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A09208	The valley of varietie: or, Discourse fitting for the times containing very learned and rare passages out of antiquity, philosophy, and history. Collected for the use of all ingenious spirits, and true lovers of learning. By Henry Peacham Mr. of Arts, sometime of Trinitie Colledge in Cambridge.	Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?; Panciroli, Guido, 1523-1599.	1638 (1638)	STC 19518; ESTC S114364	37,535	204

of Silver and Gold Now when hee had made a Viall of this most pure and solid Glasse and thought the same a Gift vvorthy to be given to Caesar meaning Tiberius hee was brought with his present before Caesar who much commended the manner of the making and the skilfull hand of the Workeman his gift was taken and his good-will accepted of This Work-man more to amaze all the beholders by and that he might make himselfe a farther way into the Emperours favour tooke the Glasse-viall againe out of the Emperours hand and threw it downe upon the Pavement with so great a force that had it been made of Gold or Silver it had beene either bruized or broken Tiberius heereat was not onely astonied but waxed very fearfull The Maker tooke up his Glasse againe which was a little bruized but no where broken as if saith Petronius the substance of Brasse had converted it selfe to Glasse then taking a Hammer out of his bosome he beat out the bruize and brought it againe into fashion as a Tinker should beat out a bruized Kettle Which being done hee thought that hee had purchased Heaven gaining at once Caesars familiaritie and admiration but it fell out otherwise For Caesar demanded if any other knew the Art of making that kind of Glasse but himselfe Hee answered None that he knew Wherupon Tiberius commanded That hee should be beheaded for quoth hee if this Art were publikely knowne Gold and Silver would be no more esteemed of then Clay Coelius Rhodoginus reports also this same Historie taxing the vanitie of Tiberius who was of a craftie and a catching disposition dissembling and making the World beleeve hee would doe those things which hee never meant and what hee meant to doe hee would not as seeming angrie with those whom hee meant to prefer and friendly to others whose throa●s hee meant to cut As this Glasse-maker so all great Wits must be working upon new Inventions one after another which indeed is the fewell or food of Wit which the same Rhodoginus doth elegantly expresse l. 29. cap. 16. but as one saith Rara ingeniorum praemia rara item merces Eumolpus in Petronius maketh also the same complaint one asking him the question why he went so poorely apparelled for this reason quoth hee Amor ingenii neminem unquam divitem fecit The love of Wit or witty Inventions never made any man rich And afterward hee addeth Nescio quomodo bonae mentis soror est paupertas I know not how it comes to passe that Povertie is alwaies the Sister of a vertuous or honest mind And true it is that Apuleius saith Paupertas est Philosophiae vernacula Paupertas or Povertie is the mother tongue or proper language of Philosophie CHAP. XVIII Of Bells BElls are imagined to have beene invented in the yeare of our Redemption Foure hundred by Paulinus Bishop of Nola. Nola is a Towne in Campania where Augustus died they were called Campanae because they were invented in Campania and the lesser Bells Nolae from the place where they were made The use of Bells is very great for by the benefit of them the houres of the time of the day are heard a farre off whether wee lye in our beds or be abroad in the fields or journeying on the way they tell us the houre of the day though we cannot see the clouded Sun Before these Water-glasses called Clepsidrae were in use and request Moreover Bells call us to Divine Service they call for helpe when houses in Cities and Townes are on fire or when there is any mutinie or uproare they call the Magistrates of Cities to their Halls or common Counsell-house Schollers in Vniversities to Congregations and Disputations Judges to the Hall and Bench. And in a word they serve and helpe us in all publike Actions and without them wee knew not well what to doe But indeed Paulinus that holy and religious Bishop did rather reforme the abuse of Bells then invent them and taugh● them to call Christians to the Church and to serve God whereas in former times their chiefe use was as they then imagined to chase away Devils and evill Spirits they hindred also Magicall Inchantments as Tibullus not obscurely notes when hee thus writes Cantus è curr●● Lunam deducere tentat Et faceret si non a●ra repulsa sonen● For they beleeved that by the tingling of Brasse that the sound of Magicall verses should be hindred from comming up to the Moone and when shee was mooved with these Verses this sound relieved her in which sense I take that of Statius Papinius Thebaid 6. Attonitis quoties avellitur astris Solis opaca soror procul auxiliantia gentes Aura crepant frustraque timent Yet I must confesse as now so in ancient times when any one dyed Belles did ring and they made Brasse to sound but they did it to the ende as I sayd before they might chase away Devills and Spirits from comming neere them Bells are rung many times in thunder to reverberate the infectious Ayre which I am perswaded they doe The like doeth great Ordnance shott off as well in Thunder as in soultry and close hote weather The Laconians when their King dyed used to beat upon Kettles instead of ringing of Bells The Africanes especially those who are Prester Iohns Subjects have Bells made of Stone The Iewes at Funeralls used playing upon Pipes as it may bee gathered out of Math●w 9. which Custome it seemed the Romanes borrowed from the Iewes as appeareth by Ovid. 1. Tristium Tibia funeribus convenit ista meis The little Bell which we commonly call The Saints Bell Iohn Pierius useth for an Hieroglyphick teaching Preachers of Gods Word that to the sound of their voyce they should lead their lives according else like the Bell while they call upon others themselves are deafe and stupid alluding whereunto Beza hath this excellent Epigramme Aera gravi ●unctos veluti Campana sonore Ipsa licet penitùs sint sibi surda cient Sic es recta docens alios perversa sequute Quique alijs sapiens non sapis ipse tibi Thus much concerning Bells and their use CHAP. XIX The occasion of the alteration of the Armes of Bohemia WHen Vladislaus K. of Bohemia tooke part with Frederick Barbarossa and very much assisted him with Men Munition and all things necessarie for his Expedition against Millan Millan being taken the day after the Emperor had entred into the Citie mounted upon a goodly Courser in his Imperiall Robes wearing the Crowne which the King of England had sent him all beset with most resplendent and prizelesse Jemmes hee entred into the choyce Church of the Citie wherein the Arch bishop of Millane sayd Masse there taking off his Crowne hee presented it to the King of Bohemia in these words Vladislaus this Crowne and the Honour thereunto belonging being the gift of my loving Friend the King of England appertaineth by right unto your selfe for you have been both the head and foot