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A03096	Herodian of Alexandria his Historie of tvventy Roman Cæsars and emperors (of his time.) Together with the most solemne deification of the Roman emperors and empresses. Interpreted out of the Greeke originall.; History. English	Herodian.; Maxwell, James, b. 1581.; I. M., fl. 1629.	1635 (1635)	STC 13223; ESTC S104000	107,861	378

fine linnen also all manner of tame beasts * This was done by throwing little balles or tickets which were warrants for receit of the largesse except swine which he as all the Phoenicians abhorred Many there perished being either trod to death or thrust thorow with the souldiers pikes so that it proved a fatall festivall to many He oft used his charret-sports and wild dances in publick not caring who saw his unprincely pranks He walked abroad with his eyes painted and cheeks purpled disfiguring his faire face with foule tinctures Which * His Grand mother Moesa perceiving mistrusted the souldiers dislike and fearing if ought came to him she should be remanded to a privat life she perswades the vain young fondling to adopt for his son and declare * The title of the heire apparant Caesar his couzen Germane and her Grand-childe by her other daughter Mammaea speaking him fair finely instilling into him That it was most meet that he being dignified with the sacred Title of a Priest should attend onely on matters of Religion and the celebration of divine Orgies and Offices and that some other should bee substituted to mannage humane affaires and be as his Vice-roy to free him from all cares and encumbrances of State yet no stranger or alien but rather his Couzen German to be so honoured by his princely favour Alexianus was he then named Alexander his old name being changed into that of the Macedonian kings for that famous king was much honored by Antonine son to Severus who was both their father as the old beldam pretended not sparing to vaunt of both her daughters dishonesty to make their sons more gracious with the souldiers Alexander Alexander made Caesar therefore was proclaimed Caesar and made Consull or Associat with Antonine the Senate ridiculously decreeing what hee commanded to wit him to bee the father that was 16 yeres old and Alexander the son that was 12 yeares old After that Alexander was made Caesar Antonine assaied to train him to his courses as dancing revelling sacrificing the like rites robes ceremonies But his mother Māmaea weaned him from those vain and unseemely exercises and trained him up in honorable fashion secretly sending for professours of the Mathematicks all liberall sciences using him to * Wrestling a princely exercise Wrestlings and such manly activities instituting him also in Greek and Roman literature Whereat Antonine much repining repented that he had adopted him or made him his colleague in the Empire and expelled all his tutors frō the Court putting some of the chiefe of them to death and banishing others alleadging ridiculously that the pedants spoiled his son not suffering him to dance and revell but teaching him to be modest and use manly exercises Yea he was so besotted that he preferred all sorts of Stage players preferred theatricall Actors and Players to the highest honours and most eminent dignities making Lord Generall of his Armies one that in his youth was a publick dancer on the theater He appointed one Stage-player trainer and guardian * Or master of the Wards of the young Lords and Gentlemen another to be Lord President of his Councel and a third generall of the horse He advanced to the chiefest places of trust in the Empire charret-drivers comoedians and histrionicall Iesters bestowing on his servants and * Bondmen set free libertines that were most extremly debauched the Procuratorships of Provinces At this mad and drunken distribution of so many honourable offices all men murmured but especially the souldiers stormed and scorned him as being more effeminate than an honest woman would be and detested him for prostituting the Imperiall Majesty to contempt by his capricious dresses golden gewgawes and publike Revels They were therefore more inclinable to Alexander conceiving faire hopes of him for his noble and vertuous education and conserving him diligently from the insidious practices of Antonine His mother Mammaea suffered him not to taste any meate or drinke that he sent His Cookes and Cup-bearers were not those that waited on the Emperor but such trusty servants as his mother made choise of Shee gave him also much mony in private to bestow on the Souldiers secretly to win them to him with that bait which she knew would soonest catch them Which Antonine understanding plotted to destroy him