sometimes leading him sometimes bearing him he brought him safe to Sicelie so did Aeneas for Anchises his father Idem Metellus the father and the sonne the one Captaine vnder Anthony the other vnder Caesar the Father being prisoner and beeing condemned his sonne sayde to Caesar Thys hath beene thy enemy ô Caesar and I thy friend him thou must punish and me rewarde I desire thee to saue my father for mee or let mee die for him at whose request he was saued Idem Crates Thebanus deliuered a stock of mony to his friends vpon this condition that if it shoulde happen his children to bee fooles they should therewith be maintained but if they became learned and phylosophers then to distribute it to the poore Dem. Mag. Periander one of the 7. Sages of Greece and a Tyrant sent for his sonne Licophorna that with his owne hands hee might kill him because he mourned for the death of his mother which when the Cittizens of Corcyra knew they put him to death themselues to deliuer him from his Fathers tiranny Vale. Maximus Priamus had by Hecuba fifty Sonnes and Daughters Orodes king of Parthians thirtie Artaxerxes a hundred and fifteene Erothinus King of the Arabians seauen hundred in confidence of whom he inuaded the confines of his enemies and with seuerall inroads he wasted the Lands of Egypt and Syria Petrarch Petrarch writeth of a married woman that had twelue seuerall children by twelue seuerall men one of them a yeere elder then the other who ready to die tolde her husband of them all he was Father but to the eldest and reckoning vp the Fathers of the other the youngest cryed to her good mother giue me a good Father to whom she sayde that a very rich man was his father wherevpon the childe was glad saying If hee be rich I haue a good father Astapus Amphorinus bare such loue to their parents that their Citty beeing burned they tooke them vpon their shoulders and carried them through the midst of the fire A woman of Athence her father called Cymon being in pryson where he was like to be famished craued so much leaue of the Keeper that shee might haue accesse to her Father whō with her milke shee preserued long time from death Harpalice her father being takē prisoner by the Getes redeemed him with more celerity then can be thought in a woman Seruius It is written that three bretheren striuing vvho should enioy their fathers land vvere content to be agreed by the King swearing that they vvould stand to that which hee determined the King commaunded the dead body of the Father to bee taken vp saying that hee vvhich shot neerest the hart should be the right successor the eldest shotte him in the throate the second in the breast neere the hart but the third abhorring this damned resolution sayd I had rather yeeld all to my brothers then bee so degenerate To whom for his vertue and reuerence to his father the King adiudged the land Israell many yeeres lamented the losse of one of his sonnes for whom when hee vvas 120. yeeres old he vvent downe with al his family into Egypt Dauid greatly lamented the death of his rebellious sonne Absalon Orodes King of Persia hearing that his son Pacorus was slaine in the wars against Ventidius vvith extreame greefe therof became mad Rauisius Auctolia the daughter of Sinon and wife of Laertes vnderstanding a false report of Vlisses death her sonne at Troy dyed for sorrow Idem Anius King of Thuscans had a Daughter called Salia whom when Oritheus had stoln away threvve himselfe violently into a Riuer called afterward by his own name Plutarch Lucius Gellius when in a maner he knew that his sonne had beastly abused himselfe with his stepmother and attempted to bereaue him of life became himselfe this wretches defender and before the Senate acquited him both of fault and punishment Val. Maximus Dioschorus put to death his vertuous and religious Daughter Barbara for imbracing the Christian fayth Ptolomeus Euergetes beeing expulsed his kingdome for his crueltie killed his sonne in Cyprus whom hee had by his sister Cleopatra sent her his head feete for a token Liuius Apteras Saturnus caused his owne Father to be gelded killed his owne sonnes held continuall vvarres against his bretheren Berosus Deiotarus hauing many sonnes murthethered all saue one that he which suruiued al the rest might be mightier