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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41737	The heroe of Lorenzo, or, The way to eminencie and perfection a piece of serious Spanish wit / originally in that language written ; and in English by Sir John Skeffington, Kt. and Barronet.; Héroe. English	Gracián y Morales, Baltasar, 1601-1658.; Massereene, John Skeffington, Viscount, d. 1695.; Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.	1652 (1652)	Wing G1471; ESTC R6925	27,935	166

was the Heroick wakener of Alexander who sleeping in his sepulchre awakened him by the Emulation of his fame The generous Macedonian open'd his eyes asmuch to weep as to behold him and wept not to see Achilles in his to●mb but to see himself so farr behind him in renown Alexander engaged Caesar in the very same kind look what Achilles was to Alexander Alexander was the same to Caesar It prickt him to the quick in the generositie of his heart and thrust him on so farr that he put fame into the balance and greatnesse into comparison because if Alexander made the Orient to be the large theater of his prowesses Caesar made the Occident to be so of his The Magnanimous Don Alonso of Aragon and Naples us'd to say that a couragious Horse was not more moov'd by the sound of the trumpet than he felt himself enflam'd by the trump of Caesar's fame And it is worth observation to see how these Heroes go inheriting each others greatnes by their emulation and by their greatnesse their fame In every employment there are some that occupy the first classe and others the lowest Some are the miracles of excellency and others the Antipodes of miracles let a wise man graduate them as they deserve and make himself perfect in the categorie of Heroes and in the catalogue of fame Plutark in his parallels made a table of the Heroes of former ages and Paulus Jovius in his elogies a list of the modern Now it is desir'd perhaps to have an absolute Chrysis but what wit shall presume to make one It is easie to assigne them a place in time but it is hard to set a right valew upon them It might have been an universall Idaea if it had not past to be a miracle leaving all imitation in idleness and only taking up admiration That Monarck of Heroes the first of the worlds inanimated wonders and 4th of Spanish Philips to whom as to the sun of the House of Austria they owe their foure sphere Let him be a generall looking glasse that represents not only magnitudes but maximities Let him be call'd the common object of emulation for Heroes being the center of all his own prowesses and let applause equivocate it self into blasons with Eminent ph 〈…〉 ies of sense He that for his felicity may be call'd the fortunate for his courage the valiant for his wisedome the discreet for his zeal the most catholick for his ayrinesse the most entregented and in all things the universall EXCELLENCIE XIX Paradoxa Critica ALthough our Heroe may be secure from the Ostracism of Athens yet he will be in some danger of the Criticismes of Spain The extravagancie of those may make him an exile at home but he can be banished but to the precincts of Fame and to the confines of immortality This Paradox condems him to be peccant for not sinning It is a criticall primacy of a veniall falling into Prudence and Valour only to entertain Envy and to feed Malignity These Criticks conclude it impossible for any man to escape their censure although he had resplendent perfections because they are so like the hungry Harpies which when they fail of finding a prey that 's base enough for them fall upon some better There are intentions compounded of so subtle and Metaphysicall poyson that they can transform the best qualities and make the best perfections abortive giving a sinister inpretation to the most justified pretences So it must pass for a sleight of Policy to consent to some veniall sinns that Envy may have somthing to gnaw on and the poyson of Emulation may be diverted Let it pass for a politick treacle for a counterpoyson of Prudence since being bred out of an infirmity it is attended with Health It secures the heart by exposing it self to detraction and drawing the venom to it self Beside we see somtimes a little defect in Nature adds a perfection in other parts a Naeve or Mole upon the Face raises the lustre of a beauty There are defects without defect Alcibiades affected some in Valour Ovid alowed some in the highest Wits and call'd them cauterizing for healths sake But this perfection seems an idle one and is rather a curiosity of a man conceited of himself than any point of discretion But who can be that Sun without an Ecclips