and his mother but his plots were prevented by their common Grand-mother Moesa a subtill woman and a politicke A Politicke Lady dame as having lived many yeares in the Imperiall Palace with her sister Iulia wife to Severus whereby shee was well read in State affaires For shee knew all the designes of Antonine who was naturally a blab and would ordinarily lay himselfe open and divulge all his intentions When hee could not surprize him by treachery hee determined to strip him of his Caesarean dignity not permitting him to be saluted or go abroad Then the souldiers enquired for him and were much discontented that hee should be deposed Whereupon Antonine disperses a fame that Alexander was like to die to try how the Souldiers would take it They when they could not see the young Prince were cut to the heart with the report and being infinitly enraged sent not the usuall guards to Antonine but lockt themselves the Campe demanding to see Alexander in their Temple Antonine startled at this takes Alexander and places him with him in his Imperiall Caroach richly adorned with gold gems and hies to the Campe. The souldiers opening the Gates received them conducted them to the Temple of the Campe exceedingly congratulating and welcoming Alexander but coldly saluting Antonine which hee storming at after hee had lodged all night in the Campe-Temple was so incensed at the souldiers for doing such speciall honor to Alexander that he cōmanded the chiefe and most noted for it to be apprehended executed as Authors of sedition and mutiny Whereat all the Souldiers being exasperated and having formerly hated Antonine they resolved to rescue their fellowes and put away that abhominable Prince Iudging this therefore to bee a just occasion and faire opportunity Antonine slaine they presently slew Antonine and his mother Soaemis who was with him as Empresse with all their Privadoes and Instruments of lewdnesse that came with them into the Camp Then delivered they to the people the Carkasses of Antonine Soaemis which being disgracefully dragged a long time over all the City and lastly dismembred were throwne into the publicke jakes which are voided into the River * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tyber The Souldiers proclaiming Alexander Emperour conducted him to the Royall Palace being very young and yet in the tuition of his mother and grand mother The End of the Fifth Booke Appendix to Herodians fift Booke of his History To the Readers HErodian having lively drawne in little that Monster of Ethnicke Priests and Princes Pseud-Antonine I have thought good to adjoyne for your further satisfaction this insuing Delineation

fight like a Souldier against Barbarians nor to arme himselfe like a Roman Prince but to prostitute so glorious a Dignity to so sordid a profession He easily vanquisht his Antagonists and attempted no further than to draw bloud every one yielding him the Mastery as acknowledging him rather an Emperour than a Fencer In this mad humour he ranged so farre as that hee purposed to forsake his Palace and live in a Fence-Schoole and now being weary of the Name of Hercules hee assumed the Name of a famous Sword-Player deceased And whereas the Romanes had the Colossus or Image of the Sunne in great veneration hee tooke the head from it and set on another representing his owne inscribing in the Basis not his Fathers Titles or any Imperiall Stile as he was wont but in stead of Germanicus or Conquerour of Germanie The Vanquisher of a thousand Gladiators But now was it high time for him to leave his Foolery and the Citie to bee freed from his tyrannie which fell out in the beginning of the yeare on that day which the Romans keepe holy to Ianus the most ancient Ianus his Feast God of Italy who entertained Saturne expelled by his sonne Iupiter from who●e concealement it had the name of Latium Wherefore to this day they first celebrate the Feast of Saturne and then of Ianus whose Image hath two heads alluding to the beginning of the new and end of the old yeare Now whereas the Romans were wont on this prime Festivity to congratulate each other and Newyeresgifts to send to their friends peeces of Gold and Silver and divers other gifts interchangeably in token of mutuall love and observance and the chiefe Magistrates of the Citie vested themselves in rich Purple in honour of that great Solemnity Commodus then determined to issue forth not out of the Imperiall Palace according to the ancient custome but out of a Fenceschoole and to shew himselfe openly to the people not in his Robes and Princely Purple but armed like a Master of Defence with a traine of Gladiators following him This his determination when Marcia Commodus his Concubine