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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12245	The Arcadian princesse; or, The triumph of iustice prescribing excellent rules of physicke, for a sicke iustice. Digested into fowre bookes, and faithfully rendered to the originall Italian copy, by Ri. Brathvvait Esq.	Silesio, Mariano.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1635 (1635)	STC 22553; ESTC S117416	99,235	550

cloze in this O that a Soule so heavie should present so light a body An inimit able faculty hee had for elegance of Phrase in prose and an incomparable facillity for neateness●… of invention and ●…weetnesse of dimen●…onin v●…rse Both which with such a free-streaming Current naturally flowed as with a pleasing disdaine they scorned to be forced W●…ich caused him to he●… much imployed in hi●… yo●…nger yeares in the invention and setting forth of Court-maskes and other Princely presentments impressiv●… obiects of i●…finite d●…light to refined Spirit●… all which hee perf●…rmed with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Art as no place but hold it selfe honoured by his person nor no 〈◊〉 too amply extended to ●…nlarge hi●… pe●…sion Albeit o●…t of the freedome and largenesse of his mind He would ever re●…urne this ans●…r ●…o such liberall b●…stowers It will d●…raact from the Muses to bee Mercinari●…s And Liberall Art●… should have lib●…all Hearts and slow re●…eivers Hee could never 〈◊〉 vulgar prais●… nor titular applause drawne from selfe-●…ffectation or that ambiti●…us gro●…nd of g●…ining opinion Th●… he styl'd Opini●…e Idol●…try ●…hich transformed selfe ●…y into a desperate Frenzie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 w●…nt t●… say of Poggius and Pierus two reputed Wits in those dayes that hee could not endure Poggius conceit because it made too bold with Heaven nor Pierus because he ●…sted to much of Earth So●…ne after his retire from Court Hee matcht himselfe in a Noble family A Consort so exquisitely accomodated and richly adorned with all gracefull perfections as her Name like some precious perfume still preserves her memory in Florence But see the mut●…bility of humane happinesse Shortly made death an exchange with his choice to whose vertuo●…s memory hee addressed his continuate Anniversaries Poems of an high and enlivened Spirit where every Stanza reteines his owne native weight and expresseth its own th●…ught without an enforced state With such obs●…quious teares and choice funerall composures Hee discharged that ex●…quiall office which Hee devoted to her memory was owing and of whose divine vertues hee was so much enamoured living as h●… expressed nor were his expressions feag●…d in these lines by him addressed to her during his remove from ●…er Health crowne mine hop●…s in thee for in thine health Mine health helpe hope consist my weale my wealth After her death hee became a Recluse neare to the Cliffs of Arpina North-west from Corcyra where his friends resorted to him in hope to weine him from that course by propo●…ing to him many eminent favourites in Court and to bring him backe to Florence but his fixt resolves on retirement returned them this answer Diswade me not for nee'r could I bestow Such freedome on my better part as now Where th' Duke himselfe were hee not th' man hee is Would wish in 's heart but to enjoy my blisse Whose choice content affords me so much power As I may vye with greatest Emperour But fearing the solicitous importunity of such prevalent friends powerfull Advocates to a relenting Nature with much secrecy ●…ee removed into a part more desert and remote wherewith a selfe-contenting privacy hee bestowed the remainder of his daies in Contemplation s●…ling his portell with this inscription INVISVS VIDEO To describe him ●…ee was of a middle stature plea●…ing Countenance gratefull pres●…nce present discourse pregnant wit rich fancy rare memory an affable disposition though naturally a little subject to passion which hee ever so sweetly tempered with discretion as it never overmastered reason To such an excellent Soveraingty in the Command of his affections had hee aspired as his inner-house to no disquiets stood engaged Sundry workes during the time of his retire Hee composed wherein were expressed such height of wit and clearenesse of judgement as they received the Character of divers