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mori_fw-la alterum_fw-la ut_fw-la posset_n etc._n etc._n seneca_n epist_n 24._o sic_fw-la long_fw-mi virtute_fw-la fuit_fw-la mens_fw-la sancta_fw-la catonis_fw-la purgata_fw-la atque_fw-la illi_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la immortalis_fw-la honorem_fw-la jam_fw-la contemplanti_fw-la divini_fw-la fata_fw-la platonis_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la tradunt_fw-la cum_fw-la laetus_fw-la talia_fw-la fatur_fw-la salve_fw-la sancte_fw-la libre_fw-la superis_fw-la demisse_fw-la catoni_fw-la dirige_fw-la tu_fw-la cursum_fw-la vitaeque_fw-la extrema_fw-la meantis_fw-la instrue_n non_fw-la alium_fw-la moriturus_fw-la quaero_fw-la magistrum_fw-la nec_fw-la restare_fw-la alius_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la numina_fw-la curas_fw-la etc._n etc._n tho._n maius_n in_o supplemento_fw-la lucani_n lib._n 4._o quid_fw-la ambraciotes_n ille_fw-la cleombrotus_n videlicet_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la platonis_fw-la illum_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la perlegasset_fw-la praecipitem_fw-la se_fw-la dedit_fw-la nullam_fw-la aliam_fw-la ob_fw-la 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and_o instrumental_a and_o in_o second_o cause_n themselves_o to_o omit_v the_o proxime_fw-la while_o he_o ramble_n in_o search_n of_o remote_a namely_o constellation_n and_o etherial_a influence_n and_o such_o like_a chimera_n as_o do_v those_o injudicious_a professor_n of_o judicial_a astrology_n and_o as_o do_v anaxagoras_n who_o hold_v the_o great_a mind_n of_o the_o universe_n to_o be_v utter_o void_a of_o understanding_n and_o judgement_n as_o plato_n affirm_v 10._o the_o use_n of_o this_o most_o excellent_a doctrine_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v to_o induce_v we_o to_o put_v ourselves_o into_o the_o way_n of_o virtue_n as_o that_o which_o alone_o lead_v to_o eternal_a happiness_n and_o to_o abhor_v vice_n as_o the_o direct_a road_n to_o endless_a misery_n reflection_n upon_o the_o athenian_a law_n mention_v in_o the_o apology_n and_o dialogue_n precedent_n i._o the_o law_n which_o socrates_n be_v accuse_v to_o have_v violate_v and_o by_o which_o he_o be_v 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peregrinorum_fw-la deornm_fw-la videretur_fw-la annunciator_fw-la esse_fw-la act._n apostol_n cap._n 17._o vers_fw-la 18._o the_o other_o in_o diodorus_n surname_v the_o atheist_n who_o indictment_n upon_o the_o same_o statute_n and_o convention_n before_o the_o same_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n be_v record_v by_o diogenes_n laertins_n how_o come_v it_o then_o that_o socrates_n accuse_v to_o have_v both_o deny_v the_o divinity_n of_o the_o old_a god_n of_o the_o athenian_n and_o endeavour_v the_o insinuation_n of_o new_a be_v not_o likewise_o try_v by_o the_o areopagite_n but_o by_o other_o judge_n contrary_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o this_o law_n i_o answer_v with_o mounseur_fw-fr petit_fw-fr commentar_n in_o leges_fw-la attica_n pag._n 3._o that_o perhaps_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o arcopagite_n extend_v not_o to_o the_o citizen_n of_o the_o attic_a republic_n such_o as_o socrates_n be_v but_o be_v limit_v only_o to_o stranger_n such_o as_o be_v that_o ill-conjoyned_a pair_n st._n paul_n and_o diodorus_n ii_o socpate_n you_o may_v remember_v in_o his_o defence_n dissolve_v that_o part_n of_o his_o charge_n which_o concern_v the_o corruption_n of_o youth_n put_v his_o adversary_n melitus_n in_o mind_n of_o a_o certain_a law_n whereby_o he_o be_v oblige_v not_o to_o have_v bring_v a_o impeachment_n against_o he_o to_o the_o magistrate_n but_o private_o and_o in_o a_o friendly_a manner_n admonish_v he_o of_o that_o