and of greater power Gellius Hippomenes an Athenian Prince for that his daughter Lima was founde in adulterie caused her to be close shutte vp with a horse giuing her no releefe but the horse almost famished deuoured his daughter Laertius Oppianicus contrary to the common nature of Parents was content for money to forsake his children Cicero Domitius detested his sonne Nero for no other cause but that hee had begotten him vpon Agrippina Suetonius Medea beeing forsaken of Iason murdered her owne sonnes Ouid. Herod commaunded his onely child to be killed among the general massacre of the innocents in Iurie vvhich vvhen Augustus heard he sayd That he had rather bee Herods hog then his child Iosephus Prusius King of Bithinia was murthered of his owne sonne when he had committed the rule vnto him P. Malleolus for killing of his mother was the first amongst the Romans that vvas sowed in a sacke and cast into the sea Liuius Cham the youngest sonne of Noah his Father being drunke lying naked called his brethren to that vnnatural sight who going backwards couered theyr fathers secrets for the which they were blessed the posterity of Cham accursed Gene. 6. Absalon rising against his father Dauid expelled him his kingdome afterward assayled by Ioab fled and was hanged by his haire vpon an Oake Helie the Prophet winking at the faultes of his children though forewarned of Samuel died a violent death and his sonnes both in one howre were slaine in battaile by the Philistines as a iust reuenge for their former disobedience Regum 11. Adramelach and Sarazar murdered theyr Father Senacharib for which they were driuen out of theyr kingdome and ended theyr dayes in exile 4. Reg. Irene pulled out her sonne Constantines eyes because hee began to beare himselfe ouer proudly in the Empire Eristhenes was famished of his mother because he fought in battaile with no courage Rauisius Damatria when shee heard that her sonne had not behaued himselfe in battaile as the sonne of so woorthy a mother shoulde haue doone at his returne killed him Orchanus caused his daughter to be buried aliue because Apollo had rauished her Ouid. Tigranes killed one of his sons because he would not take him vp when hee had a fall at hunting for that hee set the crowne vpon his head Appian Machates the sonne of Mithridates for feare of his father killed himselfe Mithridates killed his sonne Siphares to be reuenged of the mother Gripus who was king after Seleucus made his mother drinke the poyson vvhich shee had prepared for him Medullina whose body was
according to the laws who had hardly escaped iudgement if he had not gotten three children by her Idem Albinus obtained his purpose of the Emperour Adrian for none other desert of his but that hee had begotten an house full of children Eutropius Lycurgus made a law that they which maried not should be kept in Sommer from the sight of Stage playes and other showes and in VVinter they should go naked about the market place confessing that they had iustly deserued that punishment because they liued not according to the lawes The Greekes punished the breach of matrimony with ten yeares wars Homer Among the Hebrewes if a thiefe restored foure times the value of that he tooke away he was acquitted but an adulterers offence was punished with death It was also lawfull among them to kill the adulterer Among the Hebrewes and the Persians he was most commended that had most wiues as though the Cuntry were most beholding to him that encreased the same with the gretest number of children Tib. Gracchus finding two Serpents in his chamber inquired the meaning thereof by a South-sayer that if he slew the male first hee should dye before his wife but if the female his wife before him but louing his wife derely he killed the male and dyed shortly after Valerius Orpheus wife Euridice dying vppon her wedding day he kept his loue inuiolable and would neuer set it vpon any other Ninus King of the Assirians falling in loue with Semeramis the wife of Menon his vassal requested that hee might haue her to wife and he should haue his daughter in mariage but Menon loued her so well that hee would not yeeld thereto the King enraged caused his eyes to be pulled out tooke her away by force Menon for griefe hanged him selfe M. Lepidus