacre_n the_o death_n of_o agrippina_n draw_v on_o plancinaes_n a_o woman_n that_o never_o accord_v with_o she_o in_o any_o thing_n but_o in_o tiberius_n his_o displeasure_n and_o in_o a_o fatal_a and_o miserable_a end_n this_o plancina_n in_o the_o universal_a mourning_n of_o the_o state_n for_o the_o loss_n of_o germanicus_n rejoice_v at_o it_o and_o make_v that_o her_o sport_n which_o be_v the_o common_a sorrow_n of_o all_o the_o state_n how_o poor_a agrippina_n relish_v this_o be_v deprive_v of_o so_o rare_a a_o husband_n can_v hardly_o be_v think_v of_o without_o join_v with_o she_o in_o her_o just_a and_o mournful_a indignaon_n tiberius_n have_v a_o spleen_n at_o the_o woman_n for_o some_o other_o respect_n have_v now_o a_o fair_a colour_n to_o hide_v his_o revenge_n under_o to_o call_v she_o to_o account_v and_o that_o with_o some_o applause_n but_o here_o his_o revenge_n be_v get_v into_o a_o strait_a for_o if_o he_o shall_v put_v she_o to_o death_n it_o may_v be_v it_o will_v be_v some_o content_n to_o agrippina_n and_o therefore_o not_o to_o pleasure_v she_o so_o much_o he_o will_v not_o pleasure_v the_o other_o so_o much_o neither_o as_o with_o present_a death_n but_o keep_v she_o in_o linger_a custody_n till_o agrippina_n be_v go_v and_o then_o must_v she_o follow_v but_o her_o resoluteness_n prevent_v the_o executioner_n and_o to_o escape_v another_o she_o die_v by_o she_o own_o hand_n let_v we_o make_v up_o the_o heap_n of_o the_o slaughter_a this_o year_n in_o the_o word_n of_o dion_n such_o a_o number_n of_o senator_n to_o omit_v other_o perish_v under_o tiberius_n that_o the_o governor_n of_o province_n be_v choose_v by_o lot_n and_o rule_v some_o three_o year_n some_o six_o because_o there_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o come_v in_o their_o room_n the_o christian_a history_n the_o jewish_a and_o the_o roman_z for_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 35._o and_o of_o tiberius_n 20._o be_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3962._o and_o of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 787._o consul_n lucius_n vitellius_n p._n fabius_n priscus_n or_o persicus_n london_n print_v by_o r._n c._n for_o andrew_n crook_n 1645._o part_n i._o affair_n of_o rome_n sect._n i._n thankless_a officiousness_n of_o the_o state_n and_o occurrence_n of_o the_o church_n this_o instant_a year_n there_o be_v neither_o any_o particular_a give_v by_o s._n luke_n nor_o any_o else_o where_o to_o be_v find_v in_o scripture_n save_v only_o what_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o the_o word_n of_o paul_n concern_v himself_o namely_o that_o he_o be_v this_o year_n either_o in_o arabia_n or_o damascus_n or_o both_o spend_v one_o part_n of_o it_o in_o the_o one_o place_n and_o the_o other_o in_o the_o other_o the_o church_n now_o this_o great_a persecutor_n be_v turn_v preacher_n enjoy_v no_o doubt_n a_o great_a deal_n of_o ease_n in_o the_o cease_n of_o the_o persecution_n and_o benefit_n by_o the_o earnestness_n of_o his_o ministry_n and_o so_o let_v we_o leave_v she_o to_o her_o peace_n and_o comfortable_a time_n now_o grow_v on_o and_o turn_v our_o story_n to_o the_o roman_n tiberius_n his_o reign_n be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o twenty_o year_n the_o present_a consul_n l._n vitellius_n and_o fabius_n priscus_n do_v prorogate_v or_o proclaim_v his_o rule_n for_o ten_o year_n long_o a_o ceremony_n use_v by_o augustus_n whensoever_o he_o come_v to_o a_o ten_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n but_o by_o tiberius_n there_o be_v not_o the_o like_a cause_n one_o will_v have_v think_v the_o twenty_o year_n pass_v of_o his_o inhuman_a and_o barbarous_a reign_n shall_v have_v give_v the_o city_n more_o then_o enough_o of_o such_o a_o emperor_n and_o have_v cause_v she_o to_o have_v long_v rather_o for_o his_o end_n then_o to_o have_v prolong_v his_o dominion_n but_o she_o will_v make_v a_o virtue_n now_o or_o compliment_v rather_o of_o necessity_n and_o will_v get_v thanks_o of_o he_o for_o continue_v of_o that_o which_o she_o can_v shake_v off_o and_o be_v willing_a that_o he_o shall_v reign_v still_o because_o she_o know_v he_o will_v do_v so_o whether_o she_o will_v or_o no._n it_o be_v the_o forlorn_a way_n of_o curry_v favour_n to_o please_v a_o man_n in_o his_o own_o humour_n when_o we_o dare_v not_o cross_v it_o the_o flatter_a consul_n receive_v a_o reward_n befit_v such_o unnecessary_a officiousness_n for_o they_o keep_v the_o
seek_v to_o lay_v hold_n upon_o certain_a of_o the_o church_n to_o light_v upon_o james_n and_o to_o kill_v he_o and_o then_o to_o apprehend_v and_o imprison_v peter_n and_o all_o this_o betwixt_o claudius_n his_o entry_n of_o his_o consulship_n in_o january_n and_o easter_n be_v a_o thing_n so_o incredible_a especial_o to_o he_o that_o consider_v how_o slow_o great_a body_n move_v as_o king_n and_o emperor_n in_o their_o action_n as_o that_o it_o seem_v next_z impossible_a for_o it_o can_v be_v imagine_v that_o this_o decree_n for_o the_o jew_n be_v the_o first_o thing_n that_o claudius_n do_v after_o he_o be_v make_v consul_n or_o that_o he_o fall_v upon_o that_o work_n in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o january_n for_o matter_n of_o the_o city_n and_o of_o italy_n one_o will_v think_v shall_v take_v up_o the_o first_o thought_n of_o the_o consul_n when_o they_o enter_v into_o that_o office_n and_o not_o of_o jerusalem_n and_o alexandria_n so_o many_o hundred_o of_o mile_n distant_a and_o matter_n of_o the_o roman_n themselves_o and_o not_o of_o the_o jew_n asleep_o despise_a nation_n but_o grant_v that_o on_o the_o very_a first_o day_n he_o set_v pen_n to_o paper_n for_o that_o decree_n on_o the_o second_o disperse_v it_o and_o on_o the_o three_o dismiss_v agrippa_n yet_o must_v so_o great_a a_o prince_n have_v some_o preparation_n for_o so_o great_a a_o journey_n he_o must_v have_v some_o time_n to_o part_n with_o so_o great_a acquaintance_n it_o be_v strange_a if_o he_o wait_v not_o some_o time_n for_o a_o convenient_a wind_n and_o he_o must_v take_v up_o some_o reasonable_a time_n after_o he_o be_v ship_v before_o he_o land_n in_o judea_n after_o his_o land_n some_o time_n be_v require_v for_o such_o a_o king_n in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n to_o prepare_v for_o his_o journey_n by_o land_n to_o jerusalem_n some_o for_o his_o settle_v there_o some_o for_o his_o sacrifice_n and_o performance_n of_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o law_n mention_v and_o all_o these_o before_o the_o apprehension_n of_o james_n and_o that_o no_o man_n know_v how_o long_o before_o easter_n let_v indifferency_n judge_v whether_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v possible_a to_o be_v do_v in_o that_o space_n of_o time_n and_o then_o let_v it_o censure_v of_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n to_o the_o eviction_n of_o this_o opinion_n that_o peter_n go_v to_o rome_n and_o there_o begin_v his_o episcopacy_n the_o second_o year_n of_o claudius_n romanist_n themselves_o may_v be_v produce_v that_o do_v gainsay_v it_o as_o salmeron_n on_o the_o twelve_o of_o the_o act_n who_o hold_v that_o he_o go_v thither_o in_o claudius_n his_o four_o and_o he_o produce_v comestor_n nuaclerus_fw-la and_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la of_o the_o same_o opinion_n with_o he_o so_o likewise_o simeon_n the_o metaphra_v though_o he_o bring_v peter_n from_o jerusalem_n this_o year_n for_o fear_n of_o herod_n and_o lead_v he_o through_o many_o place_n ordain_v church_n and_o make_v bishop_n yet_o in_o conclusion_n he_o mention_v not_o one_o word_n of_o rome_n but_o bring_v he_o to_o jerusalem_n again_o at_o passeover_n next_o hereupon_o surius_n or_o at_o least_o his_o marginist_n &_o baronius_n be_v ready_a to_o give_v he_o the_o lie_n and_o though_o they_o both_o allege_v he_o and_o applaud_v he_o while_o he_o serve_v their_o own_o humour_n yet_o here_o they_o fly_v in_o his_o face_n and_o tell_v he_o he_o be_v beside_o the_o cushion_n because_o he_o be_v beside_o their_o opinion_n and_o say_v not_o what_o they_o will_v have_v he_o say_v upon_o consideration_n of_o what_o have_v be_v say_v before_o we_o have_v put_v over_o the_o death_n of_o james_n to_o the_o year_n next_o follow_v as_o not_o see_v it_o possible_a to_o have_v fall_v out_o this_o year_n before_o easter_n all_o circumstance_n be_v well_o consider_v and_o according_o have_v we_o refer_v thither_o as_o the_o order_n require_v the_o imprisonment_n of_o peter_n and_o his_o flee_v for_o his_o life_n or_o retire_v for_o some_o other_o cause_n which_o the_o romanist_n will_v have_v to_o have_v be_v to_o rome_n and_o there_o will_v we_o take_v it_o into_o some_o examination_n again_o part_n iii_o the_o roman_a history_n the_o moor_n rebel_a be_v beat_v by_o suetonius_n paulinus_n and_o after_o he_o by_o câ—_n sidius_fw-la geta_n who_o follow_v they_o far_o into_o the_o sand_n fall_v into_o a_o extreme_a want_n of_o water_n for_o his_o army_n but_o by_o the_o wicked_a advice_n and_o furtherance_n of_o a_o renegado_n moor_n he_o obtain_v a_o extraordinary_a great_a rain_n by_o magic_n to_o the_o sufficient_a refresh_n of_o his_o army_n and_o to_o the_o terror_n and_o subdue_a of_o the_o enemy_n and_o now_o do_v claudius_n divide_v mauritania_n into_o tingitana_n and_o caesariensis_n claudius_n be_v exceed_o delight_v with_o and_o give_v to_o the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o sword-playes_a in_o which_o he_o sweep_v away_o a_o world_n of_o servant_n and_o freeman_n that_o have_v be_v accuser_n of_o their_o master_n in_o the_o time_n of_o caius_n and_o which_o be_v most_o ridiculous_a he_o cause_v the_o statue_n of_o augustus_n to_o be_v remove_v out_o of_o the_o place_n because_o it_o shall_v not_o behold_v such_o bloody_a work_n be_v inhumane_o himself_o delight_v in_o that_o butchery_n which_o he_o think_v too_o barbarous_a for_o a_o brazen_a statue_n to_o look_v upon_o these_o bloody_a spectacle_n bring_v he_o to_o a_o habit_n of_o cruelty_n which_o be_v augment_v and_o harden_v in_o he_o by_o the_o damnable_a counsel_n of_o his_o empress_n messalina_n a_o woman_n wicked_a above_o parallel_n or_o expression_n and_o by_o the_o spurring_n on_o of_o other_o sycophant_n c._n appius_n silanus_n be_v put_v to_o death_n because_o he_o refuse_v to_o incestuate_v messalina_n when_o she_o desire_v he_o for_o he_o have_v marry_v her_o mother_n but_o because_o claudius_n must_v not_o hear_v of_o this_o beastly_a cause_n of_o her_o displeasure_n narcissus_n a_o freeman_n of_o the_o emperor_n accuse_v he_o for_o this_o that_o