his_o error_n suppose_v he_o to_o be_v real_o guilty_a thereof_o not_o out_o of_o malice_n but_o incogitancy_n now_o the_o law_n itself_o where_o to_o he_o then_o have_v respect_n be_v this_o peccantes_fw-la invite_v in_o jus_o ne_fw-la rapiuntor_n sed_fw-la privatim_fw-la officii_fw-la admonentor_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o be_v obvious_a talibus_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la poena_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la institutione_n which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o error_n of_o no_o great_a moment_n nor_o likely_a to_o bring_v detriment_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n such_o as_o those_o object_v to_o socrates_n in_o that_o article_n of_o his_o indictment_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrates_n do_v contrary_a to_o right_n and_o equity_n in_o that_o he_o curious_o inquire_v into_o thing_n both_o subterranean_a and_o sublime_a and_o by_o his_o sophistry_n turn_v falsehood_n into_o truth_n and_o teach_v the_o same_o to_o other_o for_o grant_v he_o to_o be_v guilty_a hereof_o the_o fault_n be_v but_o light_n and_o venial_a in_o his_o enim_fw-la neque_fw-la sitae_fw-la erant_fw-la opes_fw-la greciae_fw-la neque_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la detrimenti_fw-la quicquam_fw-la respublica_fw-la capere_fw-la potuit_fw-la wherefore_o he_o have_v right_o to_o the_o favour_n and_o indulgence_n of_o this_o law_n which_o his_o malicious_a adversary_n have_v by_o omit_v the_o private_a admonition_n thereby_o require_v violate_v iii_o by_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o athenian_n no_o deity_n be_v hold_v more_o potent_a and_o venerable_a than_o apollo_n none_o have_v so_o many_o sacred_a building_n erect_v in_o their_o city_n to_o his_o worship_n none_o so_o many_o solemn_a sacrifice_n and_o public_a feast_n institute_v to_o his_o honour_n as_o he_o have_v and_o among_o their_o festival_n none_o be_v celebrate_v with_o more_o ceremonious_a joy_n than_o that_o of_o inspection_n mention_v by_o plato_n in_o phaedon_n concern_v which_o they_o have_v this_o peculiar_a law_n deliornm_fw-la festos_fw-la dies_fw-la dum_fw-la delum_fw-la itur_fw-la reditur_fw-la damnatorum_fw-la suppliciis_fw-la ne_fw-la funestato_fw-la and_o the_o observance_n of_o this_o law_n have_v be_v note_v both_o by_o xenophon_n and_o plato_n as_o the_o reason_n why_o socrates_n be_v detain_v in_o prison_n thirty_o day_n after_o his_o condemnation_n before_o he_o be_v put_v to_o death_n the_o athenian_n esteem_v it_o piacular_a to_o darken_v the_o public_a rejoice_v and_o solemnity_n of_o that_o feast_n by_o the_o death_n of_o any_o condemn_v however_o notorious_a a_o malefactor_n so_o much_o be_v give_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o apollo_n delius_n who_o not_o only_o the_o grecian_n but_o even_o foreiner_n from_o the_o remote_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n while_o in_o greece_n be_v oblige_v to_o worship_n with_o oblation_n of_o their_o first_o fruit_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o history_n of_o abaris_n a_o scythian_a who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v live_v in_o greece_n about_o the_o 52_o olympiad_n and_o write_v de_fw-fr oraculis_fw-la and_o from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o tyrian_n allege_v by_o euripides_n in_o phoenissis_n who_o verse_n in_o the_o chorus_n be_v worthy_a the_o serious_a remark_n of_o antiquary_n as_o give_v much_o of_o light_n to_o what_o have_v be_v obscure_o deliver_v by_o geographer_n and_o historian_n concern_v the_o colony_n of_o the_o tyrian_n in_o africa_n and_o the_o neighbour_a island_n x._o from_o the_o same_o religious_a respect_n to_o apollo_n it_o seem_v deducible_a that_o within_o