hee had imparted to Marcia his most honoured Concubine who as if she were his married Wife had all the honours of Empresse except that of FIRE Shee fell downe on her knees and besought him with teares not to prophane the Majesty of the Roman Empire in that sort nor to hazard his person among such lewd and desperate Ruffians But when after much intreaty shee saw there was no hope of prevayling shee went away weeping Then he sends for Latus the Generall of his Armies and Electus his Chamberlaine and commands them to prepare a lodging for him that night in the Fence schoole that hee might the next morning goe from thence to sacrifice on that solemne Festivall and shew himselfe in Armes to the Romans They humbly desired him to desist from that purpose and not to doe an act so unworthy an Emperour wherupon in great rage hee commands them out of his presence and retiring into his bed-chamber to repose himselfe at Noone as hee vvas wont he tooke his Table-book and writ downe those which hee doomd to death that night Among which were Marcia Latus Electus and a great number of Nobles and Senators for he was fully resolved to cut off all the ancient Councellors and others which were his Fathers friends lest his blacke deeds should be checkt by their grave centures intending to divide their Goods and Estates among the sould●ers Sword-players that the one sort might defend him the other delight him Having thus done hee layd his Table booke on the Pallet not imagining that any would enter his Chamber Now there was a little Boy that could scarce speake such as those which being halfe naked are deckt with gold and precious stones and are the ●●●ysest delights of the noble●● Romans This boy 〈…〉 〈…〉 dus so extreamely * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 love 〈…〉 oft l●y in 〈…〉 〈…〉 hi● and w 〈…〉 Ph●lo-Commodus that Ph●lo-Commodus is Commodus h●s D●iling his name she wing how hee loved him The child being fuli of play went as hee usually did into the Bed-chamber while Commodus was bathing and revelling with his Minions and taking the Booke to play with went forth and as some Divine Power ordained Marcia met him and catching him up in her armes and kissing him for shee dearely loved him tooke the booke from him fearing l●st by his childish dalliance he might blot out some matters of weight As soone as shee perceived it was Commodus owne hand shee had a great appe●ite to reade it But when she found the deadly Contents and that she before all others was to bee slaughterd and that Laetus and Electus were to follow with such a number of noble persons she sighed and said thus to her selfe Is it so Commodus Marcia and others conspire the Emperors death doe you thus reward my love Have I deserved this at your hands for enduring your ignoble and debauched conditions so many yeares You shall find that a sober woman is able to dash your drunken Designes Immediately shee sends for Electus as shee was wont in regard hee was Lord Chamberlaine who as it was thought was over-familiar with her and giving him the booke said See Electus what a banquet we are to have this night He as soone as hee read it being amazed now hee was an Aegyptian borne a bold and daring fellow and very cholericke seald up the booke and sent it forthwith by a trusty messenger to Laetus who being likewise startled instantly repaired to Marcia pretending hee was to speake with her about dressing the Fence schoole for the Emperour Vnder this colour they resolved that now they must instantly doe or suffer without delay or procra●ination They concluded to dispatch him by poyson which Marcia undertooke to effect very easily in that shee still used to give him the first Cup which from her hand hee would take most kindly As soone as hee returned from his bathes shee presented him a poysoned Cup of Aromaticall Wine Commodus being exceeding thirsty with much bathing and chasing of wild beasts quaffes it off as hee was wont Whereupon his head being very heavie he fell into a slumber by reason of his vehement exercise as was supposed Wherefore Electus and Marcia commanded all to bee gone and depart the Court lest they disturbed his rest Thus was it ever with him in his drunken fits for when hee bathed or banquetted hee had no set times of Repose being ever distracted with severall sorts of pleasures which still enthralled him Having rested Commodus poysoned and strangled a while and the poyson now working in his stomacke and belly his head grew light and now hee fell a vomiting extremely either by reason hee had formerly over-glutted himselfe with feasting and carowsing which might haply expell the poyson or else because he used as Princes doe to take some antidot to prevent