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A43596	The generall history of vvomen containing the lives of the most holy and prophane, the most famous and infamous in all ages, exactly described not only from poeticall fictions, but from the most ancient, modern, and admired historians, to our times / by T.H., Gent.	Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.	1657 (1657)	Wing H1784; ESTC R10166	531,736	702

part of it may at this day be seen as an antient Monument in the Castle of Dover Saturn made Money of Brasse with inscriptions thereon but Numa was the first that coined Silver and caused his name to be engraven thereon for which it still retains the name in the Roman Tongue and is called Nummus Aspasia was a Milesian Damosel and the beloved o● Pericles she was abundantly skilled in Philosophicall studies she was likewise a fluent Rhetorician Plutarchus in Pericles Socrates imitated her in his Facultas Politica as likewise D●otima whom he blushed not to call his Tutresse and Instructresse Of Lasthenea Mantinea Axiothaea and Phliasia Plato's scholers in Philosophy I have before given a short Character Themiste was the wife of Leonteius Lampsucenus and with her husband was the frequent Auditor of Epicurus of whom Lactantius saith That save her none of the Ancient Philosophers ever instructed any woman in that study save that one Themiste Arete was the wife of Aristippus the Philosopher and attained to that perfection of knowledge that she instructed her son in all the liberall Arts by whose industry he grew to be a famous professor He was called Aristippus and she surnamed Cyrenaica She followed the opinions of that Aristippus who was father to Socrates She after the death of her father erected a School of Philosophy where she commonly read to a full and frequent Auditory Genebria was a woman of Verona she lived in the time of Pius the second Bishop of Rome Her works purchased for her a name immortal She composed many smooth and eloquent Epistles polished both with high conceits and judgement she pronounced with a sharp and loud voice a becomming gesture and a facundious suavity Agallis Corcyrua was illustrious in the Art of Grammar Caelius ascribes unto her the first invention of the play at Ball. Leontium was a Grecian Damosel whom Gallius cals a strumpet she was so well seen in Philosophicall contemplations that she feared not to write a worthy book against the much worthy Theophrastus Plin. in Prolog Nat. Hist Cicero lib. de Natur. Deorum Dama the daughter of Pythagoras imitated the steps of her father as likewise his wife Theano her husband the mother and the daughter both proving excellent scholars Laert. Themistoclea the sister of Pythagoras was so practised a studient that in many of his works as he himselfe confesseth he hath implored her advice and judgement Istrina Queen of Scythia and wife to King Aripithes instructed her son Sythes in the Greek Tongue as witnesseth Herodotus Plutarch in Pericte saith That Thargelia was a woman whom Philosophy solely illustrated as likewise Hyparchia Greca Laert. Cornelia was the wife of Africanus and mother to the noble family of the Gracchi who left behind her certain Epistles most elaborately learned From her as from a fountain 〈◊〉 the innate eloquence of her children therefore Quintil. thus saith of her We are much bound to the Mother or Matron Cornelis for the eloquence of the Gracchi whose 〈…〉 learning in her exquisite Epistles she hath bequeathed to posterity The same Author speaking of the daughters of Laelius and Quint. Hortensius useth these words The daughters of Laelius is said in her phrase to have refined and excelled the eloquence of her father but the daughter of Q. Hortensius to have exceeded her Sex in honor So likewise the facundity of the two Lyciniaes flowed hereditarily from their Father L. Crassus as the two daughters of Mutia inherited the learning of either parent Fulvia the wife of M. Antonius was not instructed in womanish cares and offices but as Volater lib. 16. Antrop reports of her rather to direct Magistracies and govern Empires she was first the wife of Curio Statius Papinius was happy in a wife called Claudia excellent in all manner of learning Amalasuntha Queen of the Ostrogoths the daughter of Theodoricus King of those Ostrogoths in Italy was elaborately practised in the Greek and Latin Tongues she spake distinctly all the barbarous languages that were used in the Eastern Empires Fulgos lib. 8. cap. 7. Zenobia as Volateran speaks from Pollio was Queen of the Palmirians who after the death of Odenatus governed the Kingdome of Syria under the Roman Empire she was nominated