being driuen into banishment hearing that his wife was maried to another dyed for griefe VVhen word was brought to Plautius Numidius a Romaine Senator that his wife was dead he stabbed him selfe Silanus after Nero had tooke his wife from him slew him selfe Domitius Catalusius Prince of Lesbos loued his wife so well that althogh she grew leprous he neuer forbad her his bord or bed Hector when he saw Troy burning was not so much greeued for his Parents his brethren nay his selfe as for Andromache his wife Homer Antonius Pius loued his wife Faustine so wel that when she died he caused her picture to be made to be set vp before his face in his bed chamber that he alwayes might remember her M. Plancius sailing with his wife into Asia in the midst of his great glory for that his wife died stabbed himselfe with his dagger saying two bodies shall possesse one graue Antimachus a Poet bewailed the death of his wife in mournfull Elegies Pericles being at Athence was found kissing of his wife at Athence being from Athence hee was found more sad to depart from his vvife then vvilling to dye for his Country Orpheus loued his wife so well that hee went to hell redeemed her from thence but through too much loue looking backe he lost her againe Ouid. Alcestes a Q. of Thessalie at what time K. Admetus should die hauing by an Oracle giuen an aunswer that if any would die for the King he should liue which when all refused his vvife offered her selfe to saue her husbands life Iulia Pompeius wife seeing him come sore wounded from the field supposing that hee was slaine beeing great with child trauailed straight and dyed Paulina the wife of Seneca when shee had heard of the death of her husband enquiring the manner of it she killed her selfe Ipsicratea the wife of Mithridates followed him lyke a Lacky in the warres vnknown to him desirous rather to bewitch him then liue a Queene in Pontus Aemilia the wife of Affricanus perceauing her husband to be in loue vvith one of her maydes and oftentimes to vse the mayde as her selfe neuer hated the mayd nor told her husband therof and when he was dead shee maried her wealthily in Rome Triara when shee knew by letters that her husband Vitellius was enuironed of his enemies she rushed into the campe and pressed to her husband ready to die with him Laodamia loued her husband so well that when she heard that Protesilaus was slaine onely desired that she might see his shadow which when shee saw and offering to embrace dyed presently Valeria a Romaine Lady sayde that her husband dyed for others but liued to her for euer Sulpitia being carefully restrained by her mother Iulia frō seeking her husband Lentulus in Sicilia whether he was banished she went thither apparailed like a Page Hipparchia a very faire and rich woman so much loued the Phylosopher Crates who was hard fauoured and poore that she maried him against all her friends minds The King of Persia hauing taken prisoner the wife of Pandanns and killed him would haue maried her but she slew her selfe vttering these words GOD forbid that to bee a Queene I should euer wed him that hath beene the murderer of my deere husband Fuluia the wife of Anthony not bearing his vnkindnes in leauing her sicke and not bidding her farewell dyed for sorrow Appian Phaethusa the wife of Pytheus thought so earnestly vpon her husbands absence that at his returne she had a beard growne vpon her chinne Hier. Merc. Melanthus sayde of Grogias the most eloquent Oratour that he laboured to exhort men to concord yet could he not quiet his wife and therefore held it great presumption to perswade others to that which hee could not procure himselfe in his owne priuate family Amongst the Romaines if any discention happened betweene the husband the wife the Parents of both parties met in a temple consecrated to the Goddesse Viriplica and there tooke notice of their griefes and also reconciled them Vlisses albeit Penelope were both faire chast would neuer trust her vntill the very extreamity Homer In Florence euen at this day he that is Father of twelue children male or female presently vpon the birth of the twelueth is free and exempt from all taxe impost loane or Subsidy Volateranus Adrian of all the Emperors the most learned in the Mathematiques Greeke tong vpon the