the_o attic_a territory_n no_o condemn_a person_n suffer_v death_n until_o after_o the_o sun_n be_v go_v down_o the_o law_n itself_o i_o confess_v i_o have_v not_o yet_o find_v among_o all_o those_o with_o such_o vast_a labour_n collect_v by_o mounseur_fw-fr petit_fw-fr but_o that_o they_o have_v such_o a_o law_n may_v be_v infer_v from_o the_o example_n of_o socrates_n and_o from_o what_o we_o read_v in_o stobaeus_n sermone_fw-la 1._o who_o say_v express_o enough_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mythological_a reflection_n upon_o some_o ancient_a rite_n and_o tradition_n concern_v the_o soul_n mention_v by_o plato_n in_o the_o precedent_a dialogue_n 1._o of_o lustration_n among_o the_o ancient_a grecian_n who_o travel_v into_o egypt_n on_o purpose_n to_o pry_v into_o and_o learn_v the_o sacred_a rite_n and_o mysterious_a ceremony_n use_v by_o the_o priest_n of_o that_o superstitious_a nation_n orpheus_n be_v celebrate_v as_o the_o first_o by_o diodorus_n siculus_n who_o lib._n 4._o pag._n 162._o say_v thus_o of_o he_o orpheus_n in_o aegyptum_fw-la profectus_fw-la multa_fw-la ibi_fw-la didicit_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la tam_fw-la initiationibus_fw-la &_o theologia_n quam_fw-la poesi_fw-la &_o melodia_n esset_fw-la graecorum_n praestantissimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n now_o
proper_a and_o peculiar_a method_n of_o convince_a his_o light_a reason_n he_o advance_v partly_o from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n of_o the_o transmigration_n of_o soul_n into_o new_a body_n which_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d transanimation_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d transcorporation_n partly_o from_o his_o private_a conceit_n that_o knowledge_n be_v but_o memory_n and_o to_o learn_v only_o to_o remember_v from_o these_o opinion_n i_o say_v conjoin_v into_o one_o complex_fw-la argument_n he_o conclude_v first_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v existent_a by_o itself_o before_o it_o come_v to_o be_v guest_n or_o inmate_n to_o the_o body_n and_o than_o that_o the_o same_o will_v exist_v also_o apart_o when_o separate_v from_o that_o its_o lodging_n or_o inn_n and_o be_v therefore_o immortal_a his_o more_o solid_a and_o nervous_a argument_n by_o which_o he_o more_o accurate_o and_o convince_o demonstrate_v the_o soul_n eternal_a subsistence_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o very_a essence_n of_o the_o soul_n itself_o viz._n that_o be_v simple_a or_o void_a of_o composition_n it_o must_v by_o necessary_a consequence_n be_v also_o indissoluble_a or_o incapable_a of_o destruction_n for_o presume_v it_o to_o be_v make_v after_o the_o exemplar_n or_o image_n of_o god_n who_o be_v simple_a pure_a immutable_a invisible_a he_o thence_o infer_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d congenial_a and_o homogenial_a to_o god_n i._n e._n likewise_o uncompound_n invisible_a immortal_a in_o fine_a that_o it_o be_v svo_fw-la tamen_fw-la modo_fw-la of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o the_o supreme_a be_v which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v god_n hence_o he_o conclude_v that_o though_o the_o soul_n while_o oblige_v to_o sojourn_v in_o the_o body_n be_v necessitate_v to_o use_v the_o ministry_n and_o service_n of_o its_o various_a organ_n and_o so_o be_v near_o affect_v with_o the_o passion_n and_o other_o alteration_n incident_a thereunto_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o close_a conjunction_n betwixt_o they_o yet_o notwithstanding_o upon_o the_o dissolution_n of_o that_o ligue_n or_o conjunction_n it_o do_v instant_o fly_v away_o and_o return_v to_o that_o its_o primary_n and_o cognate_n idea_n god_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n