in_o a_o dream_n he_o have_v see_v appius_n slay_v the_o emperor_n upon_o his_o death_n the_o people_n begin_v to_o expect_v no_o more_o goodness_n from_o claudius_n at_o all_o but_o give_v he_o up_o for_o a_o tyrant_n like_o the_o two_o that_o have_v go_v before_o he_o whereupon_o annius_n vinâ—ianus_n and_o futius_n camillus_n scribonianus_n and_o uther_n conspire_v against_o he_o but_o be_v desert_v of_o their_o soldier_n in_o the_o enterprise_n they_o be_v glad_a to_o end_v their_o life_n by_o their_o own_o hand_n that_o they_o may_v escape_v the_o executioner_n messalinae_n and_o narcissus_n and_o other_o of_o their_o faction_n use_v the_o stupid_a folly_n of_o the_o emperor_n to_o the_o compass_v of_o their_o own_o will_n involve_v in_o false_a accusation_n and_o in_o miserable_a death_n a_o infinite_a multitude_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n honourable_a and_o inferior_a of_o all_o quality_n and_o condition_n according_a as_o the_o spleen_n of_o any_o of_o they_o move_v or_o be_v provoke_v among_o they_o that_o thus_o perish_a arria_n the_o wife_n of_o caecinna_n be_v upon_o record_n for_o her_o roman_a valour_n for_o when_o her_o husband_n tremble_v and_o be_v afraid_a to_o slay_v himself_o she_o take_v the_o sword_n out_o of_o his_o hand_n and_o fall_v upon_o it_o and_o give_v it_o he_o again_o reek_v with_o her_o blood_n with_o these_o word_n behold_v boy_n how_o i_o feel_v no_o pain_n and_o now_o say_v my_o author_n be_v matter_n come_v to_o such_o a_o pass_n that_o nothing_o be_v repute_v a_o great_a virtue_n then_o to_o die_v valiant_o and_o like_o a_o roman_a to_o such_o a_o cruelty_n have_v custom_n and_o evil_a counsel_n bring_v he_o that_o of_o himself_o be_v of_o a_o reasonable_a gentle_a nature_n but_o want_v constancy_n and_o discretion_n to_o manage_v it_o the_o christian_a history_n the_o jewish_a and_o the_o roman_n of_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 44._o and_o of_o the_o emperor_n claudius_n 3_o be_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3971._o and_o of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 796._o consul_n claudius_n caesar_n iii_o l._n vitellius_n london_n print_v by_o r._n c._n for_o andrew_n crook_n 1645._o act_n chap._n xii_o vers._n 2._o and_o he_o kill_v james._n sect._n i._n the_o martyrdom_n of_o james_n the_o great_a we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o time_n of_o great_a james_n his_o death_n for_o agrippa_n come_v the_o last_o year_n into_o judea_n as_o we_o see_v from_o josephus_n and_o it_o not_o be_v probable_a that_o he_o shall_v do_v this_o exploit_n before_o easter_n as_o the_o circumstance_n tell_v we_o we_o may_v just_o take_v this_o year_n for_o its_o proper_a time_n and_o place_n now_o about_o that_o time_n say_v st._n luke_n herod_n the_o king_n the_o syriack_n add_v who_o be_v call_v agrippa_n stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n to_o vex_v
a_o commentary_n upon_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n chronicall_a and_o critical_a the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o text_n explain_v and_o the_o time_n of_o the_o story_n cast_v into_o annal_n the_o first_o part._n from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o book_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n with_o a_o brief_a survey_n of_o the_o contemporary_a story_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o roman_n by_o john_n lightfoot_n staffordiens_n a_o member_n of_o the_o assembly_n of_o divine_n london_n print_v by_o r._n c._n for_o andrew_n crook_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o green_a dragon_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n 1645._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o true_o noble_a and_o renown_a robert_n earl_n of_o essex_n etc._n etc._n illustrious_a sir_n the_o inducement_n that_o have_v sway_v i_o to_o the_o compile_n of_o this_o tripartite_a history_n have_v be_v partly_o for_o my_o own_o satisfaction_n in_o the_o survey_n and_o prospect_n of_o the_o time_n and_o occurrence_n of_o the_o world_n coincident_a and_o contemporary_a with_o those_o of_o the_o church_n partly_o for_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o reader_n in_o the_o same_o contemplation_n and_o for_o the_o mixture_n of_o some_o delight_n with_o that_o satisfaction_n in_o such_o a_o mixture_n of_o variety_n but_o chief_o for_o both_o our_o observation_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n good_a and_o gracious_a in_o the_o preservation_n and_o propagation_n of_o his_o church_n and_o just_a and_o avengefull_a in_o his_o indignation_n and_o judgement_n upon_o those_o two_o nation_n that_o persecute_v the_o church_n if_o they_o can_v have_v do_v it_o to_o the_o death_n and_o that_o execute_v to_o the_o death_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o church_n the_o lord_n of_o life_n for_o as_o there_o be_v two_o thief_n that_o be_v crucify_v with_o our_o saviour_n the_o one_o on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o the_o other_o on_o the_o left_a so_o be_v there_o two_o worse_a by_o far_o that_o crucify_v he_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o roman_a the_o former_a of_o ignorance_n and_o so_o shall_v once_o obtain_v mercy_n the_o latter_a even_o against_o the_o confession_n of_o his_o innocency_n and_o so_o shall_v perish_v for_o ever_o both_o persecutor_n of_o the_o church_n as_o well_o as_o crucifier_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o it_o the_o jew_n while_o they_o continue_v to_o be_v a_o nation_n the_o roman_n while_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v a_o church_n the_o consideration_n of_o this_o very_a thing_n do_v not_o only_a warrant_n but_o even_o challenge_v a_o mixture_n of_o study_n of_o the_o story_n of_o these_o three_o together_o that_o the_o footstep_n of_o providence_n may_v be_v trace_v the_o more_o clear_o in_o those_o two_o impression_n of_o mercy_n and_o judgement_n dispense_v in_o the_o world_n in_o their_o contrariety_n the_o former_a to_o the_o church_n and_o the_o latter_a to_o these_o two_o nation_n the_o enemy_n and_o persecutor_n of_o she_o and_o of_o her_o lord_n i_o have_v therefore_o take_v they_o up_o in_o one_o discourse_n from_o that_o very_a time_n that_o thâ—se_a two_o people_n do_v undo_v themselves_o by_o do_v violence_n to_o the_o lord_n of_o glory_n and_o for_o how_o long_o a_o process_n of_o time_n the_o discourse_n do_v carry_v they_o on_o this_o volume_n will_v speak_v for_o the_o present_a my_o intention_n aim_v at_o a_o long_a extent_n if_o the_o lord_n permit_v the_o story_n of_o the_o church_n i_o have_v trace_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o there_o have_v rather_o set_v myself_o to_o explain_v and_o clear_v what_o difficulty_n be_v in_o the_o text_n then_o to_o write_v out_o the_o full_a history_n and_o occurrence_n that_o be_v there_o relate_v for_o since_o the_o evangelist_n have_v do_v it_o with_o a_o divine_a pen_n it_o be_v utter_o needless_a that_o i_o may_v say_v no_o more_o to_o redoe_v it_o with_o i_o the_o time_n of_o the_o story_n there_o i_o have_v be_v the_o more_o curious_a to_o search_v after_o and_o to_o settle_v as_o near_o as_o i_o can_v and_o to_o bring_v into_o annal_n not_o only_o for_o the_o profit_n that_o arise_v to_o the_o reader_n from_o the_o knowledge_n of_o they_o which_o be_v not_o little_a but_o also_o for_o the_o bring_n and_o reduce_v of_o the_o story_n of_o the_o other_o nation_n into_o a_o parallel_n and_o collateral_a current_n and_o coincidency_n with_o they_o what_o difficulty_n i_o have_v meet_v withal_o in_o this_o particular_a any_o one_o will_v ready_o judge_v that_o do_v but_o observe_v how_o spare_v the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v be_v through_o all_o that_o book_n to_o express_v the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o time_n with_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o what_o i_o have_v do_v towards_o the_o fix_v of_o the_o time_n in_o this_o difficulty_n i_o have_v tender_v under_o the_o notion_n of_o conjecture_n for_o i_o can_v go_v no_o further_o yet_o have_v i_o ground_v those_o conjecture_n upon_o such_o reason_n as_o be_v much_o to_o mâ—ne_v own_o satisfaction_n in_o that_o matter_n and_o so_o it_o may_v be_v they_o will_v be_v something_o to_o other_o i_o have_v lead_v on_o the_o story_n in_o this_o present_a piece_n but_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n for_o thitherto_o have_v the_o evangelist_n that_o write_v the_o book_n more_o especial_o discourse_v the_o plant_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n among_o the_o jew_n and_o as_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o book_n from_o thence_o to_o the_o end_n that_o bring_v the_o church_n and_o gospel_n among_o the_o gentile_n i_o have_v reserve_v it_o for_o another_o part_n if_o the_o lord_n vouchsafe_v life_n leisure_n and_o assistance_n the_o custom_n and_o carriage_n of_o those_o apostolic_a time_n in_o worship_n and_o discipline_n i_o have_v be_v spare_v in_o discuss_v for_o the_o text_n for_o as_o far_o as_o this_o present_a discourse_n go_v be_v spare_v in_o offer_v occasion_n to_o fall_v upon_o such_o a_o thing_n in_o that_o part_n that_o be_v behind_o where_o the_o epistle_n of_o paul_n be_v to_o be_v take_v into_o hand_n as_o they_o fall_v in_o in_o time_n such_o consideration_n will_v be_v useful_a and_o they_o will_v be_v inevitable_a the_o story_n of_o the_o jew_n out_o of_o their_o own_o josephus_n and_o philo_n egesippus_fw-la and_o other_o the_o reader_n will_v general_o find_v to_o be_v but_o a_o commentary_n upon_o their_o own_o word_n his_o blood_n be_v upon_o we_o and_o upon_o our_o child_n write_v even_o in_o letter_n of_o their_o own_o blood_n from_o time_n to_o time_n for_o when_o that_o perverse_a and_o ungodly_a generation_n have_v so_o far_o refuse_v the_o gospel_n and_o their_o own_o good_a that_o it_o have_v crucify_v the_o lord_n that_o tender_v it_o to_o they_o ex_fw-la illo_fw-la fluere_fw-la from_o that_o time_n forward_o their_o ruin_n and_o decay_a be_v write_v in_o all_o their_o story_n in_o such_o capital_a letter_n that_o he_o that_o run_v may_v read_v it_o and_o he_o that_o read_v they_o reads_z they_o not_o if_o he_o do_v not_o observe_v it_o this_o short_a tract_n of_o time_n that_o this_o volume_n contain_v will_v tell_v you_o of_o three_o or_o four_o or_o more_o such_o anatomy_n lecture_n in_o less_o than_o twelve_o year_n space_n of_o many_o and_o many_o thousand_o of_o that_o nation_n that_o perish_v and_o be_v miserable_o destroy_v in_o judea_n alexandria_n and_o babylonia_n and_o this_o but_o as_o a_o preface_n and_o beginning_n of_o sorrow_n and_o misery_n that_o be_v to_o follow_v in_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n for_o despise_v and_o destroy_v of_o he_o that_o hold_v out_o life_n unto_o they_o but_o they_o choose_v he_o and_o their_o own_o death_n some_o of_o the_o same_o author_n that_o have_v give_v we_o these_o prologue_n of_o their_o misery_n will_v continue_v the_o scene_n with_o further_a tragedy_n till_o their_o utter_a extirpation_n and_o we_o shall_v borrow_v a_o abridgement_n thereof_o from_o they_o in_o the_o part_n succeed_v if_o the_o lord_n carry_v we_o on_o and_o prosper_v we_o in_o that_o work_n and_o how_o grateful_a and_o excellent_a a_o work_n and_o pain_n may_v it_o be_v if_o where_o josephus_n and_o egesippus_fw-la end_n their_o story_n and_o where_o jerusalem_n end_v her_o day_n thence_o some_o learned_a and_o industrious_a pen_n will_v out_o of_o the_o jew_n own_o talmud_n and_o rabbin_n and_o other_o writer_n continue_v the_o story_n of_o this_o disperse_a and_o condemn_a nation_n till_o these_o late_a time_n for_o the_o illustration_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o those_o prediction_n of_o scripture_n that_o foretell_v their_o doom_n and_o for_o the_o evidence_n of_o that_o justice_n that_o have_v ever_o since_o haunt_v they_o for_o the_o murder_n of_o the_o righteous_a one_o who_o they_o crucify_v these_o be_v the_o two_o main_a thing_n that_o i_o