confiscation of any mans goods attainted and conuicted hearing that hee had children vvould restore the goods of the condemned Fathers vnto them Eutropius The Arabians Grecians and Italians did vsually keepe theyr vvyues shut vp in theyr houses almost as prisoners and now likewise the Turks Antonius Geff. In Gascoine the wiues are in no subiection at all but gad vp and downe at theyr pleasures like antient Amazons Gilb. Graap Isis Queene of Aegipt made a law that vppon the marriage day the husband should take a solemne oath betvveene his vvyues hands that hee should not meddle with any houshold affaires and the wife likewise betweene her husbands hands that shee should neuer entermedle with any forraine affaires or businesses Diodorus The wiues of Sparta were reported in
his subiects vvith exactions dyed when he had raigned 18. yeres Antonius Comodus defamed himselfe by his wicked life and died suddainly raigning twelue yeeres 8. months Pertinax was very olde when hee was chosen and hauing raigned but 80. daies he was slaine in an vproare which sell among the gard by the meanes of Iulian. Didicus Iulianus bought the Empire vvith mony hee was a noble man expert in the lawes he was ouercom by Seuerus slaine in his pallace raigning 7. months Seuerus the only Emperour created forth of Affrique he was very couetous by nature cruell hee subdued Brittaine deceased at Yorke raigning 18. yeres Antoninus killed his brother Geta in hys mothers presence hee founded the Baths at Rome was much giuen to lust he espoused his mother in law Iuba and was slaine of Macrinus when he had raigned 6. yeeres Opilius Macrinus Diadumenus hys son succeeded were both slaine in a sedition raigning but one yeere 2. months Heliogabalus vvas a most dissolute wicked Emperour the base sonne of Antoninus he vvith his mother Semiamira were drawn vvith all spight through the Citty of Rome their bodies were torne in peeces cast into Tiber he raigned sixe yeeres Alexander Seuerus beeing but 17. yeeres old was chosen Emperour hee was a very vertuous Prince and the first Emperor that fauoured the Christians hee vvas slaine in Fraunce in a tumult that arose among the souldiours by the meanes of Maximinus in the thirteene yeere of his raigne Maximinus vvas first a Sheephearde in Thracia and afterward became a souldiour hee vvas the first that aspired to the Empyre by meanes of souldiours only he was slaine by Pupienus at Aquileia when he had raigned three yeeres Three at once bare the name of Augustus Pupienus Balbinus and Gordianus the the first two so soone as they came to Rome were slaine in the pallace Gordianus raigned alone he was come of a noble progeny and when he had raigned sixe yeeres he vvas slaine by the treason of Phillip who succeeded him Philip was the first Emperour that proâ—essed the Christian saith hee was slaine by Decius when he had raigned 5. yeares Decius made an act that all that worshipped Christ should be slaine both he and his â—onne were slaine in Barbary after they had â—aigned 2. yeares some write he was swallowed vp in an earthquake Virius Gallus and Volusianus his sonne â—aigned together then Emilianus attempted new conspiracies in Moesia and when they both went to subdue him they were slaine at â—teramna not raigning full out two yeares â—hey persecuted the Christians Aemilianus as hee was descended of base stock so was the time of his Empire obscure and without fame when he had raigned 3 moneths he was slaine Valerianus raigned 6. yeres he was discomfited taken prisoner by Sapores King of Persia who wheÌ„ he would take his horse he made Valerianus lie on the ground that hee might tred on him while he got on horsback he was slaine at Millaine ruled 6. yeares Galienus was lerned but giuen to great excesse dronkennes he was slaine likewise at Millaine hauing raigned with his Father 6. yeares and 9. after him Flauius Claudius a vertuous Prince sober and a maintayner of iustice within two yerâ— after he began his raigne sickned and dyed he ouercame the Gothes the Germaines restored Aegipt to the Empire Quintilius semblable as vertuous as hiâ— brother by the assent of the Senat was made Augustus and was slaine within 17. dayes after he began his raigne Aurelianus was borne in Denmark a stout man in war but cruell he was