still_o conserve_n be_v own_o simple_a incorruptible_a nature_n and_o this_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o this_o sublime_a dispute_n the_o second_o be_v a_o refutation_n of_o opinion_n impugn_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v chief_o two_o one_o that_o affirm_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v a_o harmony_n that_o be_v original_o compose_v and_o result_v from_o the_o conformation_n and_o system_v of_o the_o corporeal_a sense_n and_o therefore_o as_o it_o have_v its_o beginning_n from_o so_o it_o must_v also_o perish_v together_o with_o the_o body_n another_o which_o allow_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v indeed_o more_o last_a than_o the_o body_n and_o so_o to_o survive_v it_o yet_o will_v not_o have_v it_o to_o be_v indissoluble_a but_o to_o decay_v by_o degree_n and_o at_o length_n utter_o to_o perish_v from_o its_o own_o natural_a weakness_n this_o last_o error_n plato_n in_o the_o person_n of_o socrates_n solid_o refute_v further_o allege_v that_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v clear_o manifest_a even_o from_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o cause_n i._n e._n of_o a_o primary_n cause_n namely_o god_n and_o of_o second_o or_o proxim_n cause_n by_o right_a reason_n due_o investigate_v where_o he_o opportune_o evince_v it_o to_o be_v high_o unreasonable_a so_o to_o acquiesce_v in_o the_o re-search_a of_o second_o cause_n as_o to_o relinquish_v the_o first_o and_o principal_n and_o then_o proceed_v to_o teach_v that_o there_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o cause_n one_o principal_a or_o supreme_a and_o in_o truth_n cause_n of_o all_o cause_n which_o give_v both_o be_v and_o efficacy_n to_o all_o other_o other_o secondary_a 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axiochus_n vulgar_o adscribe_v to_o plato_n and_o insert_v into_o his_o work_n or_o cicero_n in_o his_o noble_a dialogue_n de_fw-fr senectute_n &_o contemnenda_fw-la morte_fw-la or_o seneca_n in_o his_o epistle_n and_o elsewhere_o or_o indeed_o st._n augustin_n and_o tertullian_n or_o any_o other_o have_v write_v of_o this_o subject_a either_o ex_fw-la professo_fw-la or_o only_o in_o transitu_fw-la have_v be_v borrow_v from_o he_o and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o
for_o aught_o we_o can_v learn_v from_o the_o weak_a light_n of_o nature_n to_o the_o contrary_a one_o of_o the_o condition_n may_v be_v that_o at_o the_o dissolution_n of_o that_o union_n both_o body_n and_o soul_n shall_v cease_v to_o be_v especial_o since_o to_o the_o soul_n relapse_v into_o its_o first_o nothing_o no_o more_o be_v require_v but_o god_n withdraw_v his_o conserve_n influence_n by_o which_o alone_o all_o his_o creature_n be_v support_v and_o their_o be_v be_v preserve_v here_o than_o we_o find_v ourselves_o leave_v in_o the_o dark_a by_o human_a reason_n so_o that_o be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o bright_a beam_n of_o revelation_n divine_a how_o fair_a soever_o our_o hope_n may_v be_v of_o immortality_n we_o shall_v want_v a_o full_a assurance_n of_o it_o to_o conclude_v therefore_o this_o parergon_n with_o the_o concordant_a judgement_n and_o in_o the_o most_o elegant_a word_n of_o that_o most_o excellent_a philosopher_n and_o christian_n the_o noble_a mr._n boyl_n theology_n in_o pag._n 30._o of_o his_o book_n concern_v the_o excellency_n of_o theology_n all_o that_o mere_a reason_n can_v demonstrate_v concering_n this_o subject_a may_v be_v reduce_v to_o these_o two_o thing_n one_o that_o the_o rational_a soul_n be_v a_o incorporeal_a substance_n there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o it_o shall_v perish_v with_o the_o body_n so_o that_o if_o god_n have_v not_o otherwise_o appoint_v the_o soul_n