feast_n say_v dion_n that_o be_v use_v upon_o such_o occasion_n and_o be_v punish_v not_o with_o death_n for_o the_o next_o year_n you_o shall_v have_v vitellius_n in_o judea_n but_o with_o some_o other_o infliction_n which_o it_o may_v be_v be_v pretend_v for_o some_o other_o reason_n but_o intend_v and_o impose_v upon_o a_o profound_a policy_n for_o while_o they_o thus_o take_v on_o they_o to_o confirm_v his_o rule_n they_o do_v but_o shake_v his_o title_n as_o he_o conceive_v and_o tell_v he_o a_o riddle_n that_o he_o reign_v by_o their_o courtesy_n and_o not_o by_o his_o own_o interest_n but_o when_o he_o punish_v they_o that_o will_v take_v on_o they_o to_o confirm_v this_o superiority_n he_o prove_v it_o independent_a and_o not_o pin_v upon_o their_o will_n sect._n ii_o cruelty_n the_o vein_n of_o the_o city_n that_o be_v open_v so_o long_o ago_o do_v bleed_v still_o and_o still_o as_o fresh_a as_o ever_o for_o slaughter_n say_v tacitus_n be_v continual_a and_o dion_n add_v that_o none_o of_o they_o that_o be_v accuse_v be_v acquit_v but_o all_o condemn_a some_o upon_o the_o letter_n of_o tiberius_n other_o upon_o the_o impeachment_n of_o macro_n of_o who_o hereafter_o and_o the_o rest_n only_o upon_o suspicion_n some_o be_v end_v by_o the_o executioner_n other_o end_v themselves_o by_o their_o own_o hand_n the_o emperor_n all_o this_o while_n keep_v out_o of_o the_o city_n and_o that_o as_o be_v think_v lest_o he_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a of_o such_o do_n there_o among_o those_o that_o perish_v by_o their_o own_o hand_n be_v pomponius_n labeo_n and_o his_o wife_n paxaea_n who_o be_v accuse_v for_o corruption_n in_o his_o government_n of_o maesia_n cut_v his_o own_o vein_n and_o bleed_v to_o death_n and_o his_o wife_n accompany_v he_o in_o the_o same_o fatal_a end_n to_o the_o like_a end_n but_o upon_o different_a occasion_n and_o accusation_n come_v mamercus_n scaurus_n and_o his_o wife_n sexitia_n he_o some_o year_n before_o have_v escape_v narrow_o with_o life_n upon_o a_o charge_n of_o treason_n be_v now_o involve_v again_o in_o other_o accusation_n as_o of_o adultery_n with_o livilla_n magical_a practice_n and_o not_o the_o least_o for_o libel_v against_o tiberius_n for_o have_v make_v a_o tragedy_n which_o he_o title_v atreus_n and_o in_o the_o same_o bring_v he_o in_o advise_v one_o of_o his_o subject_n in_o the_o word_n of_o euripides_n that_o he_o shall_v bear_v with_o the_o folly_n of_o the_o prince_n tiberius_n not_o so_o guilty_a indeed_o of_o such_o a_o taxation_n of_o be_v a_o fool_n as_o ready_a to_o take_v on_o to_o be_v guilty_a that_o he_o may_v have_v the_o better_a vie_n against_o the_o author_n personate_v the_o matter_n to_o himself_o cry_v out_o that_o scaurus_n have_v make_v he_o a_o bloody_a atreus_n but_o that_o he_o will_v make_v a_o aiâ—x_n of_o he_o again_o which_o according_o come_v to_o pass_v for_o the_o tragedian_n to_o prevent_v the_o executioner_n act_v his_o own_o tragedy_n and_o die_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n his_o wife_n be_v both_o incourager_n and_o companion_n with_o he_o in_o the_o same_o death_n but_o among_o these_o lamentable_a spectacle_n so_o fearful_a and_o so_o frequent_a it_o be_v some_o contentment_n to_o see_v the_o accuser_n still_o involve_v in_o the_o like_a misery_n with_o those_o who_o they_o have_v accuse_v for_o that_o malady_n of_o accuse_v be_v grow_v epidemical_a and_o infectious_a spare_v none_o and_o as_o it_o be_v catch_v one_o of_o another_o the_o token_n hereof_o appear_v in_o the_o banishment_n of_o servilius_n and_o cornelius_n the_o accuser_n of_o scaurus_n and_o of_o abudius_n rufo_n that_o have_v do_v the_o like_a by_o lentulus_n getulicus_n this_o getulicus_n be_v then_o commander_n of_o the_o legion_n in_o germany_n and_o be_v charge_v with_o so_o much_o intimacy_n with_o sejanus_n as_o that_o he_o intend_v to_o have_v marry_v his_o daughter_n to_o sejanus_n his_o son_n he_o quit_v himself_o by_o a_o confident_a letter_n to_o tiberius_n in_o which_o he_o plead_v that_o his_o familiarity_n and_o alliance_n to_o sejanus_n have_v begin_v by_o the_o emperor_n own_o advice_n and_o privacy_n and_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o crouch_v that_o he_o proffer_v term_n of_o partition_n to_o tiberius_n namely_o that_o he_o shall_v enjoy_v the_o empire_n and_o himself_o will_v enjoy_v the_o province_n where_o he_o be_v this_o it_o be_v to_o have_v arm_n and_o army_n at_o his_o disposal_n for_o for_o all_o this_o affront_n the_o emperor_n be_v necessary_o calm_a consider_v partly_o his_o own_o age_n partly_o the_o hatred_n of_o the_o people_n but_o chief_o that_o he_o stand_v in_o that_o height_n and_o sway_n and_o power_n that_o he_o be_v in_o rather_o by_o the_o timorous_a opinion_n of_o other_o then_o by_o any_o strength_n or_o firmness_n of_o his_o own_o this_o year_n there_o arise_v a_o feign_a drusus_n in_o greece_n a_o man_n as_o it_o seem_v neither_o lead_v by_o common_a policy_n that_o may_v have_v tell_v he_o that_o so_o great_a a_o prince_n of_o rome_n can_v not_o possible_o have_v be_v so_o long_o obscure_v nor_o by_o common_a opinion_n which_o great_o suspect_v that_o drusus_n be_v make_v away_o by_o the_o emperor_n own_o consent_n he_o find_v a_o party_n as_o inconsiderate_a as_o himself_o for_o he_o be_v entertain_v by_o the_o city_n of_o greece_n and_o jonia_n and_o furnish_v with_o aid_n and_o have_v like_a to_o have_v come_v into_o syria_n and_o surprise_v the_o force_n there_o have_v he_o not_o be_v descry_v take_v and_o send_v to_o tiberius_n to_o conclude_v with_o some_o other_o rarity_n beside_o these_o of_o cruelty_n there_o be_v see_v a_o phoenix_n in_o egypt_n this_o year_n as_o tacitus_n have_v lay_v it_o but_o as_o dion_n two_o year_n after_o which_o then_o exercise_v the_o wit_n of_o the_o philosophical_a greek_n interpret_n the_o presage_n either_o to_o the_o state_n or_o to_o the_o emperor_n as_o their_o fancy_n lead_v they_o and_o in_o after_o time_n it_o exercise_v the_o pen_n of_o christian_n apply_v it_o as_o a_o emblem_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o christ._n part_n ii_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o jew_n sect._n a_o commotion_n of_o the_o jew_n cause_v by_o pilate_n beside_o the_o tumult_n mention_v before_o cause_v by_o pilate_n among_o the_o jew_n about_o some_o image_n of_o cesar_n josephus_n have_v also_o name_v another_o raise_v by_o the_o same_o spleen_n and_o rancour_n of_o he_o against_o that_o people_n which_o because_o eusebius_n have_v place_v it_o at_o this_o year_n be_v it_o recommend_v to_o the_o reader_n upon_o his_o chronology_n pilate_n a_o constant_a enemy_n to_o the_o nation_n of_o which_o he_o be_v governor_n seek_v and_o dog_v all_o occasion_n whereby_o to_o provoke_v they_o to_o displeasure_n that_o the_o displeasure_n may_v provoke_v they_o to_o do_v something_o that_o will_v redound_v to_o their_o own_o disadvantage_n at_o this_o time_n he_o take_v in_o hand_n a_o great_a work_n of_o a_o aquaduct_n or_o watercourse_n to_o jerusalem_n to_o bring_v the_o water_n thither_o from_o a_o place_n two_o hundred_o furlong_n or_o five_o and_o twenty_o mile_n off_o as_o josephus_n reckon_v it_o in_o one_o place_n but_o in_o another_o he_o cross_v himself_o and_o double_v the_o measure_n to_o four_o hundred_o and_o for_o this_o purpose_n he_o take_v the_o money_n out_o of_o their_o corban_n or_o holy_a treasure_n to_o expend_v upon_o this_o his_o fancy_n the_o people_n displease_v with_o what_o be_v do_v come_v together_o by_o multitude_n some_o cry_v out_o against_o the_o work_n and_o other_o plain_o against_o pilate_n for_o they_o of_o old_a do_v know_v his_o condition_n that_o his_o affection_n be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o the_o people_n or_o to_o do_v they_o good_a by_o his_o aquaduct_n as_o it_o be_v to_o tyrannize_v over_o their_o conscience_n which_o be_v nail_v to_o their_o ancient_a right_n and_o rite_n but_o he_o suborn_v some_o of_o his_o soldier_n in_o the_o common_a garb_n and_o garment_n and_o they_o hide_v club_n under_o their_o coat_n dispose_v themselves_o so_o about_o the_o multitude_n that_o they_o have_v they_o within_o they_o and_o then_o when_o the_o people_n continue_v still_o in_o their_o outrage_n and_o rail_n upon_o a_o signal_n give_v they_o fall_v upon_o they_o and_o beat_v without_o distinction_n all_o before_o they_o both_o those_o that_o be_v seditious_a and_o those_o that_o be_v not_o so_o that_o many_o die_v in_o the_o place_n and_o the_o rest_n depart_v away_o sore_o wound_v this_o be_v the_o tenor_n of_o the_o story_n in_o josephus_n in_o antiq._n lib._n 18._o cap._n 4._o &_o bell._n judaic._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 14._o in_o the_o allegation_n of_o which_o history_n by_o baronius_n to_o omit_v his_o place_n of_o it_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o pilate_n about_o which_o he_o show_v himself_o