slaine through the treason of his owne seruants when he had raigned 5. yeres 6. moneths he was the first that wore a crowne imperial robes of gold and pearle which before were strange to the Romaines Tacitus a man of exceeding good conditions dyed within 6. moneths after his enterance Florianus raigned 2. moneths 20. daies he dyed by incision of his owne vaines did nothing worthy of memory Probus a man well expert in warfare a stout and iust man was slaine in an vproare which grew among the Souldiours when he had raigned 6. yeares 3. moneths Carus made his sonnes Carasius Numirianus Emperour with him Numirianus was vertuous and Carasius as wicked as Nero they raigned 2. yeares Carus was slaine with lightning and Numerianus by treason and Carasius by his owne companie Dioclesian was of ripe wisedome and garnished with many vertues yet a great persecutour of the Christians Maximinianus was associated to him in the Empire the first raigned 20. yeres they both left the Empire and liued priuatly Dioclesian slew himselfe for feare of Licinius Constantinus Maximinianus was slaine of Constantius his brother in law Constantius and Galerius sirnamed Armenius for that he somtimes kept beasts raigned 4. yers with great praise CoÌ„stantius died in England and Galerius killed himselfe Constantinus as some write was the first Emperor that professed the name of Christ he bulded CoÌ„stantinople in that place which was called Bizantium he was a vertuous godly Prince he raigned 30. yeares Three Emperours and Caesars raigned at once Constantinus in Fraunce Spaine and Germany Constantius in the East Constans in Italy The first was slaine when hee had raigned 3. yeares the second was killed by Magnentius wheÌ„ he had raigned 13 yeres and Constans died when he had ruled 39. Iulianus the Apostata raigned 3. yeares he was a great persecutor of the Christians whâ— he was deadly wounded and lay vppon the ground he threw his blood to heauen-ward saying Vicisti Gallilaee Iouinianus was a very good Prince and fauorer of the Gospel he instituted that titheâ— should be paid he died sodainly when he had raigned 7 moneths Valentianus Valens raigned foureteene yeres they were both Christians Valens was slaine by the Gothes and Valentianus dyed by an extreame bleeding Gratianus raigned sixe yeares hee was a true maintainer of religion and learned hee made Theodosius partner with him and was slaine in Fraunce by his Gouernour Maximus Theodosius raigned after him eleauen yeares hee was a Spaniard and a godly and vertuous Prince restoring the peace to the Church whose death Saint Ambrose bewailed and writ thus of him That hee was more carefull for the estate of the Church thaâ— to preuent his owne dangers Arcadius raigned with his brother Honorius the one in the East 15 yeares the other in the VVest 29 yeres and dyed Theodosius the 2 sonne of Arcadius ruled â—t Constantinople 42. yeares he was a most vertuous Prince and chose Valentinian as â—hen a child to raigne with him he dyed of â—he pestilence Valentinianus was slaine by a Souldiour hired of one Maximus to that end for that he had forced his wife he raigned fiue and twenty yeares Martianus after he had gouerned the Empire 7 yeares was poysoned at Constantinople by the treasons of Ardibure and Aspar hys Father beeing a vertuous and iust Prince Leo the first ruled 17 yeares
ragged Irus are as famous in respect being beggers with Poets as Mydas and Caesar two famous wealthy Kings of Lidia are mentioned of Plutarch Aristophanes maketh as much mention of Cleonimus the coward as Homer dooth of valiant Achilles Iuuenall Claudian report no lesse of the little Pigmees then Ouid or Virgill of the monstrous Cyclops Polyphemus and Enceladus two huge monstrous Gyants are not so famous in Virgill for theyr bignes as Conopas or Molon two little Dwarfes of two feete length are renovvned in Plinie for theyr smalenes Lysimachus was famed ouer all the world for that he being but a young Souldier vnder King Alexander killed a Lyon Ilerdes was so famous for archery that hee could kill a bird flying in the ayre so could Catenes and Commodus Paris was famous though otherwise infamous for that vvhen neyther Hector nor Troylus nor all the power of Phrygia could ouercome Achilles hee with an arrow slew him The