amongst the thirty Tyrants and usurped in the time of Gallenus but after being vanquished in battel by the Emperor Aurelianus was led in triumph through Rome but by the clemency of that Prince she was granted a free Pallace scituate by the river of Tyber where she moderately and temperately demeaned her selfe she is reported to be of that chastity that she never enterteined her husband in the familiar society of her bed but for issues sake and procreation of children but not from the time that she found her conception till her delivery she used to be adored after the majestick state and reverence done to the great Sophies of Persia Being called to the hearing of any publick Oration she still appeared with her head armed and her helmet on in a purple mantle buckled upen her with rich jems she was of a clear and shril voice magnanimous and haughty in all her undertakings most expert in the Aegyptian and Greek Tongues and not without merit numbred amongst the most learned and wisest Queens Besides divers other works she composed the Orientall and Alexandrian History Hermolaus and Timolus her two sons in all manner of disciplines she liberally instructed of whose deaths it is not certain whether they died by the course of nature or by the violent hand of the Emperor Olympia Fulvia Morata was the ornament and glory of our later times the daughter of Fulv. Moratus Montuanus who was tutor in the Arts to Anna P●ince of Ferrara she was the wife of Andreas Gunthlerus a famous Physitian in Germany she writ many and elaborate works in either tongue at length in the year of our Lord 1555 in the month of October being of the age of twenty nine years she died of Hedelburgh Saint Helena may amongst these be here aptly registred for thus Stow Harding Fabian and all our modern Chroniclers report of her Constantius a great Roman Consul was sent into Britain to demand the tribute due unto Rome immediately after whose arivall before he could receive an answer of his Embassie Coil who was then King died therefore the Britains the better to establish their peace dealt with the Roman Embassador to take to wife Helena the daughter of the late deceased King a young Lady of an attractive beauty adorned with rare gifts and endowments of the Mind namely Learning and Vertue the motion was no sooner made but accepted so that Constantius having received the Brittish tribute returned with his new Bride to Rome and was after by the Senate constituted chiefe Ruler of this Kingdome After twenty years quiet and peacefull government which was thought her wisedome Constantius died and was buried at York in his time was S● Albon married at Verolam since called St. Albons as John

he sate at the table there came a woman with a box of ointment of Spicknard very costly and she brake the box and poured it upon his head and when some said disdaining To what end is this wast for it might have been sold for more then 300 pence and given to the poor Jesus said Let her alone she hath wrought a good work on me c. and proceeded Verily I say unto you wheresoever this Gospell shall be preached throughout the whole world this also that she hath done shall be spoken in remembrance of her The woman of Canaan was so full of naturall pitty and maternall piety that she counted her daughters misery and affliction her own when she said to Jesus Have mercy upon me O Lord the son of David for my daughter is sore vexed with an evill Spirit Mat. 15. The women stood by to see the Lord suffer and followed the crosse when he was forsaken of his Apostles Luke 23. Iohn 19. They were carefull likewise to visit him in his sepulcher Mat. 28. Luke 24. The wife of Pilat had more compassion of Christ and more unwilling that he should suffer upon the crosse then any man of whom the Scripture makes mention Mat. 27. Mark 16. Iohn 20. For deeds of charity and dealing alms to the poor and needy widdowes and Orphans they intreated Peter weeping that he would visit Tabitha being dead who moved with their tears kneeled and praied at whose intercessions she was restored to life Acts 9. Herod having slain Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword and seeing that it pleased the people he proceeded further to take Peter and put him in prison delivering him to the charge of four quaternions of souldiers to be kept but the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in the night took off his double chains and led him out of prison who having past the first and second watch the iron gate opened to the Angel and him and finding that which he thought to be a vision to be a reall truth he came to the house of Mary the mother of Iohn whose surname