still_o importune_v by_o antonia_n at_o last_o when_o he_o have_v utter_v these_o word_n let_v the_o god_n witness_n o_o antonia_n that_o what_o i_o shall_v do_v i_o do_v not_o of_o my_o own_o mind_n but_o by_o thy_o solicitation_n he_o command_v eutychus_n to_o be_v bring_v forth_o who_o be_v examine_v confess_v ready_o that_o such_o word_n be_v speak_v by_o agrippa_n to_o caius_n himself_o be_v present_a add_v other_o no_o less_o dangerous_a that_o be_v speak_v about_o young_a tiberius_n the_o emperor_n as_o ready_o believe_v the_o matter_n and_o present_o call_v out_o to_o macro_n to_o bind_v he_o macro_n not_o understand_v that_o he_o mean_v agrippa_n prepare_v to_o bind_v eutychus_n more_o strict_o for_o examination_n but_o tiberius_n have_v walk_v about_o the_o place_n and_o come_v to_o agrippa_n it_o be_v this_o man_n say_v he_o that_o i_o command_v to_o be_v bind_v and_o when_o macro_n ask_v he_o again_o who_o why_o say_v he_o agrippa_z then_o do_v agrippa_n begin_v to_o find_v how_o he_o have_v forward_v his_o own_o mishap_n but_o it_o be_v too_o late_o and_o then_o do_v he_o begin_v to_o pray_v he_o now_o who_o he_o late_o pray_v against_o but_o that_o be_v too_o late_o also_o for_o tiberius_n be_v not_o half_a so_o averse_a to_o have_v try_v his_o servant_n as_o he_o be_v now_o to_o forgive_v the_o master_n and_o he_o can_v be_v much_o blame_v for_o he_o have_v wish_v his_o mischief_n and_o procure_v his_o own_o well_o agrippa_n be_v tie_v in_o band_n and_o lead_v away_o to_o prison_n as_o he_o be_v in_o his_o purple_a robe_n a_o garment_n very_o incompatible_a with_o chain_n unless_o of_o gold_n be_v exceed_o thirsty_a with_o heat_n and_o sorrow_n as_o he_o go_v towards_o the_o prison_n he_o spy_v one_o thaumastus_n a_o servant_n of_o caius_n carrying_z a_o tankard_n of_o water_n and_o he_o desire_v some_o to_o drink_v which_o when_o the_o servant_n free_o and_o ready_o give_v he_o if_o ever_o say_v he_o i_o escape_v and_o get_v out_o of_o these_o bond_n i_o will_v not_o fail_v to_o obtain_v thy_o freedom_n who_o have_v not_o refuse_v to_o minister_v to_o i_o in_o my_o misery_n and_o chain_n as_o well_o as_o thou_o do_v in_o my_o prosperity_n and_o pomp_n and_o this_o his_o promise_n he_o afterward_o perform_v sect._n four_o the_o death_n of_o thrasyllus_n the_o mathematician_n this_o man_n thrasyllus_n have_v endear_v himself_o to_o tiberius_n by_o his_o skill_n in_o astrology_n long_o ago_o even_o while_o he_o live_v in_o rhodes_n before_o the_o death_n of_o augustus_n but_o with_o the_o imminent_a hazard_n and_o peril_n of_o his_o own_o life_n for_o tiberius_n be_v very_o much_o give_v to_o those_o chaldean_a and_o curious_a art_n and_o have_v get_v leisure_n and_o retiredness_n in_o rhodes_n for_o the_o learning_n and_o practice_n of_o they_o he_o partly_o call_v and_o partly_o have_v offer_v to_o he_o those_o that_o profess_v to_o be_v skilful_a in_o that_o trade_n and_o mystery_n his_o way_n to_o try_v their_o skill_n be_v desperate_a and_o terrible_a but_o such_o a_o one_o as_o best_a befit_v such_o as_o will_v take_v upon_o they_o to_o foresee_v thing_n to_o come_v and_o it_o be_v this_o when_o he_o consult_v of_o any_o business_n say_v tacitus_n he_o use_v the_o top_n of_o his_o house_n and_o the_o privacy_n of_o one_o only_a servant_n a_o man_n utter_o unlearned_a and_o of_o a_o strong_a bulk_n of_o body_n when_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o try_v any_o man_n skill_n this_o lubber_n be_v to_o go_v before_o he_o over_o craggy_a steep_a and_o dangerous_a rock_n that_o hang_v over_o the_o sea_n and_o over_o which_o his_o house_n stand_v and_o as_o they_o return_v again_o if_o there_o be_v any_o suspicion_n that_o the_o prognosticator_n have_v give_v a_o answer_n fraudulent_a or_o lie_a he_o fling_v he_o into_o the_o sea_n lest_o he_o shall_v reveal_v the_o secret_a that_o he_o have_v be_v question_v upon_o thrasyllus_n at_o his_o first_o come_n be_v bring_v to_o this_o dangerous_a trial_n and_o have_v presage_v tiberius_n shall_v be_v emperor_n and_o have_v foretell_v other_o thing_n to_o come_v he_o be_v ask_v by_o he_o whether_o he_o can_v calculate_v his_o own_o nativity_n which_o when_o he_o go_v about_o to_o do_v and_o have_v set_v a_o figure_n upon_o the_o sight_n and_o study_v upon_o it_o he_o be_v first_o in_o a_o muse_n and_o then_o in_o a_o fear_n and_o the_o more_o he_o view_v it_o the_o more_o he_o fear_v and_o at_o last_o cry_v out_o that_o some_o strange_a and_o sudden_a danger_n be_v near_o and_o ready_a to_o seize_v upon_o he_o then_o tiberius_n embrace_v he_o commend_v his_o skill_n secure_v he_o against_o the_o danger_n and_o retain_v he_o ever_o after_o for_o his_o intimate_a familiar_a this_o year_n as_o dion_n do_v place_v it_o befall_v this_o great_a wizzard_n death_n and_o as_o it_o prove_v a_o forerunner_n of_o the_o emperor_n with_o who_o he_o do_v more_o good_a with_o one_o lie_n near_o his_o latter_a end_n than_o he_o have_v do_v with_o all_o his_o astrological_a truth_n if_o he_o ever_o tell_v any_o all_o his_o life_n long_o for_o assure_v he_o by_o his_o skill_n that_o he_o shall_v yet_o live_v ten_o year_n long_o though_o in_o his_o heart_n he_o think_v no_o such_o thing_n he_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v slack_a and_o remiss_a in_o put_v divers_a man_n to_o death_n who_o end_n he_o have_v hasten_v have_v he_o know_v the_o haste_n of_o his_o own_o and_o so_o they_o escape_v sect._n v._o war_n betwixt_o aretas_n and_o herod_n there_o have_v be_v a_o long_a grudge_n betwixt_o aretas_n the_o king_n of_o arabia_n petraea_n and_o herod_n the_o tetrarch_n and_o a_o field_n have_v be_v fight_v between_o they_o before_o this_o for_o herod_n have_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n which_o be_v aretas_n daughter_n and_o have_v take_v herodias_n the_o wife_n of_o his_o own_o brother_n philip_n and_o he_o yet_o live_a in_o her_o stead_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o aretas_n dog_v he_o for_o revenge_n for_o this_o indignity_n to_o his_o daughter_n and_o himself_o wherefore_o he_o begin_v to_o quarrel_v with_o he_o and_o to_o seek_v occasion_n of_o war_n by_o challenge_n of_o a_o territory_n controvertible_fw-fr and_o they_o come_v to_o a_o pitch_a battle_n in_o which_o herod_n army_n be_v utter_o overthrow_v by_o mean_n of_o some_o treachery_n wrought_v by_o some_o fugitive_n from_o his_o brother_n philip_n tetrarchy_n which_o have_v take_v up_o arm_n to_o fight_v under_o his_o colour_n and_o here_o as_o josephus_n have_v observe_v it_o be_v the_o observation_n of_o divers_a that_o this_o his_o army_n utter_o perish_v through_o god_n just_a punishment_n upon_o he_o for_o the_o murder_n of_o john_n the_o baptist._n and_o it_o be_v worth_a the_o mark_v that_o this_o overthrow_n take_v beginning_n from_o man_n of_o that_o country_n whence_o herodias_n the_o causer_n of_o that_o murder_n and_o of_o the_o present_a disquietness_n have_v come_v herod_n upon_o this_o defeat_n doubtful_a of_o better_a success_n at_o another_o time_n for_o it_o may_v be_v his_o conscience_n tell_v he_o this_o be_v but_o deserve_v betake_v himself_o by_o letter_n to_o tiberius_n certify_v he_o of_o the_o accident_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a not_o without_o much_o aggravation_n the_o emperor_n either_o displease_v at_o the_o fortune_n of_o aretas_n in_o his_o victory_n or_o at_o his_o audaciousness_n in_o stir_v so_o within_o the_o empire_n or_o at_o both_o together_o send_v angry_a letter_n to_o vitellius_n the_o governor_n of_o syria_n charge_v he_o to_o undertake_v the_o war_n and_o either_o to_o bring_v the_o rebellious_a king_n prisoner_n alive_a or_o to_o send_v his_o head_n to_o rome_n but_o before_o the_o design_n come_v to_o maturity_n tiberius_n that_o have_v thus_o threaten_v another_o man_n life_n have_v lose_v his_o own_o as_o will_v appear_v hereafter_o when_o this_o first_o battle_n be_v that_o be_v so_o fatal_a to_o herod_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v insist_v on_o to_o question_n but_o that_o this_o brew_n towards_o a_o new_a war_n befall_v in_o this_o year_n be_v apparent_a sufficient_o by_o the_o sequel_n the_o roman_z and_o jewish_a story_n for_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 38._o and_o of_o tiberius_n 23._o the_o first_o year_n also_o of_o cajus_n caligula_n be_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3965._o and_o of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 790._o consul_n cu._n proculus_n acerronius_n c._n pontius_n nigrinus_n london_n print_v by_o r._n c._n for_o andrew_n crook_n 1645._o part_n i._o the_o roman_a story_n sect._n i._n macro_n all_o base_a this_o man_n have_v be_v mischievous_a ever_o since_o he_o have_v power_n to_o be_v so_o but_o now_o be_v he_o so_o most_o of_o all_o that_o he_o may_v keep_v that_o power_n of_o his_o afoot_a or_o may_v raise_v
it_o more_o and_o more_o he_o be_v use_v by_o tiberius_n as_o a_o instrument_n to_o bring_v down_o sejanus_n the_o one_o bad_a and_o the_o other_o worse_o and_o after_o he_o have_v do_v that_o none_o must_v stand_v by_o his_o good_a will_n that_o be_v likely_a to_o stand_v in_o his_o way_n he_o be_v make_v master_n of_o the_o praetorian_a soldier_n in_o sejanus_n his_o stead_n and_o as_o he_o possess_v his_o place_n so_o do_v he_o his_o favour_n with_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o crookedness_n of_o his_o condition_n as_o if_o all_o the_o honour_n fortune_n and_o wickedness_n of_o sejanus_n have_v be_v entail_v upon_o macro_n a_o agent_n as_o fit_v for_o tiberius_n as_o can_v be_v require_v and_o a_o successor_n as_o fit_v for_o sejanus_n a_o man_n as_o bloody_a as_o the_o tyrant_n can_v desire_v he_o and_o sometime_o more_o than_o he_o set_v he_o on_o work_n he_o be_v the_o continual_a alguazil_n and_o inquisitor_n for_o the_o friend_n and_o complice_n of_o the_o late_a ruin_a favourite_n and_o under_o colour_n of_o that_o pursuit_n he_o take_v out_o of_o the_o way_n whosoever_o will_v not_o friend_n and_o comply_v with_o he_o of_o that_o number_n be_v cn._n domitius_n and_o vibius_n marsus_n accuse_v with_o albucilla_n the_o wife_n of_o satrius_n secundus_fw-la for_o adultery_n but_o all_o three_o together_o for_o conspiracy_n against_o the_o emperor_n yet_o be_v there_o no_o hand_n of_o the_o emperor_n show_v for_o the_o prosecution_n of_o the_o matter_n which_o show_v the_o only_a spleen_n and_o machination_n of_o the_o bloodhound_n macro_n albucilla_n whether_o guilty_a indeed_o or_o know_v that_o his_o malice_n and_o power_n will_v make_v she_o so_o stab_v herself_o think_v to_o have_v die_v by_o she_o own_o hand_n but_o the_o wound_n not_o be_v deadly_a she_o be_v take_v away_o to_o prison_n grasidius_n and_o fregellanus_n the_o pretend_a pander_n of_o her_o adultery_n be_v punish_v the_o one_o with_o banishment_n and_o