fame of Rome in Tullies youth was but in her minority had not as then passed the mount Caucasus but afterwardes it grew in strength and spred her wings ouer all the world Cicero Iulius Caesar wept beholding the Image of Alexander the great at foure and twenty yeares of age saying Am not I miserable that haue done nothing woorthy of memory and yet this Prince at these yeares had executed so many notable things An Indian beeing commaunded by Alexander to shoote before him because hee had heard of his excellency in that Arte would not doe it where-vpon he condemned him to death who going to execution sayde That he had beene a very good Archer but because hee had long time intermitted the exercise hee feared hee should loose the reputation he once got and chose therefore to dye Curtius Alcibiades excelled in all Nations wheresoeuer he came euery man in the thing hee had most skill in Thucidides Cn. Pompeius who was but 24. yeares of age tryumphed ouer Affrike a thing neuer erst seene in any Romaine Eutropius Alexander refused to come to the feasts of Olympian gams because there was no kings to try the prices with-all Pompey from his youth shewed in his countenance great sparks of honour a pleasant mildnes ioyned with a manly grauity in his conditions behauior a reuerent excellency of kingly maiesty Ptolomey hauing ouercome Demetrius put his hoost to flight at the Citty of Gaza restored him his treasure all his stuffe with eight thoussnd prisoners saying that be stroue not with him but for honour and Empire which Demetrius shortly after ouercomming him requited in the like sort Drusius the Almaine vsed to visite the graues and toombs of the most renowned which were buried in Italy especially at hiâ— going to warfare saying That beholding their monuments hee did recouer both strength and stoutnes Dion There came froÌ„ Thebes a Knight to Rome for no other purpose but to see where it were true or no that was reported of the notable things there vvhom Mecaenas asked what hee thought of Rome and the Romaines who answered The memory of the absent doth more content mee then the glory of the present Cic. Plinius Caesar gaue 52. battailes at his pleasure Cyrus ouercame both Asieas Pirrhus came downe into Italy Atyla King of the Huns defied all Europe M. Marcellus who was the first that saw the backe of Haniball in the field was asked how hee durst enter into battaile with him who aunswered I am a Romaine borne and a Souldiour and by him shall I make my renowne euerlasting Sextus Cheronensis Iulius Caesar being counsailed to waite vppon the Consull Sylla to the end that by seruing him he might doe himselfe some good aunswered I sweare by the immortall Gods I will neuer serue any to be of more woorth and greater then I am Suetonius Of Feare This perturbation hath his deriuation from â—he mouing of the minde and Metus as Varro sayth is quasi motus animi a mouing of the mind for it seemeth that the mind is fled and the body much terrified when some euill happeneth towards vs. THE Siracusan Dionisius had more feare of the diuine Plato which was in Grecia then of all his enemies he had neere him in Sicilia Herodes Ascolonita did more feare Iohn Baptist then all the kingdome of Iudea Dionysius the tyrant was troubled vvith such torment of feare that being afrayde of the Barbours razors he vsed to sindge his beard with burning coales Cicero Alexander Pheraeus although he dearely loued his wife Thebe yet comming to her from banquetting into the chamber he comâ—maunded one to goe before with a dravvnâ— sword and sent his Gard to ransacke the woâ—mens Cofers and see that no weapons 〈◊〉 hidden in their garments Cicero VVhen Pompey and Caesar became eneâ—mies and so to ciuill warres the Kings aâ—â— people of the Occidentall part came to Iuâ—â—â—us Caesar and the mighty and most puissanâ— of the Orientall came in the ayde of greaâ— Pompeius because these Princes were loued of few and feared serued of all Eutro Mauritius dreaming that he should be killed of Phocas asked Philippicus what hee was who aunswered an ambitious Centurion but fearefull then Mauritius replyed If he be fearefull then is he a murderer Orosius Numa refused the gard of 300. Archers which Romulus had Liuius The Crocodiles of Aegipt if they be pursued flye if feared