was Mark where many had separated themselves to praier Peter knocking a maid whose name was Rhode came to the door who hearing and knowing Peters voice the Scripture saith the opened not the door for gladnesse but ran in and told them that Peter stood without at the entry In which are to be observed two memorable women for their zeal piety 〈…〉 whose joy was so great at the very 〈…〉 from the prison of Herod and Mary 〈…〉 was a devout harboresse and 〈…〉 disciples of Christ into 〈…〉 persecution to perform their zealous and 〈…〉 Acts 12. Lydia 〈…〉 purple beleeving 〈…〉 which Paul preached was baptised with her 〈…〉 after which she intreated them in their words 〈…〉 think me worthy saith she to be a faithful servant 〈◊〉 Lord and God vouchsafe to enter my house 〈…〉 here and she compelled us as Luke ●aith By which is concluded that women have been the ready willing and devo●● hearers of the word of God Acts 1● Many 〈◊〉 question zealous and religious ●omen have to their power strived to imitate those with their best of industry Amongst others I might instance one now of a great age as having much past that number by which David reckons the years of man yet from her youth hath lead a life without any noted stain of blemish devout in her zeal remarkable in her charity beloved of all hated of none a Physitian to the sick and Chirurgion to the wounded who with her own hands hath sent more lame and diseased persons from her gate whole and sound then Lazarus had sores about him when he lay at the rich mans gate unrelieved she feeding with loaves when that purple glutton would not spare crums she doing this out of a widowes mite when he would not do any thing out of a Mammons treasures happy be her resurrection as her birth was hopefull whose name at the Font was a future prediction to her blessednesse above Felicity she is called on Earth Eternall Felicity may she enjoy in Heaven Peter de Loyre a French in his book of Specters Sights and Appa●itions hath very well observed that the Syrens and Muses may be in some sort compared together for as there are three sorts of Nymphs namely of Air Water and Earth so there are of the Muses some that take their being from the continuall moving and stirring of Waters a second made by the agitation of the Air engendring sounds a third from the Earth which is called Voice or distinguishable words spoken to the capacity of the hearer So of the Syrens Parthenope presented with a womanish amiable and inchanting face importeth the Voice and proceedeth from the Earth as of the three the most materiall and weighty Ligia denoteth Harmony arrising from the melodious sounds of the Air. And Le●eosia called Alba dea or the white goddesse is the Hieroglyphick of the ebbing and flowing in the Sea which begetteth the white froth or some of which Venus is said to be engendred so that by these three the Nymphs the Muses and the Syrens are comprehended the art of Musick existing of three things Harmony Rythme and Number Harmony proceeding from the air Number from the Sea bounded within his compass yet as we see in Hexameter and Pentameter and other verse ebbing and flowing according to the growth and wane of the Moon To these is added the Voice which the Greeks call Logos the French Romans Dictier To Harmony are appropriated Sounds to Number or Rythme Dances and to the Voice all kind of Verse But to come to my present purpose all these including one generall musick and Calliope as she participates from every one so comprehending all I think it not impertinent as in a consort many Instruments make but one melody so in this book to recollect my selfe and give you a taste of many or the most heads discoursed of in the former the better to put you in mind of the penalty due to the Vicious and the guerdon and reward stored for the Vertuous and that in compendious History The Goddesses Nymphs Graces Muses Sybils Vestals c. I omit as sufficiently spoken of and apply my selfe to things more familiar and necessary to instruction I begin with the bad because my desire is to end with the best and of Incest first The sister of Leucippus I Insist not of the several sorts of Incest neither purpose I to stand upon the multiplicity of History let this one serve to remember you of the former Leucippus the son of Xanthius who derived his Genealogy from Bellerophon he was excellent both in strength and valour above all that lived in his daies not in private contentions only but in forreign combustions he demeaned himself with such discretion and courage that having subdued the Lycians and awed all the neighbor nations about him having no enemy to invade nor opposite people to lift up a rebellious