the_o other_o with_o degradation_n and_o the_o same_o penalty_n be_v inflict_v upon_o laelius_n balbus_n a_o man_n but_o just_o pay_v in_o his_o own_o coin_n to_o the_o rejoice_v and_o content_a of_o divers_a for_o he_o have_v be_v a_o strong_a and_o violent_a accuser_n of_o many_o innocent_n domitius_n and_o marsus_n it_o may_v be_v as_o guilty_a as_o the_o woman_n but_o more_o discreet_a traverse_v the_o indictment_n and_o save_v their_o own_o life_n partly_o by_o the_o shortness_n of_o the_o emperor_n life_n and_o partly_o by_o the_o feign_a prediction_n of_o thrasyllus_n that_o promise_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v long_o but_o too_o sullen_a be_v the_o indignation_n of_o l._n arruntius_n against_o macro_n and_o too_o desperate_a his_o ill_a conceit_n of_o caius_n who_o be_v to_o succeed_v in_o the_o empire_n for_o when_o he_o be_v enwrap_v in_o the_o same_o accusation_n with_o the_o two_o last_o name_v and_o may_v have_v escape_v the_o same_o escape_n that_o they_o do_v yet_o despise_v he_o so_o to_o outlive_v the_o cruelty_n of_o tiberius_n and_o macro_n as_o to_o come_v under_o the_o great_a cruelty_n of_o macro_n and_o caius_n no_o say_v he_o i_o have_v live_v long_o enough_o and_o to_o my_o sorrow_n too_o long_o nor_o do_v any_o thing_n repent_v i_o more_o then_o that_o thus_o i_o have_v endure_v a_o old_a age_n under_o the_o scorn_v danger_n and_o hate_n first_o of_o selanus_fw-la now_o of_o macro_n and_o always_o of_o one_o great_a one_o or_o another_o and_o that_o for_o no_o other_o fault_n then_o for_o detest_a their_o flagitiousnesse_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o i_o may_v survive_v the_o old_a age_n and_o weakness_n of_o tiberius_n but_o what_o hope_v to_o do_v so_o by_o the_o youth_n of_o caius_n and_o wickedness_n of_o macro_n can_v caius_n a_o youth_n do_v well_o be_v lead_v by_o macro_n who_o so_o corrupt_v tiberius_n in_o his_o age_n no_o i_o see_v more_o tyranny_n like_a to_o come_v then_o have_v be_v yet_o and_o therefore_o will_v i_o deliver_v myself_o from_o the_o present_a misery_n and_o that_o to_o come_v and_o with_o these_o word_n and_o resolution_n he_o cut_v his_o own_o vein_n and_o so_o bleed_v to_o death_n and_o spend_v a_o blood_n and_o a_o spirit_n what_o pity_v it_o be_v that_o they_o shall_v have_v be_v so_o lose_v as_o macro_n thus_o divide_v his_o pain_n in_o cruelty_n betwixt_o the_o satisfy_n of_o tiberius_n his_o mind_n and_o his_o own_o malice_n so_o also_o do_v he_o his_o affection_n shall_v i_o say_v or_o flattery_n rather_o and_o own-end_n observance_n betwixt_o tiberius_n and_o caius_n for_o as_o he_o seek_v to_o please_v the_o one_o that_o now_o rule_v for_o his_o own_o present_a security_n so_o do_v he_o to_o endear_v the_o other_o that_o be_v to_o succeed_v for_o his_o future_a safety_n hereupon_o he_o omit_v not_o any_o opportunity_n nor_o occasion_n that_o he_o may_v screw_v caius_n further_o and_o further_o into_o tiberius_n his_o favour_n and_o to_o keep_v he_o there_o that_o he_o may_v do_v as_o much_o for_o himself_o into_o the_o favour_n of_o caius_n one_o rarity_n and_o non-parallel_n of_o obsequiousness_n he_o show_v to_o the_o young_a prince_n worth_a record_v to_o his_o shame_n for_o he_o cause_v his_o own_o wife_n ennia_n thrasylla_n to_o entangle_v the_o youthfulnesse_n of_o caius_n into_o her_o love_n and_o adultery_n and_o then_o part_v he_o with_o she_o and_o give_v she_o to_o he_o in_o marriage_n the_o old_a emperor_n can_v not_o but_o observe_v this_o monster_n of_o pretend_a friendship_n nor_o be_v his_o old_a eye_n so_o blind_a but_o he_o perceive_v his_o flattery_n plain_a in_o other_o carriage_n in_o so_o much_o that_o he_o break_v out_o to_o he_o in_o these_o plain_a word_n well_o thou_o forsake_v the_o set_a sun_n and_o only_o look_v upon_o the_o rise_n sect._n ii_o a_o wicked_a woman_n with_o the_o wife_n of_o macro_n that_o make_v she_o own_o prostitution_n to_o become_v her_o husband_n promotion_n may_v not_o unfit_o be_v yoke_v the_o mother_n of_o sex_n papinius_n that_o make_v she_o own_o lust_n her_o son_n overthrow_n whether_o this_o be_v the_o papinius_n that_o be_v the_o last_o year_n consul_n or_o his_o son_n or_o some_o other_o of_o the_o same_o name_n and_o family_n it_o be_v no_o great_a matter_n worth_a inquire_v but_o whosoever_o he_o be_v infortunate_a he_o be_v in_o his_o mother_n for_o she_o cause_v his_o end_n as_o she_o have_v give_v he_o his_o beginning_n she_o be_v late_o divorce_v from_o her_o husband_n betake_v herself_o unto_o her_o son_n who_o with_o flattery_n and_o looseness_n she_o bring_v to_o perpetrate_v such_o a_o thing_n that_o he_o can_v find_v no_o remedy_n for_o it_o when_o it_o be_v do_v but_o his_o own_o death_n the_o consequent_a argue_v that_o the_o fault_n be_v incest_n for_o when_o he_o have_v cast_v himself_o from_o a_o high_a place_n and_o so_o end_v his_o life_n his_o mother_n be_v accuse_v for_o the_o occasion_n be_v banish_v the_o city_n for_o ten_o year_n till_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o slipperinesse_n of_o her_o other_o son_n youth_n be_v past_a and_o over_o part_n ii_o the_o jewish_a story_n sect._n i._o preparation_n of_o war_n against_o aretas_n the_o terrible_a and_o bitter_a message_n of_o the_o emperor_n to_o vitellius_n against_o king_n aretas_n must_v be_v obey_v though_o more_o of_o necessity_n then_o of_o any_o zeal_n of_o vitellius_n in_o herod_n quarrel_n he_o therefore_o raise_v what_o force_n he_o account_v fit_v for_o his_o own_o safety_n in_o the_o emperor_n favour_n and_o for_o his_o safety_n with_o the_o enemy_n march_v towards_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o war_n intend_v to_o lead_v his_o army_n through_o judea_n but_o he_o be_v divert_v from_o this_o intention_n by_o the_o humble_a supplication_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o the_o contrary_a who_o take_v on_o how_o contrary_a it_o be_v to_o their_o ancient_a law_n and_o custom_n to_o have_v any_o image_n and_o picture_n bring_v into_o their_o country_n whereof_o there_o be_v great_a store_n in_o the_o roman_n arm_n and_o banner_n the_o gentleness_n of_o the_o general_n be_v easy_o overtreat_v and_o command_v his_o army_n another_o way_n he_o himself_o with_o herod_n and_o his_o friend_n go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n where_o he_o offer_v sacrifice_n and_o remove_v jonathan_n from_o the_o high-priesthood_n and_o place_v thâ—ophilus_n his_o brother_n in_o his_o stead_n this_o be_v say_v josephus_n at_o a_o feast_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o he_o name_v not_o which_o and_o vitellius_n have_v stay_v there_o three_o day_n on_o the_o four_o receive_v letter_n concern_v tiberius_n his_o death_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o be_v weigh_v by_o the_o reader_n whether_o this_o festival_n be_v the_o passeover_n or_o pentecost_n for_o on_o the_o one_o hand_n since_o tiberius_n die_v about_o the_o middle_n of_o march_n as_o the_o roman_a
that_o have_v use_v so_o much_o dissimulation_n all_o his_o life_n dissemble_v even_o in_o his_o die_n for_o faint_v and_o swoon_v so_o very_o sore_o that_o all_o conceive_v he_o be_v depart_v and_o caius_n and_o all_o his_o favourite_n be_v go_v forth_o to_o take_v possession_n of_o his_o new_a empire_n sudden_o the_o tune_n be_v turn_v and_o news_n come_v forth_o that_o tiberius_n be_v revive_v and_o call_v for_o meat_n macro_n that_o have_v often_o be_v his_o instrument_n of_o cruelty_n upon_o other_o 〈◊〉_d the_o faculty_n now_o upon_o himself_o and_o in_o stead_n of_o meat_n stop_v his_o mouth_n with_o a_o pillow_n or_o with_o heap_v clothes_n upon_o his_o face_n and_o so_o he_o die_v there_o be_v indeed_o diversity_n of_o opinion_n about_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o death_n some_o say_n it_o be_v thus_o as_o be_v mention_v other_o that_o it_o be_v by_o poison_n other_o that_o it_o be_v by_o be_v deny_v meat_n in_o the_o intermission_n of_o his_o fit_n other_o that_o he_o rise_v out_o of_o his_o bed_n and_o fall_v on_o the_o floor_n nobody_o be_v near_o he_o all_o which_o be_v mention_v by_o suetonius_n it_o be_v not_o much_o material_n what_o his_o end_n be_v that_o that_o be_v first_o name_v be_v most_o entertain_v and_o certain_o it_o suit_v very_o well_o with_o his_o deserve_n and_o it_o be_v some_o wonder_n that_o he_o come_v to_o such_o a_o end_n no_o soon_o he_o die_v the_o seventeen_o of_o the_o calends_o of_o april_n or_o the_o sixteen_o of_o march_n or_o if_o dion_n may_v have_v his_o will_n the_o seven_o and_o so_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o year_n be_v account_v the_o first_o of_o caius_n sect_n four_o caius_n a_o evil_a emperor_n be_v go_v but_o a_o worse_a be_v to_o succeed_v he_o caius_z the_o son_n of_o germanicus_n a_o bad_a child_n of_o a_o good_a father_n inherit_v the_o love_n and_o favour_n of_o the_o people_n for_o his_o father_n sake_n till_o he_o forfeit_v it_o by_o his_o reserve_v the_o quality_n of_o tiberius_n he_o be_v surname_v caligula_n from_o a_o garb_n that_o he_o wear_v in_o the_o camp_n in_o which_o he_o be_v breed_v and_o educate_v from_o whence_o he_o have_v the_o love_n of_o the_o soldier_n till_o his_o barbarous_a nature_n lose_v it_o it_o may_v seem_v incredible_a that_o a_o worse_a disposition_n shall_v ever_o be_v find_v then_o that_o of_o tiberius_n but_o the_o old_a politician_n see_v that_o this_o be_v so_o much_o beyond_o it_o that_o it_o will_v do_v he_o credit_v some_o impute_v the_o fault_n to_o his_o bloody_a nurse_n one_o pressilla_n a_o campanian_a the_o custom_n of_o which_o country_n it_o be_v that_o the_o woman_n when_o they_o be_v to_o give_v their_o child_n suck_v they_o first_o anoint_v the_o nipple_n with_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o hedgehog_n to_o the_o end_n their_o child_n may_v be_v the_o more_o fierce_a and_o cruel_a this_o woman_n be_v as_o savage_a above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o nation_n as_o they_o be_v above_o other_o woman_n for_o her_o breast_n be_v all_o hairy_a over_o like_o the_o beard_n of_o man_n and_o her_o activity_n and_o strength_n in_o martial_a exercise_n inferior_a to_o few_o of_o the_o infantry_n of_o rome_n one_o day_n as_o she_o be_v give_v caligula_n the_o pap_n be_v angry_a at_o a_o young_a child_n that_o stand_v by_o she_o she_o take_v it_o and_o tear_v it_o in_o piece_n and_o with_o the_o blood_n thereof_o anoint_v her_o breast_n &_o so_o set_v her_o nursling_n caius_n to_o suck_v both_o blood_n and_o milk_n but_o have_v not_o his_o infancy_n be_v educate_v in_o such_o a_o butchery_n the_o school_n of_o his_o