pursue them that flye Herodotus Q. Fabius Max. caused the handes of all those which had fled from the Romaine standard to be cut off as a terrour to all faynt cowardly Souldiers Val. Amongst the Spartans it was death to loose or cast away a shield in warre Epaminondas â—ad written vpon his shielde Aut hunc aut â—â—per hunc C. Valienus cutte off the fingers of hys left â—and because hee vvoulde not followe the â—varres in Italy but the Senate confiscated his goods and condemned him to perpetuâ—ll bonds The Egiptians called Ochus an Asse in their mother tongue comparing his cowardnes and blockishnesse to the vveakenesse and vnskilfulnesse of that vnreasonable beast in hiâ— discoÌ„mendation and reproch wherfore he violeÌ„tly snatching away their god which vvas an Oxe went and offered the same to an Asse The most fearefull of all men are the Garamants for they are afraide of euery thing and can abide the sight of none though they be armed yet they doe not vse theyr vveapons for they are afraide to hurt and when they are hurt they will not for very cowardize reuenge Herodatus Cicero being called by Clodius into iudgement because of his owne authoritie without permission of the Senate hee had commaunded Lentulus and Cethegus to be punished hee vvas of such an abated courage as hauing changed his garment vveeping as he vvas going fell at the feet of euery one vvhich he met Demosthenes nothing inferiour to Cicero in eloquence if by studie not extempory hee would haue spoken vvhen hee should haue defended himselfe before the Athenians he so forsooke himselfe as he had rather goe into perpetuall
banishment then by talk openly to beseech fauour or forgiuenesse at the hands of the Athenians Nero after hee had killed his mother confessed that vvhilst he slept he vvas troubled by her and tormented vvith the sight of Furies Cor. Tacitus A souldiour that fled whom Epaminondas that famous Thebane General pursued in returning backe slew him Niceas the generall Captaine of the Athenians through the feare which he had conceiued of the darknesse of an ecclips of the Moone and not knovving the cause thereof stayed so long determining vvith hymselfe that his enemies enclosed him round about vvhere-vpon he vvas taken aliue and put to death besides forty thousand Athenians that vvere taken and slaine In the Citty of Sparta vvhich for Armes and Artes flourished most among the Grecians there vvas a Temple consecrated to feare vvhich they sayd better preserued the estate of the Common-vvealth then any other thing Claudius the Emperor vvas so faintharted base minded and blockish that his mother said often of him That nature had begun but not finished him Agamemnon dispensed with a rich coward for going to vvarre personally for a Marâ— vvhich he gaue him Homer M. Aurelius vvas so farre from fearing hys subiects that he had neither gard nor porter in his Court. Of Ingratitude Vnder this monster haue all vices vvith a curse beene comprehended omnia dixeris si ingratum dixeris most rightly figured in swine who eate the Acorns but neuer looke vp to the tree SOcrates beeing pronounced by the Oracle of Apollo to bee the vvisest man in all Greece vvas poysoned for his religious care hee had in bringing vp the youth of Athence The Syracusans banished Dion by vvhosâ— vvisedome and valour they recouered theyâ— liberty and being afterward repealed they killed him Anthony in the time of Vespasian after alâ— his seruice against the Vitellians and after hâ— had recouered Rome vvas suspected by Mutianus brought to Rome without authoritie and visiting Vespasian in Asia hee was so coldly entertained that hee dyed shortlie after Philip the French-king put one of hys souldiours out of pay because hee was vnthankfull and caused him to bee marked in the fore-head with the vvord vnthankfull The ingratitude of the Romaines tovvard Scipio vvas by reason of the conceiued suspect of his fortunes the suddainenes of hys expedition and the greatnes of his enemies Plutarch Plato that princely Phylosopher called Aristotle a Mule because a Mule vvhen hee hath suckt his fill and hath enough of hys Dammes milke casteth vp his heeles and kicks vnkindly by this hee signified the ingratitude and vnthankfull nature of Aristotle for hee hauing receiued his Phylosophy from