tongues Amongst which Hee tooke especiall care that this Worke should bee fairely transcribed and sent to Florence where it was entertained with such esteeme as it received a double honour both for its owne Worth and memory of the Author His last dying words or invitation of Death as is reported were these I have got my-Selfe as much out of the world as I could though not so much as I would Come then my friendly Messenger and take me out of this Creeke where I have hitherto retired that after so long bondage I may be freed Hee lived to a ripe age being both in yeares and vertues numerous Vpon the Errata's THe genuine Translator of this ingenio●… Author was wholly absent from this 〈◊〉 For Themista's Court whereof this Subject tr●…ats excluded thes●… Errors f●…om all cure This may serve for his excuse Besides it was divided upon severall Presses no marva●…le if ●…e suffer in the one or 〈◊〉 Be it your Cand●…r to cleare it upon this ingenious condition that the next Impression shall redeeme it Praelia militibus constant prela figuris Hinc indispositis Error vbique lo●…is Errata IN ter Test. Auth. in some Coppies for Fam●… read Fawne Lib. 1. pag. 35. lin vlt. for the r. your ib. p. 42. ●… p●…nult for rumerous r. numerous Lib 2. p 84. l. 15. for incapably r. incapable ib. p. 86. l. 1. for hee r. bee ib. p. 88 for Theotmius r. Th●…otimus ib. p. 117 l. 8 for to r. of ib. p. 124. 125. figures misplaced Lib. 3. p. 130 l. 14 for Treopagus r. Are●…pagus ib. p. 135. l. 10. a word undivided ib p. 159. 160. figures misplaced Lib 4. p 78. l. 10. for Epimomos r. Epimonos ib. p. 80. l. ●… a line transposed ib. p. 97. l. 12. for they r. thy ib p. 126. Stanza's undivided ib. p. 144. l. 11. for causelesse r. cause for a meere inversion of Sense ib. p. 162. letters in sundry lines disjoynted ib. p. 214. l. 21. for Epieicies r. Epieices ib. p. 211. l. 3 for evenging r. revenging ib. 235. l. 15. for iustified r. insisted For the litterall errors I leave them to the penne of the Candide Reader to amend them This Aut●…or differs from the f●…rmer 〈◊〉 th●… 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 This Summary was by the 〈◊〉 ●…refixed that these Names●…uiting ●…uiting with the Natures of these Persons heere pres●…nted might be explaned H●… displaye●… these nu●… distempers by branching them into d●…stinct fi gure as may appe●…re in the second Booke * Here the Originall transcribed Ann. Dom. 1368. fr●…ely g●…anceth at the corruptions of that pres●…nt state which by a long cessation f●…ō Arms with the Cilic●…ans abroad and Genueses at home was growne to that fulnesor surfet rather of peace as plenty the fostermother of Security had begot in thē with their affluence of wealth a confluence of vi●…e Vid. vit Mar. Sil. No greater argument of ●… corrupt State ●…han 〈◊〉 of M●…rit * Endymion vero si fabulas audire volumus n●…sclo quando in Latm●… obdormivit nondum ut opinor experrectus Cicero lib. 1. Tuscul quaest As Sergius Galba Chi ha bianco ●…avallo bella moglie No viue mai sansa doglie Diocl●…siā Dalmata ☜ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hominem fragilem non faciu●…t sed qualis si●… ostendunt Kemp. * Philia Dusnoia Aneleuteria * This Story is raised to his full height and postu●…e in that Historicall discourse entituled The Politike Leader * Ista liquescens pluvia lavet peccati diluvia Doleat reus ut deleat Deus ☞ Sicut pro●… probitas ipsa est prae●…ium ita impro●… nequitia ipsa est supplici●…m 〈◊〉 de Con●…ol Philos Hee made recourse to the M●…one to kn●…w the course of the Moone Eò N oganti fi●… p r●…us 〈◊〉 quò tractas maris 〈◊〉 Niobis effi●…ies 8. Periand Se●…c * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Others report that two Statues were erected in honour of these two Persons for doing their Countrey such good service as ridding her from the unsufferable tyranny of Pisistratus * Nostra sit familia candide ●…ucunda conditè secunda prosperè faecunda modicè irácunda Crit●…l Oeconom It is the highest glory of a flourishing State to reward a deserving Patriot Pacis olivam Palladis palmam Parthenopis lauream quas omnes fluctuantis Status Hyems decerpserat amae niore cultu sereniore conditione Aestus restituerit Hyacinth As may likewise appea●…e by ●…is free reproofe of Madam AlisiaLensona for her incontine●…t l●…fe though at that time a Mistris to the Dukes especiall favorite