youth_n have_v be_v enough_o to_o have_v habituate_v he_o to_o mischief_n for_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o the_o sight_n and_o at_o the_o elbow_n of_o tiberius_n it_o will_v have_v serve_v to_o have_v corrupt_v the_o best_a nature_n that_o can_v be_v but_o this_o of_o his_o be_v either_o never_o good_a or_o at_o least_o be_v spoil_v long_o before_o yet_o have_v he_o reasonable_o well_o learned_a his_o tutor_n art_n of_o dissimulation_n so_o that_o he_o hide_v those_o serpentine_a condition_n not_o only_o before_o tiberius_n his_o death_n but_o also_o a_o while_n after_o he_o have_v obtain_v the_o empire_n only_o he_o that_o have_v teach_v he_o to_o weave_v this_o mantle_n of_o dissemble_a can_v spy_v through_o it_o insomuch_o that_o he_o will_v profess_v that_o caius_n live_v for_o the_o destruction_n of_o he_o and_o all_o other_o and_o that_o he_o hatch_v up_o a_o snake_n for_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o a_o phaeton_n for_o all_o the_o world_n and_o it_o prove_v so_o both_o to_o he_o and_o they_o for_o when_o tiberius_n lie_v a_o gasp_v stifle_v with_o a_o pillow_n press_v upon_o he_o he_o also_o throttle_v he_o with_o his_o hand_n and_o crucify_v one_o of_o his_o servant_n that_o cry_v out_o upon_o the_o hideousness_n of_o the_o fact_n and_o as_o for_o his_o demeanour_n towards_o the_o state_n a_o little_a time_n will_v give_v too_o lamentable_a witness_n sect._n v._n tiberius_n in_o a_o manner_n cruel_a be_v dead_a how_o welcome_a news_n the_o tiding_n of_o tiberius_n death_n be_v at_o rome_n may_v be_v easy_o conjecture_v by_o any_o that_o have_v observe_v his_o cruelty_n before_o some_o cry_v out_o tiberius_n into_o tiber_n some_o to_o the_o hurdle_n and_o tyburn_n some_o to_o one_o thing_n some_o to_o another_o use_v the_o more_o liberty_n of_o their_o tongue_n against_o the_o tyrant_n now_o by_o how_o much_o they_o have_v be_v tie_v up_o the_o straight_a whilst_o he_o live_v nor_o do_v the_o remembrance_n of_o his_o former_a cruelty_n only_o cause_v they_o to_o rejoice_v for_o his_o death_n but_o a_o present_a cruelty_n as_o if_o he_o be_v bloody_a be_v dead_a make_v he_o the_o more_o odious_a to_o they_o then_o alive_a for_o certain_a man_n that_o be_v but_o late_o condemn_v &_o their_o execution_n day_n fall_v upon_o the_o very_a day_n when_o tiding_n of_o his_o death_n come_v to_o the_o city_n for_o the_o senate_n do_v ever_o allow_v ten_o day_n for_o the_o condemn_a person_n after_o their_o sentence_n before_o their_o end_n the_o poor_a man_n emplore_v the_o aid_n and_o comfort_n of_o every_o one_o they_o meet_v because_o caius_n to_o who_o they_o shall_v have_v sue_v be_v not_o in_o the_o city_n but_o they_o be_v hale_v away_o by_o the_o executioner_n and_o strangle_v sect._n vi_o agrippa_n in_o a_o perplexity_n and_o enlarge_v agrippa_z be_v partaker_n of_o the_o common_a joy_n but_o withal_o of_o some_o mixture_n of_o misery_n for_o such_o variety_n of_o fortune_n have_v he_o taste_v ever_o and_o now_o must_v he_o have_v a_o farewell_n to_o such_o vicissitude_n marsyâ—â—_n his_o freeman_n hear_v the_o rumour_n in_o the_o city_n run_v with_o all_o speed_n to_o certify_v his_o master_n and_o find_v he_o with_o some_o company_n in_o the_o way_n towards_o the_o bath_n he_o becken_v to_o he_o with_o this_o speech_n in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n the_o lion_n be_v dead_a with_o which_o tiding_n agrippa_n be_v so_o transport_v with_o joy_n that_o the_o centurion_n his_o keeper_n perceive_v it_o and_o inquire_v the_o reason_n and_o be_v tell_v it_o by_o agrippa_n he_o rejoice_v with_o he_o for_o the_o news_n and_o lose_v he_o from_o his_o bond_n but_o as_o they_o be_v at_o supper_n there_o come_v a_o contrary_a report_n that_o tiberius_n be_v alive_a and_o will_v ere_o long_o be_v in_o the_o city_n what_o now_o think_v you_o be_v become_v of_o the_o heart_n and_o mettle_n of_o agrippa_n and_o his_o centurion_n both_o have_v do_v enough_o by_o this_o their_o present_a joy_n to_o procure_v their_o endless_a sorrow_n and_o his_o keeper_n the_o worse_a of_o the_o two_o but_o agrippa_n must_v smart_v for_o all_o for_o the_o present_a he_o therefore_o cast_v he_o into_o iron_n again_o and_o commit_v he_o to_o a_o sure_a guard_n than_o before_o and_o thus_o as_o his_o too_o much_o eagerness_n of_o tiberius_n his_o death_n have_v imprison_v he_o before_o even_o so_o do_v it_o now_o but_o the_o next_o morning_n put_v he_o into_o life_n again_o for_o the_o rumour_n of_o the_o old_a emperor_n death_n be_v confirm_v by_o letter_n from_o the_o neâ—â—_n and_o a_o special_a warrant_n come_v from_o he_o for_o the_o enlarge_n of_o agrippa_n out_o of_o prison_n to_o the_o house_n where_o he_o have_v use_v to_o live_v before_o sect._n vii_o caius_n come_v to_o rome_n the_o corpse_n of_o the_o dead_a tyrant_n be_v carry_v by_o the_o soldier_n into_o the_o city_n caius_n himself_o in_o mourn_a apparel_n follow_v the_o hearse_n and_o there_o he_o make_v his_o funeral_n oration_n &_o perform_v his_o obsequy_n with_o great_a pomp_n &_o solemnity_n and_o on_o the_o very_a day_n of_o his_o come_n to_o town_n he_o have_v enlarge_v agrippa_n but_o
mingle_v between_o sect._n x._o caius_n cruel_a the_o recovery_n of_o the_o emperor_n caius_n from_o that_o disease_n under_o which_o we_o leave_v he_o ere_o while_n prove_v the_o sickness_n of_o the_o whole_a state_n and_o the_o death_n of_o divers_a for_o now_o he_o begin_v to_o show_v himself_o in_o his_o own_o colour_n and_o to_o lay_v open_a the_o inside_n of_o his_o barbarous_a nature_n which_o hitherto_o he_o have_v hide_v under_o strange_a dissimulation_n p._n afranius_n petitus_fw-la a_o plebeian_n and_o atanius_n secundus_fw-la a_o knight_n have_v bind_v themselves_o by_o oath_n in_o the_o emperor_n sickness_n partly_o in_o flattery_n partly_o in_o hope_n of_o reward_n the_o one_o that_o he_o will_v die_v on_o condition_n the_o prince_n may_v recover_v and_o the_o other_o that_o he_o will_v venture_v his_o life_n in_o combat_n on_o the_o same_o condition_n caius_n understanding_n of_o this_o obligation_n and_o pretend_v that_o he_o will_v have_v neither_o of_o they_o perjure_a see_v he_o be_v now_o well_o again_o constrain_v they_o both_o to_o perform_v their_o vow_n and_o bring_v they_o to_o repent_v their_o flattery_n with_o repentance_n too_o late_o and_o vain_a and_o to_o a_o reward_n clean_o contrary_a to_o their_o expectation_n nor_o be_v his_o cruelty_n any_o whit_n less_o though_o for_o very_a shame_n it_o must_v be_v better_a dissemble_v to_o his_o father_n in_o law_n the_o noble_a silanus_n a_o man_n hate_v of_o he_o for_o the_o two_o main_a thing_n that_o in_o humane_a society_n be_v the_o eye_n of_o love_n virtue_n and_o alliance_n and_o so_o indign_o use_v he_o that_o he_o find_v no_o way_n to_o regain_v his_o love_n nor_o any_o better_a to_o avoid_v his_o hate_n then_o to_o murder_v himself_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n claudia_n the_o daughter_n of_o silanus_n be_v his_o wife_n but_o he_o divorce_v she_o from_o he_o and_o take_v cornelia_n orestilla_n from_o her_o husband_n calpurnius_n piso_n on_o their_o very_a wedding_n day_n where_o he_o be_v present_a at_o the_o solemnisation_n and_o he_o keep_v she_o not_o two_o month_n but_o send_v she_o to_o her_o piso_n again_o sect._n xi_o young_a tiberius_n bring_v to_o a_o miserable_a end_n these_o entry_n be_v make_v for_o the_o flesh_n as_o it_o be_v the_o tyrant_n in_o bloodinesse_n and_o cruelty_n he_o be_v now_o make_v ready_a and_o fit_a to_o execute_v a_o more_o horrible_a design_n upon_o his_o poor_a brother_n partner_n and_o son_n by_o adoption_n the_o young_a and_o innocent_a tiberius_n he_o poor_a prince_n have_v be_v thrust_v by_o he_o out_o of_o his_o right_n and_o patrimony_n by_o the_o nullify_n of_o old_a tiberius_n his_o will_n must_v now_o also_o be_v deprive_v of_o life_n this_o be_v it_o that_o the_o old_a testator_n do_v presage_v and_o yet_o will_v leave_v he_o for_o a_o prey_n to_o his_o inhumanity_n the_o pretence_n against_o this_o young_a prince_n be_v that_o either_o he_o have_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o cause_v his_o sickness_n or_o at_o least_o have_v rejoice_v in_o it_o and_o desire_v his_o death_n a_o sleighty_a accusation_n to_o bring_v such_o a_o person_n to_o death_n yet_o may_v he_o only_o have_v die_v it_o may_v have_v seem_v more_o tolerable_a but_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o make_v the_o cruelty_n double_a he_o be_v command_v to_o die_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n though_o tribune_n centurion_n and_o man_n of_o war_n fit_a far_o to_o have_v do_v such_o a_o execution_n stand_v by_o and_o will_v have_v do_v it_o he_o desire_v but_o this_o mercy_n that_o he_o may_v have_v be_v slay_v by_o some_o of_o they_o but_o that_o be_v deny_v he_o upon_o a_o point_n of_o honour_n and_o justice_n forsooth_o because_o it_o be_v not_o fit_a that_o such_o a_o prince_n shall_v die_v by_o inferior_a hand_n the_o poor_a prince_n offer_v his_o neck_n to_o every_o one_o that_o stand_v near_o but_o they_o dare_v not_o strike_v for_o fear_v of_o their_o own_o the_o only_a favour_n that_o he_o can_v obtain_v be_v this_o that_o they_o may_v teach_v he_o where_o to_o wound_v himself_o for_o his_o soon_o dispatch_n and_o so_o he_o do_v and_o thus_o be_v the_o tyrant_n deliver_v as_o he_o think_v from_o all_o fear_n and_o danger_n of_o copartnership_n and_o corrivality_n in_o the_o empire_n next_o will_v he_o take_v a_o course_n with_o those_o that_o any_o way_n may_v cross_v he_o in_o or_o advise_v he_o against_o his_o headlong_a humour_n and_o of_o they_o we_o shall_v hear_v in_o their_o course_n the_o last_o six_o month_n of_o this_o year_n he_o have_v take_v the_o consulship_n upon_o himself_o and_o have_v choose_v his_o uncle_n claudius_n for_o his_o colleague_n but_o we_o have_v reserve_v the_o name_n of_o the_o old_a till_o now_o to_o avoid_v confusion_n the_o roman_z and_o jewish_a story_n for_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 39_o and_o of_o caius_n caligula_n 2._o be_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3966._o and_o of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 791._o consul_n m._n aquila_n julianus_n p._n nonius_n asprenas_n london_n print_v by_o r._n c._n for_o andrew_n crook_n 1645._o part_n i._o the_o roman_a story_n sect._n i._o cruelty_n at_o rome_n this_o year_n begin_v at_o rome_n with_o a_o fatal_a omen_n for_o on_o the_o first_o of_o january_n machaon_n a_o servant_n go_v up_o to_o the_o shrine_n of_o jupiter_n capitolinus_n and_o there_o have_v presage_v and_o prophesy_v many_o