may_v survive_v the_o body_n and_o last_o for_o ever_o the_o other_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n according_a to_o des_n cartes_n consist_v in_o its_o be_v a_o substance_n that_o think_v we_o may_v conclude_v that_o though_o it_o be_v by_o death_n separate_v from_o the_o body_n it_o will_v nevertheless_o retain_v the_o power_n of_o think_v to_o more_o than_o this_o des_fw-mi cartes_n be_v both_o too_o circumspect_a and_o too_o conscious_a of_o the_o dimness_n of_o human_a reason_n to_o pretend_v though_o some_o of_o his_o sectator_n mistake_v the_o design_n and_o scope_n of_o that_o his_o discourse_n have_v conceive_v it_o to_o extend_v even_o to_o a_o eviction_n also_o of_o the_o soul_n absolute_a immortality_n for_o in_o artic_a 7._o respon_n ad_fw-la object_n 2._o he_o make_v this_o ingenuous_a profession_n cur_n de_fw-fr immortalitate_fw-la animae_fw-la nihil_fw-la scripserim_fw-la jam_fw-la dixi_fw-la in_o synopsi_fw-la mearum_fw-la meditationum_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la corpore_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la satis_fw-la probaverim_fw-la supra_fw-la ostendi_fw-la quod_fw-la vero_fw-la additis_fw-la ex_fw-la distinctione_n animae_fw-la a_o corpore_fw-la non_fw-la sequi_fw-la ejus_fw-la immortalitatem_fw-la quia_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la illam_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la talis_fw-la naturae_fw-la factam_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la duratio_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la duratione_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la corporeae_fw-la finiatur_fw-la fateor_fw-la a_o i_o refelli_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la tantum_fw-la mihi_fw-la assumo_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquam_fw-la de_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la a_o libera_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dependent_a humanae_fw-la rationis_fw-la vi_fw-la determinare_fw-la aggrediar_fw-la docet_fw-la quidem_fw-la naturalis_fw-la cognitio_fw-la mentem_fw-la a_o corpore_fw-la esse_fw-la diversam_fw-la ipsamque_fw-la esse_fw-la substantiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la absoluta_fw-la dei_fw-la potestate_fw-la quaeratur_fw-la a_o fort_n decreverit_fw-la ut_fw-la animae_fw-la humanae_fw-la iisdem_fw-la temporibus_fw-la esse_fw-la desivant_n quibus_fw-la corpor_fw-la a_o quae_fw-la illis_fw-la adjunxit_fw-la destruuntur_fw-la solius_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la respondere_fw-la cumque_fw-la jam_fw-la ipse_fw-la nobis_fw-la revelaverit_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la futurum_fw-la nulla_fw-la plane_n vel_fw-la minima_fw-la est_fw-la occasio_fw-la dubitandi_fw-la iii_o of_o the_o comment_n of_o the_o ancient_a ethnic_n concern_v the_o infernal_a mansion_n of_o soul_n depart_v though_o the_o description_n of_o tartarus_n and_o elysium_n here_o in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o grave_a dialogue_n make_v by_o plato_n be_v by_o himself_o declare_v to_o have_v be_v borrow_v for_o the_o most_o part_n from_o the_o fiction_n of_o other_o chief_o poet_n and_o that_o he_o express_o affirm_v that_o to_o deliver_v any_o thing_n positive_o concern_v the_o future_a state_n of_o soul_n and_o the_o quality_n of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n in_o the_o next_o life_n be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o rash_a not_o a_o wise_a man_n yet_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o design_n and_o utility_n of_o those_o fiction_n be_v not_o more_o conspicuous_a than_o the_o first_o invention_n of_o they_o be_v to_o man_n inconversant_a in_o the_o monument_n of_o antiquity_n obscure_a and_o because_o there_o