Plato disdained his Maister and in despight gathered an assembly and planted a Schoole Laertius The Athenians greatly commended thankfulnesse yet no Nation was more vnthankfull then themselues Caesar vvhen hee had ouercome Pompey at Pharsalia gaue great charge to his Captaines that in any wise they should saue Brutus but hee afterwarde like an vngratefull person vvas the chiefest of the conspirators Appian Laena vvho by Ciceros helpe had been saued from death pulled his heade out of the Litter and cutte it off hauing three stroaks making three vvoundes for vvant of cunning He cut off his hand also with which he wrote against Anthonie Idem The noble King Seleucus vvas kylled by Ptolomey Ceraunus whom hee had saued from the fury of his Father which vvoulde haue murdered him Craesus beeing releeued before hee came to his kingdome by one Pamphaes aftervvard in token that he had not forgotten this good turne he sent him a chariot full of siluer Darius when he was not superiour to a priuate man receiuing a rich robe of Solon for a giâ—t after that hee was confirmed in the throne royall he recompenced his curtesie committing vnto him the gouernment anâ— iurisdiction of the country of Samos Pyrrhus was exceedingly grieued for thâ— death of a friend who dyed before hee haâ— requited his many fauours The Romaines gaue him intelligence of a treason intended against him who to shevve himselfe thankfull sent backe vnto them a number of prisoners and vvould receiue no raunsome An Arabian Turke Admirall of the Infidels in their warre against Baldvvin King of Ierusalem vvas with his vvife and children taken prisoners whom the king set free in lue whereof he went by night and tolde him of the purpose of his companions and led him out of the towne from danger Cato the elder solde his old seruaunts that had serued him a long time in the market as wee vse to sell beastes a foule blot in so famous a man Solon for all the good desarts of his country was banished from thence and constrained to end his life at Cyprus Valerius Of Treason The enemy to loyaltie is Treason a thing of â—ll others most odious to God and among men â—east prosperous as by the euents appeare TArpeia for loue of gold dyd betray the Capitoll of Rome vnto Tatius King of the Sabines but vvith the golde receiued her deaths vvound Liuius Antigonus made much of those Traytors that went about to pleasure him but hauing once obtained his purpose he rewarded the vvith death A Schoole-maister among the Phalerians hauing the bringing vp of all the noble youth in the Citty betrayed them to Camillus hoping thereby to get reward fauour of the Romaines but Camillus disdaining his treason caused him to be stript and his handes bound behind him and gaue his schollers rodds and vvhyps to beate him home to the Citty Plutarch Fabritius sent Pyrrhus vvord of his trayterous Phisitian Plut. Lyciscus rotted aboue the ground for hys treasons against the Orchomenians The Embassadors that come to the Emperour of Tartary before they deliuer theyâ— message must of force passe betvveen tvvo fiers onely for this cause that if they bring any poyson by the force of the flames it may kill themselues The Athenians woulde suffer none to bee buried that were traytors to theyr country Bessus for his trayterous murdering of Darius vvas adiudged by Alexander to bee torne in sunder with two trees bowed downe together by maine strength one against the other vnto which his body vvas fastened Curtius Lasthenes hauing holpen King Philip to become maister of Olynthus whereof hee was an inhabitant complained to the King that certaine called him traytor but hee receiued this onely aunswere that the Macedonians were naturally rude grosse calling a Spade a Spade and all thinges else by theyr proper name Darius caused the heade of his sonne Ariobarzanes to be cut off because hee sought to betray his Armie to Alexander Augustus with his own hands put out the eyes of one that vvas accused vnto him of treason Mahomet hauing taken Constantinople through the treason of Iohn Iustinian of Genua after he had made him king according to promise within 3. daies after cut off hys head Dioclesian the Emperour tooke an oath in the open assembly of the souldiours that Numerianus vvas not slaine by any his treason and