fearful_a and_o terrible_a thing_n first_o he_o slay_v a_o whelp_n that_o he_o have_v with_o he_o and_o then_o he_o slay_v himself_o these_o beginning_n have_v answerable_a sequels_fw-fr for_o caius_n addict_v himself_o whole_o to_o bloodinesse_n sometime_o for_o his_o sport_n sometime_o in_o cruel_a earnest_n he_o command_v sword_n play_v to_o be_v make_v in_o which_o he_o set_v not_o man_n to_o man_n but_o multitude_n to_o multitude_n to_o slaughter_v each_o other_o he_o slay_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n six_o and_o twenty_o roman_a knight_n with_o great_a contentment_n take_v by_o he_o in_o the_o effusion_n of_o their_o blood_n he_o set_v also_o another_o knight_n to_o the_o same_o terrible_a sport_n and_o when_o he_o come_v off_o victorious_a he_o cause_v he_o and_o his_o father_n to_o be_v slay_v and_o divers_a other_o with_o they_o enclose_v they_o in_o a_o strong_a chest_n or_o press_n when_o once_o there_o be_v not_o â—now_v of_o poor_a condemn_a wretch_n to_o cast_v to_o the_o wild_a beast_n he_o cause_v divers_a that_o stand_v upon_o the_o scaffold_n for_o spectator_n to_o be_v cast_v unto_o they_o cause_v their_o tongue_n first_o to_o be_v cut_v out_o that_o they_o may_v not_o cry_v or_o complain_v yet_o do_v he_o with_o these_o cruelty_n mingle_v some_o plausible_a action_n tend_v to_o popularity_n as_o create_v of_o knight_n privilege_v the_o commons_o and_o lavish_v in_o gift_n that_o strengthen_v himself_o with_o these_o courtesy_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o some_o man_n he_o may_v with_o the_o more_o confidence_n be_v cruel_a to_o other_o sect._n i._n a_o end_n of_o macro_n it_o can_v be_v expect_v that_o he_o shall_v come_v to_o a_o good_a end_n himself_o that_o have_v bring_v so_o many_o to_o a_o bad_a his_o course_n be_v now_o come_v to_o taste_v of_o the_o same_o sauce_n that_o he_o have_v provide_v for_o so_o many_o other_o and_o it_o will_v half_o move_v the_o spectator_n to_o some_o kind_n of_o pity_n to_o see_v he_o slaughter_v for_o such_o a_o cause_n as_o he_o be_v slaughter_v for_o how_o he_o have_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o curry_v caius_z favour_n with_o tiberius_n and_o to_o screw_v he_o into_o the_o empire_n and_o himself_o into_o his_o good_a opinion_n even_o by_o the_o prostitution_n of_o his_o own_o wife_n we_o have_v hear_v before_o and_o this_o his_o extraordinary_a officiousness_n he_o do_v not_o forelet_n or_o slacken_v when_o he_o have_v bring_v he_o where_o he_o desire_v to_o have_v he_o to_o the_o empire_n but_o now_o he_o turn_v his_o observance_n a_o better_a way_n and_o what_o he_o have_v do_v before_o by_o baseness_n flattery_n and_o senseless_a obsequiousness_n to_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o rule_n he_o change_v into_o good_a counsel_n to_o keep_v he_o well_o in_o it_o for_o when_o he_o see_v he_o fall_v asleep_a at_o banquet_n among_o his_o cup_n he_o will_v free_o check_v he_o for_o it_o as_o be_v neither_o for_o his_o credit_n nor_o for_o his_o safety_n the_o like_a will_v he_o do_v when_o he_o see_v he_o misbehave_v himself_o by_o lightness_n profuse_a laughter_n and_o ridiculous_a gesture_n in_o the_o theatre_n and_o in_o behold_v of_o play_n in_o brief_a so_o round_o and_o plain_o be_v he_o with_o he_o when_o he_o see_v just_a cause_n that_o in_o fine_a the_o uncounselable_a humorist_n become_v his_o enemy_n and_o at_o last_o his_o death_n his_o end_n be_v report_v to_o have_v be_v the_o same_o with_o
they_o go_v they_o force_v into_o a_o strait_a place_n of_o the_o city_n where_o they_o have_v not_o room_n to_o stir_v one_o for_o another_o much_o less_o to_o make_v any_o orderly_a haâ—talia_n for_o defence_n of_o themselves_o or_o for_o resistance_n in_o this_o strait_a both_o of_o place_n and_o fortune_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o they_o speedy_o suffer_v famine_n who_o have_v nothing_o of_o their_o sustenance_n leave_v they_o unless_o they_o will_v have_v devour_v one_o another_o here_o be_v many_o mouth_n and_o no_o meat_n and_o great_a complain_v but_o no_o relief_n plenty_n enough_o there_o be_v in_o the_o city_n but_o none_o for_o they_o and_o abundance_n of_o every_o thing_n necessary_a but_o pity_n the_o poor_a crowd_v starve_a and_o distress_a people_n those_o that_o have_v any_o hope_n or_o courage_n to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o streak_n abroad_o and_o steal_v forth_o of_o their_o enclosure_n for_o food_n and_o fresh_a air_n some_o to_o the_o shore_n some_o into_o the_o city_n some_o one_o way_n some_o another_o but_o the_o misery_n of_o they_o also_o be_v no_o less_o than_o they_o that_o stay_v impound_v but_o that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o linger_a for_o wheresoever_o they_o be_v catch_v as_o no_o where_o can_v they_o go_v but_o descry_v they_o be_v either_o stone_v club_a or_o burn_v to_o death_n yea_o often_o man_n wife_n child_n and_o whole_a family_n so_o murder_v all_o of_o a_o heap_n some_o they_o smoke_v and_o choke_v to_o death_n in_o a_o fire_n where_o they_o want_v fuel_n to_o burn_v they_o out_o some_o they_o hale_v with_o rope_n tie_v about_o their_o ankle_n up_o and_o down_o the_o street_n till_o they_o be_v dead_a and_o then_o neither_o spare_v they_o the_o dead_a body_n but_o mangle_v they_o in_o piece_n their_o synagogue_n they_o all_o burn_v down_o with_o the_o loss_n also_o of_o some_o of_o the_o alexandrian_n house_n adjoin_v their_o house_n they_o deface_v and_o their_o life_n they_o take_v away_o when_o and_o wheresoever_o they_o can_v catch_v they_o flaccus_n in_o this_o bloodinesse_n have_v do_v enough_o by_o connivance_n and_o toleration_n but_o he_o be_v not_o content_a with_o this_o passive_a tyranny_n unless_o he_o be_v a_o actor_n himself_o in_o the_o scene_n and_o be_v not_o behind_o other_o in_o this_o mischief_n as_o he_o be_v before_o they_o in_o authority_n eight_o and_o thirty_o of_o their_o judge_n and_o counsellor_n for_o a_o senate_n of_o their_o own_o be_v tolerate_v by_o augustus_n and_o allow_v they_o he_o send_v for_o by_o his_o officer_n and_o bind_v their_o hand_n behind_o they_o cause_v they_o thus_o to_o be_v lead_v along_o the_o street_n for_o a_o derision_n and_o then_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v public_o scourge_v some_o to_o death_n some_o to_o the_o linger_a out_o of_o a_o miserable_a life_n he_o cause_v also_o a_o pretend_a search_n to_o be_v make_v throughout_o all_o the_o jew_n house_n for_o armour_n pretend_v a_o suspicion_n of_o their_o insurrection_n but_o intend_v thereby_o to_o give_v the_o soldier_n the_o more_o advantage_n for_o their_o pillage_n and_o oppression_n he_o spare_v neither_o age_n nor_o sex_n against_o who_o he_o can_v take_v a_o occasion_n or_o find_v cavil_n nor_o reverence_v he_o any_o festival_n for_o their_o execution_n nor_o omit_v any_o kind_n of_o cruelty_n for_o their_o torture_n here_o be_v the_o first_o smart_a blow_n to_o count_v of_o that_o this_o nation_n feel_v since_o they_o call_v for_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o just_a one_o upon_o themselves_o and_o upon_o their_o child_n and_o some_o of_o this_o city_n be_v nimble_a agent_n for_o the_o compass_v of_o the_o death_n of_o his_o first_o martyr_n steven_n act._n 6.9_o sect._n vii_o agrippa_z in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n you_o may_v well_o presume_v that_o the_o stay_n of_o agrippa_n will_v not_o be_v long_o at_o alexandria_n where_o his_o entertainment_n be_v so_o foul_a and_o his_o invitation_n to_o his_o own_o home_n be_v so_o faite_z and_o good_a his_o welcome_a thither_o be_v not_o so_o full_a of_o scorn_n and_o disgrace_n as_o in_o the_o other_o place_n but_o as_o full_a of_o unkindness_n because_o the_o unkindness_n be_v from_o his_o own_o sister_n herodias_n the_o incestuous_a wife_n of_o herod_n the_o tetrarch_n and_o once_o some_o comfort_n to_o this_o her_o brother_n while_o he_o be_v in_o distress_n grow_v now_o the_o bitter_a envy_a of_o his_o prosperity_n a_o woman_n ever_o active_a to_o the_o mischief_n of_o other_o but_o now_o begin_v to_o twine_v a_o whip_n for_o she_o own_o back_n it_o grieve_v she_o to_o see_v the_o unlooked_a for_o pomp_n of_o the_o new_a king_n agrippa_n a_o man_n that_o have_v so_o late_o be_v 〈◊〉_d the_o hatch_n of_o fortune_n and_o in_o her_o bilboes_n debt_n and_o danger_n that_o have_v but_o the_o other_o day_n flee_v from_o his_o wife_n country_n and_o friend_n for_o poverty_n and_o shame_n unable_a to_o pay_v the_o money_n that_o he_o ought_v and_o which_o be_v worse_o as_o unable_a to_o borrow_v more_o and_o now_o he_o be_v return_v again_o with_o a_o kingdom_n a_o crown_n and_o with_o pomp_n and_o trainâ—_n agreeable_a to_o both_o oh_o how_o this_o grate_a her_o haughty_a and_o emulative_a spirit_n though_o he_o be_v her_o brother_n well_o whether_o it_o be_v in_o spite_n to_o his_o promotion_n or_o in_o disdain_n to_o her_o degree_n that_o be_v now_o below_o he_o which_o be_v the_o more_o like_a the_o shower_n and_o storm_n of_o her_o discontent_n do_v shower_n upon_o her_o husband_n she_o lay_v in_o his_o dish_n the_o present_a spectacle_n of_o agrippaes_n glory_n and_o his_o own_o inferioritie_n tax_v he_o with_o dulness_n and_o sleepiness_n that_o will_v not_o seek_v for_o a_o high_a dignity_n which_o may_v be_v have_v for_o a_o journey_n to_o rome_n twit_v he_o for_o be_v a_o underling_n when_o he_o may_v prevent_v it_o persuade_v he_o to_o spare_v no_o cost_n nor_o travail_n for_o that_o prevention_n and_o in_o fine_a work_v so_o with_o he_o by_o uncessant_a clamour_n that_o though_o he_o can_v well_o have_v be_v contentent_v to_o have_v sit_v quiet_a at_o home_n yet_o he_o be_v induce_v or_o drive_v to_o travail_n and_o she_o with_o he_o to_o rome_n to_o caius_n agrippa_z be_v not_o unacquainted_a with_o her_o discontent_n and_o with_o both_o their_o design_n and_o will_v not_o be_v far_o behind_o in_o reciprocal_a requital_n of_o such_o intention_n but_o their_o meeting_n plead_v and_o success_n at_o rome_n must_v be_v reserve_v to_o another_o year_n part_n iii_o the_o roman_a story_n again_o sect._n caius_n the_o new_a god_n little_o better_o than_o a_o devil_n after_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o goodly_a godship_n of_o the_o empeperour_n show_v in_o little_a a_o little_a before_o let_v we_o take_v he_o now_o as_o he_o be_v indeed_o little_o better_o than_o a_o devil_n a_o man_n the_o shame_n and_o confusion_n of_o man_n if_o he_o may_v be_v call_v a_o man_n and_o so_o far_o beyond_o the_o vice_n of_o any_o that_o have_v go_v before_o that_o he_o seem_v to_o live_v to_o no_o other_o