be_v even_o at_o this_o day_n not_o a_o few_o who_o entertain_v and_o promote_v as_o gross_a and_o in_o many_o thing_n the_o like_a superstitious_a conceit_n of_o hell_n i_o think_v it_o worth_a the_o expense_n of_o a_o few_o vacant_a minute_n to_o deduce_v they_o brief_o from_o their_o original_n as_o high_a at_o least_o as_o my_o little_a read_n reach_v the_o first_o natural_a philosophy_n whereof_o the_o envy_n of_o time_n have_v spare_v some_o little_a fragment_n to_o be_v hand_v down_o by_o tradition_n to_o this_o our_o so_o distant_a age_n seem_v to_o be_v that_o which_o suppose_v two_o contrary_a principle_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o have_v beginning_n of_o these_o one_o be_v god_n the_o maker_n in_o the_o grecian_a theology_n name_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o etymology_n of_o which_o name_n it_o will_v be_v no_o lose_a labour_n nor_o impertinent_a to_o consult_v the_o most_o learned_a vossius_fw-la in_fw-la etymologico_fw-la linguae_fw-la latinae_fw-la in_fw-la verbo_fw-la juvo_fw-la and_o the_o author_n of_o life_n the_o other_o matter_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v the_o power_n of_o dissolution_n or_o death_n to_o the_o first_o be_v ascribe_v light_a and_o day_n to_o the_o latter_a darkness_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non-apparence_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v privation_n of_o light_n under_o the_o empire_n of_o zeus_n or_o jove_n be_v place_v the_o upper_a part_n of_o the_o world_n the_o inferior_a be_v assign_v to_o the_o dominion_n of_o pluto_n the_o middle_a betwixt_o these_o two_o contrary_a principle_n be_v imagine_v to_o be_v agitate_a by_o perpetual_a reciprocation_n or_o alternate_a change_n so_o that_o life_n and_o death_n light_n and_o darkness_n good_a and_o evil_a rule_n by_o turn_n congruous_a whereunto_o be_v that_o assertion_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o physician_n hypocrates_n lib._n de_fw-la diaeta_fw-la nihil_fw-la gigni_fw-la neque_fw-la prorsus_fw-la interire_fw-la that_o as_o to_o matter_n nothing_o be_v either_o generate_v or_o destroy_v and_o that_o to_o be_v generate_v be_v to_o grow_v out_o of_o hade_n into_o light_n man_n think_v that_o to_o perish_v which_o from_o light_n decrease_v into_o hade_n or_o darkness_n again_o for_o it_o have_v be_v a_o universal_a axiom_n of_o ancient_a philosopher_n nihil_fw-la ex_fw-la nihilo_fw-la fieri_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o nihilum_fw-la redigi_fw-la and_o therefore_o they_o who_o allow_v the_o world_n to_o have_v have_v a_o beginning_n hold_v the_o matter_n of_o it_o to_o have_v be_v pre-existent_a from_o all_o eternity_n now_o this_o which_o the_o grecian_n name_v hades_n the_o egyptian_n call_v amenthes_n which_o signify_v a_o place_n give_v and_o receive_v viz._n soul_n as_o plutarch_n the_o iside_n interprete_v it_o which_o notion_n together_o with_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n and_o future_a reward_n and_o punishment_n be_v by_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n communicate_v to_o orpheus_n he_o from_o thence_o after_o his_o return_n into_o greece_n feign_v a_o hell_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o funeral_n rite_n he_o have_v observe_v among_o they_o as_o be_v express_o aver_v by_o diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 1._o pag._n 71._o former_o quote_v who_o add_v that_o the_o other_o comment_n of_o the_o grecian_n do_v inferis_fw-la be_v in_o most_o thing_n conformable_a to_o the_o manner_n and_o place_n of_o obsequy_n perform_v by_o the_o egyptian_n even_o in_o his_o own_o time_n for_o say_v he_o the_o boat_n wherein_o dead_a body_n be_v usual_o carry_v to_o burial_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o halfpenny_n