that Diamant without a cloud or a flaw that Rose without a prick There needs no artifice where Nature is sufficient and all affectation is superfluous where neglect is becoming EXCELLENCIE the last ALL Light descends from him that is the Father of Lights and if from the Father then to his Sonnes Virtue is the daughter of auxiliant light and hath an inheritance of splendor Sin is a monster wherof blindnes hath made abortion and therefore it is the heir of darknes Every Heroe partakes as much of Felicity and Greatnes as he does of Virtue because from the hour of birth to that of death they run parallell lines In Saul they were both ecclipst and in David they appeard like the dawning of the day Constantine was the first among the Caesars that was called the Great and he was also the first Christian Emperour He was that Oracle that declared the first aliance betwixt Christian virtues greatness Charles the first Emperour of the house of France obtained the same renown by being called Charlemain and aspired to be a Saint Lewis that most glorious King of France was the flower of Saints and of Kings by the name of Saint Louys In Spain Ferdinand commonly called the Holy in Castile was one of the great men of the world The Conquerour of Aragon consecrated as many Temples to the Empress of Heaven as he won Castles The two Catholick Kings Ferdinand and Isabell were the non plus ultra I mean the Columnes of the Faith The Good the Great the Pious the Zealous of Philips of Spain without losing one hand-breadth of Earth won Heaven by ells and subdued more Monsters by his virtues than Alcides with his club Among Captaines Godfrey of Bullion George Castriot the great Captain Gonzalo Fernandez the first Knight of Sanctacruz and that terror of Turkes Don Juan of Austria have been mirors of virtue and Temples of Christian piety Among the Heroes of the Church the two first to whom greatness gave a furname Gregory and Leo have had their greatest lustre from their Sanctity Saint Augustine that Sun of spirits reduces all the greatnes of the Gentills and of Infidells to a foundation of Morall virtues The greatness of Alexander was never confin'd till his virtues began to decline and Hercules gave not over conquering Monsters of strength untill he yielded himself to the weaknes of incontinency The justice of Fortune grew to be as cruell to the two Neroes as they had shew'd themselves tyrannous to their Vassalls Sardanapalus Caligula and Rodrigo were the Monsters of lasciviousness and basenes of courage and after became examples of horrible punishment In Monarchies the same Divine Justice is observable That Nation which deserved to be called the Flower of Kingdomes maintained greatnes while Piety and Religion florisht as soon as Heresie sprung up she withered as fast The Phoenix of Provinces found a Tombe in the ashes of Rodrigo and was born again in the Piety of Pelagius or in the zeal of Ferdinand The great house of Austria made her self the wonder of Families by founding her greatnes in that which is the Cipher and Epitome of Gods Miracles and set her Imperiall blood in the Rubick by a religious devotion to that blood of our Lord which is in the holy Sacrament of the Altar Now you judicious spirits that pretend to Heroicity observe this most important quality make this your most constant piece of Policy No greatnes can lay a foundation in sin which is nothing but in God who is all in all If mortall Excellency be to be desired eternall Excellency is to be ambitionated To be a Heros of the World is very little or rather nothing but to be an Heros of Heaven is somthing To whose great Monark be praise and Honor and Glory FINIS Duke de Lerma As in leaping or pitching the Barre America Ferdinand● Isabella The 11th 〈◊〉 France Isabella wife of Ferdinand ●ut Caesar 〈◊〉 This was Philip the second of Spain in allusion to that great Philip of Macedon Hercules Successus 〈…〉 rgere suos 〈…〉 nstare favori Numius Et so 〈…〉 itus in 〈…〉 aeceps mit 〈…〉 ere Caesar Fortunam 〈…〉 ucan See St●●daes first book of Decades neatly Eng lisht At the battel of Pavy young adversary Hen 2 the son of France Fortuna est juvenum Strada Charls was now grownold and had a Prince Rupert He intends some one of that family De le Lunae Sowre sweet Charles 9th Henry 3. Delicias humani generis King of Naples Fernando Gonsales He took France prisoner at Pavy battel Hercul from America where it growes to Europ Royall of reald de 〈◊〉 is the hig●est coyn of Silver in Spain See how this excessive comendation agrees with the 5 excellence He calls him fortunate for losing Portugall and Catalgo nia Or blac patch Phil. 3. France ●●●in