purpose_n then_o to_o show_v what_o the_o utmost_a extent_n of_o viciousness_n can_v do_v in_o the_o utmost_a height_n of_o power_n and_o liberty_n you_o will_v wonder_v but_o that_o his_o defiance_n of_o the_o god_n do_v lessen_v that_o wonder_n how_o scornful_o and_o despiteful_o he_o use_v the_o memory_n and_o person_n of_o his_o ancestor_n sister_n kindred_n and_o best_a friend_n he_o charge_v augustus_n with_o incest_n livia_n with_o base_a birth_n tiberius_n but_o with_o what_o he_o deserve_v his_o own_o mother_n with_o bastardize_v and_o whosoever_o be_v most_o near_o and_o most_o honour_n to_o he_o with_o some_o ignominy_n and_o reproach_n or_o other_o but_o such_o word_n be_v courtesy_n in_o comparison_n of_o his_o action_n all_o his_o sister_n he_o first_o deflower_v and_o then_o prostitute_v they_o to_o other_o be_v so_o deflower_v but_o his_o darling_n sister_n drusilla_n speed_v somewhat_o better_a if_o that_o better_a be_v not_o as_o bad_a to_o she_o he_o continue_v his_o affection_n of_o love_n or_o lust_n whether_o you_o will_v while_o she_o continue_v in_o life_n and_o when_o she_o be_v dead_a he_o make_v she_o the_o mean_n of_o his_o profit_n as_o he_o have_v do_v before_o of_o his_o pleasure_n she_o be_v the_o wife_n of_o m._n lapidus_n but_o still_o the_o whore_n of_o her_o brother_n caius_n and_o after_o her_o death_n he_o make_v she_o a_o goddess_n who_o all_o her_o life_n long_o he_o have_v make_v his_o harlot_n altar_n statue_n vow_n festival_n be_v ordain_v for_o she_o and_o livius_n geminius_n play_v the_o knight_n of_o the_o post_n and_o swear_v devout_o that_o he_o see_v she_o ascend_v to_o heaven_n and_o converse_v with_o the_o go_n such_o a_o deity_n have_v the_o roman_n never_o
cockle_n and_o shell_n upon_o the_o shore_n and_o so_o he_o return_v with_o these_o goodly_a spoil_n and_o bring_v they_o to_o rome_n in_o a_o foolish_a triumph_n as_o if_o he_o have_v conquer_v the_o ocean_n be_v come_v into_o the_o city_n he_o have_v like_a to_o have_v slay_v all_o the_o senate_n because_o they_o have_v not_o decree_v divine_a honour_n and_o worship_n to_o he_o but_o he_o become_v reconcile_v to_o they_o again_o upon_o this_o occasion_n protogenes_n his_o bloodhound_n that_o use_v to_o carry_v his_o two_o book_n or_o black-bill_n the_o one_o whereof_o he_o call_v a_o sword_n and_o the_o other_o a_o dagger_n in_o which_o book_n he_o enrol_v who_o he_o destine_v to_o death_n or_o punishment_n he_o come_v one_o day_n into_o the_o court_n and_o be_v salute_v and_o fawn_v upon_o by_o all_o the_o senate_n be_v among_o they_o all_o salute_v by_o scribonius_n proculus_n upon_o who_o look_v with_o a_o grim_a and_o displease_a countenance_n what_o say_v he_o do_v thou_o salute_v i_o that_o hate_v so_o deadly_a the_o emperor_n my_o master_n whereupon_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o senator_n arise_v come_v upon_o he_o and_o pull_v he_o in_o piece_n with_o this_o piece_n of_o service_n so_o well_o suit_v with_o the_o tyrant_n humour_n he_o be_v so_o well_o please_v that_o he_o say_v they_o have_v now_o regain_v his_o favour_n again_o under_o his_o cruelty_n this_o year_n perish_v by_o name_n ptolemy_n the_o son_n of_o king_n juba_n because_o he_o be_v rich_a cassius_n becillinus_fw-la for_fw-mi no_o crime_n at_o all_o and_o capito_n his_o father_n because_o he_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o look_v upon_o his_o son_n death_n flattery_n deliver_v l._n vitellius_n our_o late_a governor_n of_o syria_n and_o it_o be_v much_o to_o appease_v such_o a_o lion_n but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o flattery_n without_o parallel_n sect._n ii_o caius_n profane_a the_o blasphemous_a atheist_n continue_v still_o in_o his_o detestable_a deity_n be_v what_o god_n he_o will_v when_o he_o will_v and_o change_v his_o godship_n with_o the_o change_n of_o his_o clothes_n sometime_o a_o male_a deity_n sometime_o a_o female_a sometime_o a_o god_n of_o one_o fashion_n sometime_o of_o another_o sometime_o he_o be_v jupiter_n sometime_o juno_n sometime_o mars_n sometime_o venus_n sometime_o neptune_n or_o apollo_n or_o hercules_n and_o sometime_o diana_n and_o thus_o whilst_o he_o will_v be_v any_o thing_n he_o be_v nothing_o and_o under_o the_o garb_n of_o so_o many_o god_n he_o be_v indeed_o nothing_o but_o devil_n he_o build_v a_o temple_n for_o himself_o in_o rome_n and_o make_v himself_o a_o room_n in_o the_o capitol_n that_o he_o may_v as_o he_o say_v converse_v with_o jupiter_n but_o it_o seem_v jupiter_n and_o he_o fall_v out_o for_o he_o remove_v his_o own_o mansion_n and_o build_v himself_o a_o temple_n in_o the_o palace_n because_o he_o think_v that_o if_o jupiter_n and_o he_o share_v in_o the_o same_o temple_n jupiter_n will_v have_v the_o upper_a hand_n and_o the_o more_o repute_n therefore_o that_o his_o own_o deity_n may_v have_v room_n enough_o he_o build_v this_o new_a temple_n and_o that_o he_o may_v be_v sure_a to_o get_v equal_a worship_n with_o jupiter_n he_o intend_v to_o set_v up_o the_o statue_n of_o jupiter_n olympius_n there_o but_o picture_v direct_o after_o his_o own_o image_n so_o that_o it_o must_v have_v be_v jupiters_n statue_n but_o caius_n his_o picture_n jupiters_n trunk_n but_o caius_n his_o head_n and_o face_n but_o this_o fine_a design_n come_v to_o nothing_o and_o be_v clean_o spoil_v for_o the_o ship_n that_o go_v for_o this_o statue_n be_v spoil_v with_o lightning_n and_o there_o be_v a_o great_a laugh_v always_o hear_v whensoever_o any_o one_o go_v about_o to_o meddle_v with_o the_o picture_n to_z forward_z the_o bunnesse_n and_o true_o it_o be_v as_o fit_v a_o omen_n as_o likely_a can_v have_v be_v invent_v for_o it_o when_o this_o invention_n thus_o fail_v he_o he_o find_v out_o a_o new_a trick_n to_o get_v part_n of_o the_o temple_n of_o castor_n and_o pollux_n for_o himself_o and_o join_v it_o to_o the_o palace_n and_o he_o so_o contrive_v the_o matter_n that_o his_o entrance_n be_v just_a in_o the_o middle_n between_o those_o two_o god_n and_o therefore_o he_o call_v they_o his_o porter_n and_o himself_o he_o style_v the_o dialis_n and_o his_o dear_a caesonia_n and_o his_o uncle_n claudius_n and_o divers_a of_o the_o rich_a sort_n he_o ordain_v to_o be_v his_o priest_n and_o get_v a_o good_a sum_n of_o money_n of_o every_o one_o of_o they_o for_o their_o office_n nay_o he_o will_v be_v a_o priest_n unto_o himself_o and_o which_o best_o suit_v with_o he_o in_o such_o a_o function_n he_o admit_v his_o horse_n to_o be_v fellow_n priest_n with_o he_o and_o because_o he_o will_v be_v a_o right_a jupiter_n indeed_o he_o will_v have_v his_o trick_n to_o imitate_v thunder_n and_o lightning_n and_o he_o will_v ever_o be_v defy_v jupiter_n in_o homer_n speech_n either_o take_v i_o away_o or_o i_o will_v take_v thou_o and_o thus_o be_v his_o palace_n part_v into_o a_o senseless_a contrariety_n one_o part_n to_o be_v a_o temple_n and_o another_o part_n a_o common_a stew_n in_o one_o caius_n to_o be_v adore_v as_o a_o god_n in_o another_o caius_z to_o play_v the_o beast_n deflower_v virgin_n violate_v boy_n adulterate_v matron_n exact_v and_o extract_a money_n from_o all_o and_o use_v to_o tumble_v himself_o in_o heap_n of_o money_n which_o he_o have_v so_o get_v the_o christian_a history_n the_o jewish_a and_o the_o roman_n of_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 42._o and_o of_o caius_n caligula_n 5._o claudius_n 1._o be_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3969._o and_o of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 794._o consul_n caius_n caesar_n iu._n cn._n sentius_n saturninus_n london_n print_v by_o r._n c._n for_o andrew_n crook_n 1645._o part_n ii_o the_o roman_a story_n sect._n i._n caius_n his_o death_n contrive_v this_o madness_n of_o caius_n can_v not_o last_v long_o it_o be_v so_o mad_a and_o it_o be_v so_o violent_a and_o he_o can_v not_o expect_v a_o dry_a and_o timely_a death_n himself_o which_o have_v bring_v a_o untimely_a and_o bloody_a to_o so_o many_o hundred_o he_o begin_v a_o consulship_n this_o year_n with_o cn._n sentius_n but_o it_o be_v soon_o out_o of_o date_n as_o he_o be_v himself_o but_o he_o not_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o people_n desire_v as_o he_o have_v deserve_v and_o some_o have_v compass_v have_v their_o plot_n but_o take_v effect_n one_o or_o two_o conspiracy_n have_v be_v contrive_v against_o he_o before_o this_o but_o have_v fail_v in_o the_o success_n and_o he_o escape_v to_o do_v more_o mischief_n still_o but_o now_o a_o design_n be_v in_o undertake_v that_o will_v run_v the_o business_n to_o the_o full_a and_o man_n be_v enter_v into_o the_o combination_n that_o have_v mettle_n and_o want_v not_o fortune_n these_o be_v cassius_n chaereas_n &_o cornelius_n sabinus_n that_o contrive_v in_o chief_a and_o they_o entertain_v many_o other_o into_o the_o conspiracy_n with_o they_o as_o callistus_n and_o eparchus_n regulus_n and_o minutianus_n while_o the_o plot_n be_v in_o hatch_n caius_n give_v a_o extraordinary_a offence_n and_o disgust_n unto_o the_o people_n which_o basined_a and_o ripen_v it_o the_o more_o upon_o his_o own_o head_n there_o be_v solemn_a sport's_n keep_v now_o in_o the_o city_n at_o which_o time_n it_o be_v 〈…〉_z that_o if_o the_o people_n ask_v a_o boon_n the_o emperor_n â—id_v 〈◊〉_d grant_v it_o now_o therefore_o they_o beg_v that_o heâ—â—ould_v eaâ—e_v 〈◊〉_d tax_n and_o release_v somewhat_o of_o the_o grievous_a 〈…〉_z under_o which_o they_o groan_v but_o 〈◊〉_d be_v so_o far_o from_o 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o cause_v many_o of_o the_o petitioner_n to_o be_v slay_v hasten_v his_o own_o death_n by_o they_o and_o condemn_v himself_o by_o their_o condemnation_n for_o what_o now_o remain_v think_v the_o conspirator_n but_o a_o speedy_a course_n when_o neither_o his_o own_o reason_n nor_o their_o petition_n nor_o their_o country_n custom_n can_v any_o whit_n move_v he_o to_o goodness_n nor_o divert_v he_o from_o his_o cruelty_n beside_o this_o general_a quarrel_n of_o their_o country_n some_o of_o they_o have_v their_o peculiar_a heartburning_n against_o he_o for_o particular_a abuse_n as_o minutianus_n for_o the_o death_n of_o his_o friend_n lepidus_n and_o for_o fear_n of_o his_o own_o life_n but_o cassius_n chereas_n for_o divers_a affront_n and_o disgrace_n which_o the_o tyrant_n not_o only_o use_v but_o love_v to_o put_v upon_o he_o above_o other_o man_n he_o be_v tribune_n of_o the_o praetorian_a band_n or_o as_o it_o be_v captain_n of_o the_o guard_n and_o a_o man_n as_o valiant_a as_o that_o place_n require_v or_o any_o whatsoever_o yet_o be_v it_o the_o senseless_a and_o