be_v give_v for_o a_o fare_n to_o the_o boatman_n who_o in_o the_o tongue_n of_o that_o nation_n be_v call_v charon_n not_o far_o from_o the_o ferry_n there_o stand_v they_o say_v a_o temple_n of_o hecate_n the_o darksome_a and_o the_o gate_n of_o cocytus_n and_o lethe_n make_v fast_o with_o brazen_a bar_n and_o other_o gate_n of_o verity_n by_o which_o stand_v a_o image_n or_o statue_n of_o justice_n without_o a_o head_n etc._n etc._n and_o servius_n in_o virgil._n lib._n 6._o ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la versum_fw-la sic_fw-la demum_fw-la lucos_fw-la stygios_fw-la regna_fw-la invia_fw-la vivis_fw-la aspicies_fw-la deliver_v that_o seneca_n in_o a_o certain_a book_n he_o write_v de_fw-la ritu_fw-la &_o sacris_fw-la aegyptiorum_n report_n that_o about_o sienes_n a_o extreme_a part_n of_o egypt_n be_v a_o certain_a
he_o sojourn_v among_o their_o priest_n curious_o remark_v they_o first_o invent_v his_o fiction_n of_o hell_n in_o some_o thing_n keep_v close_o to_o the_o original_n he_o copy_v and_o add_v other_o from_o the_o mint_n of_o his_o own_o poetical_a fancy_n and_o so_o divulge_v the_o same_o to_o his_o admirer_n in_o greece_n transmit_v it_o to_o posterity_n as_o matter_n of_o faith_n from_o their_o belief_n that_o good_a soul_n be_v after_o death_n advance_v to_o the_o honour_n and_o felicity_n of_o converse_v with_o the_o god_n first_o arise_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o ancient_n and_o first_o of_o all_o hercules_n be_v for_o his_o heroic_a virtue_n according_o deify_v whence_o homer_n describe_v the_o transcendent_a happiness_n of_o his_o condition_n say_v apud_fw-la deos_fw-la immortales_fw-la oblectatur_fw-la in_o convivijs_fw-la &_o habet_fw-la pulchris_fw-la talis_fw-la hebem_fw-la by_o assign_v he_o hebe_n or_o youth_n for_o a_o wife_n intimate_v his_o immortality_n and_o from_o the_o egyptian_a custom_n of_o interdict_a sepulture_n to_o the_o body_n of_o man_n convict_v of_o great_a crime_n come_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o grecian_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n who_o body_n want_v interment_n be_v repulse_v by_o charon_n whence_o in_o homer_n the_o ghost_n of_o elpinor_n appear_v to_o ulysses_n complain_v of_o his_o repulse_n because_o his_o body_n yet_o remain_v unbury_v so_o do_v that_o of_o patroclus_n to_o achilles_n beg_v the_o human_a office_n of_o inhumation_n sepeli_fw-la i_o quam_fw-la citissime_fw-la ut_fw-la intrem_fw-la portas_fw-la plutonis_fw-la to_o these_o remarkable_a instance_n of_o similitude_n betwixt_o the_o old_a egyptian_a rite_n of_o burial_n and_o the_o grecian_a fiction_n de_fw-fr inferis_fw-la i_o may_v be_v not_o my_o pen_n already_o blunt_v with_o the_o drudgery_n of_o transcription_n add_v many_o other_o collect_v by_o diodorus_n siculus_n but_o from_o what_o i_o have_v allege_v it_o seem_v clear_o evident_a that_o the_o original_n of_o the_o grecian_a tradition_n and_o doctrine_n concern_v hell_n be_v fetch_v from_o egypt_n and_o that_o the_o grand_a pipe_n through_o which_o they_o be_v transmit_v and_o diffuse_v be_v the_o pen_n of_o homer_n who_o flourish_v about_o the_o year_n 676_o of_o the_o attic_a aera_fw-la nor_o be_v it_o less_o manifest_a that_o some_o philosopher_n also_o and_o those_o too_o of_o great_a name_n and_o authority_n in_o their_o time_n labour_v by_o their_o write_n to_o propagate_v the_o belief_n of_o the_o same_o fantastical_a comment_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o superstitious_a vulgar_a for_o diogenes_n laertius_n in_o the_o life_n of_o democritus_n and_o his_o scholar_n protagoras_n of_o antisthenes_n and_o heraclide_n ponticus_n express_o deliver_v that_o each_o of_o they_o write_v whole_a volume_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o regiment_n and_o judicial_a proceed_n apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la the_o loss_n whereof_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o letter_n have_v no_o great_a reason_n to_o lament_v and_o as_o for_o plato_n we_o have_v already_o peruse_v his_o ample_a chorography_n and_o description_n of_o the_o same_o infernal_a region_n in_o this_o dialogue_n of_o phoedo_n wherein_o whoever_o be_v not_o satisfy_v let_v he_o at_o his_o leisure_n have_v recourse_n to_o the_o six_o book_n of_o virgil_n aeneid_n where_o he_o shall_v find_v even_o the_o topography_n of_o hell_n and_o elysium_n most_o accurate_o paint_v according_a to_o the_o pattern_n of_o homer_n and_o plato_n more_o particular_o at_o verse_n 327._o he_o shall_v find_v charon_n refuse_v to_o transport_v the_o soul_n of_o body_n unbury_v at_o verse_n 426._o he_o shall_v behold_v the_o limbus_n or_o apartment_n or_o infant_n at_o verse_n 430._o the_o receptacle_n of_o man_n condemn_v unjust_o at_o verse_n 434._o the_o newgate_n of_o self-murderer_n at_o verse_n 440._o the_o melancholy_a walk_n of_o unfortunate_a lover_n at_o verse_n 540._o the_o campus_n martius_n of_o warrior_n at_o verse_n 548._o the_o burn_a river_n and_o other_o torment_n of_o the_o impious_a at_o verse_n 638._o the_o paradise_n of_o mahomet_n at_o verse_n 738._o a_o most_o cruel_a purgatory_n wherein_o pollute_a soul_n be_v cleanse_v and_o whiten_v by_o air_n fire_n and_o water_n be_v after_o a_o long_a tract_n of_o time_n remove_v into_o elysium_n there_o with_o impatience_n to_o expect_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d regeneration_n all_o which_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o description_n of_o the_o same_o place_n extant_a in_o homer_n and_o plato_n he_o will_v at_o length_n be_v convince_v that_o virgil_n therein_o imitate_v they_o most_o exact_o and_o that_o purgatory_n be_v no_o such_o modern_a invention_n as_o the_o unlearned_a take_v it_o to_o be_v the_o sandy_a foundation_n whereof_o lie_v so_o expose_v to_o all_o eye_n not_o blind_v with_o the_o mist_n of_o bigotism_n i_o can_v but_o applaud_v the_o wisdom_n of_o our_o divine_n assemble_v in_o the_o convocation_n house_n by_o k._n henry_n viii_o in_o the_o year_n 1536._o who_o among_o some_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n then_o make_v deliver_v their_o judgement_n concern_v purgatory_n in_o these_o memorable_a word_n forasmuch_o as_o according_a to_o due_a order_n of_o charity_n and_o the_o book_n of_o macchabee_n and_o divers_a ancient_a writer_n it_o be_v a_o very_a good_a and_o charitable_a deed_n to_o pray_v for_o soul_n depart_v and_o forasmuch_o as_o such_o use_n have_v continue_v in_o the_o church_n even_o from_o the_o beginning_n that_o all_o bishop_n and_o preacher_n shall_v instruct_v and_o teach_v the_o people_n not_o to_o be_v grieve_v with_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o same_o but_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o place_n where_o those_o depart_a soul_n be_v the_o name_n thereof_o and_o the_o kind_n of_o pain_n there_o also_o be_v to_o we_o uncertain_a by_o scripture_n that_o therefore_o this_o and_o all_o other_o such_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v remit_v to_o god_n almighty_a unto_o who_o mercy_n it_o be_v meet_v and_o convenient_a to_o commend_v they_o trust_v that_o god_n accept_v our_o prayer_n for_o they_o refer_v the_o rest_n whole_o to_o god_n to_o who_o be_v know_v their_o state_n and_o condition_n and_o therefore_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o such_o abuse_n shall_v be_v clear_o put_v away_o which_o under_o the_o name_n of_o purgatory_n have_v be_v advance_v etc._n etc._n as_o be_v recite_v by_o the_o lord_n herbert_n in_o the_o life_n of_o k._n henry_n viii_o pag._n 468._o finis_fw-la